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Released in conjunction with Peter Dale Scott's "lost" article (read "stolen by the CIA in 1970") originally intended for Ramparts, we present a 2011 debate between the two top experts on the Postwar Southeast Asian heroin traffic: Professors Peter Dale Scott and Alfred McCoy.

I add some context at the beginning which will hopefully be of interest to everybody!

Peter Dale Scott is the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach.

Alfred McCoy is History Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin and the author of The Politics of Heroin—now in its third edition.

Apologies for the weird noises during the debate. We have no idea exactly what was making that intermittent whirring and clicking noise.

Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Music: “Payroll” by Mock Orange

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Episode 62: The Deep Politics of Heroin w/Peter Dale Scott and Alfred McCoy

Patreon only: Jeff Sachs on Anthony Fauci and the lab leak theory. https://www.patreon.com/posts/75690871

Jeff Sachs talks about the proxy war in Ukraine and how the West provoked Russia. Norman Solomon talks about the "Don't Run, Joe" campaign, why Biden 2024 would be a "disaster," and the danger of corporate Democrats.

Jeff Sachs is an economist, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and president of the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network. 

Norman Solomon is an American journalist, media critic, author, activist and is co-founder and national coordinator of RootsAction.org. His latest book, "War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine," will be published by The New Press in June 2023.

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Jeff Sachs On Ukraine Proxy War & Norman Solomon on 'Don't Run, Joe'

Dr. Vladimir Kozin discusses the Ukraine conflict and explains that Kiev and NATO are the aggressors against the Russian Federation. The U.S. is threatening the use of nuclear weapons on NATO's eastern flank and has abrogated all arms control agreements. There is little no communication between either side. The Pentagon has stated this war of attrition will continue for at least five years. The western and eastern blocs are fast approaching a Third World War. He comments on Western "state terrorism" (e.g. Nord Stream), Color Revolutions, and believes COVID-19 was a U.S. biological weapon. The West seeks a strategic Russian defeat but Dr. Kozin believes Moscow will win.

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About Dr. Vladimir Kozin
Dr. Vladimir Kozin is a member of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences; member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences; Vice President of the Russian National Institute for Global Security Research; Winner of Colonel-General Varfolomei Korobushin Reward (Russian Strategic Missiles Forces) and Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Reward; and a Leading Expert at the Center for Military-Political Studies of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).

*Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

Vladimir Kozin: Western & Eastern Blocs Fast Approaching Third World War #358

Au coeur des services secrets | Alain Chouet

Après nous avoir éclairés de manière tout à fait impressionnante sur la menace terroriste, en février 2015, peu après les attentats de Charlie Hebdo et au supermarché Hyper Casher, Alain Chouet revient nous parler de la violence terroriste. Face à la masse d’informations, d’analyses et d’opinions, comment l’ancien chef de renseignement de sécurité voit-il la situation ? Quelles explications peut-on donner à la violence terroriste ? Quelles en sont les véritables racines ? 

Comprendre la violence terroriste | Alain Chouet

War crimes. Freakouts. Drugs. Rebellion. A narrative of the Iraq war buried by the media and politicians, told through the incredible oral history of Clifton Hicks--tank crewman in Iraq who refused to go back, won a Conscientious Objector fight, then spent years helping other soldiers do the same.

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"You'd Better Stay At Home" - The Clifton Hicks Story

We touched a bit of everything in this one.  

It's not often to hear someone at MSNBC saying the channel is basically no different than Fox on war, so we examine Bill for the oddity he is, at least among his colleagues.


1:05 - MSNBC / Fox News discussion

7:35 - Bill Arkin leaving MSNBC

29:48 - West Los Angeles VA cancels PTSD program

42:15 - Elizabeth Warren for President

51:30 - Election results from the CIA Democrats

63:25 - Coast Guard working unpaid

My Departure Letter from NBC

Top Secret America

Longtime Reporter Leaves NBC Saying Media Is “Trump Circus” That Encourages Perpetual War

The West LA VA Is Trying To Evict A Jewish Veterans Group

Coast Guard financial support document

Season 1

If Langley is hallowed ground, what is America? - Ep 33

As Americans, we are proud of our military and the men and women that make it up, but how much do we really know about what happens in the military?  Why is the war in Afghanistan still going on 17 years after 9/11?  Are the budget increases proposed by President Trump needed for military readiness?  Which MRE tastes the most like human food and which tastes like the inside of a rusted battery?  These are simply a a few of the questions we aim to ask.  Please join our hosts, Chris 'Henri' Henrikson and Danny Sjursen, as they discuss the state of our military, a deep look at its history, and the principles that have pushed our country into unending war. 

The United States has become synonymous with empire and endless war, American troops sit in 70% of the world's countries, and yet, most Americans don't know that.  The military is joined disproportionately by a 'warrior caste’ whom carry this enormous burden, making a less diverse force and ensuring most of society doesn't see their sacrifice.  And American tax dollars, funding hundreds of billions in unnecessary spending on global hegemony, are robbed from the domestic needs of ordinary Americans.  We aim to change that.

Join Danny and Henri, two Army combat veterans, as they discuss how to turn the tide against endless war and repair the damage America has caused abroad.

If Langley is hallowed ground, what is America? - Ep 33

Fortress On A Hill

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