Blackwater, Mercenaries and the Middle East.
This week, Mike and Mark are joined by Robert Young Pelton, author of “Licensed to Kill – hired guns in the war on terror.” About the Guest: Author and filmmaker, Robert Young Pelton is known for...
View ArticleA Death Reconsidered.
Was Col. Ted Westhusing’s death in Iraq something more sinister than suicide? “Since last March, when I wrote a story about the apparent suicide of Col. Ted Westhusing in Iraq, I had believed there was...
View ArticleRape and Murder in the Military
How some troops are being “supported”. Tonight, we speak with Retired Army Colonel Ann Wright about this simply disgusting story. From her April story on CommonDreams: “The Department of Defense...
View ArticleA Terrible Mistake
On November 28, 1953, U.S. Army biochemist Dr. Frank Olson crashed through a hotel window in New York City and fell over 150 feet to the sidewalk below where he died. The New York City Police...
View ArticleThe Wikileaks Whistleblower & Iran-Contra Revelations
Almost four decades after Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers – another whistleblower has stepped forward and now is facing similar retaliation. Army Intelligence Specialist Bradley Manning is...
View ArticleFragging
During its long withdrawal from South Vietnam, the U.S. military experienced a serious crisis in morale. Chronic indiscipline, illegal drug use, and racial militancy all contributed to trouble within...
View ArticleCrossing Zero
In light of the now decade-long war in Afghanistan, and the rapid-fire political and societal changes sweeping through the world, it helps to understand how we got here… what forces played a part in...
View ArticleThis Week – Support WBAI
Since 1996, we’ve been doing this for nothing. We couldn’t have done it without WBAI. Tonight, we feature some of our favorite guests and topics from over the past year. While you may only listen to...
View ArticleCocaine Death Squads and the War On Terror
Regular listeners to our broadcast know – we have repeatedly made the point that the war on drugs doesn’t work – nor has it ever. Tonight, Mike and Mark speak with Dr. Oliver Villar, co-author of...
View ArticleSUBVERSIVES
The FBI’s War on Student Radicals, and Reagan’s Rise to Power “In 1977, The Daily Californian, Berkeley’s student paper, filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents bearing on FBI...
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