2/9/18 Andy Worthington on Trump’s plans for Guantanamo and the rehabilitation of George W. Bush

by | Feb 9, 2018 |

Investigative journalist Andy Worthington returns to the show to discuss the absurd rehabilitation of George W. Bush by the left. Worthington recalls the early days of the Bush-Cheney administration and the crimes committed at Guantanamo and the murder of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. Worthington then breaks down the various elements of the U.S. torture network and the long draw down of Guantanamo starting in the Bush days, but which has never reaching its conclusion. Finally Worthington...

10/13/17 Andy Worthington on the latest hunger strikes at Guantanamo

by | Oct 13, 2017 |

Author and director Andy Worthington returns to the show to discuss his latest article, "New York Times Finally Reports on Trump's Policy of Letting Guantanamo Hunger Strikers Die; Rest of Media Still Silent." Worthington details the legacy of hunger strikes at Guantanamo Bay and explains that the U.S. is facing the awful decision whether they should they let prisoners starve themselves to death or use grotesque measures to force feed them to keep them alive. According to Worthington the...

10/6/17 Gareth Porter on Congress’s potential role in ending the war in Yemen

by | Oct 6, 2017 |

Gareth Porter returns to the show to discuss his article for The American Conservative Magazine, "When Did Congress Vote to Aid the Saudi’s Yemen War?" Porter explains why, despite there being zero national security interest at stake, the U.S. is involved in the aerial war in Yemen. He and Scott then discuss the clearly misleading fatality figures which they suspect are being vastly underreported by the U.N. Porter then gets to the crux of his article: how members of Congress are attempting to...

9/21/17 Trita Parsi on the potential dangers of escalating tensions with Iran

by | Sep 21, 2017 |

President of the National Iranian American Council Trita Parsi returns to the show to discuss the Iran Nuclear Deal and what's at stake should the Trump administration attempt to nix the deal and why his bellicose approach to Iran could have significant consequences. Parsi explains Congress's role in the life of the deal, and why even a Republican-controlled Congress might be hesitant to kill the deal. Trita Parsi is the president of the National Iranian American Council and the author of...

9/13/17 Tim Shorrock on the failed diplomacy between North Korea and the United States

by | Sep 13, 2017 |

Tim Shorrock, author of Spies For Hire, returns to the show to discuss his latest articles for The Nation "Diplomacy With North Korea Has Worked Before, and Can Work Again" and AlterNet "How Sony, Obama, Seth Rogen and the CIA Secretly Planned to Force Regime Change in North Korea." Shorrock details the 1994 deal with North Korea, which was an important step toward diplomacy between the U.S. and North Korea, how George W. Bush and the neocons torpedoed the deal leading the North Koreans to...

The Antiwar Comic: War Crimes Paradox

by | Jun 4, 2013 | ,

Bradley Manning is getting a push these days with the trial heating up.  (Although, who really knows what's going on when they won't let the crowd-funded stenographer in.) Let's all hope Bradley goes free.  If not after this trial, maybe he'll get pardoned after the next presidential election. For more comics visit: