Short contribution of Laurie Calhoun to the KPFA Saturday Evening News on August 6, 2022, with David Rosenberg about drone assassination and the logic of “violence breeds violence”. This three-minute exchange spans 5:10-8:15. Many other foreign policy topics are also...
US out of Afghanistan
WBAI News in Exile: the al Zawahiri Drone Strike in Kabul
News in Exile (WBAI): Paul DeRienzo and Laurie Calhoun consider the al Zawahiri drone strike report. Discussion begins at 14:30 and lasts five minutes....
Eight US Atrocities in Afghanistan Ep. 181
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb9zdrgZ6hE&t= As the corporate press decries the US evacuation of Afghanistan because of its humanitarian cost and for fear of deteriorating human rights under Taliban rule, I remind the world that those prosecuting the War in...
Episode 306: Scott Horton on His Debate with Bill Kristol and Trump Not Pulling Out of Afghanistan
55 Minutes PG-13 Pete invited Scott Horton to return to the show to comment on his upcoming debate with Bill Kristol, Trump not pulling out of Afghanistan and Israel attacking Iran in Iraq. Scott Horton is Managing Director of The Libertarian Institute, host of...
Episode 287: Pete’s ‘Fool’s Errand’ Interview w/ Scott Horton
56 Minutes PG-13 This is a re-release of Episode 22 that was done on the morning Scott's book 'Fool's Errand' dropped. It is Pete's 3rd interview ever and it shows. Still, Scott delivers a flawless message about the Afghan conflict and foreign policy in general. The...
11/21/17 John Duncan reflects on his 29 years in Congress
Representative John Duncan from the 2nd district of Tennessee joins Scott to discuss his impending retirement, his close friendship with Ron Paul, and how his antiwar views developed during his time in Congress. Duncan recalls his meetings leading up to the Iraq War...
10/27/17 Matthew Hoh reflects on Afghanistan then and now
Whistleblower Matthew Hoh returns to the show to discuss the Afghanistan War, what's changed and what's stayed the same. Hoh recalls how he challenged the U.S. war party by speaking out against the Afghan War during Obama's surge, why Obama's—and every other...
10/3/17 Anne Jones on Trump taking his turn to fail in Afghanistan
Ann Jones, author of "Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan," returns to the show to discuss her latest article at TomDispatch.com "Afghanistan, Again?" Jones explains how every president repeats the actions of his predecessor in an attempt to "break the...
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Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War
From the Foreword by Lawrence B. Wilkerson: “[T]he debate over whether oil was a principal reason for the 2003 invasion has waxed and waned, with one camp arguing that it absolutely was, while the other argues the precise opposite.” “Mr. Vogler, himself a former...
Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism
Imagine the Catholic Church (or any person or group of people) doing what the government does every day: Everyone who doesn’t give the Catholic Church 25% of his annual income every year will be put in jail. If he resists the Jesuit officer, the officer has the right...
Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania
FOREWORD BY JAY BHATTACHARYA, MD, PHD Diary of a Psychosis is different from all other books on Covid: it traces the development of the government response as it happened, bit by bit, and subjects it to relentless scrutiny: did any of it do any good? It thereby...