Empire and The Bomb: How the United States Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World
"Offers an honest understanding of US history " -Freeman Z
Six Levels of Empire and Resistance
In this talk, Gerson examines Empire and lays out a strategy for resistance on its six overlapping levels: Military, Economic, Social, Political, Intellectual, and Spiritual.
"This is one of my personal favorites." -Freeman Z
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Dr. Joseph Gerson has served the American Friends Service Committee since 1976 and is currently Director of Programs and Director of the Peace and Economic Security Program for the AFSC in New England. His program work focuses on challenging and overcoming U.S. global hegemony: its preparations for and threats to initiate nuclear war, and its military domination of the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. (more...) |
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