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Monday, August 31, 2009
General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq
First Aired: May 4, 2009
Thomas E. Ricks is The Washington Post's special military correspondent and a Pulitzer Prize-winner. Prior to joining the Washington Post in 2000, Ricks was a reporter with the Wall Street Journal for seventeen years. He discusses why the surge failed and what's in the future for that swamp in the desert we call Iraq. Source: http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=16445
Scott Horton Interviews Lawrence Wilkerson on March 27th, 2009
Lawrence Wilkerson is former chief of staff to Colin Powell, Secretary of State. He discusses Dick Cheney's assertion that torture prevents terrorism. Wilkerson also says he would cooperate with the prosecution of Dick Cheney for war crimes.
Source: http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/03/27/lawrence-wilkerson-2/
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Kevin Phillips on the economy and Scott Horton on torture
From April 26, 2009, Kevin Phillips interviewed by Bob McChesney
Kevin Phillips is an American writer and commentator, largely on politics, economics, and history. He is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio, and was a political analyst on PBS' NOW with Bill Moyers.
Source: Kevin Phillips, author of Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
Scott Horton Interviews Scott Horton on April 18th, 2009
The Other Scott Horton, international human rights lawyer, professor and contributing editor at Harper's magazine, discusses the torture memos and the legal precedents for prosecuting crime-enabling lawyers.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Scott Horton
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Kevin Phillips is an American writer and commentator, largely on politics, economics, and history. He is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio, and was a political analyst on PBS' NOW with Bill Moyers.
Source: Kevin Phillips, author of Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
Scott Horton Interviews Scott Horton on April 18th, 2009
The Other Scott Horton, international human rights lawyer, professor and contributing editor at Harper's magazine, discusses the torture memos and the legal precedents for prosecuting crime-enabling lawyers.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Scott Horton
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Cornel West and Ron Paul speak out
Cornel West is an American philosopher, author, critic, pastor, and civil rights activist. West currently is a Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the department of Religion.
Cornel West, Ph.D., was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The grandson of a preacher, West marched as a young man in civil rights demonstrations and organized protests demanding Black Studies courses at his high school. After graduating from John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento, California, where he served as president of his high-school class, he enrolled at Harvard University at age 17.
Scott Horton Interviews Ron Paul on February 18th, 2009
Rep. Ron Paul discusses the slippery slope from government-mandated national service to military conscription, and why the richly deserved criminal investigation of key Bush administration officials won't happen. Source: Scott Horton Interviews Rep. Ron Paul
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Cornel West, Ph.D., was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The grandson of a preacher, West marched as a young man in civil rights demonstrations and organized protests demanding Black Studies courses at his high school. After graduating from John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento, California, where he served as president of his high-school class, he enrolled at Harvard University at age 17.
Scott Horton Interviews Ron Paul on February 18th, 2009
Rep. Ron Paul discusses the slippery slope from government-mandated national service to military conscription, and why the richly deserved criminal investigation of key Bush administration officials won't happen. Source: Scott Horton Interviews Rep. Ron Paul
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Juan Cole and Dahr Jamail talk about the Middle East
Juan Cole was interviewed by Bob McChesney on March 01, 2009
As a commentator on Middle Eastern affairs, he has appeared in print and on television, and testified before the United States Senate. Prof. Cole specializes in study of the Middle East and South Asia.
Source: Juan Cole, Professor of History at the University of Michigan
Scott Horton Interviews Dahr Jamail on April 13th, 2009
Dahr Jamail discusses the Iraqi government's unwillingness to incorporate Sunni "Awakening Councils" into the regular army and forty years of U.S. meddling in Iraqi affairs.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Dahr Jamail
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As a commentator on Middle Eastern affairs, he has appeared in print and on television, and testified before the United States Senate. Prof. Cole specializes in study of the Middle East and South Asia.
Source: Juan Cole, Professor of History at the University of Michigan
Scott Horton Interviews Dahr Jamail on April 13th, 2009
Dahr Jamail discusses the Iraqi government's unwillingness to incorporate Sunni "Awakening Councils" into the regular army and forty years of U.S. meddling in Iraqi affairs.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Dahr Jamail
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Monday, August 3, 2009
Glenn Greenwald and Noam Chomsky comment on our times
Bob McChesney interviews Glenn Greenwald on March 29, 2009
Glenn Greenwald skewers hypocrisy, deception in government and the media. Greenwald has railed against torture and defended constitutional rights for all.
Source: Glenn Greenwald on Media Matters
Scott Horton Interviews Noam Chomsky on March 3rd, 2009
Noam Chomsky discusses the roots of U.S. imperialism and the Israeli policy of incremental displacement of the Palestinian population in the occupied territories.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Noam Chomsky
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Glenn Greenwald skewers hypocrisy, deception in government and the media. Greenwald has railed against torture and defended constitutional rights for all.
Source: Glenn Greenwald on Media Matters
Scott Horton Interviews Noam Chomsky on March 3rd, 2009
Noam Chomsky discusses the roots of U.S. imperialism and the Israeli policy of incremental displacement of the Palestinian population in the occupied territories.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Noam Chomsky
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