Originally published in Pressenza by Joseph Gerson 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 […]
Originally published in Common Dreams by Joseph Gerson These are increasingly dangerous times. Several years ago, Walden Bello wrote a book about counterrevolution. With Trump and Vance, two classical fascists, recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and the Heritage Foundation Project 2025, we are approaching the climax […]
By Joseph Gerson This article was originally published in Common Dreams. 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? […]
by Joseph Gerson Originally published in Common Dreams. The genocide must end. We must not sleepwalk into a catastrophic regional Middle East War. The decimation of Gaza continues because the United States refuses to demand a ceasefire and provides weapons that have transformed Gaza from an […]
by Joseph Gerson This piece was originally published in Common Dreams. These remarks were presented at the Peace in Ukraine rally in Bostson, Massachusetts on Saturday, September 30, 2023. This won’t be easy. This won’t be fun. But it must be done. This week marks […]
Presented at the World Conference Against A & H Bombs, Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 2023. Friends, It is a delight and privilege to rejoin the World Conference. Given the increasingly dangerous great power confrontations and accelerating nuclear arms races, as well as the unique opportunity […]
by Joseph Gerson Originally published in Common Dreams Editor’s note: The following is based on a speech—entitled “17th Strategy Conference of the Cooperation for Peace: Our Security Can Only Work Together: Ukraine, Russia, and Europe in a Multipolar World”—delivered in Hamburg, Germany on April 28 to […]
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