Times of emergency require difficult decisions and we’re told by the likes of Bill Gates that nuclear power is necessary to get the world off fossil fuels. Nuclear power boosters argue that new technologies have made nuclear reactors cheaper and safer. Scholar and scientist M.V. Ramana calls this a fiction. He asserts that nuclear power … Continued
The world is facing two existential threats, one acknowledged but inadequately addressed, and the other largely forgotten until recently: global warming and nuclear weapons. Scholar Michael Klare discusses the dangerous great power politics highlighted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and their deleterious effects on nuclear proliferation and the struggle to slow the climate disaster. Resources: … Continued
Seven Catholic peace activists are going on trial in Georgia today for breaking into the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base on April 4, 2018. The activists, who are known as the Kings Bay Plowshares 7, face up to 25 years in prison if convicted. The activists entered the base armed with just hammers, crime scene … Continued
Seven Catholic peace activists are going on trial in Georgia today for breaking into the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base on April 4, 2018. The activists, who are known as the Kings Bay Plowshares 7, face up to 25 years in prison if convicted. The activists entered the base armed with just hammers, crime scene … Continued
An Hour with Noam Chomsky on Fascism, Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, Julian Assange & More.
Noam Chomsky: U.S. Must Improve Relations with Russia and Challenge the Expansion of NATO; Noam Chomsky: Survival of Organized Human Life is at Risk Due to Climate Change & Nuclear Weapons; Noam Chomsky Condemns Israel’s Shift to Far Right & New “Jewish Nation-State” Law; Amid Deadly Israeli Crackdown on Gaza Protests, Chomsky Says U.S. Must … Continued
Noam Chomsky: U.S. Must Improve Relations with Russia and Challenge the Expansion of NATO; Noam Chomsky: Survival of Organized Human Life is at Risk Due to Climate Change & Nuclear Weapons; Noam Chomsky Condemns Israel’s Shift to Far Right & New “Jewish Nation-State” Law; Amid Deadly Israeli Crackdown on Gaza Protests, Chomsky Says U.S. Must … Continued
Ralph greets Princeton classmate and nuclear non-proliferation expert, Ambassador Thomas Graham, a former senior U.S. diplomat, who was involved in the negotiation of every single international arms control and non-proliferation agreement from 1970 to 1997. Also, the original Nader’s Raider, Robert Fellmeth rejoins us to talk about the campaign to protect children on Facebook.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month is here again – and corporate-sponsored pink ribbons still don’t provide women’s health care. We listen to a portion of my interview with Karuna Jagger of Breast Cancer Action about what’s wrong with the whole concept of a breast cancer awareness. Then I speak in depth with Cecile Pineda, whose new … Continued
Plowshares activist Sister Megan Rice, the 83-year-old nun recently freed from federal prison, talks about activism, nuclear weapons, feminism and the Church; Lina Nilsson discusses how to attract more women engineers.
