Trita Parsi assesses the current risk of America going to war with Iran, given all the recent pressure from President Trump's advisers to do so. Parsi reminds us that America has no real reason to fear Iran's civilian nuclear program, since they were already...
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6/22/19 Gareth Porter on the Fake Crisis of War with Iran
by Scott Horton | Jun 24, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Gareth Porter about the growing threat of war with Iran. John Bolton and Mike Pompeo seem to be doing their utmost to ensure President Trump has no choice but to declare war on them, not to mention the fact that America's draconian economic sanctions...
6/21/19 Khalid Mustafa Medani on Sudan’s Quest for Democracy
by Scott Horton | Jun 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani joins the show to explain the protests going on right now in Sudan to try to bring about democratic rule in a country plagued for years by dictatorships and civil wars. In response to widespread civilian discontent, the military...
6/21/19 Ali Abunimah on the Film the Israel Lobby Doesn’t Want You to See
by Scott Horton | Jun 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Ali Abunimah discusses the leaked documentary, "The Lobby – USA," which reveals a coordinated campaign of tens of millions of dollars designed to silence news about Palestinians and to smear anyone fighting for Palestinian rights, including college students. When the...
6/21/19 Jon Schwarz on the AUMF and War with Iran
by Scott Horton | Jun 22, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Jon Schwarz about the threat of war with Iran in retaliation for shooting down an American drone and allegedly attacking Japanese tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Mike Pompeo recently claimed that the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force,...
6/14/19 Interview #5,000: The Life and Times of Gareth Porter
by Scott Horton | Jun 17, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
For Scott's 5,000th interview, 317-time guest Gareth Porter shares some of his life story and how he got into national security journalism in the first place. Porter recounts his years in graduate school studying Southeast Asian politics, including a year spent in...
6/14/19 Tom Eddlem on the Anti-Muslim Propaganda Used to Promote America’s Wars
by Scott Horton | Jun 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Tom Eddlem about the late Will Griggs' new book, No Quarter, now out on paperback and Kindle. Eddlem also discusses the anti-Muslim propaganda spread by those who want to make war in the Middle East more palatable to Americans. Eddlem says that most...
6/14/19 Bob Murphy on the Economics of Climate Change
by Scott Horton | Jun 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Bob Murphy joins the show to discuss his work on the economics of climate change. He explains that even according to the science cited by the UN and the Obama administration, the economic costs of the proposed plans to slow down global warming would be wildly more...
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