Modern warfare almost always leads to killing lots of innocents; if governments were held to the same standards as individuals, these killings would be manslaughter, if not murder. This doesn’t mean that war is never justified. But the reasonable hawkish mood is...
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5/18/23 Stephanie Savell on the Millions of Indirect Deaths Caused by the Post-9/11 Wars
by Scott Horton | May 19, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott was joined by Stephanie Savell of the Cost of War Project to discuss her organization’s new report on indirect deaths in America’s post-9/11 wars. Savell’s research now points to between 4.5 million and 4.6 million indirect deaths that have...
5/11/23 Mutaqee Akbar on the Uhuru Movement, Who They Are and What They’re Charged With
by Scott Horton | May 13, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott is joined by Mutaqee Akbar, one of the lawyers representing members of the Uhuru Movement. The Uhuru Movement is a group of Black Socialists who were recently arrested in a SWAT raid and charged with operating as agents of the Russian...
5/4/23 Joseph Solis-Mullen on the Fake China Threat
by Scott Horton | May 8, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott was joined by Joseph Solis-Mullen to talk about the overblown fear of a global Chinese takeover. Solis-Mullen has been following the current wave of China fearmongering very closely and gives Scott an overview of what today’s hawks are...
Ukraine Adopts New Laws to ‘De-Russify’ Public Places
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 23, 2023 | News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has approved two new laws intended to erase signs of Russian culture in Ukraine. The statutes seek to rechristen all places in the country thought to carry Russian names, while local authorities will be required to “free public space from the symbols of the Russian world.”
Progressives Are Domestic Imperialists
by Keith Knight | Apr 19, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized
Progressives will fight tooth and nail to make sure every citizen gets a 1 in 100,000,000 vote between two politicians every four years since it allows the political system to reflect the wishes of the population at large. However, when those very same voters try to...
How One Undercover FBI Agent Infiltrated BLM and the Militia Movement
by Ken Silva | Apr 12, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In August 2020, an FBI undercover agent code-named “Red” unsuccessfully tried to foment a plot to assassinate Colorado’s attorney general. The next month, an FBI undercover agent with the same code-name and physical description played a major role in the conspiracy to...
4/5/23 Matt Taibbi on the Danger of Digital Censorship
by Scott Horton | Apr 8, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott was joined by Matt Taibbi this week on Antiwar Radio. They discuss some of Taibbi’s recent reporting on the government-NGO-corporate media joint effort to flag and suppress certain news and opinions that they deem to be disinformation. They...
The Robber Barons: Historical Fact vs. Progressive Mythology
by Keith Knight | Apr 7, 2023 | Blog, Economics
The standard theory of monopoly within the mainstream of the economics profession is that monopolies increase prices and reduce production levels compared to competitive industries. So I gathered historical economic data on prices and production for seventeen of the...
3/24/23 Ryan McMaken on Nuclear Weapons and How the Fed Fuels Inequality
by Scott Horton | Mar 29, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott is joined by Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute to talk about nuclear weapons and the boom-bust cycle. They begin with a discussion of McMaken's recent article pushing back against common arguments for the production of more nuclear weapons....
EU Planning to Invest Frozen Russian Assets, Give Returns to Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 27, 2023 | News
The European Union is developing proposals on what to do with assets seized from the Russian central bank by member states. According to European officials, the bloc may invest the money and hand the returns to Ukraine.
AFRICOM Says African Coup Leaders Share ‘Core Values’ With US Military
by Dave DeCamp | Mar 24, 2023 | News
Gen. Michael Langley, the head of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), was grilled by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Thursday about African soldiers who received US military training and went on to carry out coups.
3/10/23 Kevin Gosztola: They Lied About Iraq and Now They’re Lying About Assange
by Scott Horton | Mar 15, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott talks with Kevin Gosztola about a project he’s working on documenting the lead-up to Iraq War II as well as his brand new book about Julian Assange. To mark the twentieth anniversary of the disastrous invasion of Iraq, Gosztola has been...
3/10/23 Gabriel Shipton on his Brother Julian Assange’s Fight for Freedom
by Scott Horton | Mar 12, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott talks to Gabriel Shipton, the brother of Julian Assange, about the documentary he recently produced about his family’s fight for Assange’s freedom. Scott and Shipton discuss the film, what it portrays, who it features and why it’s called...
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The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
Free Book: An Anarchist Critique of the COVID Mandates
I’ve had the opportunity to write a short book offering what is essentially an anarchist critique of COVID mandates. This includes the accusation that states did most of the killing rather than the virus. The 123-page book, Measuring the Mandates: Questioning the...
Democratic Socialist Turns Libertarian! #PorcFest2023
https://youtu.be/G2eSuiXNaaQ Once you accept the principle of government, namely that there must be a judicial monopoly and the power to tax, once you accept this principle incorrectly as a just principle, then any idea or any notion of restraining or limiting...
What War Hawks Would Sound Like If They Weren’t Psychopaths
Modern warfare almost always leads to killing lots of innocents; if governments were held to the same standards as individuals, these killings would be manslaughter, if not murder. This doesn’t mean that war is never justified. But the reasonable hawkish mood is...
The Free Market Serves the Masses, Governments Commit Genocide
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