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Mike Benz joins the show to talk about how the various government, corporate, and NGO groups making up the censorship machine work together to control the information space and, therefore, how the public understands the world.

Discussed on the show:

• God Complex: The Rise Of America’s Censorship Machine
• “The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election” (Time)
• “Trump Fired Them. Now They’re Plotting to Stop Him.” (NOTUS)

Mike Benz is the founder of the Foundation for Freedom Online. He formerly worked for the State Department. Follow him on Twitter @MikeBenzCyber

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Scott talks with journalist Nick Turse about a series of articles he wrote to mark Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday. Scott and Turse reflect on all the destructive policies Kissinger helped enact during his long career in government and try to determine how many deaths he is responsible for. Turse also reveals some new information he discovered about the U.S. bombing campaign in Cambodia and talks about the time he confronted Kissinger directly about his war crimes.

Discussed on the show:

• “Blood on his Hands: Survivors of Kissinger’s Secret War in Cambodia Reveal Unreported Mass Killings” (The Intercept)
• “Notorious 1973 Attack Killed Many More Than Previously Known” (The Intercept)
• “U.S. Blamed the Press for Military Looting in Cambodia” (The Intercept)
• “Transcripts of Kissinger’s Calls Reveal His Culpability” (The Intercept)

Nick Turse is a contributing writer for The Intercept. He is the author most recently of Next Time They’ll Come to Count the Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan and of the bestselling Kill Anything That Moves. Follow him on Twitter @nickturse

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Ken Silva joins Scott to talk about a recent three-hour interview he did with Andreas Strassmeir, a German national whose name has come up often in discussions of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Specifically, Silva was talking to Strassmeir about Showtime’s depiction of him in their new miniseries about the lead-up to the OKC bombing. Scott and Silva listen to some clips from the interview and reflect on how Strassmeir’s claims fit into their understanding of the event.

Discussed on the show:

• Waco (IMDb)
• Waco: The Aftermath (IMDb)
• “Notorious ‘Andy the German’ Responds to TV Series Depicting Him as OKC Terrorist” (Headline USA)
• The Debutante by Jon Ronson
• Oklahoma City Bombing Archive
• The Secret Life of Bill Clinton by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Ken Silva has been a reporter for more than 10 years, working in places such as the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and the United States. Follow him on Twitter @JD_Cashless

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Erik Sperling was back on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss the situation in Yemen. Sperling explains the recent pressure campaign launched by U.S. officials to dissuade the Saudis from making peace with the Houthis without first securing a number of American demands. Sperling and Scott go over what these U.S. officials want, think through how this effort can play out and put all of these new developments in context. 

Discussed on the show:

• “In Strategic Shift, U.S. Draws Closer to Yemeni Rebels” (Wall Street Journal)
• “US maintains intelligence relationship with Houthis” (Al-Monitor)

Erik Sperling is the Executive Director of Just Foreign Policy. Follow him on Twitter @ErikSperling

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Ted Snider joins the show to run through some of the latest developments in Ukraine. They discuss the ever-expanding willingness to arm the Ukrainians with weapons that, until recently, were considered too provocative to supply. They also talk about some possible consequences of the drone strike at the Kremlin as well as the U.S. position on Crimea. 

Discussed on the show:

• “How Death Outlives War” (Cost of War Project)
• “Yemeni Civil War Unleashes a Plague of Locusts” (Antiwar.com)

Stephanie Savell is the co-director of the Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson Institute. Savell is an anthropologist who studies security, militarized policing, and civic engagement in relation to the United States post-9/11 wars and policing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is the co-author of The Civic Imagination: Making a Difference in American Political Life.

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Scott was joined by Stephanie Savell of the Cost of War Project to discuss her organization’s new report on indirect deaths in America’s post-9/11 wars. Savell’s research now points to between 4.5 million and 4.6 million indirect deaths that have already occurred in the countries affected by the wars as an indirect result of U.S. intervention. In this interview, Scott and Savell discuss the methods used, what constitutes indirect deaths vs. direct deaths and how the devastation differed from country to country.

Discussed on the show:

• “How Death Outlives War” (Cost of War Project)
• “Yemeni Civil War Unleashes a Plague of Locusts” (Antiwar.com)

Stephanie Savell is the co-director of the Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson Institute. Savell is an anthropologist who studies security, militarized policing, and civic engagement in relation to the United States post-9/11 wars and policing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is the co-author of The Civic Imagination: Making a Difference in American Political Life.

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Philip Weiss is back on the show to discuss the evolving views of Israeli apartheid in the American Jewish community and the U.S. Government. Scott and Weiss reflect on where the U.S.-Israeli dynamic stood twenty years ago as the global war on terror was kicking off. They then look at where things stand today and discuss what changes the anti-apartheid movement needs to push for. 

Discussed on the show:

• “White House officials know Israel is an apartheid state, but they can’t say so” (Mondoweiss)
• “Israel’s One-State Reality” (Foreign Affairs)

Philip Weiss is the long-time editor of Mondoweiss.net. Follow him on Twitter @PhilWeiss.

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Joziah Thayer joins to show to discuss some of the work he’s done digging into the many factions and groups within Yemen and the foreign powers working to pull their strings. Scott and Thayer drill in on Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, and explore how the group’s standing in Yemen has changed and how the country is likely to evolve going forward.

Discussed on the show:

• “The CIA, AQAP, and the Never-Ending Excuse to Bomb Yemen” (WEDA Coalition)
• “How the IMF & World Bank Destroyed Yemen” (WEDA Coalition)

Joziah Thayer is a researcher with the Pursuance Project. He founded WEDA in 2014 to combat mainstream media narratives. He is also an antiwar activist and the online organizer behind #OpYemen.

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Scott is joined by Mutaqee Akbar, one of the lawyers representing members of the Uhuru Movement. The Uhuru Movement is a group of Black Socialists who were recently arrested in a SWAT raid and charged with operating as agents of the Russian government. Akbar explains what the Uhuru Movement is and gives some details on what the U.S. government is attempting to use as evidence in its effort to send these political activists to prison.

Discussed on the show:

• “Video shows FBI ‘attack’ on Uhuru Movement chapter” (WFLA News Channel 8)

Mutaqee Akbar is a lawyer from Florida. He is currently representing members of the Uhuru Movement chapter of St. Petersburg Florida who are charged with working as Russian agents. 

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