This article originally appeared in the Dorchester People for Peace Update, November 27, 2015 Most of us have mixed feelings about Thanksgiving. On the one hand, it has become the family holiday par excellence, when adult children return home and relatives we don’t often see are […]
This article first appeared in the Massachusetts Peace Action newsletter, Fall 2015, published on August 20, 2015. Video records of murders of unarmed black people by the police, the massacre of 9 black people at a church prayer meeting by an avowed white supremacist, and the arrest […]
“Praying For Peace” was written by Nigerian-born, Berklee College of Music student, Kayode Ajayi (Kayo Musiq). The song is inspired by current turmoil in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, and unrest throughout the world. Kayo wrote: “I have seen a lot of countries go […]
This article first appeared in the Massachusetts Peace Action newsletter, Fall 2015, published on August 20, 2015. In June the US administration reacted with calculated scorn to the report of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) established by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to investigate last […]
This article first appeared in the Massachusetts Peace Action newsletter, Fall 2015, published on August 20, 2015. What are the prospects that the 2016 contest will advance the cause of peace and begin a shift from the failed policies of endless conflict? The answer to […]
Community Leaders Decry Plans, Funded by Anti-Palestinian Groups Boston, MA (Nov 23, 2015): The Boston Alliance for Water Justice gathered this morning to oppose the December 4th trip to Israel by ten Massachusetts Senators. After brief statements on the State House steps, members of the […]
A talk presented at “Responding to Mass Violence in the Aftermath of Beirut and Paris“, Novemer 18, 2015, Northeastern University Let me begin by saying how very saddened I am by the recent ISIS atrocities in Paris, Beirut, and on the Russian plane. The media […]
Copyright (c) 2021 Massachusetts Peace Action