Scott interviews Hassan El-Tayyab from the Friends Committee on National Legislation about the effort to end the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Although the Biden administration announced an end to support for "offensive operations" in Yemen, thanks to the Saudi...
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4/9/21 Jay Schweikert: New Mexico Ends Qualified Immunity for All Public Officials
by Scott Horton | Apr 9, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Jay Schweikert about the promising developments in New Mexico, where a new state-wide law has been enacted that repeals qualified immunity as a legal defense for any public official. This is a similar move, says Schweikert, to legislation adopted...
4/9/21 Jesselyn Radack on the Latest Victim of America’s Draconian Espionage Act
by Scott Horton | Apr 9, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews national security attorney Jesselyn Radack about her work in the protection of whistleblowers. Daniel Hale, the man who leaked the so-called "drone papers" to the Intercept in 2014, has just pleaded guilty to violations of the Espionage Act in what...
4/8/21 Trita Parsi on Biden’s Willingness to Negotiate With Iran
by Scott Horton | Apr 9, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Trita Parsi talks about the state of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. President Trump, of course, made a point of withdrawing from the JCPOA and increasing hostilities with Iran, deliberately parting ways with one of President Obama's signature issues. But the...
4/2/21 Pete Quinones Interviews Scott About Vaccine Passports and the New Domestic Terror War
by Scott Horton | Apr 6, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Listen to a livestream Scott recorded with Pete Quinones on Friday. They discuss covid passports, the government's response to the pandemic over the last year and the growing focus in the U.S. government on so-called "domestic terrorism." Discussed on the show:...
4/2/21 Peter Lee on China’s Treatment of the Uyghur Muslims
by Scott Horton | Apr 5, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Peter Lee about the ongoing Uyghur controversy in China. The Chinese government, he says, is trying to integrate their minority Uyghur Muslim population, as part of their larger project to urbanize and centralize China. There is growing concern,...
4/2/21 Lyle J. Goldstein on the American Military’s Disastrous Indo-Pacific Strategy
by Scott Horton | Apr 5, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Lyle J. Goldstein discusses the terrifying possibility of war between the U.S. and China. There are plenty of hawks in the U.S. government, he says, who might try to fight China were they to attack Taiwan or exert their influence elsewhere in the region. But even...
4/2/21 Immortal Technique on Slavery, Israel-Palestine and the Politicization of American Society
by Scott Horton | Apr 4, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews rapper Immortal Technique in a wide-ranging conversation covering the legacy of slavery in America, the false narrative about Palestine fed to most Americans and the ways that politics has become entwined in daily life like never before. He and Scott...