With the Senate impeachment trial dominating headlines this week, it seems appropriate to look back on what Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul said about the 1998 impeachment of then-President Bill Clinton. At a press conference the week of the impeachment vote,...
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Trump Doubles Down on the Failed Coup in Venezuela
On FPF #446, I discuss the US continuing to push Juan Guaido's failed coup attempt against Maduro. Nearly a year ago, Guaido declared himself president of Venezuela with the backing of the US. He claimed this authority from his position as the leader of a legislative...
1/20/20 Ramzy Baroud on the Israeli Siege of Gaza
Scott talks to Ramzy Baroud about the Israeli occupation of Gaza, where Palestinian civilians continue to be killed and otherwise oppressed by Israeli forces. Baroud describes the many ways in which Israel has twisted the mainstream narrative and manipulated their...
1/17/20 Doug Bandow: America Wrecked Libya for a Generation
Doug Bandow talks about the legacy of the war in Libya, which many Americans seem already to have forgotten. Bandow says Qaddafi was supposed to be the test case for a dictator agreeing to U.S. terms of peaceful nuclear disarmament. Instead, as soon as he disarmed...
1/17/20 Trita Parsi on Peace in the Middle East Without US Involvement
Trita Parsi explains why he thinks that President Trump's clear signal that he doesn't want to go to war with Iran has sent a message to American allies like Saudi Arabia that they should now pursue diplomacy instead of war. Some assume that without a strong U.S....
Ottoman Archives Help Palestinians Reclaim Their Land
Ahmed Melhem at Al-Monitor writes about the release of 140,000 microfilm pages from the Ottoman archives by Turkey. These documents are helping Palestinians to prove ownership of property expropriated by Israel under the pretext they were state property and prove the...
1/17/20 Ryan McMaken on America’s Petrodollar Addiction
Ryan McMaken discusses his recent articles for the Mises Institute about the future of U.S. dollar hegemony. He walks us through the dollar's history as global reserve currency, which began in the mid 20th century as an alternative to a direct gold standard. Still,...
Lies They Tell To Start Wars
On FPF #445, I debunk lies about North Korea and Iran. On North Korea, the blob often claims the US must take an aggressive position on North Korea because of North Korean nuclear weapons. I explain how the North Korean nuclear weapon program is a reaction to...
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