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9/6/19 Dan Cohen on Mob Violence and Nativism in Hong Kong
Dan Cohen comes on the show for an update on the protests in Hong Kong. Though positioned as a popular pro-democracy movement, some of the protest leaders have alarming ties to American think tanks like the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which may be trying to influence the movement in a direction that will benefit U.S. interests in the end. Cohen says the protesters certainly have good grounds for their outrage, but that we should be careful fully supporting a cause whose motives and aims aren't exactly clear. Discussed on the show: "Behind a made-for-TV Hong Kong protest narrative,...
9/6/19 Giorgio Cafiero on Israel’s Attacks on Iraq and the War in Yemen
Giorgio Cafiero comes back on the show to talk about how the utter disaster of America and its allies' policies in the Middle East for the last 20 years. It seems like at every turn America's wars—ostensibly undertaken to make the region free of terrorism and safe for democracy—have done nothing but strengthen our "enemies" and make the position of our allies more precarious. Unless U.S. war planners start to learn the lesson of blowback, says Cafiero, they are doomed to keep making the mistakes of the past. Discussed on the show: "Behind Israel’s Bombing in Iraq’s Heartland" (Consortium...
9/6/19 Melissa Etehad on the Real Toll of US Sanctions on Iran
Scott talks to Melissa Etehad about the effects of U.S. sanctions on ordinary Iranians. The "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran is meant to inflict suffering on the whole country in order to pressure its government into meeting America's demands. Unfortunately, it is poor civilians who bear most of the brunt of these policies, and it's not at all clear whether the pressure on the government actually works. At the moment, both the Trump administration and the government of Iran seem equally obstinate. Discussed on the show: "Middle-class Iranians resort to buying rotting produce as U.S....
Trump the Big Deal Maker
Bloomberg man reminds us that Trump has failed to deliver a deal on Korea, China, Afghanistan, Palestine or Iran.
This is Your Security Force
Miami Herald: After brutal beating of now-paralyzed Florida inmate, women take to social media to protest On Saturday morning, a vigil was held outside the compound, the second in recent weeks, in part to protest the beating of Cheryl Weimar, a 51-year-old inmate who was slammed to a concrete floor, kicked and dragged by guards on Aug. 21. The attack left her paralyzed from the neck down. She remains hospitalized, hooked to a breathing apparatus, her lawyer, Ryan Andrews, told the Miami Herald. One former inmate, Jordyn Cahill, also used YouTube to voice her disgust over the attack,...
9/6/19 Matthew Hoh on a Possible Peace Deal in Afghanistan
Scott interviews Matthew Hoh about the apparent peace deal in the works between the United States and the Taliban in Afghanistan. The American side has announced such a deal as basically finalized, but as yet nothing has come from the Taliban to officially confirm that. The usual clamor has been coming from prominent neocons about how withdrawing now would be the same as admitting defeat. Scott and Hoh don't totally disagree with that, but they know that if American troops stay in Afghanistan for another 20 years, or even longer, the same "defeat" would probably happen if they left then. The...
9/6/19 Sam Husseini on Katharine Gun’s Heroism and Joe Biden’s Villainy
Sam Husseini talks about the new film, "Official Secrets", which tells the story of Katharine Gun, a British intelligence analyst who leaked information about the false case for war in Iraq to the press in 2003. Scott and Husseini also talk about Joe Biden's record on opposing the war—at the time he was perfectly willing to go along with the war, but now he has to pretend he's been an opponent all along. Discussed on the show: "Film ‘Official Secrets’ is the Tip of a Mammoth Iceberg" (Consortium News) "Official Secrets (2019)" (IMDb) Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You Sam...
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