Scott talks to Antiwar.com News Editor Dave DeCamp about several of his latest articles. The two discuss the status of nuclear arms negotiations between the U.S. and Russia, the conflict between southern separatists and the Hadi government in Yemen, the Trump...
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6/26/20 Jason Ditz on Turkey, the Kurds and the India-China Border Dispute
by Scott Horton | Jun 28, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz talks about the Turkish attacks on Kurds in northern Iraq, which have taken the form of both land assaults and periodic airstrikes. These incursions began around the time the U.S. invaded Iraq, and have seen little resistance from the Iraqi government. Ditz...
6/26/20 Jonathan Hafetz on the Plight of Adham Amin Hassoun
by Scott Horton | Jun 28, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Jonathan Hafetz about the troubling case of Adham Amin Hassoun, a man who was convicted in 2008 of providing material support to terrorist organizations. Hassoun was a legal resident of the United States, but is not a citizen, so upon completion of his...
6/26/20 Joe Lauria on the New Indictment Against Julian Assange
by Scott Horton | Jun 28, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Joe Lauria explains the latest superseding indictment against Julian Assange, who still faces extradition to the U.S. for his supposed violations of the Espionage Act. Lauria’s take is that the new indictment is simply “window dressing,” meant to make Assange look bad...
6/27/20 Mike Swanson on America’s ‘Zombie Firms’
by Scott Horton | Jun 27, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Mike Swanson discusses the continuing economic fallout from the coronavirus, focusing in particular on what are sometimes called “zombie companies.” These firms stay afloat largely because of easy money available at low interest rates, even though their business may...
6/22/20 Vincent Bevins on the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
by Scott Horton | Jun 25, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews journalist Vincent Bevins about his latest book, The Jakarta Method, in which he lays out some of the history of the U.S. government’s support for violent right-wing coups all over the world. During the Cold War, America backed brutal extremists in...
6/19/20 Pete Quinones: The Monopoly on Violence
by Scott Horton | Jun 24, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Pete Quinones talks about his new project, The Monopoly on Violence, a documentary featuring interviews with many prominent figures in the libertarian and anarchist movements. The film explores the history of both statism and anarchism, explaining the nature of...
6/19/20 Danny Sjursen on the Tortured Legacy of the Mexican-American War
by Scott Horton | Jun 23, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Danny Sjursen talks about the Mexican-American War, a seldom-discussed conflict that he maintains holds lessons for America today. Sjursen describes a pattern that by now—with our long experience of the war on terrorism—should be all too familiar: a U.S. president...