Friends, During IPB’s Tax Day Global Days of Action on Military Spending webinar, David Vine gave an unexpected, forceful, and compelling talk. He went beyond urging that we do all that we can to oppose Trump’s ghastly plan to increase military spending by $500 Billion Dollars while slashing funding for everything from education and climate to health … Read more
NPT Conference Tectonic Geopolitical Changes: Which Way to Peace and A Nuclear Weapon-Free World On the Eve of the NPT Review Conference International Civil Society Demands an End to Wars & a Nuclear Weapons-Free World Join the conference via live stream. Three weeks before the conference, we already have an in person full house at … Read more
Speech by Joseph Gerson for the Bikini Day Commemoration – Annual Gensuikyo Conference, in Shizuoka, Japan, on February 27, 2026 (Delivered Online Due to Snow).
As headlines focus elsewhere, the world edges closer to nuclear catastrophe. With the Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds to midnight, the failure to extend arms control treaties and renewed threats of nuclear escalation put global survival at risk.
Drawing on inherited Holocaust trauma, the author warns that America’s present moment echoes a dangerous past. From ICE raids and militarized crackdowns to Nazi-evoking slogans and the refusal to investigate state violence, fear is being normalized and history is beginning to rhyme. “Never Again” was not a slogan but a warning—and it only matters if we listen before the scream echoes again.
A CPDCS co-sponsored webinar explored the situation in Gaza and the West Bank, the future of the Trump so-called peace plan, and its broader Middle East geopolitical context.
A reflection on resisting authoritarianism through grassroots democracy and historical truth, highlighting Hidden Brookline’s community-based, anti-racist project and its short film uncovering the hidden history of slavery in the Northeast.
This webinar brings together a new generation of activists working across peace, justice, and human rights movements. Through conversations with organizers from the U.S. and Europe, the session explores how young people are stepping into leadership, building coalitions, and reshaping long-term strategies for social change.
Trump’s threat to resume nuclear testing risks igniting a new global arms race and undermining key treaties like New START and the NPT. The article urges collective action to prevent renewed testing and to uphold disarmament, warning that the collapse of these agreements could lead to worldwide nuclear proliferation and the end of decades of restraint.
Humanity once again faces the perilous clash between rising and declining powers, this time between the United States and China. Their economic and military rivalry threatens not only their own stability but also global security. The trade war, competition for rare earths, and escalating military confrontations risk triggering a catastrophic conflict—potentially even nuclear. As tensions deepen across the Indo-Pacific, history warns that miscalculation could lead to devastation. Yet the alternative remains within reach: renewed diplomacy based on common security, recognizing that no nation can be safe while threatening another.