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The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, the organization of Hibakusha or nuclear bomb survivors, for their tireless advocacy for abolition of nuclear weapons. Photo: @NobelPeace/X

Nobel Prize Reminds Us: Nuclear Abolition is Urgent

October 11, 2024 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson This year’s Nobel Prize award could not have come at a more important time. The Hibakusha of Nihon Hidankyo have been among the most courageous and steadfast people in the world, having transformed their intense physical and emotional pains into the strongest […]

Some Way Out of Here: Common Security in a World On Fire

October 8, 2024 Joseph Gerson

By Joseph Gerson This article was originally published in Common Dreams. The political will must be found to extinguish the violent conflicts that put us ever closer to nuclear annihilation. This is a most unusual election season. While the media focuses on Georgia and Nevada […]

Who Is Kamala Harris? (Part II) Aggressive Foreign and Military Policies

September 17, 2024 Joseph Gerson

By Joseph Gerson This article is Part II in a series originally published in Common Dreams. Read Part I here. 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 […]

Who Is Kamala Harris? (Part I) Her Context, Ascent, and Economic and Social Commitments

September 9, 2024 Joseph Gerson

By Joseph Gerson This article was originally published in Common Dreams. 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. We are weeks away from the seminal […]

In a Perilous Time: Nuclear Dangers, Politics, and the New Cold War

July 30, 2024 Joseph Gerson

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 […]

When the New Fascists Fully Arrive, It’s Not Going to Be Pretty in This World

July 25, 2024 Joseph Gerson

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 […]

Finding Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the Oppenheimer Film

March 12, 2024 Joseph Gerson

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? […]