Sharon Tennison of the Center for Citizen Initiatives tells her incredible story of citizen diplomacy in the 1980s, when she made dozens of trips to the Soviet Union hoping to meet and befriend regular Russian civilians. She reminds us that over 90 percent of Russians...
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12/21/18 Philip Weiss on the Israel Lobby’s Power Over American Politics
by Scott Horton | Dec 22, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Philip Weiss of Mondoweiss.net joins the show to talk about the Israel Lobby's influence over Bill Clinton's 1992 defeat of George Bush Sr., and the ways the lobby continues to assert itself in American politics. Weiss tells the story of Bush deliberately standing up...
12/19/18 Eric Margolis on the ‘Yellow Vests’ and the History of American Wars in Iraq
by Scott Horton | Dec 21, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis gives an update on the "yellow vest" protests in France over recent fuel taxes announced by President Macron. The protests have caused Macron to back down from some of his policies, which Margolis says has left him looking weak. Macron's future as leader...
12/19/18 Michael Klare: the Catastrophic Consequences of Nuclear AI
by Scott Horton | Dec 21, 2018 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Michael Klare joins Scott to talk about his recent article, “Alexa, Launch Our Nukes!”, about the dangers of a future where our weapons systems are controlled by artificial intelligence—indeed they already are to an ever greater extent. Computers of course have a big...
12/20/18 Mark Perry on Trump’s Decision to Withdraw from Syria
by Scott Horton | Dec 20, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Mark Perry joins the show to talk about President Trump's bombshell news that he plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. Perry says most people in the military think this is absolutely the right move, despite many loud claims to the contrary from pundits on both...
12/18/18 William Hartung on the American Bombs Killing Yemeni Civilians
by Scott Horton | Dec 18, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
William Hartung comes on the show to discuss the latest in Yemen, particularly with respect to the political relationship between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. He explains that the Saudis finally have an opportunity to use all the American weapons they've been buying for...
12/17/18 Reese Erlich on All Trump’s Wars
by Scott Horton | Dec 17, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Reese Erlich talks to Scott about the war in Yemen and about his latest article on the Russiagate controversy. Erlich thinks we can be cautiously optimistic about Yemen now that public pressure against the war is mounting (a recent poll found that 75% of Americans...
12/17/18 Nasser Arrabyee on the Ceasefire in Hodeidah
by Scott Horton | Dec 17, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Nasser Arrabyee gives the latest on the war in Yemen, following the recent peace talks in Sweden where the UN negotiated a ceasefire in Hodeidah. Despite only moderate political pressure from the United States to end the war, Arrabyee thinks that increased media...
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