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Patrick Cockburn Interviews Muqtada al-Sadr
Patrick Cockburn, author of Muqtada!: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival and the Future of Iraq, interviews the powerful Iraqi kingmaker for the Independent: The future of Iraq as a united and independent country is endangered by sectarian Shia-Sunni hostility says...
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No offense to my Red Indian friends, but I love Turkey Day with family and all that, and I hope all of yall have a good one too. And I guess you can consider this the rerererere-launch of Stress the blog, and the site altogether. We've got the last of the bugs out of...
Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show
4/5/23 Matt Taibbi on the Danger of Digital Censorship
Scott was joined by Matt Taibbi this week on Antiwar Radio. They discuss some of Taibbi’s recent reporting on the government-NGO-corporate media joint effort to flag and suppress certain news and opinions that they deem to be disinformation. They take a step back and look at the broader context behind this story and discuss some evidence that the fight against this new digital censorship regime can work.
Discussed on the show:
- “People Can Win” (Racket News)
- Insane Clown President by Matt Taibbi
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08/22/14 – Mitchell Prothero – The Scott Horton Show
Mitchell Prothero, a foreign staff journalist with McClatchy DC, discusses the rash of new abductions in Syria including the kidnapping and execution of American journalist James Foley; why US airstrikes can’t defeat the Islamic State; and how the massacre of Sunnis in an Iraq mosque could renew the deadly civil strife of 2006-2007.
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08/22/14 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, an internationally-syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses the accusations that Russia has invaded Ukraine with an aid convoy, and whether the US’s Russia policy is a result of careless stupidity or devious malice.
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08/21/14 – John Whitehead – The Scott Horton Show
Attorney and author John Whitehead discusses the mission of the civil liberties focused Rutherford Institute, and his article “Turning America Into a War Zone, Where ‘We the People’ Are the Enemy.”
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08/21/14 – John J. Mearsheimer – The Scott Horton Show
John J. Mearsheimer, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, discusses his article “Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault: The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin.”
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08/20/14 – Thomas Mountain – The Scott Horton Show
Journalist Thomas C. Mountain discusses how the western-backed Ethiopian government’s blockade of food and medical aid contributed to 250,000 Somalis dying from starvation in 2011-2013.
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08/20/14 – Philip Weiss – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Weiss, founder and co-editor of Mondoweiss.net, discusses how social media is educating Americans on Israel-Palestine issues, and how Israel is unknowingly losing the PR battle for hearts and minds internationally.
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08/20/14 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Giraldi, Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses the authoritarian streak in Americans who support Israel’s destruction of Gaza and militarized police in Ferguson, Missouri.
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08/19/14 – Jacob Hornberger – The Scott Horton Show
Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses his article “Embracing Communists” about the proposed US-Vietnam military partnership; and why the government should be securing a free domestic society instead of planning coups in Cuba.
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