Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe“There are two problems for our species’ survival—nuclear war and environmental catastrophe, ” says Noam Chomsky in this new book on the two existential threats of our time and their points of intersection since World War II. While a nuclear strike would require action, environmental catastrophe is partially defined by willful inaction in response to human-induced climate change. Denial of the facts is only half the equation. Other contributing factors include extreme techniques for the extraction of remaining carbon deposits, the elimination of agricultural land for bio-fuel, the construction of dams, and the destruction of forests that are crucial for carbon sequestration. On the subject of current nuclear tensions, Chomsky revisits the long-established option of a nuclear-weapon-free zone (NWFZ) in the Middle East, a proposal set in motion through a joint Egyptian Iranian General Assembly resolution in 1974. Intended as a warning, Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe is also a reminder that talking about the unspeakable can still be done with humor, with wit and indomitable spirit. |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Abbreviations | 9 |
Environmental Catastrophe | 10 |
Protest and Universities 00 | 21 |
Toxicity of War 00 | 33 |
Nuclear Threats 00 | 41 |
China and the Green Revolution 00 | 55 |
Research and Religion or The Invisible Hand 00 | 63 |
Conversation between Gen Groves and Lt Col Rea August 25 1945 00 | 89 |
Flyer for UCPV Event October 10 1967 00 | 97 |
Scientists Condemn the Destruction of Crops in Vietnam January 21 1966 00 | 99 |
Nelson Anjains Open Letter to Robert Conard April 9 1975 00 | 103 |
Marshallese Medical Records in Hands of Gensuikin July 27 1976 00 | 107 |
Chemical Weapons November 1 1983 00 | 111 |
Appendix Acknowledgments 00 | 129 |
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