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10/12/23 Max Blumenthal on What People Need to Know About Gaza

by Scott Horton | Oct 13, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Max Blumenthal joined Scott on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss the situation in Gaza. They talk about what’s happening and put the events in historical context. Discussed on the show: Dying to Win by Robert Pape Killing Gaza Goliath by Max...

As Turkey Bombs US-Backed Kurdish Fighters, Dozens of Oil and Power Facilities Damaged in NE Syria

by Connor Freeman | Oct 12, 2023 | News

Ankara, Washington’s NATO ally, has been waging a now week-long bombing campaign against Kurdish armed factions in US-occupied Syria. Turkey’s airstrikes have damaged or destroyed more than half of the oil and power facilities, east of the Euphrates River, in the...

S. Korea Considers Suspension of Deconfliction Agreement with N. Korea Because of Hamas Attack

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 12, 2023 | News

South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-shik is pushing Seoul to abandon a 2018 agreement that reduced the military presence along the demilitarized zone (DMZ). The military official believes North Korea could use tactics similar to Hamas to attack South Korea. The...

COI #484: Biden Links Support for Ukraine to Israel and Taiwan to Overcome GOP Opposition

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 12, 2023 | Conflicts of Interest

On COI #484, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman break down developments in the Ukraine proxy war as well as Israel’s brutal war against the people of the Gaza Strip. Kyle covers the latest US military aid package worth $200 million being sent to Kiev and Ukrainian...

News Roundup 10/12/2023

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 12, 2023 | News Roundup

Russia The US on Wednesday announced a new $200 million arms package for Ukraine that includes HIMARS ammunition, artillery shells, anti-tank weapons, and other equipment. AWC Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sent a request to Tel Aviv to coordinate a trip to...

U.S. Counter-Terror Operator Vanishes after Claiming to Identify January 6 Pipe Bomber

by Ken Silva | Oct 12, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles

On June 8, 2022, a Twitter account linked to U.S. counterterrorism operator Jade Parker claimed to have identified the suspect who placed pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC headquarters ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest-turned-riot. “I have a very good...

Zelensky Asks Netanyahu to Visit Israel in Show of Support

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 11, 2023 | News

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sent a request to Tel Aviv to coordinate a trip to Israel in a show of support. The White House is trying to unify the wars in Israel and Ukraine by pushing a spending bill that includes aid for Kiev, Tel Aviv, Taipei, and...

10/5/23 Dennis Marburger on the Fall of Nagorno-Karabakh

by Scott Horton | Oct 11, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott was joined by Dennis Marburger to discuss the shelling and invasion of the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as the Republic of Artsakh. Last month, after a ten-month siege, Azerbaijan invaded and forced nearly everyone living...

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Crime and Poverty

“The theory that crime is caused by poverty is not supported by the known facts. The very poor, in fact, tend to be just as law-abiding as the rich, and perhaps more so. To argue otherwise is to libel multitudes of people who keep to decency under severe difficulties,...

Don’t Be Silent

We should reject the fashionable idea that one should never write or post anything that possibly could be used by bad people for bad purposes. That admonition brings two things to mind. First, it fails its own test. If good people avoid a topic because even...

Can There Be Only One Race?

I'm old enough to remember this 1960s Lay's Potato Chips commercial. (Hell, I'm almost old enough to remember when plays were in black and white!) In the commercial a man (Bert Lahr, the cowardly lion in The Wizard of Oz) faces a challenge from the devil, who has a...

How Not to Defend “Capitalism” Against” Socialism”

I challenge you to show me a lamer "debate" over "capitalism" and "socialism." (Don't worry; it's not about Bill Maher.)

Yes, Andrew Sullivan Demanded W. Bush Nuke Iraq

He wrote on October 17, 2001: THE COMING CONFLICT: The sophisticated form of anthrax delivered to Tom Daschle's office forces us to ask a simple question. What are these people trying to do? I think they're testing the waters. They want to know how we will respond to...

War is a Euphemism for Theft Funded Mass Murder

The libertarian’s basic attitude toward war must then be: it is legitimate to use violence against criminals in defense of one’s rights of person and property; it is completely impermissible to violate the rights of other innocent people. War, then, is only proper...

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