Watch: Debunking Deterrence Theory and Pursuing Global Nuclear Disarmament
Recording of the July 9, 2024, webinar Debunking Deterrence Theory And Pursuing Global Nuclear Disarmament.
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Honoring Noam Chomsky
Friends, At the request of Noam’s family who did not want to alert the press and create chaos as Noam was in his initial care for a very serious stroke, for the past year I’ve not shared what I have known. Like so many others, I have certainly missed his voice, wisdom and insights since … Read more
End the Genocide: CPDCS Calls for Ceasefire, Humanitarian Relief, Hostage Release and Peace.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza, including bombings of schools, hospitals, and murder of innocent civilians in Israeli-declared “safe zones,” is an abomination. We also condemn Hamas’ obscene massacre and hostage taking of more than 1,000 innocent Israeli civilians. Both are war crimes against civilians, and one cannot justify the other. We repeat our call of October … Read more
Video: The World’s Tectonic Geopolitical Changes and Their Implications
Recording of May 22, 2024, Webinar featuring Richard Falk, Anu Chenoy, and Michael Klare, about the Tectonic Geopolitical changes that are transforming the international landscape, their implications, and common security policies. Understanding the forces at play is essential to ending and preventing wars, reversing the climate emergency, and bringing greater security and justice to all.
Chosen Traumas, Enemy Relationships, and Common Security?
By Paul Joseph Introduction by Joseph Gerson We are excited to be launching CPDCS’ occasional blog with Paul Joseph’s excellent short article “Chosen Traumas, Enemy Relationships, and Common Security. His essay speaks to our moment, to history and the future. Read it with Israel and Palestine, Russia and Ukraine, the U.S. and China, red states … Read more
Introduction to Nuclear Dangers and Disarmament Diplomacy
A comprehensive introductory talk for Haitian Americans and others about the histories and continuing dangers of nuclear weapons and the importance of nuclear disarmament.
BCTV Interview with Joseph Gerson
Conversation with Dr. Joseph Gerson on U.S. Empire and Nuclear Weapons. Recorded March 2024 / Originally aired on BCTV: 3/26/24 Faramarz Farbod interviews Dr. Joseph Gerson, the author of four books, including Empire and the Bomb: How the US Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World (2007) and With Hiroshima Eyes: Atomic War, Nuclear Extortion and … Read more
Finding Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the Oppenheimer Film
By Joseph Gerson Since the first reviews of the Oppenheimer film appeared, a question has been floating in the ether: Why don’t we see substantial images of the destruction and victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-Bombs? Days before the Academy Awards, I had the opportunity to learn the answers to that question. I had … Read more
Ambassador Alexander Kmentt’s speech to the 70th Anniversary Bikni Day Rally, March1, 2024
Video Message from Kmentt to the 2024 March 1st Bikini Day Gensuikyo National Conference.
Organizer’s Report to the 70th Anniversary 2024 Bikini Day Rally
by Hiroshi TAKA, Co-chair of the Steering Committee, Organizing Committee of the World Conference against A and H Bombs First, it was reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened all-out nuclear war in his annual state-of-the-nation address delivered yesterday, saying that Russia’s “strategic nuclear forces are in a state of full readiness for guaranteed use.” … Read more