Hard Facts

With the war drums beating ever louder in Washington when it comes to Iran, Iranian academic and political analyst, Mohammad Marandi, joins John Wight to offer his expert analysis on Trump's latest volley of incendiary rhetoric, levelled this time against the Islamic Republic and delivered, as is the President's wont, via Twitter

Former UK ambassador to Syria, Peter Ford, joins our host, John Wight, to discuss the significance of the evacuation of hundreds of members of the White Helmets from south western Syria.

The Helsinki summit meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin should have been hailed as a momentous event, considering the catastrophic state of US-Russia relations. But instead the US President Trump has been branded a traitor by the western media and political class, as John Wight and George Szamuely discuss.

This week former UK Ambassador to Syria, Peter Ford, joins us to discuss Imperialism in our time, just as the Imperialism on Trial tour kicks off in the UK.

This week's Hard Facts looks at what is proving to be one of the most memorable World Cups ever, with Moscow-based radio host Alan Moore.

On this week's show Professor Gerald Horne joins John Wight to discuss the immigration scandal engulfing the US at the moment, as they consider what is really behind Trump's zero tolerance policy towards migrants.

The issue of Scottish Independence is now very much back on the table in Scotland, after growing discontent with how the UK government is handling Scotland's concerns over Brexit, culminating last week with MSPs walking out of the UK parliament in protest. To discuss where we are now in the independence campaign, we are joined by Dr Paul Monaghan.

US President Kennedy's Peace Speech of 1963 marked a critical moment in history and leaves us wondering would have happened had he not been assassinated. Historian Peter Kuznick joins John Wight to discuss the significance of the speech as he reveals the challenges faced by Kennedy were not so different from those faced by US leadership today...

The killing of 21 year old Palestinian medic, Razan al-Najjar, by Israeli soldiers on 1st June, dominated global headlines over the weekend. Tragically, Razan was just one of dozens of Palestinians killed every year by Israeli militia. On this week's show, John Wight and Professor Kamel Hawwash, discuss this incident in its broader context...

What is the future for Venezuela in the face of continued US sanctions? John Wight is joined by Jorge Martin from Hands Off Venezuela, to discuss the significance of President Maduro's re-election in a socialist nation struggling to stand against the powers of western imperialism...

On this week's show John Wight discusses the dangers of being a dissenting voice in a time when it is needed more than ever. Joining him is writer Neil Clark.

Will Europe to continue to bow to US demands now that Trump has withdrawn from the Iran Deal? That's the question John Wight asks of Peace Researcher Jan Oberg, on this week's program.

On this week's show Baroness Caroline Cox, of the UK House of Lords, talks to us after her return from Syria, where she found a different reality from that portrayed in the mainstream media.

It's been a week of highs and lows international relations as we witnessed a triumph of diplomacy in the end of the Korean war followed by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proclaiming 'Iran Lied' in a bid to end the internationally celebrated Iran nuclear deal. To discuss this and more John is joined this week by Joe Lauria.

On the this week's show John Wight interviews lecturer Tara McCormack, one of the academics targeted in an unprecedented campaign led by the The Times newspaper to discredit dissenting voices on Syria.

This week John and Dr Marcus Papadopoulos analyze a week during which history has been made, as the West launched a military attack on Syria with no UN mandate or parliamentary approval. They discuss the subsequent media campaign attacking renowned figures, including award-winning journalist Robert Fisk, who question the UK government line.

As the West and Russia appear to be on the brink of direct conflict in Syria, and we are reminded of the media campaign to mislead the public in the run up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, John Wight sits down with journalist Neil Clark to ask: how has it come to this?

This week John Wight is joined by author and journalist Max Blumenthal to discuss the recent actions taken by Israeli authorities against unarmed Palestinians in Gaza, as they ask when we will see an Israeli state held to account...

When it comes to the demonization of Jeremy Corbyn, one is reminded of the words of Malcolm X: 'If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people being oppressed and loving those doing the oppressing'...On this week's show John Wight is joined by columnist Mary Dejevsky.

'The old unipolar world is dying and the new multipolar world struggles to be born'. John Wight and George Galloway come together on this week's show to unwrap the layers of obfuscation which surround the Sergei Skripal case, a case which has only united Russians in their support of newly elected leader, Vladimir Putin.