Tag: Nuclear Winter

Class and the War in Ukraine – Paul Jay (pt 1/3)

ByTalia Baroncelli April 18, 2023May 3, 2023

Paul Jay is back to speak about the war in Ukraine, the irrevocable effects of climate change, and the ever-present but often downplayed danger of nuclear warfare. He explains how the transnational capitalist elite continue to benefit from the war at the expense of the average Ukrainian and Russian worker. He also speaks about his new documentary film project on nuclear winter and his recent trip to visit political activist Daniel Ellsberg, whose insights on the Cuban Missile Crisis and potential human error leading to nuclear confrontation are heavily featured in the film. This is part one of a three-part series.

Climate Change | Reality Asserts Itself

Nuclear Winter – Alan Robock on RAI (4/5)

ByPaul Jay May 5, 2014April 7, 2022

Mr. Robock says a nuclear war between the United States and Russia would produce so much smoke that temperatures would get below freezing even in the summertime, crops would die and there would be no food for the entire planet. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced May 5, 2014.

Climate Change

A Conversation With Paul Jay – Pt 2

ByAndrew Van Wagner October 6, 2021April 20, 2022

Paul is interviewed by Andrew Van Wagner where they continue their discussion about nuclear weapons, the media, and climate crisis.

China | Geopolitics | Military-Industrial Complex | U.S. Politics | USA

A Conversation With Paul Jay – Pt1

ByAndrew Van Wagner September 16, 2021March 28, 2023

Paul is interviewed by Andrew Van Wagner, and in this segment, he talks about working with Daniel Ellsberg on a documentary film based on the book Doomsday Machine.

China | Geopolitics

A Dangerous Provocation Driven By Commerce – Wilkerson

ByPaul Jay September 24, 2021March 28, 2023

Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who was a special assistant to a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, comments on Milley‘s phone call to China, the nuclear submarine sale to Australia, and the danger of a single man, the president, having the ability to launch a nuclear strike and end life on earth.

China | Geopolitics | Nuclear Arms Policy | Reality Asserts Itself

Ellsberg on Milley, China and the Danger of Nuclear War

ByPaul Jay September 21, 2021March 28, 2023

In a commentary, Daniel Ellsberg explains that Gen. Milley’s call to China may have prevented a near catastrophe, as happened in 1983 when the Soviet Union believed Reagan had gone mad and planned a first strike. He calls for a fundamental change in U.S. nuclear strategy.

Military-Industrial Complex | Nuclear Arms Policy | Reality Asserts Itself | USA

The Doomsday Machine Still Exists – Daniel Ellsberg

ByPaul Jay December 18, 2019October 24, 2022

Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg tells Paul Jay of “theAnalysis,” the danger of nuclear war is as present today as during the Cold War. He says seeking profit in spite of the risk of nuclear winter is “institutional madness.”