This Morning on Antiwar Radio:

by | Feb 2, 2014 |

Peter Alan Lloyd on the American cluster-bomb units still killing hundreds of Laotians per year, 40 years after the end of the war 8:30-9:00 am Pacific KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles.

02/02/14 – Peter Alan Lloyd – The Scott Horton Show

by | Feb 2, 2014 |

Author Peter Alan Lloyd discusses his photo essay on the "Remnants of the Secret War in Laos;" the destructive and futile US bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail; the millions of unexploded "bombies" that continue to kill and maim Laotians today; and evidence that American POW/MIA were left behind after the Vietnam War ended.

Another Great One From Barrett Brown in Prison

by | Feb 1, 2014 |

The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and Letters and Jail: Secrets of the Illuminati, or, Yay, Cookies! "At the three different holding facilities in which I’ve been collectively cooling my heels lately, the majority of my fellow inmates have been Mexican laborers who are guilty of nothing more than moving from one place where their productivity as measured in real dollars was low to another place where their output was higher, all in accordance with the natural osmosis of the market. In some...

Since World War II

by | Feb 1, 2014 |

I put this together comparing the U.S.'s history of war since World War II with that of Iran for someone a couple of years ago and it never got used, so here. US:-------------------------------------------------------- Iran: China 1945-46                                                Iraq 2003-... Syria 1949 Korea 1950-53 Guatamala 1954 Tibet 1955-70s Indonesia 1958 Cuba 1959 Congo 1960-65 Iraq 1960-63 Dominican Republic 1961 Vietnam 1961-74 Brazil 1964 Congo 1964...

01/31/14 – Kevin Zeese – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jan 31, 2014 |

Attorney and political activist Kevin Zeese discusses his article "Is Syrian 'Peace" Conference Laying the Foundation for War;" the exclusion of Iran and various (non US-supported) opposition groups from the talks; John Kerry's lies and warmongering; the secret law that allows the government to arm "moderate" Syrian rebels; and CNN's single-sourced report on torture by the Syrian government.

Boomhauer

by | Jan 30, 2014 |

Talkin' bout Luke, I am your dang ol' father, yo— Boomhauer (@_Boomhauer) January 31, 2014

01/30/14 – Mark Thornton – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jan 30, 2014 |

Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses Paul Krugman's attack on Mises and Austrian economics; the government policies that caused and worsened the Great Depression; cutting welfare-for-the-rich before food stamps and unemployment benefits; and the upcoming Austrian Economics Research Conference 2014 in Auburn, AL from March 20-22.

A Manufactured Crisis by Peter Jenkins

by | Jan 29, 2014 |

Via Jim Lobe, Peter Jenkins reviews Gareth Porter's new book Manufactured Crisis. The subtitle of Gareth Porter’s new book, The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, is well-chosen. Large parts of A Manufactured Crisis are indeed untold till now. They amount to what the author terms an 'alternative narrative.' But don’t be misled by 'alternative.' This is not the work of some crank who imagines conspiracies where none exist. One senses, rather, from the author’s meticulous sourcing and...

Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for making the world safer

by | Jan 29, 2014 |

Suck it, National Security State! Reuters: A Norwegian politician has nominated former United States National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday, arguing his release of classified documents made the world a safer place. Baard Vegar Solhjell, a former education and environment minister for the Socialist Left party, said Mr Snowden's revelations deepened the public's understanding of the extent to which states spy on their own citizens. "There...