Jim Bovard is back to discuss the tragic killing of Duncan Lemp, a Maryland man who was shot by police during a no-knock SWAT raid last year. Bovard has been covering the details of Lemp's story ever since, including the ways that the police department's story keeps...
The Scott Horton Show
1/28/21 Gareth Porter: Biden’s Coercive Iran Policy Threatens New Regional Crisis
by Scott Horton | Jan 31, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter discusses U.S. relations with Iran, especially the ways the policies of the Biden administration might differ from those of the Trump administration. Even though the JCPOA was one of the signature accomplishments of the Obama presidency, and even though...
1/28/21 Shuja Paul on the Forgotten Bombs of America’s Secret War on Laos
by Scott Horton | Jan 31, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Shuja Paul about his forthcoming documentary, Waiting to Explode: Forgotten Bombs of a Secret War Continue to Kill. Paul's film tells the little-known story of the thousands of undetonated cluster bombs dropped by the U.S. during the Vietnam War,...
1/22/21 Steve Ellner on the Attempted US Destruction of Venezuela
by Scott Horton | Jan 26, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Steve Ellner discusses the economic and political situation in Venezuela, and the U.S. role in pushing the country to where it is today. Ellner dispels a common misconception, which is that foreign influence has had little to do with Venezuela's recent problems...
1/22/21 Gareth Porter on the Latest Chapter in the Manufactured Iran Crisis
by Scott Horton | Jan 25, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Gareth Porter about the competing attitudes toward Iran in American foreign policy. During his presidency, Trump was sometimes the voice of restraint against those who favored a more aggressive stance toward Iran and in some cases even advocated...
1/23/21 Hassan El-Tayyab on Biden’s Promise to End the War in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Jan 25, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Hassan El-Tayyab discusses the prospects for an end to the war in Yemen under the incoming Biden administration. President Biden and Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken have both signaled that they'd like to end U.S. participation in the war right away, though...
1/22/21 Matt Agorist on the Growth of the American Police State
by Scott Horton | Jan 24, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Matt Agorist about police violence in America. Agorist is adamant that although police brutality is disproportionately a problem in black communities, this is an issue that affects us all, and Americans should be unified in opposition to growing police...
1/22/21 David Swanson on Joe Biden’s Dangerous Cabinet Appointments
by Scott Horton | Jan 23, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
David Swanson discusses the foreign policy of the incoming Biden administration. On the positive side, he thinks there's a good likelihood of ending U.S. support for the war in Yemen, lifting some of America's oppressive economic sanctions and better relations with...
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