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Film Showing: Dr. Strangelove

Film Showing: Dr. Strangelove

Thu Jul 10 7:00 pm EDT
Cambridge
Thursday July 10th @ 7pm 1991 Mass. Ave. Cambridge, MA 02140 You're invited for a showing of Dr. Strangelove: How I ...
Warning! Graphic Content!

Warning! Graphic Content!

Thu Jul 10 8:00 pm EDT
An event with award-winning cartoonist Dwayne Booth. What is the future of political cartooning, protest art, and visual satire? How ...
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 ...
Boston Hiroshima-Nagasaki 80th Anniversary Commemoration

Boston Hiroshima-Nagasaki 80th Anniversary Commemoration

Wed Aug 6 12:00 am 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 ...

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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

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
None of Us Are Free Until All of Us Are Free: The Larger Message at Thursday’s No War in Iran Rally

None of Us Are Free Until All of Us Are Free: The Larger Message at Thursday’s No War in Iran Rally

By Addey Lilley On June 26th, protestors gathered outside the JFK Federal Building for a “No War in Iran” rally, hosted by MAPA, National Iranian American Council (NIAC), as well as over twenty other local Boston organizations. Over 100 people came to hear a wide range of speakers, from state … Read More
Free Her Campaign Takes Action in the State House

Free Her Campaign Takes Action in the State House

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By Grace Cowell The Free Her policy platform, spearheaded by Families for Justice as Healing and the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, consists of four MAPA-supported bills in the state legislature, proposing critical criminal legal reforms to ensure safety and healing for women and families … Read More
Trump's Iran Attack Showcases Why Nuclear Apartheid Must End

Trump’s Iran Attack Showcases Why Nuclear Apartheid Must End

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by Joseph Gerson This piece was originally published in Common Dreams. War is Not the Answer Ever since Senator Kennedy’s campaign to transform Boston into a nuclear weapons base was defeated 40 years ago, I have had the extraordinary privilege of working with Japanese and other atomic and hydrogen bomb … Read More
Zohran Mamdani’s Victory is About More Than Just New York City

Zohran Mamdani’s Victory is About More Than Just New York City

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By Sam Levine 33-year old democratic socialist, Zohran Mamdani’s victory over scandal ridden and disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo paves the way for a future apart from tired Democratic establishment rhetoric, giving Americans hope for the left after the election of Donald Trump. Cuomo was the darling of the corporate … Read More