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Antiwar Radio: David T. Beito

Scott — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:39:44 +0000

David T. Beito, professor of history at the University of Alabama and keeper of the blog Liberty and Power at the History News Network, discusses his book (with co-author Linda Royster Beito) Black Maverick: T.R.M. Howard’s Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s madness, his Justice Department’s witch hunt against those who [...]

Antiwar Radio: Joseph Shansky

Scott — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:38:19 +0000

Joseph Shansky, contributor to Counterpunch, UpsideDownWorld and Democracy Now! en Español, discusses the “invited” invasion of Costa Rica by the U.S.. Navy and Marine Corps, the drug war excuse, Costa Rica’s pacifist constitution which forbids such things, the notable lack of information about the move, the widespread disapproval of the new U.S. presence among the [...]

Antiwar Radio: Jeremy Kirk and Luke Hansen

Scott — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:36:41 +0000

Jeremy Kirk and Luke Hansen, both members of Witness Against Torture, discuss their trip to Burmuda to visit the 4 Uighurs recently released from the Guantanamo Bay prison, how they came to be sold to Americans in Pakistan and brought to Cuba, their inability to leave the tiny island or see their families, the Christian [...]

Antiwar Radio: Stephen M. Walt

Scott — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:35:36 +0000

Stephen M. Walt, professor of international affairs at Harvard University and co-author of the article and the book The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy with professor John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago, discusses once-and-present Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stubbornness in implementing the Oslo Accords, the newly released 2001 video which shows [...]

Antiwar Radio: Joe Meadors

Scott — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:34:30 +0000

Joe Meadors, former US Navy signalman and survivor of both the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty and on the Gaza Peace Flotilla, describes the details of the Liberty assault, why they believe it was intentional, the recall of the USS Saratoga‘s fighters twice that day from assisting the Liberty on orders from Lyndon Johnson, [...]

Antiwar Radio: David Spero

Scott — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:33:23 +0000

David Spero RN, author of the book The Art of Getting Well, writer for DissidentVoice.org, discusses his push for a left-right-libertarian realignment for liberty and against the empire, the important issues we agree on and the divisive social issues that divide us, Scott’s hairbrained idea for a real two-party system, TV’s best efforts to keep [...]

Antiwar Radio: Gareth Porter

Scott — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:31:04 +0000

Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for IPSNews, discusses indications that Amiri the mysterious Iranian defector was actually a double-agent sent by Iran to learn what the CIA knew and thought about them, Amiri’s role on the periphery of their nuclear program, his statements to the CIA that there is no nuclear weapons program, Porter’s [...]

Antiwar Radio: Bruce Fein

Scott — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:30:05 +0000

Bruce Fein, author of American Empire: Before the Fall, discusses the domestic consequences of foreign empire, the very fast transition from republic to empire in American history, the changing of the presidency from chief executive to permanent war commander, the simple truth that terrorism is a reaction to, not the reason for American interventionism in [...]

Antiwar Radio: Eric Margolis

Scott — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:28:36 +0000

Eric Margolis, foreign correspondent and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj, discusses the just released 2001 video of Benjamin Netanyahu mocking the stupidity of the 80% of Americans who support Israel and the ease with which Tel Aviv can dictate to Washington D.C., Netanyahu’s history of thwarting peace deals [...]

Antiwar Radio: Gareth Porter

Scott — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:27:33 +0000

Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for IPS News, discusses the creation of the Emergency Committee for Israel, UN Security Council resolutions demanding Iran cease all uranium enrichment, global support for Iran’s position and the Israel Lobby’s pressure to have the National Intelligence Council re-write the National Intelligence Estimate of November 2007 which held that [...]

Antiwar Radio: Michael Hastings

Scott — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:26:08 +0000

Michael Hastings, freelance reporter, author of the book I Lost My Love in Baghdad and the article “The Runaway General” in Rolling Stone magazine – which brought down General Stanley McChrystal, commander of the Afghan War – discusses the rules of engagement for American forces in Afghanistan, public support for a timeline for withdrawal, the [...]

Antiwar Radio: Leslie Lefkow

Scott — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:20:37 +0000

Leslie Lefkow, senior researcher and Horn of Africa team leader for Human Rights Watch’s Africa Division, discusses the recent history of conflict in Somalia, the rise of al Shabaab, the recent bombing attacks in Uganda, claimed by al Shabaab as retaliation against Uganda for participating in the African Union military force in Somalia, the humanitarian [...]

Antiwar Radio: Elaine Cassel

Scott — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:39:39 +0000

Elaine Cassel, civil liberties attorney and author of The War on Civil Liberties: How Bush and Ashcroft have Dismantled the Bill of Rights, returns to Antiwar Radio to discuss the case of civil liberties lawyer Lynn Stewart, whose prison sentence was recently increased to 10 years in prison (probably life for a 70-year-old woman) the [...]

Antiwar Radio: Chase Madar

Scott — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:38:41 +0000

New York civil rights lawyer Chase Madar discusses the case of child-soldier-turned U.S. kidnapping-torture victim Omar Khadr, lousy PR victories from convictions of cooks and a chauffeur, bogus “war crimes” charges against someone accused of throwing a grenade on a battlefield, reasons to disbelieve that the kid threw the grenade in the first place, the [...]

Antiwar Radio: Punk Johnny Cash

Scott — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:37:30 +0000

“Punk Johnny Cash,” veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and blogger at the GonzoTimes.com, discusses movie portrayals of the marines, how basic training changes one forever, the modern epidemics of shell shocked vets and on-base violence, the similarity of the mindset of an enlisted man and a battered wife, examples of how they humiliate and [...]