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
Awarding Nihon Hidankyo with the Nobel Peace Prize has been long overdue. It could not come at a more important time.
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.
Leading nuclear disarmament and peace activists and organizers from across Japan, Asia, North America, and Europe adopted this statement in Hiroshima on August 4, 2024. May it inspire your work for a nuclear free, peaceful, and just world.
UN Secretary-General Guterres warns that “Humanity is on a knife’s edge. The risk of nuclear weapons being used has reached heights not seen since the Cold War.” New Cold War bloc systems have reemerged with the “lattice-like” network of U.S. Indo-Pacific alliances, NATO, and the Chinese, Russian. North Korean and Belarussian entente. In the US, … Read more
Speech in July 17, 2024 “Global NATO: Implications and Resistance” webinar organized by the Asia-Europe People’s Forum
By Joseph Gerson Since the first reviews of the Oppenheimer film appeared, a question has been floating in the ether: Why don’t we see substantial images of the destruction and victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-Bombs? Days before the Academy Awards, I had the opportunity to learn the answers to that question. I had … Read more