Tim Shorrock joins Scott to discuss his recent trip to Singapore to report on the negotiations with North Korea. According to Shorrock the negotiations are a good thing—but you won’t get that from listening to the American media. Pundits on both sides of the aisle are trying to undermine Trump’s and Jae-in’s efforts at diplomacy because peace on the Korean peninsula would undermine the influence of the American Empire. Democrats especially, supposedly anti-war in principle, oppose troop...
6/13/18 Ramzy Baroud on the Gaza border protests and the nature of the discussion around Palestine
Ramzy Baroud returns to the show to discuss his latest book, The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story, the propaganda coming from both the American and Israeli media, and the changing nature of the conversation around Palestine. Baroud, a harsh critic of Obama’s, Trump’s, and the United Nations’ strategies toward Israel, explains what the U.S. is doing wrong, and how the few good things are often “too little, too late.” Baroud argues that the terms “conflict”, and even “occupation”, are incorrect,...
6/15/18 Sheldon Richman on Trump, North Korea and Iran
Sheldon Richman, Executive Editor of the Libertarian Institute and author of TGIF “The Goal Is Freedom” every Friday on the Institute’s site, is interviewed on his new article “Trump, North Korea, and Iran”. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Zen Cash, The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; LibertyStickers.com; TheBumperSticker.com; and ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Check out Scott’s Patreon page.
6/18/18 Aaron Mate on the Russia Investigation
Aaron Maté, host and producer of “The Real News” and author for The Nation, is interviewed on his new article “The Mueller Indictments Still Don’t Add Up to Collusion“. Alleged Russian interference in the US Election, Paul Manafort’s crimes, Michael Flynn, and James Clapper and John Brennan’s involvement in the Russian investigation is all discussed in a wide ranging interview. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Zen Cash, The War State, by Mike...
6/15/18 Mike Swanson on Jerome Powell’s Economy, Boom Bust, and Investing
Mike Swanson is interviewed on the economy, boom bust, investing and his article “Is Today Going to be the Day that Jerome Powell Brings a Dovish Surprise?” Mike Swanson runs the website wallstreetwindow.com and is the author of the books Strategic Stock Trading and The War State. He also is affiliated with the Neopolis Media Group, which is a group of historians, educators, authors, researchers, and free speech advocates who endeavor to provide original and engaging content, including The...
06/12/18 Peter van Buren on the Singapore Summit
Peter van Buren, former Foreign Service officer and Iraq War 2 whistleblower and author of “We Meant Well”, is interviewed on the Singapore Summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jung-un.
06/11/18 Tommy Raskin on the Myth of Rwanda
Tommy Raskin, antiwar writer and frequent author at antiwar.com, is interviewed on his article “Spinning Rwanda in the Grand Cult of US Empire“. The article explains how Helen Epstein, in her book “Another Fine Mess”, details the United States intervention in Rwanda and Uganda in the 1990s and dismantles the responsibility to protect “original sin” of Rwanda, and the myth that the United States stayed out of the conflict.
06/11/18 Eric Eikenberry on the Saudi / UAE attack on Al Hudaydah
Eric Eikenberry, Director of Policy & Advocacy at the Yemen Peace Project, is interviewed on his article for Lobelog, “The Magical Thinking Behind an Attack on Hudaydah”. The situation in Yemen is discussed, as well as the UN plan for Al Hudaydah, and the imminent UAE and coalition offensive on Al Hudaydah.
6/8/18 Ray McGovern on the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty
Ray McGovern returns to the show to discuss the history of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty in 1967. McGovern details the actions of the Israeli forces, the heroic actions of crew member Terry Halbardier, and the fateful decisions of American politicians to cover up what happened. McGovern and Scott then discuss the evidencethat the ’67 War was an aggressive war waged by the Israelis. Finally McGovern discusses the relationship between Netanyahu and Obama. Ray McGovern is the co-creator...
6/8/18 Sheldon Richman on Zionism, ethno-nationalism, and why anarchy leads to peaceful association
Sheldon Richman joins the show to discuss his latest article “TGIF: Separation, Not Association, Requires Force.” Richman and Scott discuss the pseudo ethno-nationalism of Israel and its appeal to American white nationalists. Richman makes the case that love, association, and trade break down national, cultural, and racial prejudices and that the state builds them up. Richman and Scott discuss the divide within libertarianism between “left” and “right” libertarians over immigration. Richman...
6/6/18 Stu Smallwood on why South Korea must leave the American Orbit to achieve lasting peace
Stu Smallwood joins Scott to discuss his article “For Lasting Peace, President Moon Must Lead South Korea Out of America’s Orbit.” Smallwood says that first we have to consider the perspective of the South Koreans and understand how the corruption of the previous South Korean regime led to a political awakening that has affected South Korean popular views toward the North. Smallwood then shares the backstory of President Moon Jae-in and how his unlikely rise as president for peace. Finally...
6/6/18 John Pfaff on the Perverse Incentives of Punishment
Fordham Law Professor John Pfaff joins the show to discuss his article for TheAppeal.org “The Perverse Incentives of Punishment.” Pfaff begins by sharing the story of a sheriff in Alabama who kept the remaining funds from feeding prisoners in the county jail for himself—and used the money to buy himself a beach house. Scott then discusses the true problem with private prison systems, and why even libertarians should be against private prisons. Pfaff then explains why prosecutors have...
6/6/18 Ray McGovern on Trump’s National Security Council Warmongering with Iran
Ray McGovern returns to the show to discuss his latest article, “Bolton Flunky Fleitz Raises Stakes for Iran.” McGovern explains why the role of the NSC and the cabinet play a vital role in national security and foreign policy decisions and gives the background on Fred Fleitz, John Bolton’s new chief of staff. McGovern then shares his memories of working with Colin Powell and how a “smart saluter” was tricked into spreading George W. Bush and the neocons’ lies. McGovern then delves into the...
6/1/18 Daniel Lazare on how the spooks are spooking themselves over Russiagate
Daniel Lazare returns to the show to discuss his latest article for Consortium News, “Spooks Spooking Themselves.” Lazare begins by expressing his disbelief in the consensus view that the DNC was in fact hacked. He makes the case instead, by reviewing the timeline of the claims that Russia colluded with the Trump administration to secure the election for Donald Trump, that the whole thing has been an intelligence operation from the beginning, citing much from Jane Mayer’s piece about the...
5/30/18 Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen preview their new documentary, ‘Killing Gaza’
Journalists Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen join the show to discuss their new documentary “Killing Gaza.” Blumenthal and Cohen describe how they each came to identify as Jewish anti-Zionists, the radical rightward shift in Israeli domestic politics, and the pro-Zionist and anti-Semitic views of the American evangelical Christian community. Then they transition to their new documentary “Killing Gaza” and how they set about documenting the hell they witnessed in the wake of the 51-day war in 2014....
