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Andrew Cockburn on Modern War

This week’s episode from GritTV focuses on modern warfare and US imperialism. Is drone warfare here to stay? It’s one of the few things Republicans and Democrats agree on. Andrew Cockburn has been a rare critical voice on the subject. He is the Washington editor of Harper’s magazine and the author of several nonfiction books on war and international politics. His new book is Kill Chain: The Rise of High-Tech Assassins. And later in the show, an excerpt from a new film about a young man held in the US prison at Guantanamo, Fahd Ghazy.

Angela Keaton vs. Ian Morris Debate: War, What Is It Good For?

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At this summer’s Freedom Fest, our Director of Operations, Angela Keaton, debated historian and archaeologist Ian Morris on his recent book War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots.

Morris’ general thesis is that over human history war has created larger more organized governments which made for a more peaceful society. Keaton disagrees. Antiwar.com columnist Dan Sanchez weighs in with pre-debate commentary at No, War is not the Health of Peace and Prosperity.

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Ron Paul on His New Antiwar Book

Ron Paul is interviewed by Tom Woods about his new book Swords into Plowshares, a personal reflection on war and his own career in the military, and also a systematic antiwar broadside.

Support the Scott Horton Show, Win a Week in Costa Rica

Help support the Scott Horton Show! He’s holding a funddrive right now, and is raffling off tickets for a week’s stay in Costa Rica, plus handing out silver disks, books, and audiobooks too.

Help support — and enter! here and here.

Ron Paul on the US Military ‘Pivot to Asia’

As China reclaims land in the South China Sea, the US sends in spy planes to buzz the construction. China warns the US to leave them alone. US, with bases all over the South China Sea area, objects to what it views as Chinese military activity in the region. Is this Obama’s “Pivot to Asia”? Or a diversion from the failed wars against ISIS and the failed proxy war in Ukraine?

Ron Paul talks with Daniel McAdams of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity:

Support the Women’s March to End the Korean War: Sign the Petition

Sunday, 35 women activists from 15 countries will march across the Korean DMZ to call for a final peace treaty 62 years after the end of the conflict. The US has continued to oppose a political/diplomatic solution to the "Korean War."

Even though South Korea keeps trying to discourage the march by changing the rules, the activists plan to march tomorrow.

Please sign Code Pink’s petition below calling for a Korean Peace Conference.

Dear United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon,

On this 70th anniversary of Korea’s division, we urge the United Nations to broker a Political Peace Conference, as called for in Article 4 Paragraph 60 of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, to bring together all parties that took part in the Korean War to reach a peaceful settlement. As an international conflict that continues to hamper peaceful relations in East Asia and across the Pacific, it is time to finally end the state of war by replacing the Korean War Armistice with a more permanent Peace Accord.

The Korean War Armistice, the temporary military cease-fire agreement that has lasted for 62 years, has not led to peace. North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, the annual U.S.-South Korea military exercises, the rampant arms race in Northeast Asia, and the continued separation of families are proof of that. It is time for a Peace Treaty to end the hostilities and move forward on reconciliation.

In hopes of peace,

Author: Eric Garris