The American media’s Ukraine narrative is a vast deception that functions as a reassuring fantasy. The facts on the ground in Ukraine have overwhelmed the narrative being deployed in the West, but the American media simply ignores those facts. The effect is to placate the American people in service to the American state. The American state has learned well the lessons of Hollywood. The blockbuster film Star Wars (1977) allowed the American people, disillusioned from the recent defeat in Vietnam, to project onto and root for a victorious rebel insurgency. The state-driven media presentation...
Never Forget the Propaganda: New 9/11 Documentaries Reinforce Old Narratives
by John Weeks | Nov 2, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
There’s a moment in the documentary 9/11: Inside The President’s War Room in which former FBI agent James Kallstrom says, “It’s a day that 50 years from now our children will be taught about.” One can certainly imagine a future historian at the School of Interplanetary Communications giving a lecture about the al Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001. The most efficient and intellectually honest pedagogical strategy would be to assign the class Scott Horton’s books Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan and Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism, and then lecture...
News
Henry Kissinger Says Ukraine Should Cede Territory to Russia to Achieve Peace
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Monday said that Ukraine should cede to Russia the territory Moscow and the Donbass separatists controlled before invading to end the war and called for negotiations.
Senate Republicans Block Sweeping Domestic Terror Bill
GOP lawmakers have voted to kill a major anti-domestic terrorism bill which would have created a series of new law enforcement units and a special task force to root out “Nazism” within US security agencies, blocking the legislation in the Senate after it narrowly passed in the lower chamber.
Israel Tells US It Killed Iranian IRGC Colonel in Tehran
Israel has told the US that it killed a senior member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who was gunned down in Tehran on Sunday, The New York Times reported Wednesday, citing an unnamed intelligence official.
80+ Senators ‘Fully Committed’ to NATO Membership for Sweden & Finland, Demand Shortened Process
A significant majority of the US Senate has signed a letter welcoming Finland and Sweden into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the group of 82 senators urging for expedited membership for the two Nordic states.
Blog
Treason! Biden Admin. Provoking War w/ China, Russia, and Iran. (Weekly Roundtable)
I Am Grateful For My Suffering
I am grateful for my suffering. I truly am. These are not words I utter in some halfhearted, feeble effort to brighten my mood or motivate my day. Fortunately for me, I am not battling depression. It’s been a challenging few years; Entrepreneurship. Battling Cancer....
Press Release: Survivors of Israel’s Strike on USS Liberty Commemorate 55th Year
Survivors and of the brutal Israeli military attack against the American communications vessel U.S.S. Liberty will gather at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C. on June 8 to commemorate the memories of 34 Americans who were killed and host a 55 year reunion...
NATO War Games on Russia’s Border, Ministry of Untruth, & Free Market Social Justice (Roundtable)
https://youtu.be/Qnaeyc3KwgY
Former U.S. Navy Sailor Makes the Case for Libertarianism
https://youtu.be/uI0iYWMK8Z8 [J]ustice is the means by which an individual who was victim to a criminal act is made whole again. If a statist society cannot perfect man’s own construct, how could a stateless society fare any better? Derek R. Wills, The Liberty...
The Scott Horton Show
5/21/22 Hassan El-Tayyab: Now Is the Time to End the War in Yemen
Download Episode. Hassan El-Tayyab of the Friends Committee on National Legislation joins Scott on Antiwar Radio to discuss the effort to end the war in Yemen. Both sides have agreed to a ceasefire which has brought the level of violence down and the access to food...
5/19/22 Patrick Cockburn on the Arrogance of War Hawks on All Sides
Download Episode. Scott talks with Patrick Cockburn about Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Western response. Cockburn argues that, regardless of any media spin, the Russians are running into more trouble than they expected to in Ukraine. He chalks that up to hubris...
5/16/22 Ben Freeman on the Links Between Foreign Governments and America’s Foreign Policy “Experts”
Download Episode. Scott interviews Ben Freeman about the money governments like Saudi Arabia and Ukraine invest in D.C. lobbying. They begin by discussing the Middle East Institute, a Saudi-funded D.C. Think Tank that brands itself as an objective institution...
5/16/22 Ted Snider: Did the CIA Oust Imran Khan?
Download Episode. Scott is joined by Ted Snider to discuss the removal of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. Khan’s government announced in June of 2021 that Pakistan would no longer host any American military bases. Then, earlier this year, Khan was forced out by...
Conflicts of Interest
COI #281: America Is on the Highway to Great Power Wars
On COI #281, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the Democrats’ lockstep anti-Russia hawkishness, the Blob’s refusal to hit the brakes, and the next target: China. Connor breaks down hist latest column for the Libertarian Institute, the article discusses the...
COI #280: Con Men Claim Ukraine Is Vital to American Security
On COI #280, Kyle Anzalone discusses recent news about possible war with Russia. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash Qp6gznu4xm97cj7j9vqepqxcfuctq2exvvqu7aamz6...
COI #279: The Evil Republicans guest Patrick MacFarlane
On COI #279, Patrick McFarlane returns to the show to discuss the most hawkish GOP members of Congress. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash...
COI #278: George W. Bush Finally Says Something True About Iraq
On COI #278, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover former President George W. Bush’s viral confession- by-gaffe to war crimes in Iraq, President Joe Biden’s resistance to Kiev’s demands for long range rocket launchers, U.S./Israeli war drills aimed at Tehran, and the...
Don't Tread on Anyone
Wall Street Journal: “Hillary Clinton Did It”. RussiaGate Debunked Once and For All!
In short, the Clinton campaign created the Trump-Alfa allegation, fed it to a credulous press that failed to confirm the allegations but ran with them anyway, then promoted the story as if it was legitimate news. The campaign also delivered the claims to the FBI,...
How Two Socialists Became Libertarians. Jo Ann Skousen & Keith Knight
https://youtu.be/_VXLOjD6708 The problem with political decisions isn’t that most of us don’t get our own way. It’s also that these decisions are usually imposed on us against our will, by threats of violence... Democracy, as we practice it, is unjust. We expose...
Refuting the “Good War” Narrative. Dr. Thadeuss Russell & Keith Knight
https://youtu.be/UXADj372WU0 On Sept. 1, 1939, 70 years ago, the German Army crossed the Polish frontier. On Sept. 3, Britain declared war. Six years later, 50 million Christians and Jews had perished. Britain was broken and bankrupt, Germany a smoldering ruin. Europe...
Decriminalize All Capitalist Acts Between Consenting Adults. Dr. Chris Freiman & Keith Knight
https://youtu.be/UiiFaw8nLLI This book argues that there’s nothing wrong with ignoring politics. To the contrary: you should disengage from politics to pursue more effective forms of altruism. Instead of watching presidential debates, attending city council meetings,...
Liberty Weekly Podcast
An Economic Reckoning ft. Clint Russell Ep. 217
https://youtu.be/B4rBZcugFw0 Clint Russell joins me in this week’s episode of Liberty Weekly. Clint is the host of Liberty Lockdown, a podcast that took the liberty scene by storm during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Before Clint launched Liberty Lockdown, he was a private...
On the Brink of Nuclear War ft. Connor Freeman Ep. 216
https://youtu.be/CJ62Lw1PJsg In this episode of the podcast, I speak with Connor Freeman about the dismal state of U.S./Russian relations. We discuss the spiraling escalation in Ukraine and U.S. policy decisions which signal that the unthinkable may be inevitable....
Addiction and COVID-19 ft. The Clean Libertarian Ep. 215
https://youtu.be/38r3URgicX4 Much has been said about the excess rate of substance abuse during COVID-19. To try to understand some of these causes, I brought on my friend Drew Cook of the Clean Libertarian. Drew is a recovering addict who is now working to help other...
Press Censorship in Wartime Ep. 214
https://youtu.be/s5Jhj1smhFI With the risk of kinetic war between the US and Russia becoming more and more likely each day, the United States is already marshalling its forces to silence domestic and international dissent to the conflict. In this episode, I examine...
Year Zero
A Conversation with Patrick MacFarlane
Patrick joined me again. In this episode we discuss Ukraine Russia, China, culture, democrats, republicans, and traditional family. Liberty Weekly Discord Libertarian Institute 19 Skills Pdf Autonomy Course Critical Thinking Course Donate Patreon...
The Network w/John Robb
John Robb joined me to talk about the network, its operations, where it fails, and why he thinks conspiracy theorists are wrong. Global Guerillas Substack Discord Libertarian Institute 19 Skills Pdf Autonomy Course Critical Thinking Course Donate Patreon...
Post COVID Music Industry w/David Sanchez, Carlos Sanchez, Kyle Matovcik
I invited some of my friends that play music to discuss how the COVID tyranny has affected them in the music industry. Havok Riffs or Die Deadline Kyle twitter A Common Crown Discord Libertarian Institute 19 Skills Pdf Autonomy Course Critical Thinking Course Donate...
America’s Response to the War in Ukraine w/Dave DeCamp
Dave DeCamp joined me to discuss the American reaction to the war in Ukraine. We discuss how the sanctions and information war seem to be targeting Americans rather than the Russian politicians. Is the Biden Administration utilizing propaganda to manufacture consent...
Our Books
Afghanistan AI America art China CIA Congress DEA DIA election for Foreign policy freedom government History Horton ICE Iran Iraq IRS ISIS Israel l libertarian Liberty media Middle East military news nuclear pay peace president RT Russia Scott Horton state Syria the state Trump UK United States US VA war