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Peace & Justice Calendar

Stop Starving Gaza! Rally and Silent Procession

Stop Starving Gaza! Rally and Silent Procession

Sun Jul 20 2:00 pm EDT
Chestnut Hill
Meet at Wegman’s main door, near the big clock Organized by the Public Action Committee of the MAPA Gaza Committee ...
Ukraine War Forum: With Russia Advancing, What Should U.S. Policy Be to Bring a Just Peace?

Ukraine War Forum: With Russia Advancing, What Should U.S. Policy Be to Bring a Just Peace?

Mon Jul 21 6:30 pm EDT
Northampton
Join us for our fourth public forum and discussion on the future of the war in Ukraine. Two speakers will ...
Stop ICE Abductions and Block the Bombs

Stop ICE Abductions and Block the Bombs

Tue Jul 22 7:00 pm EDT
Join us for a critical conversation with Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, who introduced a historic bill – H.R.3565, the Block the ...
July 23d webinar: Nuclear abolition: A Scenario

Nuclear Abolition: A Scenario

Wed Jul 23 7:00 pm EDT
Timmon Wallis will discuss his new book Nuclear Abolition: A Scenario. While Annie Jacobsen based her 2024 bestseller, Nuclear War: A Scenario on numerous interviews ...
Outreach for Peace at the Lowell Folk Festival

Outreach for Peace at the Lowell Folk Festival

Sat Jul 26 12:00 pm EDT
Lowell
Join Mass. Peace Action as we table at Lowell Folk Festival, on Saturday, July 26. We will be handing out ...
MIT At the Center of the War on Gaza: A Report from MIT Activists

MIT At the Center of the War on Gaza: A Report from MIT Activists

Wed Jul 30 7:00 am EDT
Activists in the MIT Coalition for Palestine expose the direct relationships between their university, the Israeli military, and American companies ...
Boston Hiroshima-Nagasaki 80th Anniversary Commemoration

Boston Hiroshima-Nagasaki 80th Anniversary Commemoration

Wed Aug 6 12:00 pm EDT
Boston
A coalition of Boston area peace, justice and environmental organizations are preparing a major event to mark and to build ...
Back Yard Party for Peace - Roslindale

Back Yard Party for Peace – Roslindale

Sat Aug 23 4:00 pm EDT
Roslindale
Enjoy the summer with MAPA's administrative director and Gaza/Iran campaign co-lead, Cole Harrison, and Racial Justice/Indigenous Solidarity co-chair, Claire Gosselin, at ...

What’s New

South Korea and Japan: Trump’s Tariffs and What It Means for Their Economies

South Korea and Japan: Trump’s Tariffs and What It Means for Their Economies

by Aidan Panotes-Bengzon President Trump’s seemingly endless aggressive tariff campaign wages on with the sending of letters via Truth Social to the leaders of Japan and South Korea,notifying the nations of a newly-imposed 25% tariff on all their imported goods effective August 1, 2025. “If for any reason you decide … Read More
Letter to the Mass. Republican Party: Stop the Cuts!

Letter to the Mass. Republican Party: Stop the Cuts!

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This letter will be delivered to Massachusetts Republican Party Headquarters in Boston on Friday July 11th by the Just Budget and Tax Coalition after a rally outside the office. To join the rally, click here. Ms. Amy Carnavale, Chair Massachusetts Republican Party July 11, 2025 85 Merrimac Street BY HAND … Read More
Protect Our Communities: Dismantle the 1033 Program in MA

Protect Our Communities: Dismantle the 1033 Program in MA

By Eddie Mukalazi In June of 2020, I was an 8th grader who had just graduated from middle school. However, rather than accepting my diploma on the big stage, I received it from the window of my mom’s Honda Pilot in the first and only of its kind: “The Drive-Thru … Read More
The Greatest of These is Hope: A Conversation with Fr. Bashar Fawadleh

The Greatest of These is Hope: A Conversation with Fr. Bashar Fawadleh

By Jeanne Connerney Keeping the Faith in the Occupied West Bank “There are no rights to live. There are no rights to move. There are no rights to learn. There are no rights to play. There are no rights to travel.” With these words, the pastor at Christ the Redeemer … Read More
Book Review: Nuclear Abolition, A Scenario

Book Review: Nuclear Abolition, A Scenario

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By Jeanne Trubek Many of us have been concerned about nuclear weapons for a long time. Reading Annie Jacobson’s 2024 book, Nuclear War: A Scenario, changed “concerned” to “terrified” and recent events upped it to “panicked”. At each stage we wonder, “is there anything we can do?” Timmon Wallis’s book … Read More
Bearing Witness at ICE, One Wednesday at a Time

Bearing Witness at ICE, One Wednesday at a Time

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By Janira Skrbkova 11 weeks ago, organizers Laurie and Jared Berezin stood outside the DHS ICE Boston Field Office alone. On July 2, the Maynard couple amassed a crowd of over 200 people — and that metric grows by the week. Bearing Witness at ICE was a grassroots effort born … Read More