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Against Tyranny: Buying Time for Democracy

September 24, 2020 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson The central question in November’s election is the choice between preserving a semblance of constitutional democracy or the imposition of repressive, white supremacist authoritarianism. As Trump’s enablers urge violence and declaration of martial law if he loses the election, and as the […]

US Navy guided missile cruiser and destroyers in the South China Sea

South China Sea Provocations & Meeting China Halfway

July 26, 2020 Joseph Gerson

NEW YORK, Jul 22 2020 (IPS) – In the words of (ret.) Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Secretary of Defense Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff, the Trump Administration has been dangerously “poking China in the eye.” After sending aircraft carriers and destroyers to the precincts of the Taiwan […]

World Peace and Justice Conference Gathers Online During Pandemic

May 26, 2020 Joseph Gerson

Calls on Nations to: Abolish Nuclear Weapons; Resist and Reverse the Climate Crisis; Work for Social & Economic Justice by Joseph Gerson It’s not often that organizations as diverse as the Poor People’s Campaign, the International Trade Union Confederation, […]