02/07/07 – Martin Smith – The Scott Horton Show

PBS Frontline producer Martin Smith explains U.S. Army’s training of Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army and the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution’s Badr Corps and the problems this creates for the American mission to train a national army before withdrawal, the subject of his upcoming documentary 'Gangs of Iraq' for Frontline.

Legalizing Murder

The heroic James Bovard reminds us just how thin the "rule of law" really is. According to the President's lawyers: "The necessity defense may prove especially relevant in the current circumstances. First, the defense is not limited to certain types of harms. Therefore, the harm inflicted by necessity may include intentional homicide, so long as the harm avoided is greater (i.e., preventing more deaths). Second, it must actually be the defendant’s intention to avoid the greater harm’¦. Third,...

Antiwar Radio: Juan Cole

Professor of Middle East History Juan Cole explains some of what is going on in Iraq, with an emphasis on Bush's claims about Iran's behavior there. Juan R. I. Cole is Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History at the University of Michigan. He has written extensively about modern Islamic movements in Egypt, the Persian Gulf, and South Asia. His most recent book is Sacred Space and Holy War. His blog, Informed Comment, is a widely read source for Middle East news and commentary.

02/06/07 – Juan Cole – The Scott Horton Show

Professor of Middle East History Juan Cole explains some of what is going on in Iraq, with an emphasis on Bush's claims about Iran's behavior there. Juan R. I. Cole is Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History at the University of Michigan. He has written extensively about modern Islamic movements in Egypt, the Persian Gulf, and South Asia. His most recent book is Sacred Space and Holy War. His blog, Informed Comment, is a widely read source for Middle East news and commentary.

Antiwar Radio: Gabriel Kolko

Professor Gabriel Kolko discusses the catastrophic post World War II American Empire along the lines covered in his book The Age of War: The United States Confronts the World: the phony Cold War against the USSR, attempted domination of the third world, the Military Industrial Complex's permanent function in the American economy, the true purpose and fate of the NATO alliance, and the coming destruction — on way or another — of America's global position. Gabriel Kolko is the leading historian...

02/05/07 – Gabriel Kolko – The Scott Horton Show

Professor Gabriel Kolko discusses the catastrophic post World War II American Empire along the lines covered in his book The Age of War: The United States Confronts the World: the phony Cold War against the USSR, attempted domination of the third world, the Military Industrial Complex's permanent function in the American economy, the true purpose and fate of the NATO alliance, and the coming destruction — on way or another — of America's global position. Gabriel Kolko is the leading historian...

What the Hell is going on inside these people’s brains?

Wow, the President has finally shown up at one of our Democrat get-togethers! Here's my big chance to say something critical right to his face! "According to some Democrats present, Rep. Susan A. Davis (Calif.) told Bush about her concern that the military is fighting a war without the rest of the country sharing the sacrifice." My problem is that your policies just don't hurt enough people. It's not fair! Au contraire, replied the Decider er, Decision-Maker: "Bush disagreed with that...

January Archive for the Liberated Space

Since Scott does not mind double posts, here are some of the new shows available in a format designed for your listening pleasure: February 1: Policy analyst Mohammed Miraki on his new book Afghanistan After Democracy. Note: The site contains repulsive images. http://www.afghanistanafterdemocracy.com January 25: Medical marijuana activist and candidate for the 2008 LP Presidential nomination Steve Kubby. Anti-war content. January 18: Dean Tong on the Duke Rape Case and much more. January 11:...

Limbaugh Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

This man has never met a war he didn't like. Before the Iraq invasion, Limbaugh was eagerly agitating for a full-scale attack on the entire Middle-East (except one country - guess which one?), beginning with Iran. That idea would have led to, oh, say tens of thousands of dead Americans, and oh, say, hundreds of thousands of dead Arabs, civil war, possibly world war etc. So this is the man that the Landmark Legal Foundation nominated for the award that Nobel wanted to go to the one who "shall...

Rockefellers Versus Neocons Chapter XII

Dang, Brzezinski sounds like he's trying to join the AWC set "While other former U.S. officials and ex-generals have criticized administration policy in committee hearings, none savaged it to the degree Brzezinski did. "'If the United States continues to be bogged down in a protracted bloody involvement in Iraq, and I emphasize what I am about to say, the final destination on this downhill track is likely to be a head-on conflict with Iran and with much of the world of Islam at large,' said...

Antiwar Radio: James Bovard

James Bovard, author of The Farm Fiasco, The Fair Trade Fraud, Shakedown: How the Government Screws You from A to Z, Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty, Feeling Your Pain: The Explosion and Abuse of Government Power in the Clinton-Gore Years, Terrorism and Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice, and Peace to Rid the World of Evil, The Bush Betrayal and Attention Deficit Democracy, discusses the war, torture,...