JosssphfF12 On February 9, 2021, the Asia Pacific Working Group had a second excellent webinar: Asia-Pacific Political Economy: Dynamics and Their Implications, with Walden Bello (Philippines), Juliet Lu (Cornell University) and Achin Vanaik (India). Click here to watch the webinar. Access Passcode: L?FM0LPb
Webinar: Asia-Pacific Political Economy: Dynamics and Their Implications Tuesday, February 9, 2021 9 p.m. (EST) Registration begins January 28. Click here to register. In recent decades, the Pacific basin has been transformed by unprecedented economic growth, driven in significant measure by globalization, low wage production, growing economic inequality, repressive labor laws, and disregard for the … Read more
For Peace, Justice & Democracy: U.S. Movement Perspectives: Excellent January 24 Webinar featuring Lindsay Koshbarian, Rev. Karlene Griffiths Sekou and Michael T.Klare Click here to watch the webinar. Passcode: @3Htwcaq
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force on January 22. Joseph Gerson’s article “The Whys & Promise of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” explains why the Treaty was negotiated, its provisions and its promise.
At the Greater Manchester Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Webinar on August 9, 2020, Joseph Gerson (President and co-founder of CPDCS) delivered a speech titled “The Bomb on My Back Webinar: Commemorating & Learning From Courageous Hibakusha”. In the speech, Gerson talks about two of the most tortured, courageous and inspiring Hibakusha he was privileged to know … Read more
By Joseph Gerson Dr. Joseph Gerson is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security and Vice-President of the International Peace Bureau. His books include Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World and With Hiroshima Eyes: Atomic War, Nuclear Extortion and Moral Imagination. NEW YORK, Jul 22 2020 … Read more
“While the corona virus sweeps through our families and communities, there is another existential threat we should be mobilizing to prevent: nuclear war. This danger was highlighted in early July, by retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, formerly Secretary of Defense Colin Powell’s chief of staff, who remains well connected within the Washington elite, shared disturbing news. … Read more
On July 13, we hosted an excellent webinar “75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings: Deconstructing the Myths and Promoting a Nuclear Weapon-Free and Just World.” Watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWf–Qkh35Q&feature=youtu.be The webinar featured: Suichi KIDO, General Secretary of the Japan Confederation of A- & H- Bomb Sufferers’s Organizations Gar Alperovita, Author of The Decision to Use … Read more
Facing History and Ourselves: Full Spectrum Dominance, White Supremacy, Hiroshima & Nagasaki “If justice is indivisible, it follows that our struggles against injustice must be united.” – Angela Davis “The image of these police officers squeezing the life out of Floyd might serve as a metaphor for the way U.S. Administrations have for generations, dealt … Read more
The Campaign for Peace Disarmament and Common Security stands with the Black Lives Matter movement’s call to end the racial injustice and violence inflicted on Black people and communities of color. We remain committed to intersectional organizing, education, and analysis in our demands for nuclear weapons abolition and common security diplomacy. We know this is … Read more