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This week on Antiwar Radio, Scott talks with Hassan El-Tayyab about the vote next week to end support for the Saudi war in Yemen. The two give a brief background on the war to explain how we got here before explaining next week’s vote. Next Scott talks with Marcy Winograd of CODEPINK. She recently published a letter to the Left, urging leftists to commit to their principles and call for negotiations to bring about peace in Ukraine.  

Discussed on the show:

• 1833stopwar.com 
• “Letter to the Left on Ukraine” (CODEPINK)
• Joint Statement on the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership
• Wales Summit in 2014
• Peace in Ukraine Coalition

Hassan El-Tayyab is a musician and peace activist, who works as the lead lobbyist on Middle East policy for the Friends Committee on National Legislation.

Marcy Winograd is the Coordinator of CODEPINK Congress and a steering committee member of the Peace in Ukraine Coalition. The coalition calls for a ceasefire, peace negotiations and investments in climate, housing, healthcare and jobs, not endless war in Ukraine. To join the coalition, visit peaceinukraine.org

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and Thc Hemp Spot.

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Novelist Bill Kauffman discusses the new film Copperhead, about the Civil War opposition in upstate New York; the small “r” front-porch brand of republicanism; our lost tradition of Christian pacifism; and how you can help get Copperhead playing in a theater near you.

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Christian Stork, assistant editor and staff writer with WhoWhatWhy.com, discusses the federal criminal charges against journalist (and unofficial spokesman for Anonymous) Barrett Brown; how the government is exploiting the “gray area” in cybersecurity laws to crack down on activists; Brown’s capable new defense attorney team of Ahmed Ghappour and Charles Swift; and the few bright spots in our increasingly unfair criminal justice system.

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Robert Greenwald, producer and director of Rethink Afghanistan, discusses his new film War on Whistleblowers; the secretive US national security state; getting the word out about mistreatment of conscientious whistleblowers inside government and the military; and the free DVD available for screenings.

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