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6/14/19 Ramzy Baroud on Israeli Apartheid

by Scott Horton | Jun 15, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews Ramzy Baroud about the conundrum Israel finds itself in today. On the one hand, they claim to be the only liberal democratic regime in the middle of a hostile region, and that they are committed to reaching peace with the Palestinians. On the other...

6/10/19 Jim Epstein on Brazilian Libertarians’ Alliance with Jair Bolsonaro

by Scott Horton | Jun 14, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Reason's Jim Epstein joins the show to discuss the Brazilian libertarians who are trying to influence the Bolsonaro government. Brazil has the largest and fastest growing libertarian community in the world, and though this arrangement can be seen as a major political...

6/10/19 Gareth Porter on the Latest Excuse for War with Iran

by Scott Horton | Jun 12, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter joins the show to explain the latest event being sold as evidence for the need to attack Iran. Evidenceless as usual, the claim that Iran is behind the sabotage of Saudi ships is based only on the fact that they had motive to do it. Porter's theory? This...

6/10/19 Patrick Eddington on the US Spying Apparatus

by Scott Horton | Jun 12, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews Patrick Eddington about the surveillance of U.S. citizens and the legislation that allows it. Although the USA Freedom Act ostensibly rolls back the NSA's metadata program, it really only tweaks a technicality of whom the organization allowed to spy...

6/7/19 Eli Clifton on Israeli Money in American Politics

by Scott Horton | Jun 10, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Eli Clifton discusses the influence of the Israel lobby over American politics. Even for President Trump, who famously claimed he didn't need money from big donors, Israeli and Jewish-American money is important because it can win congressional elections, and Trump...

5/31/19 Daniel Ellsberg on the Importance of Whistleblowers

by Scott Horton | Jun 1, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Famed whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg talks to Scott about the importance of people like Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning, who are keeping alive the role of good journalists in an age where the media increasingly serves the political establishment. They discuss the...

5/31/19 David Vine on the Plight of the Chagossians

by Scott Horton | May 31, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

David Vine explains the delicate situation of British colonial rule over the Chagos Archipelago, where thousands of native residents were forced to leave their homes in order for the United States to build a military base there. The UN has condemned the move in an...

5/31/19 Jason Ditz on the Israeli Elections

by Scott Horton | May 31, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Jason Ditz discusses Netanyahu's failure to form a new government and call for new elections in September. Jason Ditz is the news editor of Antiwar.com. Read all of his work at news.antiwar.com and follow him on Twitter @jasonditz. This episode of the Scott Horton...

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