Suzanne Schell Pearce, a peace activist who was introduced to world federalism in the mid-1950s , and played a crucial role in the Boston area World Federalists, passed away April 14, 2016. Suzy Pearce was warm, intelligent, democratic, and valued both process and getting things […]
I WRITE to comment on the dire prophesy over what might happen if Donald Trump is elected president, as imagined in your April 10 Ideas section. You presented the headline “Deportations to begin” across a faux front page reflecting how the first few months of […]
I met Yakub in a very modern way. He had read an article of mine (this one) that had been reprinted — unbeknownst to me — in the Jordanian leftist newspaper Al Ghad (“Tomorrow”). Yakub emailed me that he liked the article, and when he […]
Boston-area activists founded the Venezuela Solidarity Committee on March 5, 2016 at a meeting at Encuentro 5 in downtown Boston. The new group will support self-determination and the rights of all historically oppressed peoples in Venezuela and oppose any form of US intervention. In addition […]
Originally published in Truthout Even as the US is on track to spend a trillion dollars — a thousand billion — for a new generation of nuclear weaponsand their delivery systems, there is encouraging news from the disarmament movement. In March, a combination of conscientious […]
Originally published in Health Justice Boston On the morning of March 8th, dozens of Massachusetts residents gathered in the basement of the State House to testify for a proposal that would prevent landlords from taking advantage of expiring federal restrictions that currently shelter subsidized apartments […]
“Our security in this country depends on advancing the shared security for all…” This is the theme for the 2016 Walk for a New Spring by the Monks and Friends of the New England Peace Pagoda. For the past 15 years this group has walked […]
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