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Scott talks to Ken Silverstein about what's really going on in Venezuela. The mainstream media will tell you that the country is starving and in chaos, but Silverstein has been there himself and says that most people actually have food and support Maduro more than the opposition. The negative coverage, says Silverstein, is an attempt to build support for a U.S.-backed coup, which he thinks is unlikely to actually ever succeed.

Discussed on the show:

"Why a Coup Is Unlikely in Venezuela" (The New Republic)

"Caracas Chronicles, Part I of an Ongoing Series" (Washington Babylon)

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

Ken Silverstein is a DC-based investigative journalist and the creator of washingtonbabylon.com. He is the author of The Secret World of Oil and Private Warriors. Follow him on Twitter @KenSilverstein1.

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Cohost extraordinaire Keith Knight executes another great interview with Larken Rose. Larken is an American tax protester and anarchist activist. He has authored books including "The Most Dangerous Superstition" and "Parasites on Parade." His work may be found at LarkenRose.com

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The Most Dangerous Superstition (Amazon Affiliate Link)

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Airwars' Chris Woods joins the show to discuss the recent findings that coalition airstrikes recently killed over a thousand civilians in Raqqa. The UN also estimates that although most residents were able to escape the city, 70% lost all their property in the bombings. The casualty numbers are 10 times higher than what U.S. officials have admitted.

Discussed on the show:

"Syria: Unprecedented investigation reveals US-led Coalition killed more than 1,600 civilians in Raqqa ‘death trap’" (Amnesty International)

Chris Woods is the author of Sudden Justice: America’s Secret Drone Wars and the recipient of the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism. Follow him on Twitter @chrisjwoods.

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On FPF #347, I discuss the reckless actions the US is taking against China, Iran, and Venezuela. Trump new tariffs could restart the trade war with China. He is also increasing challenges to Chinese territorial claims in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. Bolton made a big show of the US deploying the USS Abe Lincoln to counter threats from Iran. The deployment of the aircraft carrier is routine, however, the hawks in Trump's administration seem determined to provoke a war with Iran. The regime change effort in Venezuela is ongoing. I review the one-sided media coverage of the events. 

Links

FAIR - Venezuela coverage

Danny Sjursen - Afghan Data

Will Porter and Joanne Leon return to FPF to do more debunking of the Russiagate conspiracy theory. Joanne, Will, and Kyle focus in on the story of George Papadopoulos. According to the conspiracy theory, Papadopoulos was connecting Trump's campaign to Russia for receiving secret information about Hillary Clinton's emails. Papadopoulos claims he was the mark of some deep state actors who were attempting to set him up. Joanne and Will make sense of competing claims and changing narratives. 

Will Porter is a staff writer at RT. He has bylines at Antiwar.com. Consortium News, and Libertarian Institute.  

Joanne Leon is the host of the Around the Empire podcast.

Scott talks to Congressman Ro Khanna about the bipartisan efforts in congress to end the war in Yemen. Despite a lack of popular awareness of this issue, explains Khanna, the humanitarian disaster in Yemen is horrific, and the U.S. should end its support for the Saudis immediately. He says that President Trump's good instincts on getting out of pointless wars have not carried through into sound policy, probably because the cabinet and the national security state actually control his foreign policy.

Ro Khanna has served as the U.S. Representative from California's 17th congressional district since 2017. He has worked with Thomas Massie, Mark Pocan, Walter Jones, and others to introduce legislation that would end the war in Yemen.

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David Swanson joins the show to talk about the decline in military recruitment, which the secretary of the navy recently tried to explain away by falsely claiming that thousands of high schools have started denying access to recruiters, something they are legally barred from doing. Swanson points out, however, that the real reason for low recruitment is that the American people are getting fed up with the endless wars. The young people coming of age today were born during the wars we're still fighting, so they grew up with a sense of their futility and an understanding that they might never end.

Discussed on the show:

"The Secretary of the Navy Lied to Congress – Let's Try Democracy" (davidswanson.org)

"Do US High Schools Bar Military Recruiters? Activists Try to Call Pentagon’s Bluff" (Military.com)

"Former Director of Selective Service Says It's Time To End Draft Registration" (Antiwar.com)

National Coalition to Protect Student Privacy

Downing Street memo

David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, radio host, and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee. He is the author of War is a Lie and When the World Outlawed War. Find him on Twitter @davidcnswanson.

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Marko Marjanovic returns to FPF to talk about Venezuela and Syria. Kyle and Marko discuss how US regime change efforts in Venezuela have failed to topple Maduro. The US actions have hurt the Venezuelan people and increased Maduro's popularity. In Syria, Assad is continuing to work to retake all of his country. Currently, he is battling with jihadists in Idlib. Kyle and Mark break down how Assad's fight and the role of the US trying to prevent Assad from retaking Syria. 

Marko Marjanovic runs Checkpoint Asia.

Links

US blocks Iranian Oil to Syria

Idlib Offensive

SHS - Kevin Zeese 

FPF #208 - Marko Marjanovic

Robert Gaines, an Afghan war combat veteran and co-author with Scott of a few recent articles for Breitbart.com and The National Interest, discusses America's continuing war in Afghanistan and the possible reasons for hope, as peace talks there are advancing further than they ever have. Scott and Gaines agree that it would probably make the most sense not to try to have a single state at all. If the various tribes and ethnic groups were allowed to govern their own areas, instead of a central government from Kabul, there would probably be much less reason for fighting and political unrest.

Discussed on the show:

"It’s Time to Stop Fighting Osama bin Laden’s War" (Breitbart)

"Trump Is Right, It’s Time to End the Afghan War" (Brietbart)

"America Cannot Save Afghanistan" (The National Interest)

"Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires?" (The Libertarian Institute)

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Scott talks to Greg Palast about Venezuela, Deepwater Horizon, and the importance of whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning. Palast explains that most Venezuelans still basically support President Maduro, and that the prospect of Guaidó—a wealthy white guy—ruling reminds them of the apartheid of their past. He also laments that prominent journalists at the New York Times and elsewhere, who have won awards thanks to Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning, happily go along with their arrests as though the government will never come for them.

Discussed on the show:

"Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and The Deepwater Horizon" (Greg Palast)

"Nuland-Pyatt leaked phone conversation" (YouTube)

"In Venezuela, White Supremacy Is a Key Driver of the Coup" (Truthout)

Economic Sanctions as Collective Punishment: The Case of Venezuela

Investigative reporter Greg Palast covered Venezuela for BBC Television and The Guardian during Hugo Chavez’s presidency. He is the author of several New York Times bestsellers including The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, now a movie available on Amazon Prime. A documentary of Palast’s work for BBC-TV, The Assassination of Hugo Chavez, is available as a free download at Palast’s site, GregPalast.com.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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