Yesterday’s U.S. move to deploy ships into the Persian Gulf follows multiple provocations by the Trump administration towards Iran:  we withdrew from the Iran deal a year ago, designated the Iran Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization three weeks ago, and then said we will end …

Cambridge joined 30 other Massachusetts cities and downs May 13 when the members of the Cambridge City Council voted unanimously May 13 to pass a resolution supporting a much needed change in the Massachusetts flag and seal.  The final draft of the resolution is attached …

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 …

BlackRock has billions of dollars invested in weapons companies such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Elbit, and General Dynamics. BlackRock even has an iShares fund that exclusively profits off of weapons of war.   These companies and their weapons will be right at the forefront of …

Statement by Massachusetts Peace Action on the Green New Deal The Green New Deal (GND), a concept that has been discussed for some years, is now the subject of a non-binding Congressional Resolution (H.Res.109) introduced by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  Senator Ed Markey introduced it in …

Please join Jeanne Gallo, Sunny Robinson and Sr. Linda Bessom for a presentation on and discussion of current US immigration policy. They have recently returned from the US-Mexico border, they met with other human rights workers, the families of the disappeared, DACA and other youth, …

Remarks delivered at the Tax Day Rally, April 17, 2019 Hey all, my name is Nick and I’m with the Sunrise Movement here in Boston. For those of you who don’t know, the Sunrise Movement is an army of young people fighting for climate justice …

Originally published by Kairos: The Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival‘s National Emergency Truth and Poverty Tour continues this spring across 32 states. The tour shines a light on the widespread injustice and poverty …

This article appears in the Winter 2019 issue of the Massachusetts Peace Action newsletter. Newly elected US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was attacked on Feb. 11 by leaders of both parties for pointing out what is obvious to anyone who follows politics in Washington: that …

Company’s weapons are responsible for famine in Yemen Boston, May 5 — Waltham arms manufacturer Raytheon, a major corporate sponsor of Project Bread, was a no-show at the organization’s Walk for Hunger today, an event aimed at raising funds to fight hunger in the Commonwealth. …