On Thursday, February 25, the Joe Biden administration bombed Iraqi Shi’ite militias in Syria, killing between 1–22 depending on who’s doing the reporting. Why did Biden order this strike? On February 15, there was a rocket attack in Erbil, the capital city of...
Scott talks to Ben Wizner of the ACLU about the ongoing Julian Assange saga. Assange's attempted prosecution under the Espionage Act is practically unprecedented, says Wizner. While it's true that many leakers of government secrets have been charged for violations of...
https://youtu.be/S2c8lqfL6CU A final word about conscription: of all the ways in which war aggrandizes the State, this is perhaps the most flagrant and most despotic. But the most striking fact about conscription is the absurdity of the arguments put forward on its...
Scott talks to Lyle Goldstein about the U.S.-Russia relationship and the future of global nuclear arms negotiations. Goldstein says that after the Cold War, the world's nuclear weapon situation was mostly under control—as a result, people today have forgotten how...
David Swanson discusses the foreign policy of the incoming Biden administration. On the positive side, he thinks there's a good likelihood of ending U.S. support for the war in Yemen, lifting some of America's oppressive economic sanctions and better relations with...
Scott interviews Kevin Gosztola about the breaking news that a British judge has denied the request to extradite Julian Assange from England to the United States. The prosecutors will appeal, says Gosztola, but this ruling opens the possibility that Assange could be...
Kyle breaks it all down on Conflict Of Interest The U.S. has 14 days to respond - Trump could end all this, but my guess is he won't. Though Alex Mercouris (see below) makes the case that this sets up for Trump to pardon him. Alex also states he should be free by...
On COI #53, I discuss the UK judge's ruling against the US extradition request for Julian Assange. The US is seeking Assange to punish him for revealing their war crimes through his media outlet, WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks is critical to exposing government wrongdoing....
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