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.
Forty years ago, when the City Fathers and Mothers of Plymouth, Massachusetts, wanted to add their weight to nationwide demands for peace and disarmament, they invited Joseph Gerson to give the annual holiday sermon. He recently stumbled across the text and thought it as applicable today as it was 40 years ago. Joseph held his audience … Read more
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
Joseph Gerson’s Keynote Speech – Paying for War: Working for Peace – given in Des Moines, Iowa, on October 19, 2024.
Awarding Nihon Hidankyo with the Nobel Peace Prize has been long overdue. It could not come at a more important time.
Download Common Security in the Indo-Pacific Region, a practical and instructive resource to help prevent war in the Indo-Pacific region.
Between Biden’s withdrawal and election day, there has been little time for either the Democratic Party or former President Donald Trump to define the current vice president.
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.”
A report by Joseph Gerson on the 2024 World Conference Against A & H Bombs held in Hiroshima and Nagasaki from August 2 to August 9th.