Scott interviews Bette Dam about her reporting on the war in Afghanistan. Dam explains how faulty intelligence about enemy "combatants" has led to many unjustified killings, notably the war crimes by Australian special forces in Oruzgan Province in recent years. In...
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Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism Video Adaptation Chapter Four: The Bill Clinton Years
by Scott Horton | Feb 6, 2021 | Blog
Directed by Gus Cantavero. https://youtu.be/uEk6tKDsGLg?list=PLq2qhcVwTVJRQuCWXMVUM8SG2qYDFoPZA
Does Oregon’s Decriminalization Signal An End to the War on Drugs?
by Bradley Thomas | Feb 6, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Oregon became the first state to decriminalize possession of otherwise illegal drugs. According to this Feb. 1 Associated Press article, “Police in Oregon can no longer arrest someone for possession of small amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other...
Joe Biden’s Plan to Repeal the Second Amendment
by Matt Agorist | Feb 6, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
HR127, known as the Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act introduced by Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], is, without a doubt, the most tyrannical gun control bill ever proposed. Like all gun control measures, this bill would hit the poor and minority...
2/5/21 Matthew Hoh on Biden’s Afghanistan Reversal
by Scott Horton | Feb 5, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Matthew Hoh discusses the Biden administration's Afghanistan policy. Trump, Hoh reminds us, had appointed Zalmay Khalilzad to negotiate a U.S. withdrawal with the Taliban; now it appears that Biden's team is reversing that plan. Hoh says that this was to be expected:...
News Roundup 2/5/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 5, 2021 | News Roundup
US News The mayor of Olympia, Washington called protesters, who occupied a hotel demanding more aid for the homeless, ‘domestic terrorists.’ [Link] Phoenix prosecutors are labeling a group of young protesters, including minors, as a gang to charge them with more...
COI #67 – Is It Still “Too Soon” to Leave Afghanistan?
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 5, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #67, Scott Spaulding, host of Why I'm Antiwar podcast, returns to the show to discuss Biden's plan to back out on the US-Taliban agreement and keep US troops in Afghanistan. The war in Afghanistan has continued for almost two decades, yet critics of withdraw...
‘Incitement’ Is A Fake Crime
by Ryan McMaken | Feb 5, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Former president Donald Trump has been impeached for “incitement to insurrection.” The House Democrats’ claim is that Trump made an inflammatory speech which—a week later—led to the Capitol riot of January 6. The Senate is now considering whether or not to convict...
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Oprah 2020?
In case you're wondering why you're suddenly hearing about Oprah running for president, Reason's Christian Britschgi will get you up to speed in his latest piece: Will 2020 Be Oprah vs. Trump? There are several good lines in here, but I particularly enjoyed his...
The Antiwar Comic: The Iran Repeat?
What’s going on in Iran? This is pure speculation on my part, but it seems very suspicious to me.
News Roundup 1/2/18
A Las Vegas woman has been exonerated after serving 16 years for a murder she did not commit. [Link] Kansas SWAT kills a man after they were sent to fake crime as a prank. [Link] A Kansas police officer who murdered a fleeing man will not face charges for his crime....
The Antiwar Comic: Ghost Artists
I still can't believe I live in an America where Guantanamo not only opened, but stayed open. For more comics, visit The Webcomic Factory.
2017 Review: Yemen
On the night of Trump’s inauguration, he approved a raid on al-Qaeda in a village in central Yemen. Two Americans were killed in the raid: Chief Petty Officer Ryan Williams and 8-year-old Nawar Anwar al-Awlaki. Nawar was hit in the neck with a bullet and died in her...
Developing a State and Local Strategy to Address Rendition and Torture
Testimony offered before the N.C. Commission of Inquiry on Torture (NCCIT) earlier this month revealed the culpability of state and local officials in a program of extraordinary rendition and torture. Knowing how states helped facilitate torture opens the door to take...
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