On FPF #260, I explain how the war on drugs impacts US foreign policy and countries around the world. Prohibition is proven to be a failed policy that leads to black market violence. In some countries, the black market created by drug prohibition is so massive it can...
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News Roundup 10/18/18
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Canada. [Link] 17 students were killed by a gunman in Russia. [Link] North and South Korea agree to reconnect roads and rail lines between the two countries. [Link] The US will spend $390 million to clean up a site contaminated...
News Roundup 10/17/18
The US is slowing the Korean peace process. [Link] Trump says Mohammad bin Salman denies involvement in the Khashoggi disappearance and Saudi Arabia is investigating the crime. [Link] CNN reports that Saudi Arabia will admit that Khashoggi died in the Saudi consulate....
FPF #259 – Progress in Syria? guest Will Porter
On FPF #259, Will Porter joins the show to cover the Turkish/Russian agreement that has delayed the Syrian offensive of rebel-held Idlib. The agreement had a deadline for all rebels to be out of the buffer zone by October 15th. The deadline has passed, but Russia,...
News Roundup 10/16/18
Facebook bans false information about voting. [Link] The US budget deficit rose to $779 billion in fiscal year 2018. [Link] National Security Advisor John Bolton's Chief of Staff will leave the White House and head the Center for Security Policy. [Link] Ecuador...
News Roundup 10/15/18
The Washington Supreme Court outlaws the death penalty. [Link] Three Kentucky police officers went to a man's home and attempted to lure him into a fight after the man complained about police on Facebook. [Link] An innocent man spent over 20 years in prison after a...
Idlib Residents Declare Hatred for All Sides in Syria’s Civil War
“People in Idlib hate all those with power over them,” says Ahmad Abu Omar, 33, a history teacher living in the province, the last opposition enclave in the west of Syria. He says that the three million people of Idlib fear a return of government forces, but are...
New Roundup 10/11/18
Caitlin Johnstone explains why the glorification of Nikki Haley is unearned. [LInk] Russia is ready to extend the New START Treaty with the US. [Link] Erik Prince is meeting with influential Afghanis to push his plan to privatize the Afghan War. [Link] US...
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