Scott talks to Phyllis Bennis about the Palestinians' Great March of Return, a protest against the unjust removal of Palestinians from their own land by the Israeli government. A huge problem, explains Bennis in a recent article, is the Israeli military's policy to...
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5/17/19 Mashal Hashem and James Allen on the American Firms Lobbying for Death in Yemen
by Scott Horton | May 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Mashal Hashem and James Allen, research associates with the Center for International Policy, join Scott to discuss their work on the congressional lobbying by American arms manufacturers. Last year the U.S. sold more than $4.5 billion of weapons to Saudi Arabia alone,...
5/17/19 Ashraf Nubani Demands Justice for the Nakba
by Scott Horton | May 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Ashraf Nubani discusses the Nakba, the catastrophic forced exodus of the people living in the Holy Land when the state of Israel was founded in 1948. Palestinians like Nubani, descended from those who were forced to leave their homes, still commemorate the event and...
5/17/19 Jason Hartwig on Negotiating With Al-Shabaab in Somalia
by Scott Horton | May 19, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Jason Hartwig about how to end the civil war in Somalia, where he recommends negotiating with Al-Shabaab as the best chance for peace. Like other countries where the U.S. military is involved, a decisive victory by one side might not be realistic, and...
5/17/19 José Niño Explains How Socialism Destroyed Venezuela
by Scott Horton | May 18, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
José Niño talks about his new book, How Socialism Destroyed Venezuela. He explains the debate between critics of socialism, who claim that the economic system is responsible for Venezuela's problems, and its defenders, who maintain that socialism was working well...
5/17/19 Curt Mills on John Bolton’s War with Iran
by Scott Horton | May 17, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Curt Mills discusses John Bolton's plans for provoking a war with Iran and the differences in policy and philosophy between Bolton and Trump. Discussed on the show: "Is Bolton’s War With Iran Becoming A Reality?" (The National Interest) "Iran Nuclear Deal Exit...
5/17/19 Muhammad Sahimi on Iran
by Scott Horton | May 17, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Muhammad Sahimi talks war with Iran, which he says the Ayatollah, and certainly the Iranian people, do not want. They understand that even though America would never outright win a war like that, it could practically destroy the entire country of Iran. The puzzling...
5/14/19 Gareth Porter on the Supposed Iranian Threat
by Scott Horton | May 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter explains the overblown claims of Iran's threat to the United States, which are constantly being used as a pretext for war by American and Israeli neocons. Discussed on the show: "John Bolton's Nefarious Plot for War With Iran" (Truthdig) "Did Iran Kill...
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Royal Navy Submarine Force is Not “Fit for Purpose”
Vanguard class nuclear submarine But with all the scientists and engineers imported from Africa into the UK, how is this even possible? On a more serious note, it is high time for America to suspend its maintenance program of the Trident systems the UK uses. Yet...
The Kyle Anzalone Show [GUEST] Craig Pasta Jardula : Is Trump Imploding?
A kitchen joke about tomato sauce quickly gives way to the hard edge of politics as we unpack a growing fracture on the right. Trump’s volleys at Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie aren’t just personality drama; they point to a deeper shift toward a larger...
Pinker on Peace and Enlightenment
"If, despite impressions, the long-term trend, though halting and incomplete, is that violence of all kinds is decreasing, I think that calls for a rehabilitation of the ideals of modernity and progress, and it's a cause for gratitude for the institutions of...
The US Paper War Tiger is Way Behind
The Ukraine and Russian forces have been building drones for less than three thousand dollars and the "Affordable Mass" efforts in the US had an original floor price of three hundred thousand dollars because that is the way the American "defense" acquisition system...
Caution: Hard Times Ahead
Comfort is a thief. Life is hard. Do more and suck less. Class dismissed.
Yet Another US Navy Surface Ship Fiasco
As I have mentioned, the US Navy can't catch a break from the cavalcade of calamities that is Navy shipbuilding for two generations. First they removed the 155mm gun when it was disclosed it was 800 thousand dollars a round Advanced Gun System (AGS) then it took five...
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