by Yoav Elinevsky The country and people I saw in October 2021 were not what is presented about Nicaragua by the US government and the mainstream media. The Nicaraguans my delegation met with–from officials to workers–expressed pride in the country’s socio-economic achievements during the past […]
In the week of October 2-9, dozens of cities held actions coordinated to mark “Keep Space for Peace Week.” “They (the actions) were about the entire project to move the arms race into space,” according to Bruce Gagnon, a member of Veterans for Peace and […]
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by Cole Harrison Testimony submitted to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, October 5, 2021 Thank you, co-chairs Eldridge and Cabral, for convening this hearing. I am Cole Harrison, executive director of Massachusetts Peace Action. Peace Action was formed in 1957 as the Committee for a […]
We mourn the loss of James Buswell, the violinist who with his wife Carol Ou played several magnificent Music for Peace concerts in the last several years. Jamie will be missed, but never replaced. Obituary from the Boston Globe American virtuoso violinist, conductor, Grammy nominated […]
Massachusetts Peace Action kicked off its 2021 Fund Drive with a “Coming Home” Movement Building Dinner on September 18. Katie Murphy, RN, president of the Mass. Nurses Association, received the 2021 Peace Leadership Award and gave an inspiring talk about nursing, COVID, the St. Vincent’s […]
by Cole Harrison Militarism tightened its icy, bipartisan grip on Washington, as the House of Representatives Sept. 23 voted for a $778 billion Pentagon budget — $38 billion higher than Trump’s final budget, and $24 billion higher than the amount requested by President Biden. The […]
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