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Decolonizing people and nature in Palestine and Globally | Mazin Qumsiyeh

Decolonizing People and Nature in Palestine and Globally

Wed Dec 4 1:00 pm EST
Dartmouth
Join us for a talk and reception with Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh at the Frederick Douglass Unity House on the campus ...
Leading with Vision: Positive Populism in a Reactionary Moment (a War Industry Resisters Network)

Leading with Vision: Positive Populism in a Reactionary Moment (a War Industry Resisters Network)

Wed Dec 4 8:00 pm EST
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM ET We find ourselves at the crossroads of peril and possibility ...
Environmental Justice and Palestine with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh

Environmental Justice and Genocide

Thu Dec 5 7:00 pm EST
Jamaica Plain
An Evening with Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh, cofounder of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (palestinenature.org). Prof. Qumsiyeh was born ...
Five Steps to a Sustainable and Peaceable Economy

Five Steps to a Sustainable and Peaceable Economy

Thu Dec 5 7:00 pm EST
  Our current economic system is based on endless growth, despite the climate and human costs. Dr Schor will present ...
“Where Can We Go From Here?” Resistance, Solidarity, and Building Community

“Where Can We Go From Here?” Resistance, Solidarity, and Building Community

Fri Dec 6 7:30 pm EST
Boston
EXPLORING THE HOLY LAND PROBLEM Palestinians and those of us who care about them have never faced challenges greater than ...
“Where Can We Go From Here?” Resistance, Solidarity, and Building Community

“Where Can We Go From Here?” Resistance, Solidarity, and Building Community

Fri Dec 6 7:30 pm EST
Boston
EXPLORING THE HOLY LAND PROBLEM Palestinians and those of us who care about them have never faced challenges greater than ...
Emergency Vigil: Step Back from the Nuclear Brink in Ukraine

Emergency Vigil: Step Back from the Nuclear Brink in Ukraine

Sat Dec 7 12:00 pm EST
Boston
Saturday, December 7 12 noon Outside Park Street Station, Boston JOIN MASS. PEACE ACTION FOR THE EMERGENCY DAY OF ACTION ON SATURDAY ...
Institutionalizing Anti-Palestinian Racism in Massachusetts

Institutionalizing Anti-Palestinian Racism in Massachusetts

Mon Dec 9 7:00 pm EST
Anti-Palestinian racism is a form of racism that silences, excludes, erases, stereotypes, defames or dehumanizes Palestinians or their narratives.  It ...
Building Human Rights in Guatemala: 2025

Building Human Rights in Guatemala: 2025

Tue Dec 10 6:00 pm EST
Tuesday December 10th, 2024 6:00pm - 7:30pm (ET) Join the Latin America and Caribbean Working Group (LACWG) to learn about ...
CD8 Summit for Palestine

CD8 Summit for Palestine

Sat Dec 14 10:00 am EST
We are a group of organizers active in Massachusetts Congressional District 8 and beyond. Over the past 14 months, many ...
GAZA IN CONTEXT: The Colonial History that Shaped the Modern Middle East

GAZA IN CONTEXT: The Colonial History that Shaped the Modern Middle East

Sun Jan 5 3:00 pm EST
A 4-part online series Sundays, Jan 5, 12, 26, and Feb 2, 2025, all at 3pm The Israeli war on ...
We Fight Back

We Fight Back

Mon Jan 20 11:00 am EST
Washington, DC
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What’s New

Why is University Enrollment Among Indigenous Students Decreasing?

Why is University Enrollment Among Indigenous Students Decreasing?

By Silas Rutherford Sunny Red Bear, Lakota from the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation and Associate Director of Organizing at NDN Collective, spoke out at a press conference at NDN Collective headquarters, addressing civil rights violations and racism in Rapid City, South Dakota. She argues that systemic racism undermines the ability … Read More
Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters in October. Source: frame from Bernie Sanders youtube video.

Is it the End of Israel’s Impunity?

By Jeff Klein and Susan T. Nicholson It has been a week full of major developments that challenge Israel’s impunity, globally and within the US. The International Criminal Court (ICC) today issued indictments – and arrest warrants – against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav … Read More
Revealing the Carnage of Gaza to Suburban America

Revealing the Carnage of Gaza to Suburban America

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By Randy Wurster For 13 months, Palestinians have broadcast their most tragic and vulnerable moments. Every day, there is a new wave of heartrending videos of Palestinians suffering unimaginably violent deaths while their loved ones experience devastating grief. Yet, rarely does the butchery in Gaza make it onto American television … Read More
Biden’s Missiles Over Russia

Biden’s Missiles Over Russia

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By Paul Shannon This is serious, and now it’s personal. Now that Biden is putting my life (and all of our lives) at stake makes this man a clear and present danger to me. President Biden has just surpassed Donald Trump in becoming the craziest and most dangerous man in … Read More
Anti War Banner at Protest About Palestine. Photo: Seyma D./ Pexels

Together for an Inclusive Massachusetts

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Together for an Inclusive Massachusetts is a group of Jewish, Muslim, Christian, labor, education, student, civil rights and other organizations and individuals advocating for justice and equity in the Commonwealth. Our steering committee includes representatives from Boston Workers Circle, Mass Peace Action, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston, Alliance for Water Justice … Read More
President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and their spouses, Feb. 15, 2017, at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

The Would-be Dictator’s Foreign and Military Commitments

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by Joseph Gerson Originally published in Common Dreams, with updates On  November 6, many of us woke to the reality that  our nation is even more corrupt and dangerous than we had realized as a majority of  U.S. voters embraced and voted for a fascist, racist, convicted rapist and felon, compulsive … Read More