Nuclear War and Enviromental Catastrophe

Noam Chomsky, Laray Polk

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Seven Stories
01 April 2013

Politics & government; The environment

The second installment in the Open Mic series, features Chomsky's views on nuclear technology and the environment in a frank, conversational format.

""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 timeand their points of intersection since World War II.

While a nuclear strike would require action, environmental catastrophe is partially defined by willful inaction inresponse 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 ofagricultural land for bio-fuel, the construction of dams, and the destruction of forests that are crucial for carbonsequestration.

On the subject of current nuclear tensions, Chomsky revisits the long-established option of anuclear-weapon-free zone (NWFZ) in the Middle East, a proposal set in motion through a jointEgyptian Iranian General Assembly resolution in 1974.

Intended as a warning, Nuclear War and Environmental Catastropheis also a reminder that talking about the unspeakable can still be done with humor, with wit and indomitable spirit.

By: Noam Chomsky, Laray Polk
Imprint: Seven Stories
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 141g
ISBN: 9781609804541
ISBN 10: 1609804546
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 01 April 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

<p>NOAM CHOMSKY is an internationally renowned linguist, as well as a leading radical intellectual. His many political books include, from Seven Stories, 9-11, Profit over People, and Media Control. His views have profoundly influenced both scientific and political thought around the world for the last half-century. <br>LARAY POLK is a multimedia artist and writer. Her articles and investigative reports have appeared in the Dallas Morning News, D Magazine, and In These Times. As a 2009 grant recipient from The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute, she exposed a radioactive waste disposal site in Texas situated in close proximity to the Ogallala Aquifer.

Reviews for Nuclear War and Enviromental Catastrophe

“In this brief but hard-hitting paperback, linguist and radical intellectual Noam Chomsky and writer/artist Laray Polk share their conversations between 2010 and 2012 on the precarious state of things in the world.” —Spirituality and Practice