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...
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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...
4/2/21 Grant Smith on Israeli Apartheid and the False Promise of a Two-State Solution
by Scott Horton | Apr 3, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Grant Smith discusses the Israeli government's occupation of Palestine and its treatment of the Palestinians. There seems to be growing recognition that Israel is presiding over a form of apartheid, including a 2017 UN report attesting to that fact, and a small...
4/2/21 Larry Wilkerson on the Global Struggle for Power in Asia
by Scott Horton | Apr 3, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Larry Wilkerson, former army Colonel and Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, about America's involvement in Asia, both during his time in the federal government and today. Wilkerson calls America's exploits over the last few decades a...
4/2/21 Jacob Sullum on the Trial of Derek Chauvin
by Scott Horton | Apr 2, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Jacob Sullum about the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. Sullum highlights two important features of the prosecution's case so far: the first is that paramedics testified to Floyd's already being dead when they showed up, and the...
3/26/21 Daniel Davis: US War With China Over Taiwan Would Be Foolish and Costly
by Scott Horton | Mar 29, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Davis talks to Scott about the possibility of war with China. Davis fears that despite what would seem to be common sense arguments against ever fighting such a war, that's the direction that the American military establishment is heading in. The war planners...
3/26/21 Jack Matlock on America’s Unnecessarily Hostile Relationship With Russia
by Scott Horton | Mar 29, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Jack Matlock, America's second-to-last ambassador to the Soviet Union, talks to Scott about relations with Russia today. He stresses that the real ideological differences that once divided America and the USSR don't stand in the way anymore, and we need not continue...
3/26/21 Matthew Hoh on Biden’s Afghanistan Equivocations
by Scott Horton | Mar 29, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Matthew Hoh comes back on the show to talk about Afghanistan. President Biden said in a recent press conference that due to logistical difficulties, America is unlikely to meet the May 1 withdrawal deadline laid out in the Doha agreement signed under President Trump....