Community Voices for Change - 30 mins - First Aired October 19, 2026
WMPG-FM. Univ of So. Maine - Weekly - Mondays - 7:00 PM
Producer & Host:  Richard Rudolph, PhD.

The show is an interview of Bruce Gagnon who is the coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. He was the co-founder of the organization when it was first formed in 1992 and has given speeches in over 29 countries and has spoken on many college campuses including the University of Maine. His talk today focused on the current U.S. effort to deploy so called "space control weapons" to defend U.S. forces on the planet and why we should oppose the U.S. effort to control and dominate space.  Whoever controls the increasingly limited parking spaces in the low earth orbit will be at a considerable advantage and will be able to see and direct weapons not only to targets in space, but also on the earth. The U.S. and its NATO allies also want to move their 600 year western colonial domination to the Moon, Mars and other celestial bodies for resource extraction. He pointed out why we should be concerned about who will pay for the trillions of dollars for the collective offensive space programs especially since we are already $40 trillion in debt.He believes there is a deep sickness in the minds and hearts of leaders in Washington who believe that 4% of the global population living in the U.S., should be the masters of Space.  Instead, "Space should be a realm for exploration and inspiration, a place for humans to grow further in knowledge and wisdom."