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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 ...
One Year of Genocide - One Year of Resistance

One Year of Genocide – One Year of Resistance

Sun Oct 6 1:00 pm EDT
Boston
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One Year of Opposing the Genocide in Gaza

One Year of Opposing the Genocide in Gaza

Sun Oct 6 4:00 pm EDT
Cambridge
On the one year anniversary of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, we reflect on what has happened and on the ...
Genocide and the Widening Middle East Wars

Genocide and the Widening Middle East Wars

Tue Oct 8 7:00 pm EDT
Phyllis Bennis, Ervand Abrahamian, and Assaf Kfoury speak about Israel’s Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and Yemen wars. With missiles flying between ...
Reiner Braun: Report Back from Chinese Geopolitics Conference

Reiner Braun: Report Back from Chinese Geopolitics Conference

Wed Oct 9 5:00 pm EDT
Wed. Oct 9th, 2024 5:00 to 6:00 pm ET Reiner Braun, formerly the Executive Director of the International Peace Bureau is ...
The US Military Base Empire: Its Impact and the Resistance to it, with David Swanson (a WIRN Webinar)

The US Military Base Empire: Its Impact and the Resistance to it, with David Swanson (a WIRN Webinar)

Thu Oct 10 8:00 pm EDT
Thursday October 10th @ 8pm Ending all wars means closing all military bases. The United States of America, unlike any ...
Boston Indigenous Peoples Day March

Boston Indigenous Peoples Day March

Sat Oct 12 12:00 pm EDT
Help send the message loud and clear that we must honor and acknowledge the Indigenous history of Massachusetts, as well ...
Where do we go from here? Building Communities that Care

Where do we go from here? Building Communities that Care

Sat Oct 12 3:00 pm EDT
Jamaica Plain
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Project 2025 and its Alarming Impact on Public Health

Project 2025 and its Alarming Impact on Public Health

Mon Oct 21 7:30 pm EDT
The speakers will offer a public health perspective on the proposed recommendations of Project 2025, specifically examining sections related to ...
Books Not Bombs 2024: Increasing Federal Investment in Public Education

Books Not Bombs 2024: Increasing Federal Investment in Public Education

Sat Oct 26 2:00 pm EDT
Saturday, October 26th, 2pm EDT Though historically public schools were locally financed through property and state taxes, the largest pool ...
Listening to the Land, Healing the Colonizer Mind Conversation with the Author

Listening to the Land, Healing the Colonizer Mind Conversation with the Author

Tue Nov 12 7:00 pm EST
Louise Dunlap is author of Inherited Silence: Listening to the Land, Healing the Colonizer Mind, which traces her ancestors' role ...

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General Dynamics Campaign Update

General Dynamics Campaign Update

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by Randy Wurster On Friday, September 20th, MAPA activists stood out in Dedham square to protest General Dynamics’ presence in the town and highlight the company’s significant role in the genocide of Palestinians. As a part of Warheads to Windmills nuclear weapons week of action, activists also drew attention to … Read More
The New Geopolitics and The Normalization of Endless War

The New Geopolitics and The Normalization of Endless War

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By Tom Valovic In John LeCarre’s novel, A Delicate Truth, we see the protagonist, an English civil servant, volunteering to take on an assignment for British intelligence. During his briefing, an intelligence officer makes the statement that “War has gone corporate”.  Even as a novelist, Le Carre has plenty of … Read More
What is that thing we call Terrorism?

What is that thing we call Terrorism?

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by Ting Huang The 2024 Israel-Lebanon conflict is now in full force following the events on September 17th and 18th, during which Israel remotely detonated thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies across Lebanon belonging to members of Hezbollah, a Lebanese paramilitary group. This was one of the more recent significant attempts … Read More
The International Court of Justice reads the Advisory Opinion of the Court on “Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” on July 19, 2024. (Photo: International Court of Justice)

World Court: Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian Territories is Illegal

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by Susan Nicholson Remarks presented at the Community Encampment for Palestine,  Lynn, MA, September 28, 2024 First of two articles Two recent ground-breaking developments at the international level provide important tools for Palestine advocacy: (1) the July 19 Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concluding that Israel’s … Read More
Boy sitting in the rubble of a destroyed UNRWA school in Nuseirat, Gaza. © 2024 UNRWA Photo

To Aid Gaza, U.S. Must Restore UNRWA Funding

by Mirret El-Hagrassy UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, provides humanitarian services and human development for Palestinian refugees, and is considered a lifeline to Palestinians.  Previously the largest funder if UNRWA, the United States government terminated its support in UNRWA in … Read More
EXTRA! EXTRA! Read All About It!

EXTRA! EXTRA! Read All About It!

By Hoffmann the Organizer I guess the Cuban Missile Crisis wouldn’t make the front page today. Lots of items related to the war in Ukraine do get headliner treatment from the New York Times.  Poetry readings by soldiers, art “inspired” by the war, dancing and singing parties in Kharkiv basements … Read More