sstoker 
Nov. 28 meeting As many of you mentioned, the crises threatening the survival of humanity such as war and threats to use nuclear weapons have continued. How to solve them is our common task. We think that solutions for the current crises have already existed. They are： the UN Charter that calls for peaceful settlement … Read more
Hello to all peace activists, I’m Alain ROUY, National Secretary of the French Mouvement de la Paix and Vice-President of the International Peace Bureau. The Mouvement de la Paix has sent a delegation of 6 activists to New York to attend this 2nd Conference of States Parties to the TPNW because we come from a … Read more
On November 28, during the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, CPDCS, the International Peace Bureau, and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, held a round table session on the world’s tectonic geopolitical changes and their implications for nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament. We were 25 leading analysts and leaders of … Read more
Nuclear Weapons and Tectonic Geopolitical Change Conference Nov. 28, 2023 In Canada, there are four leading organizations devoted to nuclear disarmament issues — Canadian Pugwash Group, Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention and Project Ploughshares — all reaching into different segments of the population. They consider the present nuclear … Read more
by Dr. Danning Wang, Founder and Board Chair, Belt and Road of Culture Exchange Foundation for Women. Hong Kong, China. November 27, 2023 Thanks Dr. Joseph Gerson’s invitation for giving me this precious opportunity to present the Chinese perspectives on the world’s geopolitical changes and their implications for nuclear weapon policies. During the past eight … Read more
Remarks by Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation at the Roundtable discussion on November 28, 2023, at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, New York City. Looking around today’s world we see a growing crowd of nationalist authoritarian governments and leaders – including in nuclear-armed Russia, Israel, India, China, North Korea and increasingly, the United … Read more
Online round table discussion on current security changes in the international environment: “Nuclear Weapons and Tectonic Geopolitical Change” November 28 2023 Remarks by Ambassador Sergio Duarte As we know, chronological and historical times seldom coincide. The 21st century actually began with a bang, 55 years in advance, in August 1945, when the first nuclear weapons … Read more
Notes on talk before the International Peace Bureau, the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung.
On Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, concerned people from many of Boston’s suburbs gathered for a Gaza ceasefire rally in Watertown Square. Excellent and deeply informed speeches were given by Assaf Kfoury of Boston University and Abby Yanow of Jewish Voices for Peace. They are pictured here along with CPDCS board member Paul Shannon. Speeches from the … Read more
In what has been described as one of the most informative webinars ever, Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and Anatol Lieven of the Quincy Institute brought us up to date on the Gaza and Ukraine wars’ background and developments and about ways toward greater peace and justice. Recorded October 24, 2023