By Joseph Gerson Dr. Joseph Gerson is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security and Vice-President of the International Peace Bureau. His books include Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World and With Hiroshima Eyes: Atomic War, Nuclear Extortion and Moral Imagination. NEW YORK, Jul 22 2020 … Read more
“While the corona virus sweeps through our families and communities, there is another existential threat we should be mobilizing to prevent: nuclear war. This danger was highlighted in early July, by retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, formerly Secretary of Defense Colin Powell’s chief of staff, who remains well connected within the Washington elite, shared disturbing news. … Read more
On July 13, we hosted an excellent webinar “75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings: Deconstructing the Myths and Promoting a Nuclear Weapon-Free and Just World.” Watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWf–Qkh35Q&feature=youtu.be The webinar featured: Suichi KIDO, General Secretary of the Japan Confederation of A- & H- Bomb Sufferers’s Organizations Gar Alperovita, Author of The Decision to Use … 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
“Instead of initiating a war with the assassination of General Soleimani, rationale leaders would have pursued diplomacy to reverse the spiraling dynamic of military escalation, not thoughtlessly and murderously fueling it.” In an article published by the independent newscenter Common Dreams on January 6th, 2020, CPDCS President and Co-founder Joseph Gerson called for restraint and diplomacy … 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
Walden Bello, retired Professor at the University of the Philippines and current Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Binghamton, published this recent piece on China’s wrong approach to its strategic dilemma in the South China Sea. Bello will be featured as a plenary speaker at the 2020 World Conference to … Read more
On Saturday, November 9th, more than 200 peace and social justice activists gathered in Cambridge for the Rising Up for a Livable Future conference, themed around intersectional organizing. Michael McPhearson of Veterans For Peace, spoke about the historic trajectory between slavery in America’s past and systemic military violence today. You can read his full remarks … Read more