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5/22/24 Daniel McAdams on Color Revolutions, Past and Present

by Scott Horton | May 27, 2024 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott interviews Daniel McAdams about the Western-backed uprisings in Eastern Europe known as Color Revolutions. McAdams has a lot of experience reporting and analyzing these uprisings. They first talk about the Color Revolution that appears to be...

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and Our Societal Detachment from War

by John Weeks | May 27, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Modern nation states have developed an impressive symbolic innovation to memorialize their war dead, the tomb of the unknown soldier: “No more arresting emblems of the modern culture of nationalism exist than cenotaphs and tombs of Unknown Soldiers. The public...

5/22/24 Kevin Gosztola on the Good Julian Assange News

by Scott Horton | May 25, 2024 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Kevin Gosztola of The Dissenter returns to the show to discuss the latest ruling in Julian Assange’s legal battle. The UK’s High Court granted Assange a full appeal. Gosztola and Scott dissect what that means and discuss where things could go from...

5/22/24 Max Blumenthal on the Significance of This Student Protest Movement

by Scott Horton | May 24, 2024 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Max Blumenthal of The Grayzone was on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss the nationwide student movement protesting American support for Israel’s ongoing slaughter in Gaza. He and Scott discuss the history of American student opposition to Israel...

TGIF: The Economic Is Personal

by Sheldon Richman | May 24, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF

Contrary to accepted doctrine, we have no grounds for regarding so-called economic liberties as less important or less worthy of protection than so-called personal, or civil, liberties. That's because we have no essential grounds for distinguishing so-called economic...

5/16/24 Frank Ledwidge on What It’s Like in Ukraine Right Now

by Scott Horton | May 21, 2024 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott interviews Frank Ledwidge about his recent travels around Ukraine. Ledwidge discusses the difference in mood between cities and rural communities, corruption, equipment difficulties and more. Discussed on the show: Nuclear War: A Scenario by...

5/16/24 Kyle Anzalone on Biden’s Weapon Hold, Rafah, the West Bank and Linsey Graham’s Unhinged NBC News Appearance

by Scott Horton | May 17, 2024 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Kyle Anzalone was back on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss all the news related to Israel and the ongoing slaughter of Palestinians. They begin with some developments in American politics such as the temporary hold on some specific bombs slated...

Inheriting Wealth is Good for You (And Society)

by Brad Pearce | May 15, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles

It seems as if hardly a week goes by that we don’t hear about some celebrity or industrialist saying that he doesn’t intend to leave his fortune to his children. There is a widespread belief in the Anglophone world that inheriting money will make children lazy and...

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Caution: Hard Times Ahead

Comfort is a thief. Life is hard. Do more and suck less. Class dismissed.

Yet Another US Navy Surface Ship Fiasco

As I have mentioned, the US Navy can't catch a break from the cavalcade of calamities that is Navy shipbuilding for two generations. First they removed the 155mm gun when it was disclosed it was 800 thousand dollars a round Advanced Gun System (AGS) then it took five...

We: Records 1-5

Reading We, a Russian dystopian novel.

The US Navy Does the Right Thing: At Last

This is the first US Navy decision I can get behind in years. The US Navy just cancelled its Constellation class frigate program because it is absolutely incapable of building hulls and ships that work. They have not launched a successful surface ship since 1991 with...

If Wishes Were Buses

Like a major air disaster that leaves blackened wreckage scattered far and wide, Zohran Mamdani’s New York collision with reality hurtles ahead. The mayor-elect has once again put on display a key reason that catastrophe is inevitable. It is worse than just...

The Kyle Anzalone Show: Israel Ramps Up Push to Annex West Bank

A ceasefire that looks good on paper means little when people are living under lockdowns and raids. We open with the West Bank, where daily operations near schools and reports of soldiers quartering in homes reshape civilian life and hollow out the promise of...