Jon Basil Utley, director of Americans Against World Empire, discusses the insular and ignorant world views of pro-Israel evangelical Americans, how the strong outward appearance of the US empire belies the rotten core, gerrymandering's deleterious effects on representative government and how rising interest rates threaten the US government's ability to finance debt.
Antiwar Radio 3/18/10
Cindy Sheehan, John V. Walsh and Luke Ryland 11-1 Texas time 95.9 in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
03/18/10 – Cindy Sheehan – The Scott Horton Show
Peace activist Cindy Sheehan discusses the start of the Peace of the Action civil resistance against war and empire in Washington, DC, the scarcity of both peace activists who are willing to challenge a Democratic president and pro-war hecklers who demand obedience to 'Commander in Chief' Obama, the circumstances around Casey Sheehan’s death in Iraq in 2004 and how substituting the word 'hero' for 'victim' redirects blame from the US government to the enemy du jour.
03/18/10 – Luke Ryland – The Scott Horton Show
Luke Ryland, proprietor of the blog Let Sibel Edmonds Speak, discusses the disclosure of pre-9/11 FBI investigations that corroborate some of Sibel Edmonds' previously unsupported claims, Turkish lobbies involved in Congressional bribery and drug trafficking, US foreign military aid (funded by taxpayers) that keeps the world awash in F-16s and lines the pockets of defense contractors and the best online resources for getting up to speed on Sibel Edmonds' story.
03/18/10 – John V. Walsh – The Scott Horton Show
John V. Walsh, frequent contributor to Counterpunch.org, discusses Paul Krugman’s 'economic chauvinism' regarding China’s currency valuation, provocative US military postures in Central and East Asia, China’s eons-long history of open trade and self defense and why the US should abandon the policy of 'containing' China.
Antiwar Radio 3/17/10
News, Cole Miller nomorevictims.org 11am-1pm 95.9 in Austin or stream from http://kaosradioaustin.org. Update: Today's show here.
03/17/10 – Cole Miller – The Scott Horton Show
Cole Miller, Founding Director of No More Victims, discusses the plight of children injured by the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, charitable giving that produces tangible results, why the visceral impact of seeing a child victim of war can't be underestimated and how duplicating the No More Victims model of focused individualism could help victims of other injustices.
Antiwar Radio 3/16/10
Greg Palast, Dahr Jamail, Jesse Walker - 11am-1pm 95.9 in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
03/16/10 – Dahr Jamail – The Scott Horton Show
Dahr Jamail, author of The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, discusses the nostalgia many Iraqi women have for the (relative) gender and religious tolerance in the Saddam Hussein era, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's firm grip on power despite the low functionality of Iraq's government, loopholes in the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement that could extend the occupation beyond 2011 and the disastrous results of the US invasion of Iraq so far.
03/16/10 – Jesse Walker – The Scott Horton Show
Jesse Walker, managing editor of Reason magazine, discusses his experience at the recent Left-Right anti-empire/antiwar conference in DC, the large contingent of writers featured at Antiwar.com in attendance, finding an alternative to mundane and ineffective peace marches and the stumbling blocks that prevent broad coalitions from uniting around a common issue.
Antiwar Radio 3/12/10
Angela Keaton will be here, along with guests Patrick Cockburn, Coleen Rowley, Jeff Frazee, Brian Beyer, Christina Tobin 1-3 95.9 FM in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
03/12/10 – Coleen Rowley – The Scott Horton Show
Coleen Rowley, retired FBI agent and 9/11 whistleblower, discusses the myth that FISA restrictions (and not incompetence at FBI and CIA headquarters) prevented critical intelligence sharing prior to 9/11, CIA Director George Tenet’s August 2001 'Islamic Extremist Learns to Fly' powerpoint briefing about Zacarias Moussaoui and why the creation of the DHS and increased centralization of intelligence organizations did nothing to fix 9/11 failures.
03/12/10 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses the four major political coalitions vying for power in Iraq, why sectarian conflicts (despite what most Iraqi's say) remain the basis for Iraq's political disputes, the multitude of forces working against a US presence in Iraq beyond 2011 and how the Marjah offensive marks a return to propagandized embedded journalism.
03/12/10 – Christina Tobin – The Scott Horton Show
Christina Tobin, CEO of the ballot access consulting firm Free and Equal, Inc., discusses the onerous ballot access procedures that marginalize third-party candidates and enforce the two-party duopoly and how 'top-two' primary reforms only make things worse.
03/12/10 – Jeff Frazee and Brian Beyer – The Scott Horton Show
This interview was jointly conducted by Scott Horton and Antiwar Radio producer Angela Keaton. Jeff Frazee and Brian Beyer of Young Americans for Liberty discuss the current state of the youth antiwar movement, the establishment of YAL chapters in high schools and colleges across the country and the March 16 'moneybomb' fundraising event.
