https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scgmmjvhShM Patrick explores old family Cold War Civil Defense pamphlets, and talks about the growing new arms race that is ramping up between the US and its allies, Russia, and China. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my...
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Popular Sovereignty Convoy – The Rebellion Of The Working Class
by Steven Woskow | Jan 31, 2022 | Blog
https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/1486981696658550785 As regimes across the west engage in an arms race to see how much power they can exercise over their citizenry in the name of Covid, it has become increasingly obvious that the freedom to assemble is a...
COI #182: Biden Targets the Truth with Assange Prosecution
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 31, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #182, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the recent updates in Assange’s extradition case. Biden, like Trump, is prosecuting Assange for publishing evidence of American war crimes. The US/UK governments are criminalizing journalism and dealing a fatal blow to the First...
6/17/21 Ray McGovern: Baby Steps at the Biden-Putin Summit
by Scott Horton | Jun 20, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Ray McGovern about the Biden-Putin summit. It was not exactly a groundbreaking meeting, says McGovern, though Biden and Putin did agree on at least one crucial point: America and Russia must never fight a nuclear war, since the results would be beyond...
4/30/21 Tom Collina on the Reckless Plan to Expand America’s Nuclear Arsenal
by Scott Horton | Apr 30, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Tom Collina about the alarming plan to expand America's nuclear arsenal. The $2 trillion package, Collina explains, would include a large investment in what's known as the "nuclear sponge": a collection of ICBMs in America's heartland designed to draw a...
Israel Demands F-35s As Part Of $8 Billion Military Aid Package
by Jason Ditz | Sep 17, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
With the United States set to use the peace treaty as a chance to sell F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates, Israel has been pushing for a bunch of free U.S. equipment based on pledges for a region-wide qualitative edge. On Wednesday, Israel offered its first...
Trump’s Russia Policy Failed the American People
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 29, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #511, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss Trump's failing Russia policy. During the campaign, Trump made it clear that he would able to get along and make deals with Putin. However, once Trump took office, his policy towards Russia became more and more...
Announcing a New Arms Race guest Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | May 25, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
Will Porter returns to the show to discuss the US announcing that it plans to spend China and Russia into oblivion in a new arms race. In recent years the US has been working towards a new Cold War. Will explains how the announcement ties with Trump's foreign policy...
News Roundup 5/22/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 22, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence. [Link] Trump’s arms control negotiator says the US is prepared to spend Russia and China into oblivion to win another nuclear arms race. [Link] China A bipartisan group of Senators will...
8/27/19 Gar Alperovitz: the Decision to Nuke Japan
by Scott Horton | Aug 28, 2019 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Historian Gar Alperovitz shares the history of America's use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Contrary to what most of us learned in school, many of the top military officers and intelligence officials were adamant at the time that use of the bombs was...
Tulsi, Kashmir, and Iran
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 6, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #384 I cover Tulsi Gabbard's positions on BDS, India's crackdown in Kashmir, and Iran possibly seizing an Iranian ship in the Gulf. Last week, Tulsi voted for a bill that condemned BDS. She received some criticism from her base and has now become a cosponsor of...
News Roundup 12/6/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 6, 2018 | News Roundup
A Colorado police officer that killed an innocent man in his home will not face charges. [Link] The CIA briefs select Senators on the Khashoggi murder. [Link] The Senators who attended the briefing feel more convinced that MbS is guilty of ordering the murder of Jamal...
11/12/18 Tom Woods on World War I
by Scott Horton | Nov 14, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
The great Tom Woods joins the show in honor of the hundred-year anniversary of Armistice Day to give a rundown of World War I. Decades of complex alliances and arms races, he explains, led to the powder keg that erupted catastrophically in 1914 with a single...
11/9/18 James Carroll on Trump’s Planned Withdrawal from the INF Treaty
by Scott Horton | Nov 11, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
James Carroll discusses President Trump's intent to withdraw from the INF treaty, which he thinks could usher in a new age of nuclear expansion. The INF helped reverse the buildup of nuclear weapons that was taking place between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and its...
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The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
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