APWG – Articles and Speeches

Joint Appeal for the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

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Joint Apeal for September 26

On September 26, the UN marks the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. With 12,500 warheads worldwide and rising risks of conflict or accident, the danger is greater than ever. We call on leaders to declare nuclear weapons inadmissible, reduce reliance on them, cut nuclear budgets, and redirect resources toward peace, climate, and sustainable development. The 80th anniversaries of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the UN demand urgent action to eliminate nuclear arms by 2045.

Joseph Gerson’s testimony in support of S.1649 and the Back from the Brink Initiative

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Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland SecurityMassachusetts State House Joseph Gerson  – Sept. 10, 2025 Testimony in Support of S.1649 Thank you for the opportunity to speak for passage of S.1649. It is the best way to move humanity away from the nuclear path to species suicide. I am president of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and … Read more

New Sheriff Astride the Globe: Trump’s Sovereigntist Imperialism

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New Sheriff Astride the Globe Trump’s Sovereigntist Imperialism

By Joseph Gerson Days after November’s Trump/MAGA election victory, a senior Russian diplomat asked how great a historical transformation it signaled. Was it the equivalent of the Civil War, or the Depression era New Deal? Soon it was clear. Jamille Bouie wrote in the New York Times that Trump and his cronies were “waging war … Read more