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
Marc Stern of WMBR Radio talks with Joseph Gerson Marc Stern of the Radio With a View Podcast and WMBR Radio talks with Joseph Gerson about the range of challenges from the right-wing assault on democracy to the Ukraine Crisis, and the need for Common Security and diplomacy with China and Russia Listen here
We join the world in the hope that the June 16 Geneva summit meeting between Presidents Biden and Putin will be successful. Given that human survival lies in the balance of U.S.-Russian relations and tensions, we need more than an exchange of views and cautious steps to improve strategic stability. For humanity’s sake, we urge … Read more
Facing History and Ourselves: Full Spectrum Dominance, White Supremacy, Hiroshima & Nagasaki “If justice is indivisible, it follows that our struggles against injustice must be united.” – Angela Davis “The image of these police officers squeezing the life out of Floyd might serve as a metaphor for the way U.S. Administrations have for generations, dealt … Read more
If the Covid 19 pandemic has demonstrated nothing else, it is that very low probability, very high impact calamities do indeed happen, with world shattering results. Jerry Ross (CPDCS Treasurer) published a recent article for Mass Peace Action, calling for political action towards nuclear disarmament at this critical moment. By Jerald Ross Today we face … Read more
On Sunday, March 29th, Joseph Gerson (President and Co-founder of CPDCS) was interviewed by David Goodman and Marc Stern on Radio with a View (MIT Radio – WMBR – 88.1FM Boston). During the episode, they discuss the geopolitical and structural changes being a accelerated or wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. You can listen to the complete episode … Read more
This morning, Joseph Gerson (President and Co-Founder of CPDCS) appeared on Radio with a View – WMBR 88.1 FM in the Boston area. During the interview, Gerson and hosts Marc Stern and Dave Goodman discussed the crisis in the Middle East following the US assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. You can listen to the … Read more
AEPF, IPB conference, Berlin, 23-24 September, 2019. We in the Europe Asia peace movements, resolutely recommend commitment to the idea of a Common Security. Earlier developed by the Palme Commission (1982), we are re-imagining and proposing Common Security as a peace and justice instrument as part of a people’s agendaaccepted by all 57 OSCE countries … Read more