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The Pentagon and too many of our national leaders have yet to learn the lessons of Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. (Photo: CodePink/CC)

Alternatives to the Pentagon’s China Nightmares

November 6, 2021 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Originally published in Common Dreams I’m embarrassed for my friends when they make mistakes, not that I haven’t made a few myself. Recently when the Pentagon issued its terrorizing annual report on China warning that by 2030 China’s People’s Liberation Army could […]

Australian, Asian, European, US Peace Advocates Oppose QUAD & AUKUS

September 24, 2021 Joseph Gerson

Peace and Common Security Advocates from Around the World Oppose QUAD (Japan, India, US, Australia), & AUKUS (Australia, UK, US) Militarism & Urge Common Security Collaborations to Address Existential Nuclear, Climate & Pandemic Threats Meeting on the eve of the QUAD alliance summit, peace, justice and common […]

Biden’s Nuclear Weapons Commitments: Dangerous Continuities

September 21, 2021 Joseph Gerson

Originally published in Common Dreams by Joseph Gerson In the dangerous Trump era, the Pentagon pronounced that “There is no higher priority for national defense” than to “replace [the country’s] strategic nuclear triad and sustain the warheads it carries.” The estimated cost for upgrading the […]

Military retaliation and war will only add to the carnage: Boston peace activists, 2001

August 17, 2021 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson The fall of the government in Kabul was inevitable, and these last 20 years, with all of their death, suffering and wasted resources have been beyond tragedy. On September 11, 2001, we called together our initial meeting of what became United for […]

Joseph Gerson spoke at Watertown's Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemoration, Aug 8, 2021. Virginia Pratt photo

Nuclear Disarmament is More Urgent than Ever

August 9, 2021 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Remarks delivered at the Watertown Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration, August 8, 2021 (August 9 in Nagasaki) Friends, The A-bombings , 76 years ago, were crimes humanity. They were indiscriminate, unnecessary, and ushered in an era in which human survival is constantly threated by accident, […]

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) conducts routine operations May 18, 2021, in the Taiwan Strait. (MC3 Zenaida Roth/Navy)

Taiwan: The Most Dangerous Flashpoint in the U.S.-China Cold War

July 19, 2021 Joseph Gerson

Taiwan has become the most dangerous flashpoint in the new U.S.-China Cold War. Neither side wants war, but accidents and miscalculations are not uncommon. While U.S. support for the island’s liberal democracy is a profound source of tension with authoritarian China, two geostrategic realities are […]

No More Money for the Doomsday Machine. No New Cold War with China

May 21, 2021 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Remarks delivered at the People & Planet, not Profits Tax Day in Boston, MA on May 17th 2021. Counting the dark money so-called intelligence agencies, DOE nuclear weapons spending, the Pentagon’s Overseas Contingencies slush fund, and the Pentagon’s core budget of more […]