Mass extinctions, global warming and nuclear weapons are growing threats not only to organized human life, but even to much of life on the planet. Noam Chomsky was recently interviewed by Democracy Now! (broadcast November 2 and 5). He talked about the most recent news and science.

“We have to make decisions now which will literally determine whether organized human life can survive in any decent form. You can just imagine what the world would be like if the sea level rises, say, 10 or 20 feet or even higher, which is within the range—easily within the range of predictions. I mean, the consequences are unimaginable. But it’s as if we’re kind of like the proverbial lemmings just happily marching off the cliff, led by leaders who understand very well what they’re doing, but are so dedicated to enriching themselves and their friends in the near future that it simply doesn’t matter what happens to the human species. There’s nothing like this in all of human history. There have been plenty of monsters in the past, plenty of them. But you can’t find one who was dedicated, with passion, to destroying the prospects for organized human life. Hitler was horrible enough, but not that.”

Nothing that people have done until now has succeeded in eliminating the existential threats of nuclear weapons and mass extinctions and global warming. What can we do?

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