Reality Asserts Itself

Palestine/Israel, Reality Asserts Itself

Growing Up Privileged in Apartheid, Colonial Israel – Shir Hever on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 1/4)

This interview was originally published on July 9, 2014. Mr. Hever says he became politically active after the Second Intifada was repressed with extreme violence by the Israeli military and police.

Palestine/Israel, Reality Asserts Itself

Israel, World Capital of Homeland Security Industries – Shir Hever on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 3/4)

This interview was originally published on July 11, 2014. Mr. Hever says Israel sells weapons and equipment of repression to countries with extreme inequality.

Palestine/Israel, Reality Asserts Itself

Fear and Loathing in Israel – Shir Hever on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 2/4)

This interview was originally published on July 10, 2014. Mr. Hever says in colonial conditions the master fears and hates the servants who might rise up and demand their rights.

Palestine/Israel, Reality Asserts Itself

An Occupier’s Peace or a Just Peace – Shir Hever on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 4/4)

This interview was originally published on July 13, 2014. Mr. Hever says the occupiers always want peace – a peace that strengthens the status quo.

History, Reality Asserts Itself, USA

44 Years in Prison, Still a Revolutionary – Eddie Conway Dies on Feb. 13, 2023

Eddie Conway, a fearless fighter for working people everywhere, died on February 13th. Eddie was a Black Panther who was unjustly imprisoned for 44 years. In his honor we republish a series of biographical interviews hosted by Paul Jay, first released in 2015.

Reality Asserts Itself, Workers & Unions

Power Analysis and Whole-Worker Charting – Jane McAlevey pt 7/8

"We do workers and contracts. We don't do faith and religion. We cannot afford to leave one ounce of power on the table." Jane McAlevey joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.

Health & Education, Reality Asserts Itself, Workers & Unions

Hard Bargaining in Las Vegas Hospitals – Jane McAlevey pt 4/8

The story of big open bargaining and revitalizing the nurses union in Las Vegas. Jane McAlevey joins Paul Jay on Reality Asserts Itself.

Climate Change, Reality Asserts Itself, Workers & Unions

Organizing for Power – Jane McAlevey pt 3/8

Workers must face up to race to unite the class. Fighting for a just transition, the workers' movement is critical to any chance of having an effective climate policy. Organizer Jane McAlevey joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.

Climate Change, Environment, Reality Asserts Itself, Workers & Unions

Respecting the Genius of Ordinary People – Jane McAlevey pt 2/8

From Nicaragua to Tennessee, learning how to organize to win the right to dignity. The organizers' organizer, Jane McAlevey on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay.

Environment, Reality Asserts Itself, Workers & Unions

Get Organized to Win! – Jane McAlevey pt 1/8

One of the world's leading "organizers' organizer" Jane McAlevey has trained thousands of activists in building more militant unions and winning electoral organizing; she sees the fight for effective unions as critical to winning transformative climate policy. Jane tells her story to Paul Jay on Reality Asserts Itself.

China, Geopolitics, Nuclear Arms Policy, Reality Asserts Itself

Ellsberg on Milley, China and the Danger of Nuclear War

In a commentary, Daniel Ellsberg explains that Gen. Milley’s call to China may have prevented a near catastrophe, as happened in 1983 when the Soviet Union believed Reagan had gone mad and planned a first strike. He calls for a fundamental change in U.S. nuclear strategy.

Military-Industrial Complex, Reality Asserts Itself, USA

9/11 Lies and the National Security State – Thomas Drake

Twenty years later, Thomas Drake still says the NSA knew about the 9/11 plotters prior to the attack, and likely reported the intel through a back channel to VP Cheney. Nothing was done to prevent the attack, says Drake a former senior executive at the NSA. Why? To prepare public opinion in favor of invading Iraq. Drake joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news. This interview was originally recorded on September 9, 2021.

Reality Asserts Itself, USA

9/11 Not an “Intelligence Failure”

Ray McGovern and Jason Leopold: The intelligence agencies had the information, the question is why didn’t they use it. This interview was produced September 11, 2011, with Paul Jay on TRNN.

Reality Asserts Itself, USA

From 9/11 to Mass Surveillance, The Man Who Knew Too Much – Thomas Drake on RAI Pt 6/6

On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Drake says that in the name of national security we are eating out the very heart of democracy; what will be left will be a garrison state. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced August 7, 2015, with Paul Jay.

Military-Industrial Complex, Reality Asserts Itself, USA

From 9/11 to Mass Surveillance, The Man Who Knew Too Much – Thomas Drake on RAI Pt 5/6

On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Drake tells Host Paul Jay that mass surveillance is not about protecting people, in the end it’s about social control. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced August 5, 2015, with Paul Jay.

Reality Asserts Itself, USA

From 9/11 to Mass Surveillance, The Man Who Knew Too Much – Thomas Drake on RAI Pt 4/6

On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Drake says the suspension of the Constitution that took place in secret after 9/11, for all intents and purposes, developed with executive orders, regulations, statutes, and oftentimes in cooperation with the Congress – since 1947. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced August 4, 2015, with Paul Jay.

Reality Asserts Itself, USA

From 9/11 to Mass Surveillance, The Man Who Knew Too Much – Thomas Drake on RAI Pt 3/6

On Reality Asserts Itself, former NSA senior executive Mr. Drake and host Paul Jay talk about the “dark state” and how 9/11 opens up disturbing questions about power, who we are, who’s in charge and the secret subversion of the U.S. constitution. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced August 3, 2015, with Paul Jay.

Reality Asserts Itself, USA

From 9/11 to Mass Surveillance, The Man Who Knew Too Much – Thomas Drake on RAI Pt 2/6

On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Drake, a former Senior Executive at the National Security Agency, says he was targeted by the NSA because he exposed that the agency had intel that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks and because he blew the whistle on a massive secret surveillance program aimed at Americans. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced August 2, 2015, with Paul Jay.

History, Reality Asserts Itself

Fannie Lou Hamer and the Racist Dixiecrats – Bob Moses on Reality Asserts Itself Pt 6/9

Sad news that Bob Moses, a leader of the civil rights movement, died on July 25, 2021. We commemorate his work with a replay of his appearance on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, first released on June 20, 2014. Mr. Moses describes how in 1874 the white racist Democratic Party violently overthrew the Governor of Mississippi (who had been elected by a mostly black Republican Party), and how these Dixiecrats became a wing of the national Democratic Party right up to 1964, when the Mississippi Freedom Democrats ended their reign.

History, Reality Asserts Itself

The Road to Freedom Summer – Bob Moses on Reality Asserts Itself Pt 5/9

Geopolitics, Reality Asserts Itself

Matt Taibbi on Reality Asserts Itself (pt2)

Matt Taibbi talks about the rise of Putin, Russia-gate, and Rachel Maddow and Russophobia in the U.S. He joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news

Geopolitics, Reality Asserts Itself

Matt Taibbi on Reality Asserts Itself pt1

In a biographical interview, Matt tells the story of how he became a left-fielder for the Uzbek and Russian baseball teams and wound up as a journalist for Rolling Stone and a best selling author. Matt Taibbi on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay.

Nuclear Arms Policy, Reality Asserts Itself

To His Last Breath, Daniel Ellsberg Fought to Save the World

To mark one year since Daniel Ellsberg's passing, we are sharing the interview we conducted with him in honor of his 90th birthday.

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