Avoiding Armageddon with Daniel Ellsberg

(A special "live" presentation with some listener call-ins.) One of the country's most intrepid, informed and articulate anti-war activists returns for an update on his travels and recent developments in the militarization of the planet. Ellsberg's words can be chilling yet empowering, sobering yet heartening - and always thought-provoking. Required listening for anyone interested in moving beyond Cold-War myths. (hosted by Michael Toms)

Bio

Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7, 1931) is an American economist, activist and former United States military analyst. Since the end of the Vietnam War, Ellsberg has been a lecturer, writer and activist on the dangers of the nuclear era, wrongful U.S. interventions and the urgent need for patriotic whistleblowing. He is a Senior Fellow of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.

 Daniel Ellsberg is the author of: 

• The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner (Bloomsbury USA 2017)
• Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers (Penguin Books 2003)
• Risk, Ambiguity and Decision (Routledge 2001)
• Papers on the War (Simon & Schuster 1972)

 To learn more about the work of Daniel Ellsberg go to http://www.ellsberg.net.

Host: Michael Toms     Interview Date: 2/8/1982       Program Number: 1671