3/5/21 Peter Van Buren on Nuclear Proliferation and the Redirection from the Middle East to China

Peter Van Buren is back for a conversation about President Biden's foreign policy, especially regarding Iran. Van Buren explains the way that the JCPOA, signed under the Obama administration, lengthened the amount of time that it would take Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, thus removing an excuse long used by Iran's enemies as a threat of war. Trump, of course, backed out of this deal to appease his anti-Iran allies, but Biden was expected to rejoin—after all, he was part of the team that created the original agreement. But now, says Van Buren, the picture isn't so clear. The Biden...

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Thank You All So Much

Our winter 2021 funddraiser has been a resounding success thanks to you wonderful people. Sheldon, Pete, Kyle, the rest of the crew and I are so grateful. We promise to live up to the trust you've placed in us to keep doing the right thing fighting for freedom for all of us. Thank you again.

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3/5/21 Hans Kristensen on America’s Nuclear Saber-Rattling in Eastern Europe

Scott talks to Hans Kristensen about nuclear proliferation. Ever since the U.S. government backed the coup in Ukraine in 2014, he says, we've been flying bombers near Russia and the Baltic states in what are ostensibly "training exercises," but which in reality are meant to intimidate America's enemies. Kristensen explains that even though these bombers don't have nuclear capabilities, they are a demonstration of U.S. reach into Eastern Europe. Of course the obvious danger with this kind of saber-rattling is that actual war breaks out—and nuclear war between America and Russia is something...

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3/5/21 Max Blumenthal: UK Foreign Office Colluded with International Media to ‘Weaken Russia’

Max Blumenthal begins by discussing the immense power imbalance between Israel and Palestine, which has led to enormously one-sided violence by the Israelis. The Palestinians, to be sure, have fought back, but Blumenthal says there's a crucial difference between people defending their own territory, even when it sometimes results in civilian casualties, and an aggressor who moves in on other people's land and deliberately targets families. Of course, with international support overwhelmingly behind the state of Israel, it's very hard to get the real story out. If there's one silver lining,...

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From the Director: Re: Fund Drive, Progress Report

From the Director: Re: Fund Drive, Progress Report

To: Institute supporters, readers and listeners From: the Director: Here's a bit of an Institute progress report. We're in the middle of our Fund drive, which is going great. We've already raised more than $40,000 out of the $50,000 we're pushing for, and a generous donor has now offered matching funds which ought to put us over the top by the end of the week — with your help! We got one big one, but otherwise it has been hundreds and hundreds of donors making it happen. It's pretty cool to see. And we sure appreciate it. I have already signed and shipped hundreds of books to donors with...

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Still Think the War on Terror Works?

Still Think the War on Terror Works?

On Thursday, February 25, the Joe Biden administration bombed Iraqi Shi’ite militias in Syria, killing between 1–22 depending on who’s doing the reporting. Why did Biden order this strike? On February 15, there was a rocket attack in Erbil, the capital city of semi-autonomous northern Iraqi Kurdistan, which killed a Filipino contractor working for the U.S. coalition and wounded six others, including an American guardsman. Iraqi Shi’ite militia Awliya al-Dam took credit for the attack, according to the semi-credible SITE Intelligence Group and the hawkish Washington Institute for Near East...

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Cops Kill Man

Ready for this one? Police Claimed Man Died in Crash But Video Shows They Beat Him to Death “Ronald immediately surrendered at his first contact with law enforcement. When the vehicle stopped, he put his hands up and said, ‘I’m sorry,'” Merritt said. “His dying words were, ‘I’m sorry.'”

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