LaRoque, Gene. – Pacifica Radio Archives

First strike : mutual assurred destruction.

Gene LaRoque, Leon Slaus, Herbert Scoville, General Bastian of NATO, Manford Han, Michio Kaku, Daniel Ellsberg, Ramsey Clark, and Petra Green discuss the latest generation of nuclear weapons. They examine the basic nature, how they are new, the First Strike Triad, political considerations, evaluation of the morality of a first strike policy, United States and…

August 24, 2025

On the fate of the earth : part one / produced by Dr. Robert Rufsvold and Raffaello Mazza.

Excerpts from the conference held in New York in October 1982. Participants include David Brower, Russell Peterson, Gene LaRoque, George Wald, Ron Dellums, Richard Barnet, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Lester Brown, L. Hunter Lovins, Victor Seidel, and Linus Pauling.

August 24, 2025

Monitoring the military build-up / Admiral Gene R. LaRoque.

Director of the Center for Defense Information and retired admiral on nuclear weapons.

August 24, 2025

The Neutron bomb / moderated by Joe Cuomo.

A debate on the moral implications and the strategic importance of the neutron bomb. Philip Lawler and Samuel Cohen speak in favor; George Wald and Gene LaRoque against. Sections via phone.

August 24, 2025

When is armed intervention justified? / Gene LaRoque and Saul Landau ; produced by Pacifica Radio News.

Four part series which examines how a changing world situation might effect the United States. Features analysis from national politicians, political activists, policy makers, and academics.|WHEN IS ARMED INTERVENTION JUSTIFIED? / Gene LaRoque and Saul Landau| produced by Pacifica Radio News. – SERIES: Talking about America| no. 4 Four part series which examines how a…

August 24, 2025

Star wars, 1985 : Reagan and the Strategic Defense Initiative.

Philip Morrison, Robert Jastow, Sydney Drell, John Pike, I.F. Stone, Admirals Eugene Carroll and Gene LaRoque, and General Tomay, discuss President Reagan’s proposed Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars). They discuss if it will provide a defense, the hidden motives, its role as a deterrent, its feasability, cost considerations, impact on U.S.-Soviet relations, and possible alternatives…

August 24, 2025

The Full implications of the military budget : the Dellums hearings.

Actuality of ad hoc congressional hearings on the defense budget held March 16, 17, 18, 30 31, and April 1. |r.1. Ron Dellums opening comments — r.2. William Fulbright — r.3. John Gaddis and Walter La Feber — r.4. Franklin Holzman — r.5. Bogden Denitch — r.6. Gene Larocque — r.7. Jeremy Stone — r.8.…

August 24, 2025