Joseph Gerson’s WGDR Interview: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dangerous Arms Races & Moral Imagination
Gathering Pieces radio show interview with Joseph Gerson on the topic of nuclear disarmament. Released: July 29, 2021.
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The 21st Century Nuclear Arms Race
By Joseph Gerson The writer is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, and Vice-President of the International Peace Bureau. Credit: US government NEW YORK, Jun 9 2021 (IPS) – A new report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)—focusing on nuclear weapons spending– following on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists … Read more
President Biden and Putin: Re-Imagine and Secure Humanity’s Future
We join the world in the hope that the June 16 Geneva summit meeting between Presidents Biden and Putin will be successful. Given that human survival lies in the balance of U.S.-Russian relations and tensions, we need more than an exchange of views and cautious steps to improve strategic stability. For humanity’s sake, we urge … Read more
2021 Toward August’s NPT Review Conference
Check out this excellent webinar on international nuclear disarmament. It includes Russian, Chinese, Israeli, Iranian and U.S. speakers and took place on February 23, 2021. You can also watch the video at: Copy the link below to share this recording with viewers:https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/LxP2giWzrMm8CajpIyhylidPJ1oryLqT1iRq_SjrrYgcigpCYXjTIzKdJXslu0Ck.drLs4nhhsCroBbh3 Passcode: 1krxD=+b Or listen to the audio at: https://online-file-storage.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/INDA-webinar.mp4
The Whys & Promise of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by Dr. Joseph Gerson
Dr. Joseph Gerson* On Friday, January 22, people in cities and towns across in the United States and around the world, will celebrate the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). These gathering, online and elsewhere, stand in sharp contrast with the electric sense of fear felt by policy … Read more
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Takes Effect in January
by Jerry Ross In a historic step forward for nuclear disarmament, Honduras became the 50th nation to ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on October 24, guaranteeing that the treaty will enter into force on Jan. 22. While the US press has paid little attention to this momentous agreement, it made … Read more
Statement on Common Security
AEPF, IPB conference, Berlin, 23-24 September, 2019. We in the Europe Asia peace movements, resolutely recommend commitment to the idea of a Common Security. Earlier developed by the Palme Commission (1982), we are re-imagining and proposing Common Security as a peace and justice instrument as part of a people’s agendaaccepted by all 57 OSCE countries … Read more
After the Post-Cold War
January 18, 2019 Burlington, Vermont Joseph Gerson We have entered uncharted territory. The world is changing radically as the post-Cold War order and the 75 years of nearly unrivaled U.S. economic and military dominance are over. The interregnum between the dying order and the new one struggling to be born is a period of uncertainty, … Read more
After the Post-Cold War Era: Geo-strategic Dynamics of the Interregnum &: A Vision for Eurasian Common Security Diplomacy
Eurasia Common Security Workshop Berlin, September 23, 2019 I want to thank Cora Fabros, Reiner Braun and other Workshop organizers, for the opportunity to be joining this gathering. As challenging as these times are, I trust that what I learn from you will prove helpful as with partners in Europe, the U.S., Russia and Asia … Read more
74 years after Hiroshima, are Americans addicted to nuclear weapons?
Jerald Ross Today is Hiroshima Day. Seventy-four years ago, August 6th, the US ushered in the reality ofatomic warfare with the annihilation of that city and 100,000 of its inhabitants. Given the grislyfact ours was the country that dropped the bomb, and the possibility nuclear apocalypse ismore likely today than at any time since,[i] how … Read more