The Progressive Radio News Hour Guests for August 16, 18, and 19, 2012 Thursday, August 16 at 10AM US Central time: James Petras Petras is Binghamton University, New York Professor Emeritus, a noted figure on the left, a distinguished Latin American expert, and longtime chronicler of the region's popular struggles. He's also a consummate scholar... Continue Reading →

Drumbeat for War on Iran by Stephen Lendman Haaretz knows better. Still it misreports on Iran. On August 12, its editorial headlined "Netanyahu's dangerous demagoguery on Iran" saying: "Iranian nuclear weapons are a threat to Israel - but its leaders' demagoguery is just as dangerous." Haaretz, Israeli officials, US and other Western ones know Iran... Continue Reading →

Paul Ryan's Socially Destructive Agenda  by Stephen Lendman Ryan and other Republican House Budget Committee members call it "The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal." Key is gutting vital programs millions of Americans rely on. Ryan wants Medicare privatized as well as Medicaid, food stamps, and and other entitlement programs ended. Later, he... Continue Reading →

Austerity Hastens Economic Decline by Stephen Lendman Obama and other Western leaders face Depression conditions. Roosevelt addressed them in the 1930s. Imagine how austerity then would have imposed greater hardships. Instead Americans got Social Security, homeowners loan refinancing, and moratoriums on foreclosures. Small farmers were helped unlike current subsidies earmarked for agribusiness.  Farm credit provided... Continue Reading →

Bahrain's War on Freedom by Stephen Lendman In February 2011, major protests erupted. Bahrainis challenged despotic rule nonviolently. Daily they protest. Police state harshness confronts them.  At issue is King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa's regime. Bahrainis want popularly elected leadership replacing him. He ranks with the world's worst despots. He's a US favorite. He's... Continue Reading →

Unconscionable Media Warmongering by Stephen Lendman Washington needs media support to wage wars and plan new ones. Broadcast and print scoundrels oblige.  Paid liars infest Western media. Managed news misinformation creates enemies. Fear is stoked. War is cheerled, glorified, and sanitized to suppress truths too grim to report. Reasons for war aren't explained. Fake ones... Continue Reading →

Israel's Neoliberal Hammer Strikes by Stephen Lendman In America and across Europe, austerity is official policy. It's also true in Israel.  Among developed countries, America, Britain, and Israel are the most socially unjust. Street protests rail against public policy. Favored corporations and rich elites alone benefit. Most Jews suffer, Israeli Arabs most of all. Worse... Continue Reading →

New York Times Style Debates by Stephen Lendman French moralist/essayist Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824) said it's "better to debate a question without settling it than settle a question without debating it." He wasn't alone. Debating is an ancient tradition. Socrates and Plato debated political, social, and other issues. The Socratic method involves opposing sides... Continue Reading →

Crimes Against Humanity by Stephen Lendman Israel commits daily crimes against humanity. Intermittently, crimes or war are committed.  For decades, Palestinians have been ruthlessly persecuted and denied justice. Dozens of incidents occur daily. Media scoundrels suppress or ignore them. On July 30, Israel placed 10 International Solidarity Movement (ISM) activists in administrative detention uncharged. ISM... Continue Reading →

Full-Scale War in Syria by Stephen Lendman Former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov calls it "full-scale civil war." It's full-scale but not civil. Syria's been invaded. Civil war implies two internal warring sides. That's very much not the case. Primakov said: "Mercenaries and volunteers from other states are fighting (Assad) jointly with" violent internal forces.... Continue Reading →