Scott talks to Hans Kristensen about the state of the world’s nuclear weapons arsenals. Immediately after the Cold War, says Kristensen, the U.S. and Russia drastically reduced their nuclear stockpiles, making the world significantly safer. Since then, however, this...
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6/26/20 Jim Bovard on American Atrocities in Kosovo and Korea
by Scott Horton | Jun 29, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Jim Bovard exposes the false claim that Bill Clinton presided over a peaceful administration, pointing out the horrible atrocities of the “humanitarian” intervention in Kosovo. Clinton launched this intervention, says Bovard, as a distraction from his personal...
6/26/20 Dave DeCamp on Russia, Yemen, Israel and Syria
by Scott Horton | Jun 29, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Antiwar.com News Editor Dave DeCamp about several of his latest articles. The two discuss the status of nuclear arms negotiations between the U.S. and Russia, the conflict between southern separatists and the Hadi government in Yemen, the Trump...
6/26/20 Jason Ditz on Turkey, the Kurds and the India-China Border Dispute
by Scott Horton | Jun 28, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz talks about the Turkish attacks on Kurds in northern Iraq, which have taken the form of both land assaults and periodic airstrikes. These incursions began around the time the U.S. invaded Iraq, and have seen little resistance from the Iraqi government. Ditz...
6/26/20 Jonathan Hafetz on the Plight of Adham Amin Hassoun
by Scott Horton | Jun 28, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Jonathan Hafetz about the troubling case of Adham Amin Hassoun, a man who was convicted in 2008 of providing material support to terrorist organizations. Hassoun was a legal resident of the United States, but is not a citizen, so upon completion of his...
6/26/20 Joe Lauria on the New Indictment Against Julian Assange
by Scott Horton | Jun 28, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Joe Lauria explains the latest superseding indictment against Julian Assange, who still faces extradition to the U.S. for his supposed violations of the Espionage Act. Lauria’s take is that the new indictment is simply “window dressing,” meant to make Assange look bad...
6/27/20 Mike Swanson on America’s ‘Zombie Firms’
by Scott Horton | Jun 27, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Mike Swanson discusses the continuing economic fallout from the coronavirus, focusing in particular on what are sometimes called “zombie companies.” These firms stay afloat largely because of easy money available at low interest rates, even though their business may...
6/22/20 Vincent Bevins on the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
by Scott Horton | Jun 25, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews journalist Vincent Bevins about his latest book, The Jakarta Method, in which he lays out some of the history of the U.S. government’s support for violent right-wing coups all over the world. During the Cold War, America backed brutal extremists in...
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