Thursday, June 28, 2012

The Constitutional Crimes of President Bush and Obama

Ralph Nader and Bruce Fein
Ralph Nader and Bruce Fein visited Harvard Law School for a talk about America's lawless empire and the Constitutional crimes of Bush and Obama. Fein has been an important official for the Dept. of Justice. Ralph Nader is a famous consumer advocate. They talk about assassinations, presidential war powers, rule of law, impeachment and indefinite detention, war crimes, unconstitutional acts and more.
Source: Ralph Nader at HLS: The constitutional crimes of Bush and Obama (video)
Download at Constitutional Crimes Part 1(mp3)
Constitutional Crimes Part 2(mp3)
Constitutional Crimes Part 3(mp3)





John Cook
Scott Horton Interviews John Cook

John Cook, editor at Gawker.com, talks about how the FBI monitored Crusty Punks, Anarchist Hangouts, and an Organic Farmers’ Market under the guise of combating terrorism.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews John Cook
Download at Horton Interviews Cook(mp3)










Music includes Roy Zimmerman - Real America, Aaron Neville - With God On Our Side, Supaclean - One Big Texas, In Your SUV, Redgum - I Was Only 19, Nancy Lancy - Peace in the World, Emerson Lake And Palmer - Lucky Man, Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby Mcgee, Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir - All the Pretty Little Horses, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Mexican Shuffle

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

From Liberation to Assassination


Ray McGovern
Scott Horton Interviews Ray McGovern

Ray McGovern, former senior analyst at the CIA, discusses the prosecution of Poland’s former intelligence chief for helping the CIA set up a black-site torture prison. He explains how Israel and Hillary Clinton sabotaged two Iranian uranium swap deals. He also comments on the “high value targets” who were indefinitely detained and tortured, even after it was discovered they had, at most, minor roles in terrorist groups.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Ray McGovern







Part 1(mp3)

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Gareth Porter
Scott Horton Interviews Gareth Porter

Gareth Porter, independent journalist and historian talks about how Maliki and Iran outsmarted the U.S. on troop withdrawal. He also explains how the religious divide Middle East will keep Shia Iran and Iraq closely aligned against Sunni Saudi Arabia.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Gareth Porter

Part 3(mp3)







Andrew Bacevich
From Liberation to Assassination

Andrew Bacevich, a retired Army Colonel, Boston University professor, talks about the changing face of the so-called global war on terror.
Source: From Liberation to Assassination

Part 4(mp3)








Music includes Jeff Neugebauer - We Don't Want Your War, David Rovics - The War Is Over, Tracy Chapman - Talkin Bout A Revolution, Chris Brown and Kate Fenner - Resist War, Steven Taylor - Go Down Congress, Wille Nelson - Gravedigger, Jessica Weiser - Shut Our Eyes, Supaclean - Go Home Watch The War, John Fogerty - Deja Vu(All Over Again)

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

The Passion of Bradley Manning

Bradley Manning
Civil rights attorney Chase Madar talks about his book "The Passion of Bradley Manning" and debunks three commonly held misconceptions about the case of Private First Class Manning.
Sources: The Passion of Bradley Manning, Part One, The Passion of Bradley Manning, Part Two







Phyllis Bennis
Scott Horton Interviews Phyllis Bennis

Phyllis Bennis, Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies talks about how the U.S. lost the Afghan War before it even began. She explains why the Iraq War is a disaster and that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Phyllis Bennis









Rajan Menon
Scott Horton Interviews Rajan Menon

Rajan Menon, Professor and Chairman of the Department of International Relations at Lehigh University talks about the numerous internal divisions tearing Libya apart and destabilizing neighboring countries like Mali and the others consequences of the war on Libya.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Rajan Menon







Kathy Kelly
Scott Horton Interviews Kathy Kelly

Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, talks about the lack of accountability and morality in remote-control drone warfare. She also talks about the myth of humanitarian wars and the coming arms race in unmanned drone aircraft.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Kathy Kelly









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Bradley Manning Part 1(mp3)

Phyllis Bennis Part 2(mp3)

Rajan Menon Part 3(mp3)

Kathy Kelly Part 4(mp3)


Music includes Jeff Neugebauer - We Don't Want Your War, Bob Dylan - Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Ryan Harvey - We're Coming for the Captain, Woody Guthrie - Tom Joad, in the dark, Woody Guthrie - 1913 Massacre, Louis Armstrong - Mack the Knife, Odetta - Chilly Winds, Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind, Keanu Reeves - Begin, Bert Lahr - The Cowardly Lion On Courage

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

How Social Movements Win

Marshall Ganz-Power
Terrence McNally, journalist and radio host interviews Marshall Ganz on social movements. During Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, he was the lead organizer of the grassroots for the former community organizer.
Source: Q&A: Marshall Ganz-Power of Story in Social Movements











Jeremy Scahill
Scott Horton Interviews Jeremy Scahill

Jeremy Scahill discusses how Yemeni President Saleh convinced the Bush administration to send aid, supposedly to fight Al Qaeda, but instead used the money to eliminate his rivals and how Obama’s frequent air strikes, killing scores of civilians, have turned rural tribesmen into anti-American militants.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Jeremy Scahill



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Music includes Carly Simon - Haven't Got Time For The Pain, David Rovics - Draft, George Carlin - A Modern Man, Matisyahu - One Day, Oscar Romero - Stop the Repression, Dave Lippman - Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, Woody Guthrie - I Ain't Got No Home, Monty Python - Every Sperm is Sacred, Ray Charles - America the Beautiful, One Love One World, Herb Alpert - Route 101

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