01/19/10 – Sheldon Richman – The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman discusses Lysander Spooner's argument - contra other abolitionists of his day - that the Constitution forbids slavery, Spooner's dismissal of euphemistic language in the Constitution in favor of a pro-liberty reading, the current logical trap that prevents dissent from governmental authority, the myth of "consent of the governed," and why libertarians are against Capitalism (the term, anyway).
01/19/10 – Andy Worthington – The Scott Horton Show
Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses the 'supermax' modernization program for Bagram prison in Afghanistan, the Bush administration’s dismantling of proper and longstanding military tribunals for determining a war prisoner’s status (used extensively in the first Gulf War), the Justice Department’s fight to preserve Bagram’s extralegal status, the secrecy still surrounding 'ghost prisoners' held worldwide under US auspices and why the US refuses to release Gitmo prisoner...
01/19/10 – Scott Horton – The Scott Horton Show
The Other Scott Horton (no relation), international human rights lawyer, professor and contributing editor at Harper’s magazine, discusses the evidence in his article that the June 2006 Guantanamo inmate suicides were in fact homicides, the Seton Hall report that debunks the government cover-up story, Gitmo prison guards who saw the three inmates removed from their cells and transported toward infamous Camp 'No' on the night they supposed hung themselves, the Camp America commander’s...
Martin Luther King Jr.: “Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam”
01/15/10 – Nathaniel Raymond – The Scott Horton Show
Nathaniel Raymond, Director of the Campaign Against Torture at Physicians for Human Rights, discusses his organization's investigation into the alleged massacre of Taliban prisoners in 2001, suspected war criminal Abdul Rashid Dostum's connections with the CIA and Hamid Karzai's government that shield him from accountability, three US government investigations into the alleged massacre that were impeded by Bush officials and why Obama needs to be pressured into hastening the massacre study he...
01/14/10 – Dahr Jamail – The Scott Horton Show
Independent journalist Dahr Jamail discusses the Army’s imprisonment of a stop-lossed soldier who expressed his frustration through music composition, military family problems and low morale caused by repeated deployments, the 'psychological implosion' of many shell-shocked soldiers and the unprecedented military suicide rates that threaten to climb even higher.
01/13/10 – John Feffer – The Scott Horton Show
John Feffer, co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, discusses the US influence in remaking the Japanese government after WWII, the enduring popularity of Japan's Peace Constitution, the Pentagon's recognition that US military bases eventually overstay their welcome even in allied countries, the continued symbolic significance of US gestures of regret for Hiroshima and Nagasaki and how Japanese foreign policy is influenced by antipathy toward N. Korea.
01/12/10 – Will Grigg – The Scott Horton Show
Will Grigg, author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the current generation of physically and emotionally damaged veterans churned out by the war machine, why 'patriotism' no longer means adherence to the principles of the Declaration of Independence, the 'cannibalism' stage of US empire, lessons to be learned from illegal immigrants who survive in the informal economy, a vision of an alternate history without Woodrow Wilson and 20th century warfare and why the US 'synchronization' of...
01/12/10 – Elaine Brower – The Scott Horton Show
Elaine Brower, military mom and member of the National Steering Committee of World Can't Wait, discusses the popular reverence for the military that continues unabated, sanitized recruitment ads that give the impression military service is just paid job training, the debate over whether video game violence inspires real life violent acts and how military enlistment is portrayed as the only way to escape inner city poverty and unemployment.
01/12/10 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Ray McGovern, former senior analyst at the CIA, discusses the rare outspoken exception to the subdued White House press corps, the Obama administration's refusal to explain the motivations of terrorists, the lack of contextual explanation in US media where history begins anew with each terrorist attack and how the US is fighting battles that Israel started.
Rep. Ron Paul M.D. on the One Party State
01/07/10 – Juan Cole – The Scott Horton Show
Juan Cole, author of Engaging the Muslim World, discusses the civil war in the Mandate for Palestine after the British Empire's dissolution in the late 1940s, Gaza's transformation into a blockaded prison, Israeli officials implicated in Gaza war crimes who risk arrest if they travel abroad, Egypt's complicity in detaining human rights activists bringing aid to the occupied territories, the lingering effects of WWII devastation that are evident in the geopolitical passivity of European...
01/07/10 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the Iran 'nuclear trigger' documents published in the Times of London that are only remade excerpts of an unknown original, how Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh went from university lecturer to purported head of Iran’s nuclear weapons program, loss of US interest in diplomacy with Iran while internal strife makes regime change possible and how Iran is purposefully creating uncertainty about its nuclear...
01/07/10 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
This interview is excerpted from Scott Horton’s January 7th guest host appearance on KPFK’s Daily Briefing radio show. The full show is here. Internationally syndicated columnist Eric Margolis discusses the infighting between intelligence agencies trying to deflect blame for the Detroit 'underbomber,' the inordinate number of innocent civilians killed in predator drone missile strikes, the resonance of Osama bin Laden’s message with opponents of US imperialism and why the US would be wise to...
