Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist and historian, discusses the Obama administration's change of heart on Syria policy, where they are no longer entertaining the fantasy that "moderates" will depose President Assad and defeat the radical Islamists also.
1/26/15 Full Show
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Today’s show: Kahdr’s lawyer, Adam Morrow from Cairo 12-2 eastern
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01/26/15 – Gabriel Schivone – The Scott Horton Show
Gabriel Schivone, a writer and humanitarian volunteer in Tucson, discusses his article "Gaza in Arizona: How Israeli High-Tech Firms Will Up-Armor the U.S.-Mexican Border."
01/26/15 – Adam Morrow – The Scott Horton Show
Adam Morrow, a Cairo-based journalist with IPS News, discusses the Egyptian government's violent crackdown on protests commemorating the 2011 uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak; and the beginnings of another revolution against Egypt's new military dictatorship.
1/23/15 Full Show
Today’s show: Maybe Jim Lobe 12-2 eastern
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01/23/15 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses Charlie Hebdo and the free speech double standard; French President Hollande's popularity-gaining (and blowback-generating) invasions all over the Muslim world; and what comes after the death of Saudi King Abdullah.
01/23/15 – Jim Lobe – The Scott Horton Show
Jim Lobe, chief of the Washington bureau of IPS News, discusses Republican House Speaker John Boehner's protocol-breaching invitation for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress - conveniently timed to bolster Netanyahu's reelection chances and sabotage an Iranian nuclear deal.
1/22/15 Full Show
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The Heroic Barrett Brown
His statement after being sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for journalism: 'Good news! ”” The U.S. government decided today that because I did such a good job investigating the cyber-industrial complex, they’re now going to send me to investigate the prison-industrial complex. For the next 35 months, I’ll be provided with free food, clothes, and housing as I seek to expose wrondgoing by Bureau of Prisons officials and staff and otherwise report on news and culture in the world’s...
Today’s show: Peter van Buren, Kathy Kelly, Trita Parsi 12-2 eastern
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01/22/15 – Peter Van Buren – The Scott Horton Show
Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well and a frequent TomDispatch contributor, discusses how the US military-industrial complex profits from resupplying Iraq's army with equipment that is too expensive to maintain and of little operational utility - essentially corporate welfare for General Dynamics, producer of M1 tanks.
01/22/15 – Kathy Kelly – The Scott Horton Show
Kathy Kelly, coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, discusses her impending 3-month prison sentence for carrying a loaf of bread across a line while protesting the US drone war at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.
01/22/15 – Douglas Lucas – The Scott Horton Show
Douglas Lucas, a writer at WhoWhatWhy.org, discusses "hacktivist" journalist Barrett Brown's sentencing hearing, that could get him 8 1/2 years in prison for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act among other questionable charges. Transcript: SH: Hey Douglas how are you doing? DL: Hey I'm fine. The Government has claimed - I mean prosecutor Heath has claimed quote 'The Government did not prosecute Mr Brown for political purposes', the judge has stated quote, 'What took place is not going...
