https://znetwork.org/author/pauljay/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:55:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/pauljay/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/why-working-class-consciousness-is-the-real-threat-to-elite-power/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/why-working-class-consciousness-is-the-real-threat-to-elite-power/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1292927 Paul Jay and host Barry Stevens analyze rising progressive movements, from Mamdani’s victory in New York City to Sanders and AOC drawing massive crowds in red states, and why working-class consciousness has always been the real threat to American elites. They discuss why fossil fuel companies have known about the climate crisis for decades but [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/why-working-class-consciousness-is-the-real-threat-to-elite-power/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/housing-a-basic-right-or-playground-for-global-capital/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/housing-a-basic-right-or-playground-for-global-capital/#respond Mon, 21 Jul 2025 17:56:38 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1286433 Across Canada and the United States, housing is not treated as a basic human need. It has been reimagined as an investment vehicle, a speculative asset class, and a profit machine for institutional investors. This transformation, what housing experts call the financialization of housing, sits at the heart of the affordability crisis gripping cities across [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/housing-a-basic-right-or-playground-for-global-capital/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/is-trump-the-greater-danger/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/is-trump-the-greater-danger/#respond Sun, 27 Oct 2024 16:15:36 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1274372 This episode of Oats for Breakfast Podcast interviews journalist and filmmaker Paul Jay. Paul discusses why a second Trump term would be significantly more dangerous than previous Republican presidencies, including Trump’s first term in office. He also talks about what it might take, over the long term, to beat back the advances that the far-right [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/is-trump-the-greater-danger/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/u-s-and-china-must-cooperate-to-reduce-threat-of-nuclear-war-and-deal-with-climate-crisis/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/u-s-and-china-must-cooperate-to-reduce-threat-of-nuclear-war-and-deal-with-climate-crisis/#comments Sun, 06 Aug 2023 15:06:31 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1250480 Talia Baroncelli and Paul Jay discuss Russian threats to use tactical nuclear weapons against Western Europe and what role China can play in solving the existential crisis of climate and threats of nuclear war—part 2 of 2.Russian Anti-War Activist – Boris Kagarlitsky – Paul Jay (part 1/2) Transcript Talia Baroncelli Hi, I’m Talia Baroncelli, and [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/u-s-and-china-must-cooperate-to-reduce-threat-of-nuclear-war-and-deal-with-climate-crisis/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/oppenheimer-u-s-developed-first-strike-weapon-and-used-japan-to-prove-it/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/oppenheimer-u-s-developed-first-strike-weapon-and-used-japan-to-prove-it/#respond Sat, 29 Jul 2023 14:35:41 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1250133 Transcript Paul Jay Hi, welcome to theAnalysis.news. I’m Paul Jay. Over the weekend, I saw Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer.  EXCERPT This is a national emergency. Ten meters charged. We are in a race against the Nazis, and I know what it means if the Nazis have a bomb. Another 12-month head start.  Eighteen. How could you possibly [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/oppenheimer-u-s-developed-first-strike-weapon-and-used-japan-to-prove-it/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/chomsky-and-ellsberg-on-the-present-danger/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/chomsky-and-ellsberg-on-the-present-danger/#comments Tue, 14 Mar 2023 16:03:09 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1241345 Paul Jay interviews Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg as they discuss American objectives in the Ukraine war and the preparations for war with China.]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/chomsky-and-ellsberg-on-the-present-danger/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/google-bans-theanalysis-news-from-advertising-on-youtube/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/google-bans-theanalysis-news-from-advertising-on-youtube/#respond Sun, 21 Feb 2021 09:01:45 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1043618 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/google-bans-theanalysis-news-from-advertising-on-youtube/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/without-illusions-the-left-should-vote-for-biden/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/without-illusions-the-left-should-vote-for-biden/#respond Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:02:02 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1039926 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/without-illusions-the-left-should-vote-for-biden/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-will-win-a-conscious-people-or-anti-democratic-elites/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-will-win-a-conscious-people-or-anti-democratic-elites/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:01:26 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1038438 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-will-win-a-conscious-people-or-anti-democratic-elites/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-lords-of-finance-dominate-the-media-arms-big-oil/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-lords-of-finance-dominate-the-media-arms-big-oil/#comments Sun, 09 Feb 2020 09:04:28 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1029038 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-lords-of-finance-dominate-the-media-arms-big-oil/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/was-baltimores-curfew-a-dress-rehearsal-for-martial-law/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/was-baltimores-curfew-a-dress-rehearsal-for-martial-law/#respond Wed, 06 May 2015 09:00:04 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=video&p=973152 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/was-baltimores-curfew-a-dress-rehearsal-for-martial-law/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-commanded-the-g20-commander-by-paul-jay/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-commanded-the-g20-commander-by-paul-jay/#respond Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:36:21 +0000 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-commanded-the-g20-commander-by-paul-jay/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israeli-attack-on-gaza-aid-ship-violates-international-law-by-paul-jay/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israeli-attack-on-gaza-aid-ship-violates-international-law-by-paul-jay/#respond Mon, 31 May 2010 19:25:54 +0000 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israeli-attack-on-gaza-aid-ship-violates-international-law-by-paul-jay/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/after-me-the-flood-by-paul-jay/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/after-me-the-flood-by-paul-jay/#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/after-me-the-flood-by-paul-jay/feed/ 0