Commonwealth Peace and Justice Agenda for 2019-2020 The Massachusetts Peace & Justice Network has partnered with allied legislators to submit a set of bills to the Massachusetts state legislature concerning nuclear disarmament, Middle East wars, military spending, legislative ethics, and the design of the state …

Join us for the first concert of the 2019-2020 Music for Peace Series with the prize-winning Verona Quartet and world renowned cellist Paul Katz.   The featured work will be the much beloved Schubert String Quintet in C Major, D 956, which many consider the …

US-North Korea peace talks seem to be stalled, but Trump has pushed out the hawkish John Bolton, who had been blamed for the lack of progress.   South Korea and Japan are escalating their rhetoric, the US-China trade war continues to deepen, and Hong Kong has …

The state legislature’s Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight will hear testimony on the Change the State Flag and Seal bill, which is supported by the Massachusetts Peace and Justice Network as part of the Commonwealth Peace and Justice Agenda , and also on …

Rising Up for a Livable Future Against Endless War, Climate Emergency, and Injustice One Day Conference Saturday, November 9, 2019, 9am – 5pm Washburn Auditorium, Brattle Campus, 10 Phillips Place, Cambridge, MA 02138 Confirmed speakers: Michael McPhearson is a veteran, peace and antiracist movement leader, …

The Green New Deal catapulted into public awareness in February of this year, when newly elected US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced a resolution in Congress calling for a massive national program to address both climate change and deep economic and political inequities. Sen. Ed Markey …

On President Trump’s announcement yesterday that he will withdraw U.S. troops from Northeast Syria: The situation is complicated and has been worsened by US policy over the years.  The short response is that we never had a legal right or legitimate purpose to intervene in …

Peace Action, the nation’s largest grassroots peace organization, and its affiliate Massachusetts Peace Action, endorsed Ayanna Pressley for re-election in Massachusetts’ 7th district. Peace Action is a national grassroots organization working to advance nuclear disarmament, promote government spending priorities that support human needs, encourage real …

The Massachusetts Peace and Justice Network‘s fall meeting will be held Sunday, October 27, from 1:30 – 4:00 pm, at the Worcester Friends Meeting, 901 Pleasant St.   There are three agenda items.   1) Kevin Martin, national president of Peace Action, will speak on peace …

The House passed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this afternoon, with all but 8 Democrats in favor and almost all Republicans opposed. Was this a step forward for peace, or for war? Led by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Democrats and 23 Republicans passed …

With Rep. Joe Kennedy III’s challenge to Ed Markey for Senate, many are saying that there is no difference between the two men’s positions and that both are progressive.  But on peace issues, Massachusetts Peace Action does not agree. Markey is a peace leader, though …

In 2019 we have been voting, phoning, demonstrating, petitioning, lobbying, writing,  tweeting, and risking arrest for peace.  That’s why we’re called Massachusetts Peace Action.  We are the leading political presence in Massachusetts pushing for Peace, Diplomacy and Nuclear Disarmament. This is only possible with your active participation …