Damon Hatheway

10/13/17 Reza Marashi on the likelihood of Trump decertifying the Iran Deal

by Damon Hatheway | Oct 13, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Research director of the National Iranian American Council Reza Marashi returns to the show to discuss Donald Trump's likely decision to decertify the Iran Deal. Scott puts the question to Marashi: What's so good about the Iran Deal? Marashi says it ensures that Iran can't attempt to build a nuclear weapon without being caught, it helps avoid war between the United States and Iran by resolving one point of contention, and, at least until the Trump administration came to power, it created sustained dialogue between the United States and Iran on a number of different issues. Marashi then...

10/13/17 Andy Worthington on the latest hunger strikes at Guantanamo

by Damon Hatheway | Oct 13, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Author and director Andy Worthington returns to the show to discuss his latest article, "New York Times Finally Reports on Trump's Policy of Letting Guantanamo Hunger Strikers Die; Rest of Media Still Silent." Worthington details the legacy of hunger strikes at Guantanamo Bay and explains that the U.S. is facing the awful decision whether they should they let prisoners starve themselves to death or use grotesque measures to force feed them to keep them alive. According to Worthington the Supreme Court has abdicated any responsibility lately to address prisoners at Guantanamo Bay while the...

10/13/17 Jason Ditz Updates the Situation in Syria

by Damon Hatheway | Oct 13, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Managing news editor of Antiwar.com Jason Ditz returns to the show to discuss the war in Syria where two separate wars are taking place—against ISIS in the East and al Qaeda in the east. Ditz details all of what we don't know thanks to increased secrecy from the Trump administration, explains what we do know about the continued fight against ISIS in Raqqa, where the U.S. air war has created lots of civilian casualties, and how the Kurds in Syria factor into the U.S. future plans. Scott and Jason then discuss how the same story seems to play out in the Middle East and why, even though the...

10/13/17 Marjorie Cohn on the whitewashing of Agent Orange in Ken Burns’s “Vietnam War”

by Damon Hatheway | Oct 13, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Marjorie Cohn joins the show to discuss her recent article, "The Vietnam War is Not History for Victims of Agent Orange." Cohn elaborates on her major criticism of the Ken Burns Vietnam War documentary—his lack of coverage of agent orange. Cohn describes many of the awful results of agent orange exposure, how the United States has denied opportunities for victims to seek justice, and above all, why it remains a pressing issue to this day. Marjorie Cohn is a professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and the author of numerous books including "Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal,...

10/13/17 Marjorie Cohn on the whitewashing of Agent Orange in Ken Burns's "Vietnam War"

by Damon Hatheway | Oct 13, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Marjorie Cohn joins the show to discuss her recent article, "The Vietnam War is Not History for Victims of Agent Orange." Cohn elaborates on her major criticism of the Ken Burns Vietnam War documentary—his lack of coverage of agent orange. Cohn describes many of the awful results of agent orange exposure, how the United States has denied opportunities for victims to seek justice, and above all, why it remains a pressing issue to this day. Marjorie Cohn is a professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and the author of numerous books including "Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal,...

10/13/17 Marjorie Cohn on the whitewashing of Agent Orange in Ken Burns's "Vietnam War"

by Damon Hatheway | Oct 13, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Marjorie Cohn joins the show to discuss her recent article, "The Vietnam War is Not History for Victims of Agent Orange." Cohn elaborates on her major criticism of the Ken Burns Vietnam War documentary—his lack of coverage of agent orange. Cohn describes many of the awful results of agent orange exposure, how the United States has denied opportunities for victims to seek justice, and above all, why it remains a pressing issue to this day. Marjorie Cohn is a professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and the author of numerous books including "Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal,...

10/6/17 Greg Lovett on his documentary “Delay, Deny, Hope You Die: How America Poisoned Its Soldiers”

by Damon Hatheway | Oct 6, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Gregory Lovett joins Scott to discuss his new documentary, "Delay, Deny, Hope You Die: How America Poisoned Its Soldiers" which opens Monday in Los Angeles and across the country over the next month. Buy tickets for an upcoming screening in your area here and watch the extended trailer. Lovett shares the backstory of the documentary, which he was inspired to make after reading Joseph Hickman's book "The Burn Pits." He explains why the United States military decided to burn the massive amounts of garbage produced by its soldiers in massive burn pits with carcinogenic jet fuel, details the...

10/6/17 Greg Lovett on his documentary "Delay, Deny, Hope You Die: How America Poisoned Its Soldiers"

by Damon Hatheway | Oct 6, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Gregory Lovett joins Scott to discuss his new documentary, "Delay, Deny, Hope You Die: How America Poisoned Its Soldiers" which opens Monday in Los Angeles and across the country over the next month. Buy tickets for an upcoming screening in your area here and watch the extended trailer. Lovett shares the backstory of the documentary, which he was inspired to make after reading Joseph Hickman's book "The Burn Pits." He explains why the United States military decided to burn the massive amounts of garbage produced by its soldiers in massive burn pits with carcinogenic jet fuel, details the...

10/13/17 Reza Marashi on the likelihood of Trump decertifying the Iran Deal

10/13/17 Andy Worthington on the latest hunger strikes at Guantanamo

10/13/17 Jason Ditz Updates the Situation in Syria

10/13/17 Marjorie Cohn on the whitewashing of Agent Orange in Ken Burns’s “Vietnam War”

10/13/17 Marjorie Cohn on the whitewashing of Agent Orange in Ken Burns's "Vietnam War"

10/13/17 Marjorie Cohn on the whitewashing of Agent Orange in Ken Burns's "Vietnam War"

10/6/17 Greg Lovett on his documentary “Delay, Deny, Hope You Die: How America Poisoned Its Soldiers”

10/6/17 Greg Lovett on his documentary "Delay, Deny, Hope You Die: How America Poisoned Its Soldiers"

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