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Peace & Justice Calendar

Hearing on Nuclear War and Climate Change Danger

Hearing on Nuclear War and Climate Change Danger

Wed Oct 4 11:00 am EDT
Boston
The State Legislature's Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security will hear testimony on two bills related to nuclear ...
Indigenous Peoples Day Boston

Boston Marches for Indigenous Peoples Day

Sat Oct 7 12:00 pm EDT
Rally and March for a statewide Indigenous Peoples Day in Massachusetts! Rename Faneuil Hall! Hosted by IndigenousPeoplesDayMA, UAINE (United American ...
Honk for Peace

Honk for Peace

Sun Oct 8 12:00 pm EDT
Somerville
Veterans and Peace Activists - please join Veterans for Peace and the Leftist Marching Band Honk is a beautiful thing ...
Respecting the Earth - Working for Peace Uniting to Save the Planet. MAPA Annual Dinner 2023

Respecting the Earth – Working for Peace

Sun Oct 8 4:00 pm EDT
Cambridge
Uniting to Save the Planet MAPA 2023 Annual Dinner Sunday, October 8, 2023 - 4-7 pm First Church in Cambridge, ...
Indigenous Peoples Day Newton

Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration – Newton

Mon Oct 9 11:00 am EDT
Newton
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2023 11 AM–5 PM ET Albemarle Field, Newton MA Each year, we celebrate & amplify Indigenous peoples ...
JFK Speech - Ann Wright

If a Speech can Change the World, We Need JFK’s Speech Today

Tue Oct 10 7:00 pm EDT
Our world edges closer and closer to nuclear catastrophe as the U.S. pursues conflicts with Russia and China. Can President ...
NNOC annual meeting 2023

National Network on Cuba – 2023 Annual Meeting “Victory in Unity”

Fri Oct 13 12:00 am EDT
Boston
JOIN THE NATIONAL NETWORK ON CUBA, KEY CUBA-SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATIONS & LABOR ACTIVISTS as we explore collaborative ways to support the future ...
Abolishing Nuclear Weapons and Fossil Fuels: What will it take?

Abolishing Nuclear Weapons and Fossil Fuels: What will it take?

Sat Oct 14 12:00 pm EDT
Saturday, October 14th, 2023 12-2pm ET Following a webinar on May 7th which brought together leading organizations and activists working ...
Report Back from El Salvador

Report Back from El Salvador

Sat Oct 14 4:00 pm EDT
Cambridge
Derek Sexton, chair of MAPA's Latin America/ Caribbean working group, and a student at Harvard Divinity School, will report back ...
Inside Biden's Cuba Policy

Inside Biden’s Cuba Policy

Sat Oct 14 7:30 pm EDT
Jamaica Plain
BOSTON! Join award-winning Cuban journalist & filmmaker Liz Oliva Fernández at NNOC's annual meeting for a screening + Q&A of ...
IHRA: An Anti-free Speech Definition of Antisemitism

What is the IHRA definition of antisemitism and why is it a problem?

Sun Oct 15 2:30 pm EDT
Watertown
Come watch a recorded webinar and learn more about it from invited guests. The Peace and Common Security Working Group ...
Ukrainian and Russian flags. Photo: Barks/ Shutterstock

Community Forum on the Ukraine War

Mon Oct 16 6:30 pm EDT
Northampton
The local group Concerned Citizens about the Ukraine War will sponsor a Community Forum on the Ukraine War on Monday, ...

What’s New

“Sanctioner-in-Chief” Bob Menendez indicted on corruption charges

“Sanctioner-in-Chief” Bob Menendez indicted on corruption charges

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By Calla Walsh This article was originally posted to People’s Dispatch.  On Wednesday, September 27, US Democratic Senator Bob Menendez plead not guilty to charges of bribery, fraud and extortion in Manhattan federal court. It is not Menendez’s first indictment, but now, Menendez faces resounding calls from top Democrats to … Read More
Take Action for Peace in Ukraine Sept 30 - Oct 8

Time for a Cease Fire and Negotiations: Join the Global Mobilization to End the Ukraine War

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By Martin Halpern Between September 30 and October 8, 2023, peace activists from over thirty countries are coming together to support “an immediate ceasefire and peace negotiations” to end the Ukraine War. In joining these advocates, I continue on a path I began over sixty years ago.  In October 1962, … Read More
Elizabeth Warren On Militarism: What she says and doesn’t say, has done and hasn’t done

Elizabeth Warren On Militarism: What she says and doesn’t say, has done and hasn’t done

by Kathie Malley-Morrison Big news from Elizabeth Warren: She’s not going to take on Joe Biden for Democratic party candidate for the 2024 presidential election; instead, she’ll run for another six-year term as Senator from Massachusetts.  On her website Warren shares her plans for a new term if re-elected. What … Read More
Leading Biomedical Scientists Say Research Suffers While Pentagon Budget Grows

Leading Biomedical Scientists Say Research Suffers While Pentagon Budget Grows

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by Jonathan King When the Covid 19 pandemic engulfed our country, many couldn’t understand how the richest, most scientifically advanced nation in the world could be so unprepared. Our Fund Healthcare Not Warfare working group understood that, in addition to the lack of a coherent health care system in … Read More
Pictured: A statue of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, leader of a Cossack rebellion in the 1600s that led to the deaths of thousands of Jews, standing in Kyiv. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Setting the Record Straight

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By Jeanne Trubek History is written by the victors, it is frequently said. However, if we want to make an accurate assessment of what has occurred, we cannot rewrite the record of events, even when our sympathies change.  This is not a statement about the war in Ukraine but simply … Read More
Pictured: A scenic view of Hawaiian nature. Photo by Claudy Boy, a friend of the author's, December 2022.

Maui is Speaking— and We Had Better Listen

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By Hayat Imam Fear turned to relief when my friend’s son, a teacher in Maui, sent a Facebook message: he was safe. I was particularly distressed by this situation as I had known him since he was a little boy, but also because my friend had visited him in Maui … Read More