International Round Table: Nuclear Weapons and Tectonic Geopolitical Change, 28 November 2023. For the global union movement, peace is not just a checkbox on our agenda; peace is built at the very core of our mission. Examine union constitutions and you will find in the early sentences a resolute commitment to peace — not just an … Read more
Below is the list of speakers from the 2022 Peace & Planet International Conference. Sharing Analysis & Strategies, Developing Actions to Address the Worlds Increasingly Dangerous Disorder Peace & Planet’s July 30, 2022 Conference took place at the Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York City. It aimed at providing a forum for the … Read more
This report summarizes work done in the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security’s 2020 fiscal year. Except as noted otherwise, the work was done by Joseph Gerson, CPDCS president. ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CPDCS is now fully independent, with 501c3 charitable status from the IRS and Massachusetts state authorities. Our data base includes 10,200 contacts in … Read more
Ukraine Negotiations: No Fly Zone, Nukes, Neutrality, and Disarmament March 28 Common Dreams Article by Joseph Gerson Ukrainian and Russian lives will continue to be shattered until either a ceasefire or completion of successful negotiations are announced. Regardless of whether we agree with him or not, President Biden’s statements that Vladimir Putin cannot remain in power … Read more
More than 70 leading international experts issued the following statement calling for seven urgent diplomatic steps to prevent a Ukraine/great power war and to lay the foundation for comprehensive Common Security diplomacy. Joseph Gerson “In December 2020, this group of senior Russian, American and European experts offered governments a set of recommendations on Russia-NATO risk … Read more
Historical Background and Common Security Approaches to Resolve the Ukraine-European Crisis Article by Joseph Gerson We have been bombarded by news reports and announcements from President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent. On January 18, as he prepared to leave for Kyiv, Berlin and Geneva, Secretary of … Read more
Japan: Washington’s Most Powerful China Containment Ally By Joseph Gerson Written for the Committee for a Sane U.S.-China Policy, this essay describes the centrality of the U.S.-Japanese military alliance throughout the Cold War and increasingly aggressive and dangerous 21st century campaigns to militarily contain. Contrary to popular misunderstandings, with pressure from the United States Japan has … Read more
Evening with Hiroshima Mayor Tad Akiba As mayor, Tad highlighted the importance of the hibakusha, or A-bomb survivors, and he led the Mayors for Peace network as it greatly increased its presence and impacts around the globe. Tad served as Mayor of Hiroshima from 1999-2011. He earlier represented Hiroshima as a member of the Japanese Diet … Read more
Tragically, despite widespread high hopes for change, in the existential realm of potentially omnicidal nuclear war preparations, the Biden administration has signaled more continuity than change.
Join Us October 6, 2021, for “An Evening with a Hiroshima Mayor.” A Fundraising webinar with former Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba.