COVID-19 – Page 3 – Massachusetts Peace Action

March to Governor Baker’s house: stop mass evictions and foreclosures

October 14, 2020 Cole

March: meet at Red Rock Park, Lynn at 5 pm (GPS: 192 Lynn Shore Drive, Lynn, MA) Car caravan if you can’t march: meet at North Shore Community College, Washingtong Street Lot at 5 pm (GPS: 761 Washington St, Lynn, MA) We demand that Governor […]

Accidents, mistakes and COVID-19: Risks and Necessity of High-Level Biosafety Labs

October 13, 2020 Cole

Accidents, mistakes and COVID-19: Risks and Necessity of High-Level Biosafety Labs; MODERATOR: Professor Jonathan King Monica Zoppe, Ph. D., Institute of Biophysics, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Milan, Italy REGISTER HERE: Once you register, a link will be automatically emailed. Thank you! Please email weinmann@mit.edu with any questions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ […]

A Pandemic within the Pandemic: Stop Violence Against Women

September 24, 2020 Pat Hynes

by H. Patricia Hynes Originally published in Portside On March 23, 2020, as Covid 19 was overtaking the world, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres pleaded for peace: “To warring parties: Pull back from hostilities. Silence the guns; stop the artillery; end the airstrikes…End the sickness […]

Workers Rally for a Just Recovery: Working Class Power Rising

September 7, 2020 Cole

Register for the 2020 Massachusetts Labor Day drive-in celebration. There is no cost to enter, but you must register to reserve your spot. Space is limited. Register at https://actionnetwork.org/events/workers-rally-for-a-just-recovery-working-class-power-rising When: Monday, Sept. 7th, 2020. Gates open at 10am, program starts promptly at 11am. What: Boston […]

Medical workers attend to a COVID-19 patient in an intensive care unit at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. Hani Mohammed/Associated Press

Yemen: The World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis Takes a Turn for the Worse

September 4, 2020 Athiei Ajuong

by Athiei Ajuong Yemen currently faces the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation has become markedly worse. Since 2015, Yemen has faced a humanitarian crisis of grave proportions. An estimated 24 million people, 80% of the population, need some […]

Indigenous America and the Pandemic Era: A Demographic Disaster

August 17, 2020 Nicholas Smaldone

This article is the first in a three part series on the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples across the Americas during the COVID-19 era. Read the second part here, and the third part here. From Alaska to Chile, North and South America have been […]

Groups Representing Tens of Millions of Americans Applaud Passage of Amendment to Allocate Trillions in Relief to Crisis-Hit Developing Countries

August 4, 2020 Cole

Massachusetts Peace Action joined with over 20 humanitarian, international development, human rights, labor, faith-based, and policy organizations (listed below, followed by quotations) representing tens of millions of people in the U.S. applauded the passage of an amendment by the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, […]