Danny Sjursen explains the complicated situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, a piece of Azerbaijani territory that has been under de facto Armenian control since the 1990s. Nagorno-Karabakh is the result of Stalin's territorial divisions, which very often failed to conform...
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10/2/20 Jeffrey Kaye: Proof of American Biological Warfare in Korea
by Scott Horton | Oct 4, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Jeffrey Kaye about his bombshell report on U.S. war crimes during the Korean War. For decades, Kaye says, the narrative advanced by America and the UN has been that although Japan, our ally, is known to have conducted experiments in chemical and...
10/2/20 Nicolas Davies on America’s Culpability for the War in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Oct 3, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Nicolas Davies about America's continuing role in the war in Yemen. Although the Trump administration has ended some of the more direct involvement like mid-air refueling of Saudi bombers, Saudi Arabia still very much relies on our help to wage its war...
10/2/20 Patrick Cockburn on his Testimony in the Assange Extradition Hearing
by Scott Horton | Oct 3, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews the great Patrick Cockburn about his written testimony in Julian Assange's extradition hearing. Cockburn argued, as have many other witnesses for the defense, that Assange's activities with WikiLeaks amount to the very best kind of journalism: the...
10/2/20 Kevin Gosztola: Day 17 of the Assange Extradition Hearing
by Scott Horton | Oct 2, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Kevin Gosztola discusses two major points from the recent round of testimony in the Assange hearing. First, the defense has been trying to emphasize the deplorable conditions Assange would be likely to face in an American supermax prison. This is something a judge...
10/1/20 Trevor Timm on His Assange Extradition Hearing Testimony
by Scott Horton | Oct 2, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Trevor Timm is back with an update on Julian Assange's extradition hearing. Timm was a witness for the defense, where he argued against the idea that what Assange and WikiLeaks do is categorically different than the activity of other journalists. The prosecution has...
9/28/20 Kevin Gosztola: Week Four of the Assange Extradition Hearing
by Scott Horton | Sep 28, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Kevin Gosztola is back for another update on Julian Assange's extradition hearing, where most recently the defense has been debunking the prosecution's claim that Assange engaged in a hacking scheme with Chelsea Manning. Gosztola says the defense was able to establish...
9/25/20 Gilbert Doctorow on the US Government’s Provocative Russia Policy
by Scott Horton | Sep 28, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Gilbert Doctorow discusses the latest aggressive maneuvers being carried out by the U.S. government and its allies toward Russia. Doctorow says that the flying of planes near Russia's border just for intelligence gathering is quite common and relatively...