by Hayat Imam Remarks presented at MAPA’s Annual Meeting, April 6, 2024 As a Muslim American, I am very worried about the deep losses to our civil rights that I can see coming – for all of us, but particularly for the Muslim community. Just […]
by Cole Harrison April 24 – Congress this week overwhelmingly passed a $95 billion supplemental foreign military appropriation bill which had been stalled for six months. Despite differing priorities within the overall war drive that unites them, the leadership of both parties finally came together […]
By an attendee of the Newton rally Amidst a sea of Israeli flags at Newton’s Gaza rally on April 11, Susan E.’s poignant sign stood out: ‘Another Jewish mother against the slaughter of Palestinian children — ceasefire yesterday!’ Despite our group being outnumbered nearly fourfold […]
On Thursday April 11th, Massachusetts Peace Action held statewide “Stand with Gaza” rallies in seven out of nine Massachusetts congressional districts. Our demands directed towards our representatives continue to include supporting a permanent ceasefire and reinstatement of funding to UNRWA, voting against additional U.S. weapons […]
by Jackie King As the death toll climbs above 33,000 in the devastated Gaza Strip and famine takes hold among its captive population, residents in communities across Massachusetts have been rising up to protest our government’s complicity in Israel’s genocidal assault. One live current within […]
WHEREAS, the house / next door no longer / stands. It’s lying like an old carpet / on the floor of the earth, / trampled by missiles, fat slippers / flying off legless feet; and WHEREAS, every time we leave the house, / it’s suicide. […]
by Kathleen Malley-Morrison The Peace Advocate is running a series of opinion pieces about the 2024 elections. We encourage our members and supporters to submit their analyses. We welcome different points of view. – The Editors The cruel and devastating genocide–and ecocide–imposed on Gaza by […]
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