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
Dr. Joseph Gerson* On Friday, January 22, people in cities and towns across in the United States and around the world, will celebrate the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). These gathering, online and elsewhere, stand in sharp contrast with the electric sense of fear felt by policy … Read more
by Jerry Ross In a historic step forward for nuclear disarmament, Honduras became the 50th nation to ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on October 24, guaranteeing that the treaty will enter into force on Jan. 22. While the US press has paid little attention to this momentous agreement, it made … Read more
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
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
“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
AEPF, IPB conference, Berlin, 23-24 September, 2019. We in the Europe Asia peace movements, resolutely recommend commitment to the idea of a Common Security. Earlier developed by the Palme Commission (1982), we are re-imagining and proposing Common Security as a peace and justice instrument as part of a people’s agendaaccepted by all 57 OSCE countries … Read more
January 18, 2019 Burlington, Vermont Joseph Gerson We have entered uncharted territory. The world is changing radically as the post-Cold War order and the 75 years of nearly unrivaled U.S. economic and military dominance are over. The interregnum between the dying order and the new one struggling to be born is a period of uncertainty, … Read more