Month: July 2018

In the flurry of last-minute activity before the end of the Massachusetts legislative session, one item in the proposed bonding bill H.4732 remains in question: SECTION 2A. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Office of the Secretary 7008-1116 For the commonwealth’s local economic development projects; provided that […]

This article appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of the Massachusetts Peace Action newsletter. Six staunch members of our peace delegation were arrested at the gate of Hanscom Air Force Base on Memorial Day weekend, while protesting the role of the base in nuclear war […]

This article appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of the Massachusetts Peace Action newsletter. The prospects for peace and reconciliation on the Korean peninsula are brighter than they have been for more than 70 years. After more than a century of violence against Koreans—springing from […]

Mass Peace Action’s Assistant Director Michelle Cunha will travel to Hiroshima and Nagaski August 3-9, 2018. Joining her will be Jerry Ross, member of MAPA’s Nuclear Disarmament working group; Joseph Gerson of the American Friends Service Committee and the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament, and Common Security; and […]

This article appeared in Massachusetts Peace Action’s Summer 2018 Newsletter A veterans’ encampment on the Boston Common. A prolonged sit-in at Governor Baker’s office in the State House. Traffic snarled for hours in downtown Boston as protesters blocked streets. A large march and rally in […]