How China threat narratives feed anti-Asian racism and how to fight back We analyze how the recent trend of inflated “China threat” narratives is feeding anti-Asian racism, the interests driving this trend, and outline a potential counter narrative strategy. We distinguish between the inflated China threat narratives that are most likely to feed racism, and … Read more
President Biden’s European sojourn has been a signal effort to restructure the global disorder to reinforce U.S. hegemony and to contain and manage China’s rise.
U.S. vs. China: A Capitalist Globalization Divided but Not Transformed? by Andrew Lichterman.* Text of a presentation at the Asia Pacific Working Group webinar, “The U.S.-China competition and its impact on the people caught in the middle,” June 9, 2021. Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted 68-32 to pass the Endless Frontier Act, framed as bolstering … Read more
President, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security June 9, 2021 I am here to testify in favor of (S.1703 / H.2597) I am the President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security. My doctorate is in politics and international security studies. In 1980 I helped to launch the nuclear weapons freeze campaign that contributed … Read more
By Joseph Gerson The writer is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, and Vice-President of the International Peace Bureau. Credit: US government NEW YORK, Jun 9 2021 (IPS) – A new report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)—focusing on nuclear weapons spending– following on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists … Read more
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
On May 15 a major conference to promote advocacy for a U.S. No First Use doctrine was organized by the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, Massachusetts and Chicago Peace Action, Physicians for Social Responsibility and a host of other co-sponsors. Links to the sessions follow below Panel 1 – https://youtu.be/hgEWKZylveQ Dr. Ira Helfand, Elaine … Read more
60+ Orgs: Cold War with China is a Dangerous and Self-Defeating Strategy WASHINGTON — In response to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s recent vote to advance the Strategic Competition Act of 2021 (SCA), and reports that it will receive a Senate floor vote this week, 64 organizations said: We, the undersigned organizations that represent millions … Read more
US-China Cold War Could Lead to a More Dangerous Nuclear Stand-off NEW YORK, Apr 26 2021 (IPS) – Despite the negotiation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), we are confronted by the increasing dangers of great power war, even nuclear war. Instead of making necessary investments to ensure public health, reverse climate … Read more
New Cold War U.S / Japanese Summit: Containing China & Reinforcing Hegemony The existential truth is that the U.S. and China are caught in the Thucydides Trap, the historic pattern of inevitable tension between rising and declining powers that have too often climaxed in catastrophic war. Amidst the national fixation on the outcome of the … Read more