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The Scott Horton Show 9/10/12
Today on The Scott Horton Show – Listen Live – Author and scholar John Feffer will be on to discuss the dumbing down of U.S. foreign policy. The Scott Horton Show airs 12-2 PM EST.
Daniel Ellsberg Secrets Chapter One
Chapter 1. The Tonkin Gulf: August 1964 Ellsberg, Daniel. Secrets. Penguin, 2003. On Tuesday morning, August 4, 1964, my first full day on my new job in the Pentagon, a courier came into the outer office with an urgent cable for my boss. He'd been running. The...
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2/24/23 Jonathan Ofir on the Israeli Elites Warning of Apartheid
Scott interviews Jonathan Ofir about a recent article he wrote at Mondoweiss. The article highlights the latest mainstream Israeli voice, a journalist named Ben-Yishai, to voice concerns that the current Israeli government may institute apartheid. Scott and Ofir talk about how hardliners gaining government positions has caused Ben-Yishai and other establishment Israelis to warn about the possible implementation of the so-called “Decisive Plan” authored by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in 2017. They go over what the plan is and examine its broader historical context.
Discussed on the show:
- “Another mainstream Israeli voice warns of Apartheid” (Mondoweiss)
- “No, Israel Does Not Have the Right to Self-Defense In International Law Against Occupied Palestinian Territory” (Jadaliyya)
- “Top PM Aide: Gaza Plan Aims to Freeze the Peace Process” (Haaretz)
- Haaretz article about the 2001 Netanyahu video
Jonathan Ofir is an Israeli-Danish conductor, musician, writer and blogger, writing regularly for Mondoweiss.
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07/08/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the US contribution to Egypt’s military coup; the engineered economic and security collapse that proceeded President Mohammed Morsi’s ouster; the throngs of unemployed young people protesting in Turkey; and why liberals now prefer military dictatorships to democratic elections.
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07/08/13 – Ben Swann – The Scott Horton Show
Ben Swann, an award winning broadcast journalist, discusses the tough questions he asked President Obama about aiding Syria’s terrorist-associated rebels; why YouTube provides better Syria news coverage than mainstream American media; wising up to government lying us into war; the terrible consequences of the US drug war in Mexico; the national security case for legalizing pot; and the Kickstarter fundraiser for Swann’s “Liberty is Rising: Truth in Media” project.
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07/05/13 – The Other Scott Horton – The Scott Horton Show
The Other Scott Horton, human rights lawyer and blogger for Harper’s Magazine, discusses how Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz wrested control of one of Africa’s biggest prizes; the corruption in Western financial centers that facilitates the looting of third world nations; why George Soros recommended Horton to investigate Steinmetz for Guinea’s new government; and the test for whether corruption and bribery laws apply to billionaires.
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07/05/13 – Muhammad Idrees Ahmad – The Scott Horton Show
Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, a sociologist and editor of Pulsemedia.org, discusses his article “Obama won’t end the drone war, but Pakistan might;” why Pakistan’s newly elected prime minister Nawaz Sharif is empowered to say no to Washington’s demands; and the daily bombings in Pakistan that are blowback from US drone killings.
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07/05/13 – Greg Gordon – The Scott Horton Show
McClatchy journalist Greg Gordon discusses the NSA’s massive, pervasive surveillance capability; NSA Director Keith Alexander’s “least untruthful” testimony to Congress; and the end of privacy.
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07/04/13 – Robert Higgs – The Scott Horton Show
Robert Higgs, Senior Fellow in Political Economy at The Independent Institute, discusses his classic The Transformation of the American Economy 1865-1914; the July 4th celebration of statism and American mythology; the real motivations of our founding fathers; and the heroic individuals who aren’t included in mainstream history books.
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07/04/13 – The Other Scott Horton – The Scott Horton Show
The Other Scott Horton, “No Comment” blogger for Harper’s Magazine, discusses how the NSA’s surveillance program could threaten the Atlantic Alliance; the illegal US-led hijacking of the Bolivian president’s airplane in Europe on suspicion whistleblower Edward Snowden was aboard; and the US media’s coverage of Snowden himself, rather than the damning information he leaked about massive government spying.
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07/04/13 – Adam Morrow – The Scott Horton Show
IPS News journalist Adam Morrow discusses the Egyptian military coup against Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi; undoing Egypt’s democratic elections that resulted in Islamist parties dominating government; and doubts about the military’s promise of new elections in six months, with Egyptians more polarized than ever before.
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