11/15/16 Andrew Cockburn on the New Red Scare
Andrew Cockburn, author of Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins, discusses his article “The New Red Scare: Reviving the art of threat inflation;” and how the...
View Article11/16/16 Patrick Cockburn on the war against Islamic State
Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning writer with The Independent, discusses the imminent battles for Tal Afar and Mosul in Iraq – as senior Isis leaders leave for Syria, Turkey threatens to intervene on...
View Article11/16/16 Mark Thornton on Austrian Business Cycle Theory
Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, discusses what president-elect Donald Trump’s economic and monetary policies are likely to be, considering his Reagan-like promises to increase...
View Article11/18/16 Ramzy Baroud on Israel silencing the call to prayer
Ramzy Baroud, editor of The Palestine Chronicle, discusses Israel’s attempt to ban the Islamic call to prayer in Palestinian communities, on the grounds that the 1400-year old tradition creates “noise...
View Article11/19/16 Ray McGovern on the US, Russia and Syria now
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern discusses how president-elect Trump’s political appointments could derail what is shaping up to be an improvement in Russia relations and in Middle East policy –...
View Article11/23/16 Philip Weiss on Trump and the Israel Lobby
Philip Weiss, founder of Mondoweiss.net, discusses how Trump’s election has driven a political wedge between the Democrats and Republicans who previously showed equal devotion to Israeli Prime Minister...
View Article11/30/16 Nasser Arrabyee on the Saudi-led war in Yemen
Yemeni Journalist Nasser Arrabyee discusses why Saudi Arabia has failed to win the war in Yemen despite killing and injuring 50,000 Yemeni civilians.The post 11/30/16 Nasser Arrabyee on the Saudi-led...
View Article11/30/16 Gareth Porter on Donald Trump’s national security advisor Michael J....
Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian writing on US national security policy, discusses why Donald Trump’s pick for national security advisor, retired Lt. Gen. Michael J....
View Article12/2/16 Ray McGovern on Gen. David Petraeus as possible Secretary of State in...
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern discusses the overblown achievements of media-favorite Gen. David Petraeus, who gave us the Iraq War “surge” propaganda, a failed counterinsurgency program in...
View Article12/2/16 Trita Parsi on what to expect regarding US-Iran relations in a Trump...
Trita Parsi, the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council, discusses the Obama administration’s diplomatic successes with Iran, and whether President Trump will roll back the...
View Article12/4/16 Brad Hoff on Syria’s ‘endless insurgency’ and expectations for...
Brad Hoff, Managing Editor of Levant Report, discusses why the Syrian government’s recent military success in East Aleppo won’t stop the insurgency any time soon; the Obama administration’s treasonous...
View Article12/6/16 Mark Perry on Donald Trump’s selection of Gen. James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis...
Mark Perry, author of Talking to Terrorists: Why America Must Engage with its Enemies, discusses why incoming Secretary of Defense James Mattis harbors a grudge against Iran; why military officers are...
View Article12/7/16 Will Grigg on the wrongful imprisonment of Christopher Tapp for a...
Will Grigg, the Managing Editor of The Libertarian Institute, discusses the nineteen year wrongful imprisonment of Christopher Tapp for the 1996 murder of Angie Dodge in Idaho Falls; and why Angie’s...
View Article12/7/16 Robert P. Murphy on Austrian economics and his new book Choice:...
Robert P. Murphy, an Associated Scholar with the Mises Institute and author of many books, discusses the Fed-induced booms and busts in the economy and stock market; the bigger-than-ever housing...
View Article12/8/16 Daniel McAdams on the Obama administration’s refusal to concede...
Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute For Peace and Prosperity, discusses the Syrian government’s defeat of rebels in East Aleppo; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s “Stop Arming Terrorists...
View Article12/13/16 Craig Murray: DNC, Podesta emails leaked by Americans, not hacked by...
Craig Murray, former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan and whistleblower, discusses his article claiming the DNC and Podesta emails came from U.S., not Russian, sources. The post 12/13/16 Craig Murray: DNC,...
View Article12/16/16 Conn Hallinan on avoiding nuclear war between India and Pakistan
Conn Hallinan, a Foreign Policy In Focus columnist, discusses why the conflict between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan is the most dangerous in the world; the disastrous global effects of nuclear war;...
View Article12/16/16 Yakov Hirsch on journalist Jeffrey Goldberg and Hasbara Culture
Yakov Hirsch, a writer for Mondoweiss.net, discusses how Israel’s support for “murdering medic” Elor Azaria shows how much Israelis have internalized their own ethnocentric propaganda; Jeffrey...
View Article12/16/16 Scott Paul on the latest bad news in Yemen
Scott Paul, Senior Humanitarian Policy Advisor for Oxfam America, discusses how the Saudi coalition blockade and Yemen’s central bank failure have created a dangerous shortage of food and money for...
View Article12/16/16 Alex Sobel on his political comedy show “Hypocrite Twins”
Political humorist Alex Sobel discusses his show “Hypocrite Twins” that pokes fun at the typical Democrat-Republican talking points on issues of the day; and why so-called “fake news” sites don’t come...
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