Wendy McElroy, a feminist, anarchist and author, discusses the media's focus on 14-year-old activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by Pakistani Taliban gunmen; why the mainstream press ignores the children regularly killed in US drone strikes; the government's success in hiding the consequences of war from Americans; arguments against the US's global policeman role; how "Paper Money = Despotism;" and the alternative currencies competing with the dollar (and how to spend them).

Joey King of Veterans for Peace discusses his organization's sponsorship of The Scott Horton Show; why veterans are an integral part of the antiwar movement; the upcoming protest against the School of the Americas (now WHINSEC) at Fort Benning, GA from November 16-18; and VFP's anti-recruitment efforts at schools.

Peace activist Cindy Sheehan discusses her candidacy for vice president (with Roseanne Barr for president) on the Peace and Freedom party ticket; Cindy's potential run for governor of California in 2014; how the Democrats in the antiwar movement bailed after Obama's election; Cindy's new book Revolution, A Love Story; and how the US empire is committing financial suicide.

Antiwar.com editor John Glaser discusses the presidential "debate" on foreign policy; Mitt Romney's inability to appear more hawkish than Obama; how both candidates trotted out long-ago-debunked lies to smear Iran and appease Israel; Obama's "don't call it nation-building" nation building; keeping US troops in Afghanistan at least 10 years beyond the 2014 withdrawal; Obama's chest-thumping on killing Osama bin Laden and crippling Iran's (civilian) economy; and why these debates have been...

Daphne Eviatar of Human Rights First discusses alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's military commission hearings at Guantanamo (she blogs about them here); the government's censorship of court proceedings; the unclear rules and constitutionality of commissions; how federal civilian courts have been tougher on terrorists than military courts; and doubts about President Obama's pledge to end torture.

Ann Ighe of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition discusses the latest attempt to break the Gaza blockade - this time on the Swedish ship Estelle; the Israeli Navy's heavy-handed seizure of the ship and arrest of activists in international waters; Israel's continuing collective punishment of Gazans for daring to elect Hamas in 2006; and how the activists onboard the Estelle conducted a public awareness campaign about Palestinians during their circuitous route to Gaza.

Kelley Vlahos, a Washington D.C.-based freelance reporter, discusses the toxic open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan; the dire health effects on US troops and veterans; the class-action lawsuit against Halliburton subsidiary KBR for failing to install proper incineration units; and the government's foot-dragging on every severe health issue effecting the military, from Agent Orange to Gulf War Syndrome.

Philip Giraldi, executive director of the Council for the National Interest, discusses the upcoming session on Christian Zionism and Islamophobia in Washington D.C. on October 24th; the end-times religious extremists who unduly influence foreign policy and the Republican Party; debunking claims that Muslims are stuck in medieval times and have no yearning for democratic governance; and current events in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.

Stanford University law student Omar Shakir discusses the NYU/Stanford "Living Under Drones" report; the Obama administration's deceitful accounting of Pakistani civilians killed by drone strikes; how drones subvert international law and make it easier to start wars; and the dangers of proliferation.