Articles by Paul Jay

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A Warning from Chomsky and Ellsberg
Paul Jay | theAnalysis-news – TRANSCEND Media Service, 12 Sep 2022

In their 90s, the two men tirelessly fight to warn people of the need for urgent action to deal with climate change and the threat of nuclear war. Joining Paul Jay, they discuss the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the war in Ukraine, and the climate crisis.

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Russia-USA: Reality Asserts Itself (4 Parts)
Paul Jay interviews Stephen Cohen – The Real News Network, 8 Jul 2019

23 April 2019 – After the fall of the Soviet Union, a dysfunctional and pro-American Russian President Yeltsin presided over the chaos of the 1990’s; when Putin came to power, the West was very disappointed at the independent and nationalist character of the Putin-led state and the demonization began.

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Johan Galtung and Dennis Kucinich Discuss the Proposal for a Department of Peace
Paul Jay | The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Feb 2019

Johan Galtung and Dennis Kucinich interviewed by Paul Jay

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Bradley Manning, the Nuremberg Charter and Refusing to Collaborate with War Crimes
Paul Jay – The Real News Network, 12 Aug 2013

In this segment of Reality Asserts Itself, Paul Jay and Vijay Prashad discuss the Bradley Manning case in light of the 68th anniversary of signing the Nuremberg Charter [8 Aug] which states it is illegal to follow orders to commit a war crime.

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Privatizing Europe
Paul Jay – The Real News Network, 13 May 2013

Nick Buxton: A massive European fire sale is one way finance is using the crisis to entrench neo-liberalism.

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28-Year Old PhD Student Debunks the Most Influential Austerity Study
Paul Jay – The Real News Network, 22 Apr 2013

New study refutes Reinhart and Rogoff analysis that underpins austerity policy around the world; shows no relation between debt and lack of growth.

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Africa Lost 1.6 Trillion in Capital Flight and Odious Debt Over Forty Years
Paul Jay – The Real News Network, 3 Dec 2012

Léonce Ndikumana says: $619 billion of embezzled capital flight from North Africa with connivance of big banks according to new research.

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Black Report: Craziness on Three Continents
Paul Jay – The Real News Network, 26 Nov 2012

Bankers Trying To Start a Run on Their Own Banks in Ecuador – Crazy reality.

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Quadrillion Dollar Derivatives Market 20 Times Global GDP (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Paul Jay – The Real News Network, 1 Oct 2012

Markus Stanley: Derivative bets not a zero sum game, have far reaching real world consequences.

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Bill Black Reports: LIBOR and HSBC (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Paul Jay – The Real News Network, 30 Jul 2012

William Kurt Black is an American lawyer, academic, author of ‘The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One,’ and a former bank regulator. Black’s expertise is in white-collar crime, public finance, regulation, and other topics in law and economics. He developed the concept of “control fraud”, in which a business or national executive uses the entity he or she controls as a “weapon” to commit fraud.

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True Cost of Chevron in Ecuador
Paul Jay – The Real News Network, 9 Jul 2012

Robinson Yumbo, President of the National Indigenous Federation of the Cofan People on the multi-billion woes of Chevron in Ecuador.

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Honduran Scholars Call on US to Cease Support for Military and Police (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Paul Jay, The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 Jul 2012

40 Honduran scholars, supported by 300 academics from 29 countries, sent a letter to President Obama demanding the end of U.S. support for Honduran military and police training—and that the war on drugs is not a rationale for supporting a regime that is violently suppressing its own people.

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Germany and Europe’s Path to the 19th Century (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Paul Jay, The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 Apr 2012

Francisco Louçã: European elite wants to undo the “social contract”; Germany wants more control.

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Banking “Technocrats” Undermine Democracy
Paul Jay, The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 Apr 2012

Gerry Epstein: In Europe and the US, bankers take control of the political process.

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Al Jazeera Journalist Explains Resignation over Syria and Bahrain Coverage
Paul Jay, The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service, 26 Mar 2012

Ali Hashem: Al Jazeera has become a “media war machine” and is “committing journalistic suicide”.

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Japan Plays Down Fukushima as Questions about Nuclear Energy Remain
Paul Jay – The Real News Network, 19 Mar 2012

“Experts told us that reactors in earthquake zones were safe but computer models can’t reproduce reality.” Masaki Oshikawa is a theoretical physicist and a physics professor at the University of Tokyo who was interviewed for the journal Science about the Fukushima nuclear accident and is engaged in a local Japanese community movement to tackle the nuclear contamination problem.

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The Greek Experiment
Paul Jay - The Real News Network, 27 Feb 2012

Greek crisis used to find out how far finance can drive down wages and privatize.

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Ecuador Creating Alternative to Neo-Liberal Model
Paul Jay – The Real News Network, 6 Feb 2012

Ecuador raising taxes on wealthy, higher royalties on oil companies and making large social investments.

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Bradley Manning Heads for Trial; No One Charged for Murdered Civilians
Paul Jay – The Real News Network, 19 Dec 2011

Retired CIA agent Ray McGovern introduces a short documentary deconstructing events revealed by WikiLeaks. Bradley Manning’s 24th birthday was on 17 Dec 2011 as he remained in his nightmare of being imprisoned incommunicado at Quantico accused of treason and facing the death penalty by a court martial — for disclosing the TRUTH. A True Hero of Our Times!

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The Legal Basis to Reject Odious Debt
Paul Jay – The Real News Network, 31 Oct 2011

Léonce Ndikumana and James K. Boyce: International law supports Africa rejecting debts that did not benefit the people.

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Modern Slavery in Gulf Arab Countries (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Paul Jay – The Real News Network, 19 Sep 2011

Scandalous, Inhuman Exploitation of Migrant Workers in GCC Countries – Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states created a super exploited migrant work force after facing a radicalized Arab working class in the 60’s.

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Should People Boycott Israel?
Paul Jay interviewing Omar Barghouti - TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Sep 2010

Omar Barghouti explains the aims of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.

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Why Isn’t the World Rushing to Rescue Pakistan?
Paul Jay, TRNN – TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 Aug 2010

Snehal Shingavi: US has blamed Pakistan for failed policies in region.

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The Fall of the US Empire – And Then What? (Part 1)
Paul Jay interviewing Johan Galtung and Dennis Kucinich -The Real News Network, 2 Aug 2010

Johan Galtung and Dennis Kucinich discuss the proposal for a Department of Peace.

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The Fall of the US Empire – And Then What? (Part 2)
Paul Jay interviewing Johan Galtung and Dennis Kucinich - The Real News Network, 2 Aug 2010

Dennis Kucinich and Johan Galtung discuss the proposal for a Department of Peace.

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The Missing Words at the G20
Paul Jay – The Real News Network, 26 Jul 2010

Paul Jay on the G20 declaration – an absurd plan for the global economic crisis.

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The Boycott Israel Movement
Paul Jay, interviewing Shir Hever – The Real News Network, 19 Jul 2010

Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation – Shir Hever is an economic researcher in the Alternative Information Center, a Palestinian-Israeli organization active in Jerusalem and Beit-Sahour. Researching the economic aspect of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, some of his research topics include international aid to the Palestinians and Israel, the effects of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories on the Israeli economy, and the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns against Israel. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of the economy of the Israeli occupation.

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G20 Commits Itself to More “Neoliberalism”
Paul Jay, The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Jul 2010

Reporting from Toronto – Leo Panitch, political science professor at York University: “Free movement of capital and strengthening power of global elites is G20 objective.”

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