Politics & Policy

A Fabric of Lies: From Cold War Deception to Nuclear Apocalypse | Paul Jay & Christian Appy
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A Fabric of Lies: From Cold War Deception to Nuclear Apocalypse | Paul Jay & Christian Appy

ByPaul Jay

Complete recording of filmmaker Paul Jay’s presentation and Q&A at UMass about his upcoming documentary “How to Stop a Nuclear War,” based on Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg’s book “The Doomsday Machine.” Moderated by historian Christian Appy, Jay traces American militarization from slavery and westward expansion through the Manhattan Project to today’s trillion-dollar nuclear modernization. The discussion explores why nuclear threats remain taboo in public discourse, BlackRock’s role in nuclear financing, how the climate crisis amplifies nuclear risk, the dangers of AI-controlled missile defense, and why elite interests might actually align with working people on this issue.

How Trump Bodyslammed America: Heels, Faces, & the Kayfabe of Politics

How Trump Bodyslammed America: Heels, Faces, & the Kayfabe of Politics

ByPaul Jay

In this episode, Jay Shapiro opens with a fast essay on kayfabe, heels and faces, and why the ring is the best way to read the national psyche. He looks at Trump’s WWE arcs, from Battle of the Billionaires to the “I bought Raw” storyline, and how that performance grammar ported into real politics. Then Jay Shapiro speaks with Paul Jay about the theater of power, the post-9/11 security state, nuclear policy, and why the official script keeps breaking.

The China Syndrome: The US History of Fear as Foreign Policy – Peter Kuznick Pt. 2/2
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The China Syndrome: The US History of Fear as Foreign Policy – Peter Kuznick Pt. 2/2

ByBarry Stevens

In part two of this interview, historian Peter Kuznick — co-author (with Oliver Stone) of The Untold History of the United States — joins Barry Stevens to reflect on the USA’s lost chances for peace. He traces a throughline from the sidelining of VP Henry Wallace to the aggressive Cold War policies of Eisenhower and Reagan, who, while avoiding outright nuclear war, escalated militarism to unprecedented levels. Today’s panic over China, Kuznick argues, revives that same dangerous playbook — but with even fewer constraints and less public awareness.

History Repeats Itself: First as Tragedy, Then as Trump – Peter Kuznick Pt. 1/2
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History Repeats Itself: First as Tragedy, Then as Trump – Peter Kuznick Pt. 1/2

ByBarry Stevens

In part one, Peter Kuznick warns that Trump 2.0 is more dangerous than the original. The generals and advisors who once called him a “moron” are gone — replaced by sycophants in what Kuznick calls a “kakistocracy,” government by the worst people. From threatening to seize Panama, Greenland, and Canada to leading the most corrupt administration in U.S. history, Trump now faces little resistance from Congress, courts, or his own party. Kuznick and Barry Stevens explore how the takeover of cultural institutions mirrors past fascist movements — and how America’s lack of historical memory leaves it vulnerable to repeating old disasters. The most urgent threat: Trump’s unpredictable stance on Ukraine could trigger the war he claims to oppose.

Trump Threatens Generals: (Martial Law) My Way, or the Highway – Wilkerson and Jay
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Trump Threatens Generals: (Martial Law) My Way, or the Highway – Wilkerson and Jay

ByPaul Jay

In this episode, Paul Jay and Col. Lawrence Wilkerson analyze a chilling message from Donald Trump to roughly 800 generals: a straight-up demand for loyalty — “If you don’t like what I’m saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future… we know everything about everybody.”

Fall in line or be purged — as Trump lays out a plan to use U.S. armed forces to occupy large American cities labelled “radical left” strongholds.

Paul Jay: How 80 Years of Lies and Profiteering Built the Doomsday Machine
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Paul Jay: How 80 Years of Lies and Profiteering Built the Doomsday Machine

ByPaul Jay

In this talk, Jay exposes the hidden history of U.S. nuclear policy—built on lies, profiteering, and Cold War paranoia—and explains how those same forces shape today’s politics, from NATO and Trumpism to the growing danger of war with China.

Journalist and filmmaker Paul Jay speaks at the Emergency NGO conference in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Sign up for the “How to Stop a Nuclear War” mailing list at stop-nuclear-war.org.

From J.P. Morgan to BlackRock: Paul Jay on Finance, Militarism, and the Next Apocalypse
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From J.P. Morgan to BlackRock: Paul Jay on Finance, Militarism, and the Next Apocalypse

ByPatrick Lovell

Paul Jay joins Patrick Lovell to trace how Wall Street profiteering—from slavery and the Civil War to J.P. Morgan in World War I and today’s BlackRock and Vanguard—created the militarized economy driving nuclear risk.

A Golden Dome While the Earth Burns – Paul Jay
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A Golden Dome While the Earth Burns – Paul Jay

ByPaul Jay

This episode examines how Trump’s futuristic promises – impenetrable missile shields, Mars colonization, weaponized AI – mask an old playbook: funneling public wealth into private hands through military contracts. While selling fantasies of space salvation, the same system commits atrocities in Gaza, while the earth burns.

From DC Streets to Gaza’s Ruins: Inside Trump’s Unholy Alliance

From DC Streets to Gaza’s Ruins: Inside Trump’s Unholy Alliance

ByPaul Jay

On August 12, 2025, Donald Trump sent the National Guard into Washington, D.C., just months after deploying troops and Marines into Los Angeles. While militarizing U.S. cities, he stands by as a genocide unfolds in Gaza — shielding Israel diplomatically while U.S. defense contractors profit.

This republished investigation, Trump’s Unholy Alliance, exposes the billionaire-tech, Christian nationalist, and far-right networks behind Trump’s rise. They plan to weaken — or dismantle — what’s left of American democracy. From Peter Thiel’s Palantir AI systems aiding Gaza airstrikes, to Lockheed Martin’s jets and bombs, these same firms stand to cash in on Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense and militarization of space — a project that could make nuclear war more likely.

January 6 was only the rehearsal. This is the playbook — at home, abroad, and in orbit.

Watch the full investigation now.

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