Scott interviews Sheldon Richman about his new book, What Social Animals Owe to Each Other, a collection of essays exploring libertarian political philosophy, particularly as it relates to ancient Greek philosophy and the roots of liberalism. Libertarians sometimes...
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7/31/20 Gareth Porter on the Real Story Behind the US-Israeli AMIA Bombing Narrative
by Scott Horton | Aug 1, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter discusses the 1994 Buenos Aires Jewish community center bombing, and in particular the allegation that Hezbollah was behind the attack. Porter has written a piece based on testimony by an Argentinian undercover police officer that paints a different...
7/24/20 Sheldon Richman on the Two-State Illusion
by Scott Horton | Jul 26, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Sheldon Richman about the dawning realization that a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians is never going to happen. Although Prime Minister Netanyahu recently backed down from his official plans for annexation of the West Bank, Richman says...
7/18/20 Gareth Porter on the Prospects of War with Iran
by Scott Horton | Jul 21, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Gareth Porter about the idea of a war with Iran. Certain hawkish figures in the U.S. government have been slowly and steadily pushing for such a war for a long time, and have gained even more prominence during the Trump presidency, as he has shown...
7/17/20 Greg Shupak on the Media’s Syrian Sanctions Malfeasance
by Scott Horton | Jul 21, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Greg Shupak discusses America's horrible "maximum pressure" sanctions campaign against Syria, and the media's total willingness to cheer it along. Shupak reminds us that despite what policymakers claim, sanctions really only hurt the regular citizens of a country,...
7/17/20 Giorgio Cafiero on Yemen’s Unprecedented COVID-19 Calamity
by Scott Horton | Jul 21, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Giorgio Cafiero about the devastating catastrophe facing the people of Yemen in the form of the coronavirus pandemic. Cafiero describes the way that a virus—or indeed any natural disaster—has the potential to decimate a country like Yemen, where it's...
7/17/20 Phil Weiss on the Death of the Two-State Solution
by Scott Horton | Jul 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Phil Weiss joins the show to discuss what he views as the internal collapse of Zionism, especially in America. It is starting to become obvious to everyone, as signaled by a recent Peter Beinart piece, that the idea of a two-state solution has pretty much been an...
7/17/20 Wayne McElrath on the Dangerous Militarization of the Police
by Scott Horton | Jul 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Wayne McElrath about the proliferation of military equipment in America's police forces, and its harmful effect on police practices. McElrath describes the process by which local police departments are given "outdated" equipment from the military,...
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