Nasser Arrabyee brings us the latest on the war in Yemen, where he says that a supposed recent Saudi ceasefire has actually meant very little on the ground. Arrabyee thinks the announcement was nothing more than a public relations stunt. Despite the looming threat of...
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4/10/20 Colleen Moore: America’s Nuclear Arms Nightmare
by Scott Horton | Apr 14, 2020 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Colleen Moore about America's withdrawal from global nuclear arms agreements under the Trump administration. Part of the reason for Trump's keenness on pulling out of these agreements is his reputation as a tough negotiator who prioritizes America's...
4/10/20 Gareth Porter on Woodrow Wilson’s 1918 American Flu Pandemic
by Scott Horton | Apr 14, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter discusses the parallels between the 2020 coronavirus pandemic and the 1918 Spanish Flu. Though it’s commonly called “Spanish Flu” Porter reminds us that it really originated in Kansas, where it was first spread to American troops at a...
4/10/20 Tom Woods on the Government’s Coronavirus Incompetence
by Scott Horton | Apr 13, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Tom Woods gives his thoughts on the government response to the coronavirus and the economic fallout that is likely to come afterward. Scott and Woods discuss the bizarre division along political lines of opinions about the severity of the virus, the proper response,...
4/11/20 Ray McGovern on the World’s Most Heroic Journalist
by Scott Horton | Apr 13, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Ray McGovern about the heroic Julian Assange, who is still languishing in solitary confinement during his extradition trial to the U.S. on charges that he coordinated with Chelsea Manning to steal classified documents from the U.S. government. McGovern...
4/10/20 Chip Gibbons on the FBI’s Abusive Surveillance of Nonviolent Activists
by Scott Horton | Apr 12, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Chip Gibbons about his research into FBI spying on nonviolent pro-Palestinian activist groups. Although these activists are made out to be dangerous terrorist sympathizers, Gibbons says that the actual evidence against them amounts to criminalization of...
4/10/20 Jeff Deist on the Economic Consequences of the Coronavirus
by Scott Horton | Apr 11, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Jeff Deist discusses the political responses to the coronavirus, varying on a state-by-state level from complete lockdown to nearly complete normalcy. Deist says this is an example of federalism actually working, since beyond issuing recommendations and printing...
4/10/20 Daniel Lazare on Coronavirus and the Military
by Scott Horton | Apr 11, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Lazare talks about the grave danger facing the U.S. military of coronavirus sweeping through environments like infantry barracks, submarines, and aircraft carries with almost no possibility for social distancing and quarantine. Already the spread of the virus...
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