The Scott Horton Show from The Libertarian Institute

Eric Margolis comes back on the show to give an update on the revolutions brewing in Africa. The forces at work during the Arab Spring are still at play in countries like Algeria, and elsewhere in Africa, America has deliberately fomented political unrest for its own ends.

Discussed on the show:

"Waiting for the Second Algerian Revolution, by Eric Margolis" (The Unz Review)

Colour revolution

"General Wesley Clark: Wars Were Planned - Seven Countries In Five Years" (YouTube)

Eric Margolis is a foreign affairs correspondent and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj. Follow him on Twitter @EricMargolis and visit his website, ericmargolis.com.

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James Carden joins the show to talk about the obsolescence of NATO as the organization turns 70 this year. Far from Russia expanding its influence westward, as was feared, Carden explains how the U.S. has actually been the one to expand eastward, largely by including more European countries in NATO. The new Cold War that has come about as a result is a danger to pretty much everyone, except for the military-industrial complex.

Discussed on the show:

"NATO Turns 70" (The Nation)

The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump

James Carden is the executive editor for the American Committee for East-West Accord and former adviser on Russia policy at the US State Department. He is a contributing writer at The Nation.

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Janine Jackson talks about Chelsea Mannings re-incarceration for her refusal to testify in Julian Assange's Wikileaks case. Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for her leaking of classified state department information, but had her sentence commuted by President Obama after seven years, still the longest sentence served by any whistleblower in America. Jackson lambasts the mainstream media for their failure to support Manning and Assange, since the real purpose of journalism should be to hold the powerful accountable, even if exposing their crimes sometimes involves publishing leaked information.

Discussed on the show:

"Chelsea Manning Again Takes Fall for Defending Public’s Right to Know" (FAIR)

July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike

Pentagon Papers

United States diplomatic cables leak

Collateral Murder

"The Guantanamo Files" (Wikileaks)

Janine Jackson is the program director of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, and the host and producer of FAIR's syndicated radio show CounterSpin. She has appeared on ABC's Nightline and CNN Headline News, among other outlets, and has testified to the Senate Communications Subcommittee on budget reauthorization for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Follow her work at fair.org.

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Scott talks to Ramzy Baroud about the Palestinians' March of Return and their broader struggle for civil rights in Israel.

Discussed on the show:

"‘The Essence of Being Palestinian’: What the Great March of Return is Really About" (Counterpunch)

Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

"Netanyahu Unaware of the Camera 'America can easily be moved'" (YouTube)

Oslo Accords

Ramzy Baroud is a US-Arab journalist and is the editor-in-chief of the Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of My Father Was A Freedom Fighter: The Untold Story of Gaza. His new book is The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story. Follow Ramzy on Twitter @RamzyBaroud and read his work at RamzyBaroud.net.

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Joe Lauria joins the show for an update on Julian Assange, who was arrested this morning at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Lauria explains why it's so dangerous for governments to prosecute Wikileaks, which is nothing more than a platform for information. This precedent would open any media outlet that publishes government information to prosecution.

Discussed on the show:

"Risk (2016)" (IMDb)

Joe Lauria is the editor-in-chief at Consortium News. He is a former UN correspondent and wrote at the Boston Globe and Wall Street Journal. You can follow him on Twitter @unjoe.

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Scott talks to John Kiriakou about Chelsea Manning, who is refusing to testify against Wikileaks. Kiriakou explains that she probably doesn't want to incriminate herself by forgetting things while rehashing details of previous testimony. Scott and Kiriakou both agree that the prosecution of Wikileaks as an intelligence organization is extremely dangerous for the ability to hold government accountable.

Discussed on the show:

"Chelsea Manning’s ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ Moment" (The American Conservative)

"4/8/19 Joanne Leon on the Principled Russiagate Skeptics" (The Libertarian Institute)

Collateral Murder

"The Guantanamo Files" (Wikileaks)

John Kiriakou is a former CIA officer and author of The Convenient Terrorist: Two Whistleblowers’ Stories of Torture, Terror, Secret Wars, and CIA Lies and Doing Time Like A Spy. He is the host of Loud and Clear on Sputnik Radio. Follow him on Twitter @JohnKiriakou.

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Medea Benjamin joins the show for a rundown of some of the democratic presidential candidates' positions on war and the military-industrial complex. Some candidates, like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, are better now than they once were, perhaps due to increased public awareness of atrocities like the war in Yemen. Others, like Tulsi Gabbard, have always been principled in their opposition to unnecessary wars. But for the most part, of course, democrats want foreign wars and big military budgets just like the republicans do.

Discussed on the show:

"War, Peace and Presidential Candidates" (CODEPINK)

"LATE SHOW with David Letterman - September 11, 2002 Bill Clinton, Nanci Griffith (FULL SHOW)" (YouTube)

Venture For America

Medea Benjamin is the co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK and the co-founder of the human rights group Global Exchange. She is the author of ten books, and writes regularly for The Guardian, The Huffington Post, CommonDreams, Alternet, and The Hill, among others. Find her on Twitter @medeabenjamin.

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Scott talks to Joanne Leon of Around the Empire about all the left-leaning journalists who were skeptical of the mainstream "Russaigate" narrative all along, which, as opponents of President Trump, went against their interest in a certain sense. These people held an unpopular opinion because they believed the principle was right, and they deserve recognition now that it's pretty clear there's no evidence of collusion with the Russians.

Discussed on the show:

"Foreign Policy Follies: Russiagate Skeptics" (https://foreignpolicyfollies.blogspot.com/2019/03/russiagate-skeptics.html)

"12/13/16 Craig Murray: DNC, Podesta emails leaked by Americans, not hacked by Russia" (The Libertarian Institute)

"WikiLeaks operative claims Russia did NOT provide Hillary Clinton emails" (Daily Mail Online)

"07/25/16 – Jeffrey Carr – The Scott Horton Show" (The Scott Horton Show)

"VIPS Memos – Consortiumnews" (https://consortiumnews.com/vips-memos/)

"War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (2007)" (IMDb)

Colour revolution

Joanne Leon is a writer, software engineer, and the host of the Around the Empire podcast. Find her on Twitter @joanneleon.

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Scott talks to journalist Bette Dam about her new book, Searching For An Enemy: The Secret Life Of Mullah Omar. Dam also reflects on how journalists may need to rethink the ways they report on the terror wars.

Bette Dam is a journalist and the author of A Man and A Motorcycle: How Hamid Karzai Came to Power and Searching For An Enemy: The Secret Life Of Mullah Omar. Find her on Twitter @BetteDam.

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Ryan McMaken joins the show to explain the economics of central banks—specifically the way our Federal Reserve destroys people's savings by inflating the money supply and causes the boom/bust cycle through its manipulation of interest rates. People will often object, says McMaken, that without a central bank unbridled capitalism would take the U.S. back to the economic dark ages, but he points out that we have had one for most of America's worst financial crises, including the great depression and the crashes of the 70s and 80s. Central banks are the cause of the problem, not the solution.

Discussed on the show:

"Money-Supply Growth Slows in February" (Mises Wire)

"Inside Job (2010)" (IMDb)

"Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty" (Mises Institute)

Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another

Ryan McMaken is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. He has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado, and was the economist for the Colorado Division of Housing from 2009 to 2014. He is the author of Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre.

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