The Democratic Party has been spectacularly ineffective in providing an opposition to Trump’s drive for authoritarian domination. Merely electing Democrats is no solution to the crisis of American democracy. But popular defense of free and fair elections, and a massive electoral repudiation of Trump and MAGA in November, can play an important role in the struggle to democratize the U.S.
Bottom line: If the war accomplished anything, it accelerated the decline of US power, influence, and economic security.
Fact-checking the bald-face lies in a morally obscene address by the most criminally corrupt and morally bankrupt US president in the history of the nation.
A reflection on Cesar Chavez by Joseph Gerson.
Speech by Joseph Gerson for the Bikini Day Commemoration – Annual Gensuikyo Conference, in Shizuoka, Japan, on February 27, 2026 (Delivered Online Due to Snow).
As we enter a new era of geopolitical tension and climate disruption, the message is clear: the best investment business can make is in a safer, fairer world.
Drawing on inherited Holocaust trauma, the author warns that America’s present moment echoes a dangerous past. From ICE raids and militarized crackdowns to Nazi-evoking slogans and the refusal to investigate state violence, fear is being normalized and history is beginning to rhyme. “Never Again” was not a slogan but a warning—and it only matters if we listen before the scream echoes again.
A CPDCS co-sponsored webinar explored the situation in Gaza and the West Bank, the future of the Trump so-called peace plan, and its broader Middle East geopolitical context.
A reflection on resisting authoritarianism through grassroots democracy and historical truth, highlighting Hidden Brookline’s community-based, anti-racist project and its short film uncovering the hidden history of slavery in the Northeast.
Declaring an end to Pax Americana, the strategy reinforces white supremacy, authoritarianism, and kleptocracy at home and abroad.