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Joseph Gerson is the co-president of International Peace Bureau and President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security. His books include With Hiroshima Eyes: Atomic War, Nuclear Extortion and Moral Imagination and Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World.

Across headlines and political speeches, we hear constant warnings about the “end” or “collapse” of democracy. The assumption is clear: democracy is a fixed, universally understood system now under threat. But this framing obscures a deeper reality. Democracy has never meant one thing. Across history, it has carried different meanings for different people, at different…

By: Luc Triangle, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) at the World Economic Froum 2026 The concept of Common Security is about addressing root causes of instability: poverty, environmental degradation, exclusion and erosion of trust. The approach is the cornerstone of sustainable, predictable and profitable global business. Such security is not an abstract vision –…

Statement by the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, January 20, 2026. The Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security opposes and condemns President Trump’s imperial and neocolonial campaign of coercion to seize Greenland, an integral domain of Denmark.  Trump’s ambitions for Greenland are part of the increased strategic and commercial competition for influence…

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney declared the end of the rules-based international system and called on states to unite to better counter the intimidation of “hegemonic powers.” He delivered a hard-hitting speech Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which brings together the global economic and political elite. Never before had a Canadian…

Maria Corina Machado said it was a “historic day for us Venezuelans” as she handed President Trump her Nobel Peace Prize. For the pro-Israel, far-right opposition figure in Venezuela, being welcomed to the White House may have been a historic day. But for those of us interested in peace and justice, the only history the…

When a government violates democratic principles, large-scale peaceful demonstrations can send a strong message. It’s a way for people to collectively demonstrate their commitment to democratic values and advocate for change without resorting to violence. The massive protests that followed the killing of Renee Good by ICE in Minneapolis were not spontaneous; it was an…

This was a headline in the New York Times on Tuesday: “With Threats to Greenland, Trump Sets America on the Road to Conquest: After a century of defending other countries against foreign aggression, the United States is now positioned as an imperial power trying to seize another nation’s land.” Here is a sentence from the article that…

The final of the Africa Cup of Nations, held this Sunday in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, pitted the home side against Senegal, popularly known as the Lions of Teranga. Both teams reached the decisive stage of the continent’s premier football tournament aiming to secure their second trophy, an objective Morocco, in particular, as the host…