WASHINGTON --- Irving Kristol, the political writer and publisher known as the "godfather" of neo-conservatism whose youthful radicalism evolved into an emphatic rejection of communism and the counterculture, died Friday. He was 89. "His wisdom, wit, good humor and generosity of spirit made him a friend and mentor to several generations of thinkers and public servants," said the editors of The Weekly Standard in announcing Kristol's death on its Web site. Kristol was the husband of...
09/18/09 – Will Grigg – The Scott Horton Show
Will Grigg, author of the blog Pro-Libertate and the book Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the rise of the American police state, how Nixon's war on crime/drugs changed law enforcement culture, why the drug war must end, and 21st century fascism and class warfare.
09/17/09 – Daniel Ellsberg – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, discusses his new film 'The Most Dangerous Man in America,' simulations that indicate nuclear war would be more destructive than previously thought, how the practice of killing civilians en masse in WWII became the premise of U.S. nuclear war planning, cancellation of the European missile defense shield and the staggering difference in destructive force between an H-bomb and every other weapon preceding it.
No escape in New York for under-fire smokers
1,700 parks and 14 miles of beach may become cigarette-free zones Nothing seems too draconian when it comes to discouraging the populace from puffing on tobacco. Seven years after New York instituted its ban on smoking inside clubs, bars and restaurants — wildly controversial at the time — the folks in charge are now plotting to extinguish every smoker's pleasure in the great outdoors as well. Buried inside a policy pamphlet unveiled by the city's health commissioner, Thomas Farley, lurks a...
09/16/09 – Robert Murphy – The Scott Horton Show
Robert P. Murphy, scholar at the Mises Institute and author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal, discusses the 2008 bank bailout, interest paid on FED deposits provides disincentive for bank lending, the danger of massive unemployment and inflation, why the Fed's boom-bust cycles keep getting worse and why Cap-n-Trade is a bunch of crap.
09/16/09 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, author of War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir and Tibet, discusses the massing of Indian troops on the India/China border, how nearly every border dispute outside the Western world stems from British imperialism, the little-known Chinese presence in Kashmir and the difficulty in keeping tabs on the 'finger in every pie' U.S. foreign policy.
New Liberty Stickers!
Update: I also fixed this one up to be a little easier to read:
Antiwar Radio 9/15/09: Eric Margolis, Daniel Lakemacher, Gareth Porter and Rebecca Vilkomerson
Today on Antiwar Radio: Eric Margolis, Daniel Lakemacher, Gareth Porter and Rebecca Vilkomerson 1-3 95.9 in Austin or stream from http://KAOSRadioAustin.org or http://antiwar.com/radio
09/15/09 – Daniel Lakemacher – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Lakemacher, founder of the website WarIsImmoral.com, discusses his conscientious objector (CO) discharge from the U.S. Navy, how the experience of working at Guantanamo and (independently) learning about the libertarian 'non-aggression principle' changed his mind about war and justice, the process of becoming a CO and how the military defines morality in terms of obedience/disobedience.
09/15/09 – Rebecca Vilkomerson – The Scott Horton Show
Rebecca Vilkomerson, National Director of Jewish Voice for Peace, discusses the activist campaign to stop Caterpillar from selling bulldozers to Israel, what interested people can do to help promote peace, how the peace party can learn from the organizational and media saturation successes of the war party and the importance of criticizing anti-Semitism as well as those who misuse the charge (see MuzzleWatch).
09/15/09 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses his article 'IAEA Conceals Evidence Iran Documents Were Forged,' the admission of an IAEA official that the 'smoking laptop' contents were compiled from multiple sources and the mainstream media’s tendency to play fast and loose with the facts on Iran.
09/15/09 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Internationally syndicated columnist Eric Margolis discusses the terrorist safe-haven and failed state of Somalia, U.S. mission creep on the African continent, the questionable legal authority of assassination via airstrike, Afghanistan's fraudulent election and popular discontent in Pakistan against U.S. influence.
Bin Laden: “US Must eliminate the Israel Lobby to end war”
In a 12 minutes address via an audio tape, al Qaeda's chief, Osama bin Laden, spoke to the American people on the eighth anniversary of 9/11. The tape was produced by as-Sahab propaganda arm posted on various Jihadists forums tonight. His address directed "to the American People" asserted that the main reason for the al-Qaeda’s attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, was the US support to Israel as well as ‘some other injustices.’ Interestingly Osama claimed the war between...
09/11/09 – Anthony Gregory – The Scott Horton Show
Anthony Gregory, research analyst at the Independent Institute, discusses the numerous liberties lost in the new millennium, the U.S.-resident Muslims held on 'material witness' grounds after 9/11, Patriot Act and FISA amendment increases to government power and how Congressional authorization for the use of force is worse than a declaration of war.
09/11/09 – Adam Szyper-Seibert – The Scott Horton Show
Adam Szyper-Seibert, counselor and office manager at Courage to Resist, discusses Lt. Ehren Watada’s successful resistance to an Iraq deployment, the year-long waiting list for treatment at the VA, the fraternal bonds that keep reenlistment rates high, increased military success (since WWII) in training soldiers to be hate-driven killers and the 'Ft. Bragg 50”³ who are held without charges in degrading conditions.
