Download Episode. Scott talks with journalist Chip Gibbons about an article he wrote for Jacobin that details the CIA’s 2019 plots to surveil, kidnap and even poison Julian Assange. First, Scott and Gibbons reflect on the impact of Assange and Wikileaks. They then...
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9/23/22 Douglas Macgregor on the Russian Escalation
by Scott Horton | Sep 25, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott is once again joined by Douglas Macgregor Col. (ret.) to discuss developments in Ukraine. Macgregor has been working hard to keep track of what’s actually happening on the ground, and the result is a very different narrative than what you’d...
9/20/22 Nasser Arrabyee on Why He’s Optimistic About the Yemen Ceasefire
by Scott Horton | Sep 24, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott speaks to Yemeni journalist Nasser Arrabyee. From the ground in Sana’a, Arrabyee gives his account of how six months of ceasefire has changed life in Yemen. He walks Scott through some of the improvements he’s observed. Most notably, he...
9/19/22 William Hartung: The Arms Industry is Scamming You
by Scott Horton | Sep 23, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott speaks with William Hartung from the Quincy Institute about ways the arms industry is ripping off American taxpayers. They take a close look at a few cases such as the F-35 and the Littoral Combat Ship. Both weapons systems don’t work, but...
9/19/22 Roger Waters on Palestine, Assange and Ukraine
by Scott Horton | Sep 22, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott interviews Roger Waters, co-founder of the band Pink Floyd. They begin with a look back at how Waters first woke up to the plight of the Palestinians. That leads to a discussion about the persecution of Julian Assange, which Waters has been...
9/19/22 Philip Weiss on the Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
by Scott Horton | Sep 21, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott talks with Philip Weiss about Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian-American journalist slain by Israeli soldiers back in May. Likely because of her profession, the media has taken an unusually honest look at the events leading up to Abu Akleh’s...
9/17/22 Hassan El-Tayyab: Our Yemen Campaign is Working, It’s Time to Double Down
by Scott Horton | Sep 21, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Hassan El-Tayyab of the Friend's Committee on National Legislation was back again for last Sunday's Antiwar Radio show. El-Tayyab was fresh off a strategy call between many of the organizations and activists leading a campaign to pass War Powers...
9/10/22 Scott Horton Defend the Guard Speech Minneapolis, Minnesota
by Scott Horton | Sep 20, 2022 | Blog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOEYzjaUxhI
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The Ford Follies: Yes, It Can Get Worse
Brent Eastwood does a splendid job elucidating so many of the problems of the fatally flawed Ford super-carrier. I suspect he had to say "promising" but there is nothing here for the 21st century; this is the chariot and crossbow of the next generation. This is the...
The Steady Rise in Living Standards
"The history of capitalism as it has operated in the last two hundred years in the realm of Western civilization is the record of a steady rise in the wage earners’ standard of living. The inherent mark of capitalism is that it is mass production for mass consumption...
Pentagon Acquisition: Rotten From Head to Toe
The pattern is a revolving door of deliberate insider trading and influence by hiring retiring flag officers with active Rolodexes to be exploited in bent bidding and shadowy acquisition practices in an already sclerotic and gummed-up acquisition system that can't...
The Business of America: War, War, War!
Sachs mentions Timber Sycamore which was a classified weapons supply and training program run by the CIA and supported by the United Kingdom and some Arab intelligence services, including Saudi intelligence. The aim of the program was to remove Syrian president Bashar...
Mises on Wages under Capitalism
"While daily experience taught impressively that under capitalism real wage rates and the wage earners’ standard of living were steadily rising, while it became from day to day more obvious that the traditional walls separating the various strata of the population...
Anti-War Blog – Do They Really Know It’s Christmas?
Every year as the end of December crawls near, the spirit of Christmas grips those sometimes Christians, even atheists join in and celebrate it as a cultural habit and the true believers further confirm their faith. The spirit of celebration is one of joy, community,...
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