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
As Trump transforms the United States into pariah nation, he will be accelerating the nation’s fall from power, generating increasingly dangerous domestic and international turmoil and insecurity.
In this period of tectonic geopolitical and political changes, we do well to heed Antonio Gramsci’s wisdom about interregnums: “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters.” Trump’s rule will certainly hasten the U.S. decline and that of its empire with Beijing looking to be the greatest beneficiary.
By Joseph Gerson What do we really know about Trump’s foreign and military commitments, about his acolytes who are jostling for position and influence, and what do we think the tyrant will actually do? On the morning of November 6, many of us woke to the reality that what we thought of as our nation … Read more
As she accepted the Democratic nomination, Harris promised to maintain the world’s “most lethal” military and ensure that “America—not China—wins the competition for the 21st century.”
Speech in July 17, 2024 “Global NATO: Implications and Resistance” webinar organized by the Asia-Europe People’s Forum
The Challenge is Unique in Human History
The World is Plunging into a Dangerous New Cold War 2.0 Viewpoint by Dr Joseph Gerson The writer is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security NEW YORK (IDN) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Putin’s repeated tense threats to resort to genocidal nuclear attacks if the West intervenes more directly in Ukraine … Read more
The Whole World Order is Being Restructured Right Now Joseph Gerson’s February 25 Real News Network Interview On the day following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine David Kettenburg of the Real News Network interviewed Joseph Gerson about the causes and ramifications of the war, the international peace movement’s responses, and prospects for Common Security in the … Read more
Resisting a New Cold War with Russia and China Joseph GersonReducing the Dangers of New War Conference, Jan 29, 2022 These are not normal times. We are caught in a Thucydides trap, the inevitable tensions between rising and declining powers that leads to catastrophic wars. As before WWI, there are those dangerous tensions, complex alliance … Read more