Weapons systems — Research.

  • Biological weapons / Meryl Nass ; interviewed by Linda Velasquez.

    Dr. Meryl Nass, from the Boaston chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility, provides insights into the history and character of biological weapons. She starts with an historical overview of biological use as early as 1300, with plague infected bodies. She goes on to discuss the development of dysentary, staphylococus, shellfish toxins and mushroom toxins as…

  • Economic reasons for war with Iraq / R.T. Naylor ; interviewed by Bob Pugsley.

    R.T. Naylor, Professor of Economics at McGuill University in Montreal, Canada, discusses the various econmic reasons and results of the United States led war against Iraq. He points to many issues, such as: increase of Soviet Jews moving into the occupied territories; Israel’s week economy and strong military; the United States military wanted to empty…

  • Robert Bowman on Star Wars / produced by Pam Burton.

    Speech given at Women’s Action for Nuclear Disarmament Conference. Bowman details why SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars) will be so costly and impractical to develop and deploy, as well as the potentially dangerous uses of such a system. A former Air Force Colonel, he was in charge of SDI during early stages of…