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Nonviolence Direct Action Training  for Protest and Protection

Nonviolence Direct Action Training for Protest and Protection

Sat Apr 26 11:00 am EDT
Jamaica Plain
It’s Time. To build community. To get grounded. To call on our history of radical nonviolence and civil resistance. To ...
Sorting Through the Confusion Around Ukraine

Sorting Through the Confusion Around Ukraine

Tue Apr 29 7:00 pm EDT
Register to attend. What on earth is going on in Ukraine and in Trump’s negotiations with Russia and Ukraine? What ...
War Intellectuals, Democracy, and Hans Speier (a WIRN webinar)

War Intellectuals, Democracy, and Hans Speier (a WIRN webinar)

Tue Apr 29 8:00 pm EDT
Monday, May 5, 2025 8:00 PM -  9:30 PM ET An interview of Professor Daniel Bessner, author of the book ...
Bye Bye L3Harris

Bye Bye L3Harris

Thu May 1 4:30 pm EDT
Northampton
The rallyers will march from L3 to the Northampton City Hall to speak at the regularly scheduled City Council meeting, ...
May 1: Workers Should Have Power, Not The Billionaires!

May 1: Workers Should Have Power, Not The Billionaires!

Thu May 1 5:30 pm EDT
Boston
This is a war on working people—and we will not stand down. The billionaires are defunding our schools, privatizing public ...
"The Encampments" Screening and Discussion

“The Encampments” Screening and Discussion

Fri May 2 7:00 pm EDT
Cambridge
Purchase tickets to attend. MAPA invites you to a screening of The Encampments, a new film by Michael T. Workman, ...
Volunteer at MAPA’s Table - Wake Up the Earth Festival

Volunteer at MAPA’s Table – Wake Up the Earth Festival

Sat May 3 12:00 pm EDT
Jamaica Plain
The 47th annual Wake Up the Earth Festival will take place on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025, from 12 PM to ...
Palestine Resistance: An Update from the Ground

Palestine Resistance: An Update from the Ground

Thu May 8 7:00 pm EDT
Cambridge
Join a discussion featuring FADI QURAN, a Palestinian activist living in the West Bank, in conversation with LEILA FARSAKH, editor of Rethinking ...
Rematriating Stolen Land and Bringing History and Culture Forward: Indigenous Reparations 2025

Rematriating Stolen Land and Bringing History and Culture Forward: Indigenous Reparations 2025

Thu May 8 7:00 pm EDT
What can indigenous solidarity allies and activists do to help redress centuries of injury and loss to tribal peoples? Giving ...
MAPA Annual Meeting 2025

MAPA Annual Meeting 2025

Sat May 10 2:00 pm EDT
Cambridge
MAPA's Annual Meeting on Saturday May 10th is open to all dues paying members.  New members are also welcome!  This ...
Concert for Gaza: Carsie Blanton

Concert for Gaza: Carsie Blanton

Fri May 16 12:00 am EDT
Cambridge
A fundraiser for the Middle East Children's Alliance ...
The Russo-Ukrainian War, Diplomacy, and the Peace Movement

The Russo-Ukrainian War, Diplomacy, and the Peace Movement

Tue May 20 1:00 pm EDT
Register to attend. So much for President Trump’s boast that he would end the Ukraine War in a day! Despite ...

What’s New

"The World After Gaza": A history for our times

“The World After Gaza”: A history for our times

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by Jeanne Trubek Pankaj Mishra’s book, The World After Gaza, a History, addresses questions many of us have: How did Israel become what it is? How did a people who had experienced such suffering and persecution become the persecutors of the Palestinians? How does this history fit into the history … Read More
Anti-Trump resistance can’t be ‘hands off’ on militarism

Anti-Trump resistance can’t be ‘hands off’ on militarism

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by Ben Grosscup This opinion piece was originally published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. On April 5, people in western Massachusetts and throughout the U.S. demonstrated against the Trump Administration’s escalating attacks on what’s left of our tattered social safety net and personal rights. Rallying around the hashtag #HandsOff, the … Read More
No War with Iran rally, Watertown Square, June 1, 2019. MAPA photo

Will Israel or Trump Sabotage Iran Nuclear Talks?

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by Liam Noble Uncertainties over the outcome of Iran-America diplomatic talks swirl as both parties meet in Rome for high level meetings mediated by Oman.  In March, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz introduced the Trump administration’s demands on Iran during a CBS Face The Nation interview: Dismantle the nuclear program, Zero uranium enrichment, End … Read More
Stand Up Harvard!

Stand Up Harvard!

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by Evan Mackay The following is a speech delivered by Evan Mackay on Saturday April 12th at the Stand Up Harvard! demonstration held by the Cambridge City Council. — When I say people you say power people power people power When I say fight, you say win, fight, win, fight, … Read More
Israel Advances its Military Strategy in the Gaza Strip

Israel Advances its Military Strategy in the Gaza Strip

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by Lila Li “This is only the beginning,” warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a televised address on March 18 – the day Israel unilaterally broke the Gaza ceasefire and entered the region into a second period of war that has killed nearly two thousand in just under a … Read More
Massachusetts Peace Activists Lobby on Capitol Hill

Massachusetts Peace Activists Lobby on Capitol Hill

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by Grace Cowell Had I been told a few months ago that I would be celebrating my 20th birthday with the entire Massachusetts congressional delegation on Capitol Hill, I would not have believed it; however, I could not pass up the opportunity to travel to D.C. last week alongside six … Read More