Historian Gar Alperovitz shares the history of America's use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Contrary to what most of us learned in school, many of the top military officers and intelligence officials were adamant at the time that use of the bombs was...
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8/26/19 Philip Weiss on the Zionist Doctrine of the Trump Whitehouse
by Scott Horton | Aug 27, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Philip Weiss about Israel's occupation of Palestine and the way the Palestinian people have been completely deprived of their rights there. Weiss is glad that the recent fiasco around Rashida Tlaib's and Ilhan Omar's visit to Israel has brought...
8/26/19 Jacob Hornberger on the Trump Economy and Jeffrey Epstein
by Scott Horton | Aug 27, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Jacob Hornberger explains why the American president has become a democratically elected dictator, largely through the president's power to manage the economy by threatening businesses, negotiating trade agreements with foreign countries, and issuing executive orders...
8/23/19 Peter Van Buren: the Hiroshima Myth
by Scott Horton | Aug 25, 2019 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Peter Van Buren about the effects of war on American culture. They discuss the fact that America has been at war almost constantly for its entire history, ever since the nation was formed by overthrowing the British. Having an external enemy supposedly...
8/19/19 Trevor Aaronson on the Case of Hamid Hayat
by Scott Horton | Aug 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
The Intercept's Trevor Aaronson joins the show to talk about the travesty of justice in the trial of Hamid Hayat, who has finally been released after nearly 15 years in prison. Hayat was an alleged terrorist, convicted based on a coerced confession he gave to FBI...
8/16/19 Gareth Porter Debunks the Claims of State Election System Hacking
by Scott Horton | Aug 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter explains why the claim that the Russian government "hacked all 50 U.S. states" is false—namely, the states themselves know that their systems were intact! The narrative has nonetheless been pushed continuously, as democrats try to justify Hillary...
8/16/19 John Mueller on Finally Ending the War in Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Aug 19, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Cato's John Mueller about why it's time to leave Afghanistan. Fundamentally, the Taliban cannot be defeated at any remotely acceptable cost of American lives and U.S. dollars, says Mueller, and at the same time military interventions has only made the...
8/16/19 Alan Kuperman on America’s Support for Al-Qaeda in Libya
by Scott Horton | Aug 19, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Alan Kuperman explains the true story of the 2011 civil war in Libya, which the United States famously and disastrously supported. Contrary to the narrative that this uprising was started by regular, educated citizens like doctors and lawyers, Kuperman and his...
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