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. theanalysis.news/paul-jay-how...

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. theanalysis.news/from-jp-morg...

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. theanalysis.news/a-golden-dom...

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. theanalysis.news/from-dc-stre...

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki we republish this interview with Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg from October 12, 2022. theanalysis.news/a-warning-fr...

In this essay, journalist Paul Jay argues that defending such atrocities in the name of Jewish survival is itself a form of anti-Semitism. theanalysis.news/the-real-ant...

In this video, we explore how Wall Street firms, REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts), and private equity giants are reshaping housing markets—treating homes as hedge funds and tenants as revenue streams. theanalysis.news/housing-a-ba...

Middle East scholar Nader Hashemi joins Paul Jay to break down what’s really behind the so-called ’12-Day War.’ theanalysis.news/u-s-and-isra...

Paul Jay reports on several cases where police provocateurs incited violence during otherwise peaceful demonstrations—providing authorities with the pretext they needed to justify mass arrests and repression. theanalysis.news/dress-rehear...

Former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, joins Paul Jay and condemns the Israeli attack on Iran as an unprovoked violation of international law—and a dangerous step toward full-scale regional war. theanalysis.news/empire-abroa...

Paul Jay explores the growing danger of artificial intelligence not as an evil superintelligence but as a system reflecting the values of those who control it: corporate monopolies, military planners, and billionaires racing for dominance. theanalysis.news/will-ai-kill...

Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones recently warned that artificial intelligence poses an “imminent threat” to humanity, with a 10% chance it could lead to catastrophic loss of life within 20 years. theanalysis.news/it-will-take...

Part five of this essay dives into why a militant, democratic labor movement is essential to challenging corporate power, combating climate change, and resisting the slide toward authoritarianism. theanalysis.news/part-5-build...

In part one, Paul Jay exposes how Trump’s tariff policy, far from protecting American workers, is a calculated strategy to fund militarization, crush labor, and entrench corporate-nationalist rule. theanalysis.news/trump-tariff...

Frank Hammer speaks with labor scholar and activist Eric Blanc about the growing role of organized workers—especially federal unions—in confronting the Trump-Musk authoritarian agenda. theanalysis.news/can-labor-st...

On April 12, Paul Jay attended the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, where he discussed his upcoming documentary How to Stop a Nuclear War, based on the book The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. theanalysis.news/how-to-stop-...

In cooperation with the Outrider Foundation, the Nobel Peace Center invites you to a unique film preview and conversation with Paul Jay about his work with the documentary film about Daniel Ellsberg, the Pentagon Paper whistleblower and author of Doomsday Machine. theanalysis.news/exposing-the...

In remembrance of Robert W. McChesney, the esteemed media scholar and activist who passed away on March 25, 2025, we are republishing an interview that delves into his profound insights on media, democracy, and society. theanalysis.news/the-decline-...

As the US and Russia discuss a possible ceasefire, what role do the Ukrainian people—especially the working class—have in shaping the outcome? Paul Jay speaks with Denys Gorbach about the class dynamics, and the neoliberal assault on workers’ rights during the war. theanalysis.news/what-does-th...

In part two, economist Djavad Salehi-Isfahani outlines what’s necessary for Iran to have a just energy transition and sustainable future. theanalysis.news/can-iran-kic...

In part two, political economist Patrick Bond outlines the activities of Glencore and other South African energy corporations which continue to ship coal to Israel’s electricity grid. theanalysis.news/how-south-af...

In part 2 of Paul Jay’s discussion with Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, they examine Trump’s push for a new missile defense system—a step toward the weaponization of space that heightens the risk of nuclear war. theanalysis.news/trumps-weapo...

The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy webinar featuring three U.S. government officials who resigned in protest of American military and political support for the Israeli war on Gaza. theanalysis.news/gaza-whistle...

Jeffrey Sommers explores how Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire through the “Mother of All Privatizations” (MOAP). theanalysis.news/elon-musks-r...

Colonel Larry Wilkerson joins Paul Jay to expose the power struggle shaping America’s future. From Trump’s influence to billionaires pushing for a CEO-run government, they break down the real coup happening in plain sight. theanalysis.news/the-trump-co...

Patrick Bond, political economist and Director of the Centre for Social Change in Johannesburg, discusses the mix of neoliberalism and paleo-conservatism undergirding Elon Musk’s corporate takeover of the US government. theanalysis.news/how-capitali...

Jenna Abu Hasna, international advocacy officer at the Ramallah-based NGO Addameer, describes Israel’s longstanding practice of mass arrests in the occupied Palestinian territories. theanalysis.news/israels-pris...

The Liberal Party of Australia has made an ad about its nuclear plan, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative (biting political satire). theanalysis.news/honest-gover...

Martin Hart-Landsberg examines FDR’s Defense Production Corporation and War Production Board which were established to coordinate the U.S. economy’s rapid conversion from civilian to military production. theanalysis.news/fdrs-wartime...

Rami Khouri outlines the Israeli far-right’s longstanding opposition to Palestinian self-determination and, as he says, the very right of Palestinians to exist. theanalysis.news/despite-gaza...

From threats to seize the Panama Canal to deploying emergency powers domestically, Trump’s vision risks U.S. democracy and global stability. theanalysis.news/techno-theoc...

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, we republish his speech, Why I am Opposed to the War in Vietnam. theanalysis.news/why-i-am-opp...

Martin Hart-Landsberg, Professor Emeritus at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, explains how capitalist globalization materialized and morphed in East Asia, often to the detriment of its worker population. theanalysis.news/debunking-th...

Dr. Devaka Gunawardena outlines the political dynasties in Sri Lanka that governed the country until the National People Power’s (NPP) recent electoral victory. theanalysis.news/how-the-left...

Dr. Devaka Gunawardena traces the factors leading to Sri Lanka’s economic woes and how international sovereign bonds (ISBs) held by private equity firms such as BlackRock constitute a large segment of Sri Lanka’s debt. theanalysis.news/historic-vic...

Steven Donziger, an American environmental and human rights lawyer, won a landmark case against Chevron, requiring it to pay 9.5 billion USD in damages to indigenous communities in Ecuador for destroying and polluting their land. theanalysis.news/lawyer-who-w...

How did a Cold War nuclear planner become one of its biggest critics? Paul Jay traces Daniel Ellsberg’s journey from nuclear war planner to discovering the lies behind the “missile gap” with the Soviets. theanalysis.news/paul-jay-ref...

In part two, Petra Molnar, anthropologist and human rights lawyer, speaks about the dangers of high-risk AI systems and state efforts to sabotage its regulation, as seen in the recent watering down of the European Union’s AI Act. theanalysis.news/israeli-u-s-...

Omer Bartov characterizes Israel’s war crimes in Lebanon as a political exercise in saber-rattling for Bibi’s domestic audience, while the IDF prioritizes the elimination of Palestinians from northern Gaza and the starvation of Gaza’s besieged population. theanalysis.news/israels-elim...

Triestino Mariniello, discusses U.S. hypocrisy in accepting the ICC’s jurisdiction to issue arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin but not for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. theanalysis.news/u-s-threaten...

Jim Thomas portrays the 2024 Global Biodiversity Convention as a struggle between the interests of the world’s biggest profit makers and the interests of people struggling to safeguard their planet, their food and their economies. theanalysis.news/big-finance-...

International lawyer Triestino Mariniello, who represents Gaza Victims at the ICC, explains the legal obligation of state parties to the Rome Statute to enforce these arrest warrants. theanalysis.news/gaza-victims...

@petramolnar.com human rights lawyer and anthropologist, underscores how border surveillance tech firms drive and profit from the U.S., Canada, and the European Union’s criminal migration policy agenda. theanalysis.news/ai-border-su...

In part two, journalist @katzonearth.bsky.social discusses the financial elite and fascist sympathizers who were conspiring to undo FDR’s economic reforms in what is known as the foiled Business Plot of 1933. theanalysis.news/the-corporat...

Big Tech and extreme Christian Nationalists want America to become a religious government ruled by, and for, billionaires. theanalysis.news/trumps-unhol...

Jonathan M. Katz, author of Gangsters of Capitalism, recounts the story of Smedley Butler and how he ultimately turned against the American war machine. theanalysis.news/gangsters-of...