To mark the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, renowned psychiatrist and author Robert Jay Lifton and Katrina vanden Heuvel, publisher of The Nation, discuss the writer and friend who put his remarkable literary gifts in the service of disarmament, nonviolence, international cooperation, and the power of democracy. Moderated by Martin J. Sherwin, editor of the new LOA collection "Jonathan Schell: The Fate of the Earth, The Abolition, The Unconquerable World." (1 hr., 8 min.)

Originally aired on August 6, 2020, by LOA LIVE.

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Presented in partnership with The Nation, Type Media Center, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Friends of the Earth, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, The New Press, Arms Control Association, and Global Zero.