Eric Margolis joins the show to talk about President Trump's apparent intentions to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. This idea has met with a surprising amount of pushback—somehow ending the war is seen as more shameful than the war itself. Scott and Margolis fear...
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2/1/19 Max Blumenthal on Trump’s ‘Presidential’ Posture Toward Venezuela
by Scott Horton | Feb 5, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Max Blumenthal about the political unrest in Venezuela. Blumenthal explains how dangerous it is that there's been a mostly positive, and bipartisan, response to President Trump's comments about intervening there. Just like when he was bombing Syria,...
2/1/19 Jason Hickel on the Crimes of British Colonialism
by Scott Horton | Feb 5, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Jason Hickel discusses the history of British colonial rule in India and his new piece, "How Britain stole $45 trillion from India." He explains the British government's clever scheme: forcibly extract tax revenue from the people, use the money to buy goods from other...
2/1/19 Greg Palast on Avoiding Regime Change in Venezuela
by Scott Horton | Feb 4, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Greg Palast explains the situation in Venezuela, where the Trump administration has recently been signaling for U.S.-backed regime change. Although the claim is that it's the U.S.'s duty to support "democracy," says Palast, the concern is really for Venezuelan oil....
2/1/19 Bonnie Kristian on Why the US Military Should Get out of Somalia
by Scott Horton | Feb 2, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Bonnie Kristian talks about her latest piece, "If Trump Isn’t Planning to Draw Down U.S. Intervention in Somalia, He Should Be." She and Scott point out how President Trump often has good instincts on foreign policy, at times questioning what the U.S. is even doing in...
2/1/19 Tim Shorrock With the Latest on the Korean Peace Talks
by Scott Horton | Feb 2, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Tim Shorrock joins the show for an update us on the Korean peace talks. President Trump recently claimed that North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat, whereupon the mainstream media was quick to point out that Kim's regime has not in fact agreed to denuclearize....
2/1/19 Mandy Smithberger on the Arms Industry’s Revolving Door
by Scott Horton | Feb 2, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Mandy Smithberger talks about the revolving door between politics and arms manufacturers, most recently manifested in President Trump's appointment of Patrick Shanahan as acting secretary of defense. Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, has recused himself from issues...
1/25/19 Sheldon Richman on the FDA’s War on Tobacco
by Scott Horton | Jan 30, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman talks about his latest piece for the Libertarian Institute, TGIF: The FDA’s Assault on Tobacco Consumers, where he explores the latest government efforts to regulate every aspect of nicotine products. In addition to its control over products containing...
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