I don't have time to write about anything, but here, go read what Will writes please. And for the record, Rick McGinnis actually came up with that one.
03/26/08 – Spencer Ackerman – The Scott Horton Show
Spencer Ackerman, reporter for The Washington Independent, discusses the shame deserved by neo-crazy media sycophants Jeffery Goldberg and Stephen F. Hayes, who have both done so much to push the lie that Saddam Hussein was working with Osama bin Laden, the effect of the echo chamber on the inside of the media industry, how he got the war wrong and what he’s trying to do about it now and the fight between the Mahdi Army and the Badr Corps (aka 'Iraqi Army') and the failure of the surge.
03/26/08 – John McGlynn – The Scott Horton Show
Economic and financial analyst John McGlynn discusses the U.S. Government's financial war against Iran's banking system, the system of blackmail of banks around the world if they don't fall in line, the example set when Treasury's FinCen went after a Macau bank for dealing with North Korea in 2005, China's role and the likely humanitarian consequences for the people of Iran. MP3 here. (37:18)
Free America!
03/25/08 – Bob Barr – The Scott Horton Show
Former Congressman Bob Barr discusses the possibility of running for President on the Libertarian Party ticket, the necessity of a new political realignment of right and left to end the war in Iraq and protect the Bill of Rights, the importance of ending the current regime of torture and murder and the destruction of the rule of law which used to forbid such things and the authority of the Congress to decide on matters of war and peace.
03/25/08 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, foreign correspondent for the Canadian Sun National Media and author of War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir and Tibet, discusses the history and present circumstances of Tibet's relationship with China, the ethnic strife between Tibetans and ethnic Han Chinese, the Uighurs, America's terrorism double standard, Tibet's strategic importance in China's posture with regard to India, the results of the recent elections in Taiwan, a suggestion for a...
03/24/08 – Sheldon Richman – The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman, fellow at the Future of Freedom Foundation and the Foundation for Economic Education and editor of the Freeman, discusses the misperception that American civilians owe deference to the warfare state, the anti-militarist tradition in America, the case for privatizing all security functions and abolishing the state, his take on Barack Obama's minister, the illogic of collectivism, the principle of blowback and the dangerous alliance between the U.S. government and big business.
03/24/08 – Greg Mitchell – The Scott Horton Show
Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor and Publisher and author of So Wrong for So Long: How the Press, the Pundits — and the President — Failed on Iraq, discusses some of the many shameful failures of the American media since 2002, the lies they've sold and major stories they've refused to cover.
Antiwar Art
One of my Facebook friends, Marc Levine, recently held an art show about the faces of Iraqi civilians under American occupation. The local Fox affiliate filed this report. (Included is a clip of Bush claiming that he closed Saddam's torture chambers and rape rooms.)
Joe Briggs Interviews Aaron Glantz
Oppose War
At least rhetorically...
The Show
for today: Juan Cole, Murray Sabrin. Listen live from 11am-1pm central at KAOS959.com.
03/21/08 – Juan Cole – The Scott Horton Show
Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan and proprietor of the influential blog Informed Comment, reviews the piles of lies told by the government in order to justify the occupation of Iraq over the last 5 years.
03/21/08 – Murray Sabrin – The Scott Horton Show
Professor Murray Sabrin discusses withdrawal from Iraq, Iran and North Korea, the need for open dialogue on America's place in the world, the impact of 9/11 and America's response, the inhumanity of torture and the importance of preserving the Constitution.
Ron Paul is my favorite congressman
Thanks to Lew.
