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Raytheon Standout - Andover

Raytheon Standout – Andover

Thu Sep 19 2:30 pm EDT
Andover
Head North on I-93. take exit 39 to Route 133. at the top of the ramp, take a left on ...
Standing Together Against Hate and Violence

Standing Together Against Hate and Violence

Thu Sep 19 4:00 pm EDT
Newton
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Ending the 'American War' in Vietnam: The Impact of the Antiwar Movement and Lessons for the Present

Ending the ‘American War’ in Vietnam: The Impact of the Antiwar Movement and Lessons for the Present

Thu Sep 19 8:00 pm EDT
Professor Carolyn Eisenberg discusses her book, Fire and Rain: Nixon, Kissinger and the Wars in Southeast Asia. Drawing on documents declassified ...
Say NO to Genocide and NO to Nukes: Calling out General Dynamics

Say NO to Genocide and NO to Nukes: Calling out General Dynamics

Fri Sep 20 5:00 pm EDT
Dedham
Say NO to Genocide and NO to Nukes: Calling out General Dynamics in Dedham. MA Friday, September 20, 5pm – ...
Building a Culture of Peace: UN International Day of Peace

Building a Culture of Peace: UN International Day of Peace

Sun Sep 22 2:00 pm EDT
Boston
The UN International Day of Peace will be held in the sanctuary of The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, 138 ...
Backyard Cookout, Social and Fundraiser for MAPA

Backyard Cookout, Social and Fundraiser for MAPA

Sun Sep 22 4:00 pm EDT
Somerville
Paul and Vickie invite you to their fundraising social event to benefit Mass. Peace Action (MAPA). Join us on Sunday September ...
The Road to Peace – a Collaborative Jewish-Muslim Discussion

The Road to Peace – a Collaborative Jewish-Muslim Discussion

Wed Sep 25 7:00 pm EDT
Medford
The Road to Peace – a Collaborative Jewish-Muslim Discussion Wed., Sept. 25 at 7:00pm – Hillside Community Church, 144 North ...
Right-Sizing the Russian Threat to Europe

Right-Sizing the Russian Threat to Europe

Thu Sep 26 7:00 pm EDT
Western leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden, have frequently framed the invasion of Ukraine as the first step in a ...
An Introduction to the Work that Reconnects

An Introduction to the Work that Reconnects

Sat Sep 28 9:00 am EDT
Cambridge
Workshop for activists and all concerned people Our current social, economic and political system—“business as usual”—is causing huge problems:  climate ...
Community Encampment for Palestine - Lynn

Community Encampment for Palestine – Lynn

Sat Sep 28 10:00 am EDT
Lynn
The Community Encampment for Palestine (CEP) organizing team is looking for supporters, speakers, entertainers, and collaboration with people that may already ...
MAGA and Project 2025

MAGA and Project 2025

Thu Oct 3 5:00 pm EDT
A National Teach-In, October 3, 2024, 5 pm EST The teach-in will be broadcast at THIS LINK and archived for later viewing ...
Art & Activism for Palestine

Art & Activism for Palestine

Sat Oct 5 1:00 pm EDT
Boston
RSVP Here! Join us at the Multicultural Center at Simmons University for an afternoon of art and activism! On October ...

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The Realities of Fallout 2024

The Realities of Fallout 2024

By Silas Rutherford The hit TV show Fallout (2024) opens with a satirical depiction of societies within fallout shelters in a kitsch all-American fashion – like watching a colorful, upbeat advertisement for a soul sucking product. Digital projections of pre nuclear bomb suburban towns overshadow the cement walls one of … Read More
Opinion: 3 Important Questions You Won’t Hear Asked in the Presidential Debates

Opinion: 3 Important Questions You Won’t Hear Asked in the Presidential Debates

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By Tom Valovic This article was originally published in Common Dreams, prior to the 2024 Trump-Harris Presidential Debate.  We should not underestimate the power of debate questions to shape the political landscape. In November 2020, Common Dreams published my op-ed “Three Questions That Didn’t Get Asked During the Presidential Debates (and Probably Never Will).” … Read More
Who Is Kamala Harris? (Part II) Aggressive Foreign and Military Policies

Who Is Kamala Harris? (Part II) Aggressive Foreign and Military Policies

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By Joseph Gerson This article is Part II in a series originally published in Common Dreams. Read Part I here As she accepted the Democratic nomination, Harris promised to maintain the world’s “most lethal” military and ensure that “America—not China—wins the competition for the 21st century.” It wasn’t until the … Read More
Steward Health: The Market Has Spoken

Steward Health: The Market Has Spoken

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By Sandy Eaton “The market has spoken”. This could be an appropriate epitaph for Steward Health Care’s fourteen years of lies, corruption and greed. It could also be the motto of the Healey-Driscoll-Walsh Administration, as well as of House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka. The health reform … Read More
Who Is Kamala Harris? (Part I) Her Context, Ascent, and Economic and Social Commitments

Who Is Kamala Harris? (Part I) Her Context, Ascent, and Economic and Social Commitments

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By Joseph Gerson This article was originally published in Common Dreams Between Biden’s withdrawal and election day, there has been little time for either the Democratic Party or former President Donald Trump to define the current vice president. We are weeks away from the seminal U.S. election which will determine … Read More
Chicago DNC

Chicago DNC

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by Brian Garvey Leaders of the Free World, Policy Makers, Political Players Stackers of Cash, Bundlers of Donations; Plodding, triangulating, setting norms, Party of the Big Tent: They tell me you are ineffective and I believe them, for I have seen your broken promises and platform planks tossed aside. They … Read More