Jason Ditz, editor for Antiwar.com, cuts through the media spin to bring the latest news on the Ukraine crisis.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the US government's attempt to squash a lawsuit against the non-profit group United Against Nuclear Iran, funded by billionaire Thomas Kaplan, which is vigorously trying to torpedo a deal on Iran's nuclear program.

Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, President of the Minaret of Freedom Institute, discusses his family's connection to the 1948 Palestinian Nakba and Israel's recent concessions on Gazan commerce that enabled a temporary ceasefire.

Jonathan Landay, a national security and intelligence reporter for McClatchy Newspapers, discusses the top US government officials who are ginning up a war with ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

Jason Ditz, editor for Antiwar.com, discusses the latest news on Ukraine and the media's spin on Russian intervention.

M.J. Rosenberg, former Senior Foreign Policy Fellow at Media Matters Action Network, discusses AIPAC's loss of support from American Jews, even while it maintains a choke-hold on Congress.

Dahr Jamail, an investigative journalist and author, discusses the incomprehensible 180 degree turn in US foreign policy as Obama talks of a new Iraq War that could easily spread into Syria - this time on the side of the Assad government.

Journalist Thomas C. Mountain picks up where he left off in last week's interview, discussing the genocide of Somalis; how the US creates instability in Africa to maintain political and economic control; and the virtually unknown Gayle Smith - President Obama's "quiet consigliere" on Africa affairs.

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.

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.

Justin Pavoni, an Air Force pilot and conscientious objector, discusses why post-occupation Afghanistan will look much like Iraq does now.

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."

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."

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.

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.