Danny Sjursen: The End of Warfare As We Know It?
The future of forever war, American-style
FOH 64: Dunbar-Ortiz on the Pandemic’s Impact on Native Americans
Legendary activist and author of "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" also discusses the connections between the Second Amendment, white supremacy and settler colonialism.
U.S. Regional Imperialism: Big Sticks, and Even Bigger Guns
Our history in Latin America is marked by arrogance and aggression. Is what's happening in Venezuela any different?
The Truth About the ‘War of 1812’
A survey of one of only 5 "declared" wars in U.S. history, the "war of 1812," concentrating on why it was significant especially to American political party history, and relations…
High Stakes Gambling on Biden’s Foreign Policy
In the midst of what’s become a sort of progressive civil war over “lesser evil” voting in November, here’s a different look at Uncle Joe: Biden on war.
The White Lobby: When the U.S. Was the Sanctions-Buster Extraordinaire
Those defending sanctions on Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, et. al. have - in particular - peddled in acute hypocrisy. This piece complicates and challenges arguments on both sides (to some degree)…
These Untied States: Robert Scheer on ‘Fortress on the Hill’ Podcast (pt. 2)
In this portion of the pod we talk the Sanders-Biden endorsement, the future of Bernie’s movement, third parties, surveillance/social control, Eugene Debs, the future of journalism, and much much more.
Maj. Danny: America’s Libyan Detritus: The One Time Trump Was Right – It Was All Obama’s Fault
Nine years on – and one pandemic later – the Libyan 'shit show,' has gone full mercenary … and few notice.
Maj. Danny: Eugene Debs and the Age of Corona
In this pandemic-era, it has become increasingly clear that we are only as healthy as the least insured—hence the poorest—in our society.
Maj. Danny: Heaven Protect Us from Another President’s West Point Graduation Speech
Thus far, the media focus has unsurprisingly been on either the foolishness – or near criminality – of President Trump "requiring” West Point’s seniors to return to campus for the…
Putting the Pandemic in Historical Context: Robert Scheer on ‘Fortress on the Hill’ (pt. 1)
Robert “Bob” Scheer, famed journalist, interviewer, activist, and editor, stops by the podcast to discuss his career, his interviews with American presidents from Nixon to Clinton, and his radio show…
The Still Exceptional Empires: Neo-Imperialism, Franco-American Style
While all historical analogizing must proceed cautiously – and with recognition of the limits of deduction – the broad similarities are staggering. It is the very grandiose idealism – and…
The Wrong Side of History: America’s ‘Veto’ and ‘Abstention-Imperialism’
On Tuesday, March 17, 1970, Charles Woodruff Yost, America’s ambassador to the United Nations, entered the international body’s headquarters building on the far east side of Midtown Manhattan. He was…
Interview With Chris Hedges From ‘America: The Farewell Tour’
Few seem better positioned and equipped to comment on, analyze, and dare I say diagnose, this moment than Chris Hedges. We talk pandemic, hyper-capitalism, labor, empire, and connect them with…
The Last Empire?: Portugal’s Cautionary Tale and the Costs of Forever War
The lack of even a corona-blip on the militarist radar ought raise solemn questions regarding the degree of democracy in the "democratic" U.S. national security structures, and the state of…