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Dangerous Game: How the Wreckage of Russiagate Ignited a New Cold War
It’s been nearly four years since the myth of Trump-Russia collusion made its debut in American politics, generating an endless stream of stories in the corporate press and hundreds of allegations of conspiracy from pundits and officials. But despite netting scores of...
6/26/20 Dave DeCamp on Russia, Yemen, Israel and Syria
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...
A Rebuke of ‘Modern Monetary Theory’
[Review of Stephanie Kelton, The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy (New York: PublicAffairs, 2020).] I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is that Stephanie Kelton—economics professor at Stony Brook and advisor to the...
6/19/20 Jeff Abramson on America’s Bloody Arms Industry
Scott interviews Jeff Abramson about America’s convoluted process for selling weapons to foreign governments. The arms trade is a multi-billion dollar industry for private firms like Raytheon—but it’s also a process that is highly controlled by the U.S....
Democrats & Jim Crow: A Century of Racist History the Democratic Party Prefers You’d Forget
The history of Jim Crow in the American South is a history one the Democratic Party would rather you forget.
Trump Discovers Juneteenth, Claims No One Else Had Ever Heard of It and Takes Credit For Making It a Big Deal All At Once
Now that's leadership: On race issues, Mr. Trump said a black Secret Service agent told him the meaning of Juneteenth as the president was facing criticism for initially planning to hold his first campaign rally in three months on the day. The rally is scheduled to be...
6/8/20 Ray McGovern on the USS Liberty, Israel, and the Slow Death of ‘Russiagate’
Scott talks to Ray McGovern about the June 8th anniversary of the USS Liberty attack, a U.S. ship that was fired on by Israeli forces during the 1967 Six-Day War. The Israelis claimed the attack had been an accident, but evidence at the time—not to mention a more...
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