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About Cooper UNion
Peacecast about What's Happening with Human Rights 'Round Our World. Positive, proactive media exploring what is shaped on honest, open, and thoughtful conversations. Not formal interviews, but holistic dialogues that connect global processes, lived realities, and the search for justice and peace.
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- Joshua Cooper
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- society & culture
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- en
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- First episode
- 28 May 2026
- Latest episode
- 12 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
17 episodes in the feed.
12 Sept 2026
Peace for Burma: Capitol Hill Advocacy Holding Corporations Accountable
For 30 years, Simon Billenness, director of the Campaign for a New Myanmar and former head of the Free Burma Coalition, has turned consumer boycotts, shareholder resolutions, and bipartisan lobbying into real pressure on Myanmar's military junta. He traces the coup history, from the 2015 NLD election win under Aung San Suu Kyi to the 2021 military takeover, then walks through the campaigns that pushed Chevron, Pepsi, and the Japanese brewer Kirin out of Burma, and the current push in Congress for the Brave Burma Act and the Burma GAP Act. Billenness makes the case that everyday people, as citizens, consumers, and shareholders, have real power to hold corporations and governments accountable. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
12 Sept 2026
Emergence of Well-Being for Elders: Human Rights for Ageing
We are all aging, every day, yet older people are the one group without a binding UN human rights treaty to protect them. Sylvia Beals unpacks why: ageism keeps the issue invisible, treated as charity rather than rights, even as the world now holds more older people than children under five. She debunks the myths still slowing a UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons — that aging means decline, that older people only receive care rather than give it, that employing them costs the young — and points to the same fight disability rights already won: visibility, voice, and law with teeth. Twenty years in, governments are finally starting to listen. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
8 Sept 2026
Regenerative Human Rights Resilience Hubs: Community & City Partnerships
Frustrated that a city's mandated hazard-mitigation meetings were reaching no one, Baja, Co-CEO of Embodied Ecosystems and the Resilience Hub Collaborative, spent a year listening in Baltimore neighborhoods before landing on the answer: communities need a trusted, self-determined place of belonging. Thirteen years later, that idea has spread worldwide as resilience hubs: community-run spaces built around six core components, from programs and power backup to accessibility, that serve people every day, not just during disasters. Baja traces the movement's growth across Hawaii and Maui's post-fire recovery, and makes the case that resilience hubs are a rehearsal for the government that should exist: one that shifts power to the people it serves. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
6 Sept 2026
Nuclear Abolition Now! & Elimination of Weapons On Earth
ER physician Ira Helfand, co-founder of Back from the Brink and a leader of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, lays out just how close the world has already come to nuclear war, and how much closer it is getting. He walks through today's flashpoints, from Ukraine and Iran to India-Pakistan and the Koreas, the physical reality of a single detonation, and the global famine that would follow a US-Russia exchange, before making the case that abolition, not deterrence, is the only real safeguard, and that ordinary people will have to force that change. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
5 Sept 2026
20th UN Human Rights Summit: Education & Transformative Teaching
Fresh from the 20th annual Human Rights Summit, hosted by Timor-Leste at UN headquarters, Demme Durrett, co-director of Youth for Human Rights USA, and Emma Ashton Sims, executive director of United for Human Rights and Youth for Human Rights International, unpack why human rights education drives their work. They discuss Article 29 of the Universal Declaration, the flash mobs and peace walks their global volunteer network uses to make human rights approachable, and the sobering reality that some delegates organize in countries where just saying the words human rights can bring the police. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
1 Sept 2026
Namakhoen & San Indigenous Peoples' Strategies for Rights
More than a century after the 1904–1908 genocide scattered the Nama people across Namibia and Botswana, their descendants are demanding a seat at the table in the ongoing reparations talks between Namibia and Germany. Nicodemus Cooper of Botswana's Namakhoen Network of Heritage Advocacy, Bhibo Maruping-Kgari of the San community's Indigenous Women's Rights Advocacy, and Jennifer Isaacks of Namibia's Traditional Leaders Association join fresh from the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples' 19th session in Geneva to discuss Botswana's new government moving toward ratifying ILO Convention 169, the San people's continued exclusion from Botswana's constitution, and why states must listen to — rather than decide for — the Indigenous communities on their own land. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
25 Aug 2026
Climate Futures Forum: Mentoring the Movement & Governance
Long before they're old enough to vote, hundreds of young people across Hawaii are drafting testimony, coordinating campaigns, and pushing lawmakers toward climate justice through the Climate Future Forum. Three of the mentors behind that work — Kawika Kahiapo, who leads food-systems advocacy connecting food, ʻāina, and policy; Debbie Milliken, Director of Sustainability Programs at Punahou School; and Paul Bernstein, a UH Economic Research Organization researcher and Hawaii coordinator for the Citizens' Climate Lobby — reflect on the Forum's first years: what keeps youth coming back, why avoiding tokenism matters, and the bills, from farm-to-school to balcony solar, they hope the 34th legislature finally passes. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
22 Aug 2026
UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Indigenous Peoples Management
For more than three decades, Rodion, an Udege leader from Russian Siberia, has fought to protect his community's ancestral forest from industrial logging. That fight led to a landmark win: UNESCO World Heritage status for the Bikin River Valley, one of the last untouched forests on Earth and home to the Amur tiger. Now director of the Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North (CSIPN) and co-chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on World Heritage, Rodion shares how organizing, science, and diplomacy secured this "Russian Amazon," and why Indigenous peoples must keep pushing for a real seat at the table in global heritage governance. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
17 Aug 2026
Indigenous Feminism for a Future of Freedom for All
In this episode of Cooper Union, Em Haley, a Māori spoken-word artist, scholar, and human rights advocate from Waikato-Tainui, Aotearoa, discusses the fight to protect Māori language, land, and self-determination under a government rolling back Treaty of Waitangi protections. She reflects on the historic Toitū Te Tiriti march, her interventions at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and her research into traditional Māori peacebuilding practices led by wāhine, or women. Weaving her great-grandmother's legacy of resistance through song and ceremony, Em shows how storytelling, music, and indigenous feminism carry forward a living fight for justice and cultural survival. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
16 Aug 2026
Creating a Culture & New Charter for Human Rights Cities
In this episode of Cooper Union, Sarah, a community organizer and researcher in Utrecht, and Morten, a longtime human rights advocate from Denmark, discuss UCLG's new Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City, just adopted by 250,000 cities worldwide. They unpack the charter's 37 rights across seven clusters, from essential services and the right to food to digital rights, climate justice, and feminist municipalism. Sarah shares grassroots research from Utrecht, while Morten reflects on decades building the human rights-based approach, from Vienna to Guangzhou to today, arguing that real change starts locally, with everyday people as human rights actors. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
12 Jul 2026
The UN Human Rights Council at 20: Civil Society Demands Dignity in Diplomacy
In this episode of Cooper Union, recorded at the UN Human Rights Council's 62nd session in Geneva, Salma of the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) offers an insider look at the Council on its 20th anniversary. She reflects on two decades of progress — from setting international standards to responding to atrocities in Sudan — while candidly addressing key challenges: budget crises, threats to civil society participation, geopolitical pushback on gender rights, and the landmark US non-cooperation with the Universal Periodic Review. Salma also highlights historic wins, including the first-ever UN resolution explicitly naming reproductive violence, and makes a powerful case for why civil society is the oxygen that keeps global human rights alive. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
6 Jul 2026
US Forum of Mayors: Local Practices to Promote World Peace
In this episode of Cooper UNion, Joshua Cooper speaks with Jackie Cabasso and John Burroughs — long-time nuclear disarmament advocates working through the Western States Legal Foundation, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, and global networks calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. The conversation explores why nuclear abolition is not only an international security issue but also a human rights concern, highlighting the role of cities, communities, and civil society in demanding a safer future. From the legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to today’s rising nuclear risks, military spending, artificial intelligence, and international legal efforts, this episode reflects on decades of advocacy and the urgent need for renewed action toward a world free of nuclear weapons. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
29 Jun 2026
The Indigenous World: 40th Edition with Insights & Impacts for Indigenous Rights
In this episode of Cooper UNion, Joshua Cooper speaks with Dwayne Mamo, Documentation and Communications Manager at the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) and General Editor of The Indigenous World, about one of the most important annual publications documenting the realities of Indigenous Peoples worldwide. Recorded during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the conversation explores how Indigenous communities defend their rights, lands, cultures, and self-determination amid growing global challenges — from shrinking civic space and threats to human rights defenders to climate change. Dwayne reflects on why Indigenous-led documentation, data, and storytelling remain powerful tools for justice and accountability. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
27 Jun 2026
Self-Determination Struggle for Kanaky People: Decolonization in Pasifika
In this episode of Cooper UNion, Joshua Cooper speaks with Viro Xulue, human and Indigenous rights advisor to the Drehu Customary Council, about Indigenous rights, decolonization, and self-determination in Kanaky/New Caledonia. The conversation explores the Kanak people’s struggle for recognition, justice, and cultural survival, including Indigenous identity, youth leadership, and dialogue during political transition. Viro reflects on international human rights mechanisms, Pacific solidarity, and the right of communities to shape their own futures. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
24 Jun 2026
Ending Ecocide on Earth: Protecting Our Planet
What if destroying nature became an international crime? In this episode of Cooper UNion, Joshua Cooper speaks with Lauren Banham, Anna Maddrick, and Rodrigo Lledó about the growing global movement to recognize ecocide — severe and widespread environmental destruction — as a crime under international law. The conversation traces the origins of the concept, its connection to human rights, climate justice, Indigenous Peoples’ protection of the Earth, and efforts to transform international legal systems. Together, they explore how recognizing ecocide could create stronger accountability, protect ecosystems and communities, and reshape humanity’s relationship with the natural world. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.
19 Jun 2026
Language is Life: International Decade of Indigenous Languages
In this episode of Cooper UNion, recorded during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Joshua Cooper speaks with Dr. Richard Grounds about the power of Indigenous languages as a foundation of identity, knowledge, culture, and human rights. The conversation explores how languages carry ancestral wisdom — from relationships with the land and stars to ceremonies, histories, and ways of understanding the world — while also confronting the ongoing impacts of colonization and language loss. Dr. Grounds shares the story of Indigenous language revitalization, the importance of intergenerational transmission, and the global movement to protect linguistic diversity. * * * FOLLOW and CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations. #CooperUNion #IndigenousLanguages #IndigenousRights #HumanRights #UNPFII #CulturalRights #SelfDetermination
28 May 2026
What is Cooper UNion?
Welcome to Cooper UNion — a peacecast exploring the future of global cooperation, human rights, sustainable development, and the people working to shape a more just and connected world. Hosted by Joshua Cooper, Cooper UNion brings together activists, researchers, UN practitioners, policymakers, artists, and grassroots voices for thoughtful and accessible conversations on the defining challenges of our time — from civic space and climate justice to peacebuilding, multilateralism, democracy, and the future of international cooperation. In this trailer episode, we introduce the vision behind the podcast, why independent global dialogue matters today, and the kinds of conversations we hope to create through this platform. Cooper UNion is grounded in the belief that meaningful change begins with listening, connection, and solidarity across borders and communities. Through informal yet substantive conversations, we aim to bridge expert analysis with lived experience and create space for critical, globally connected storytelling. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT 🌐 Website (https://cooperunion.tv/) | 🎧 Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/033oDRTtRoIlla0ux0iXZL) | 🍎 Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooper-union/id1896833213) | ▶️ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@CooperUNionTV) | 🦋 BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/cooperuniontv.bsky.social) | 💼 LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/company/cooperuniontv) | 📸 Instagram (https://instagram.com/cooperuniontv) For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv (mailto:joshua@cooperunion.tv) * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion (https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion) * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ (https://www.johnnyhelm.com/) * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations. #Podcast #HumanRights #UnitedNations #CivilSociety #SustainableDevelopment #ClimateJustice #CooperUNion
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