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Rally and table with us for Peace in Ukraine

Rally and table with us for Peace in Ukraine

Tue Mar 19 12:00 pm EDT
Join us to demand an end to a U.S. policy to keep the war going despite hundreds of thousands of ...
Robotic Warfare: The Dangerous New Artificial Intelligence Race

Robotic Warfare: The Dangerous New Artificial Intelligence Race

Wed Mar 20 8:00 pm EDT
Wednesday March 20th @ 8pm Pentagon-funded research and development on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in warfare is moving ...
Art & Activism: Zine Edition!

Art & Activism: Zine Edition!

Sat Mar 23 1:00 pm EDT
Boston
We invite you to join us on March 23rd from 1-3 PM for a celebration of Women's History Month, where ...
Music for Peace: Trio Flamecrest with Mia Chung

Music for Peace: Trio Flamecrest with Mia Chung

Sat Mar 23 7:30 pm EDT
Cambridge
This concert marks the second in the 2023-24 Music for Peace series. Virtuoso ensemble Trio Flamecrest, with violinist Jean Huang, violist ...
Weaponizing Anti-Semitism in U.S. Universities and Society

Weaponizing Anti-Semitism in U.S. Universities and Society

Mon Mar 25 7:00 pm EDT
Weaponizing Anti-Semitism in U.S. Universities and Society Monday March 25, 7-8pm We’re living in a McCarthyite era where people who ...
Twin Existential Threats: Combatting Psychic Numbing and Turning your Concern into Action

Twin Existential Threats: Combatting Psychic Numbing and Turning your Concern into Action

Tue Mar 26 4:00 pm EDT
Psychic numbing is a widely known psychological phenomenon, causing us to feel apathetic towards tragedies and looming existential threats. How ...
China, Confucius: Philosophy in the Quest for Peace

China, Confucius: Philosophy in the Quest for Peace

Tue Apr 2 7:00 pm EDT
China, Confucius: Philosophy in the Quest for Peace April 2, 2024 - 7pm EST Presenter: Hanyue Zhang (Elaine), Beijing Runzeyuan ...
MAPA Annual Meeting 2024

MAPA Annual Meeting 2024

Sat Apr 6 12:00 pm EDT
MAPA Annual Meeting 2024 Fascism, Liberalism, and the Assault on Gaza Support Human Needs at Home and Abroad; Not Militarism ...
More Teaching Less Testing - Virtual National Conference

More Teaching Less Testing – Virtual National Conference

Sat Apr 13 2:00 pm EDT
“More Teaching Less Testing” Virtual National Conference, Sat., April 13, 2:00 – 5:30 pm, 2024 Throughout our nation’s history, access ...
Music for Peace: Brahms Birthday Bash

Music for Peace: Brahms Birthday Bash

Sat May 11 7:30 pm EDT
Cambridge
This concert marks the third and final concert of the 2023-2024 Music for Peace series. For our third and final ...

What’s New

We Will Continue to Press Our Representatives to Stop the Genocide in Gaza!

We Will Continue to Press Our Representatives to Stop the Genocide in Gaza!

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On March 7th, Massachusetts Peace Action organized rallies across the state in each congressional district to press our representatives on their complicity in the genocide in Gaza. Over 100 people protested at various representatives’ offices to pressure the U.S. government to meet our demands: support a permanent ceasefire, reinstate UNRWA … Read More
Finding Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the Oppenheimer Film

Finding Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the Oppenheimer Film

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Since the first reviews of the Oppenheimer film appeared, a question has been floating in the ether: Why don’t we see substantial images of the destruction and victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-Bombs?  Days before the Academy Awards, I had the opportunity to learn the answers to that question … Read More
60,000 Massachusetts Voters Say "No Preference"

60,000 Massachusetts Voters Say “No Preference”

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On March 5, our No Preference MA campaign not only met but exceeded our expectations in ways we couldn’t have imagined. We achieved an extraordinary number of “No Preference” votes that speaks volumes about our collective power and determination. Drawing inspiration from Michigan’s efforts, No Preference MA rapidly evolved into a coalition of organizations such … Read More
Make Your Vote Count!  Vote “No Preference” March 5

Make Your Vote Count!  Vote “No Preference” March 5

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With the MA Primary Election approaching on Tuesday, March 5th, we can use our votes to express our discontent with President Biden’s stance on the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The staggering death toll in Gaza has now exceeded 30.000- the majority being women and children. In light of the escalating … Read More
Ceasefire Now march Nov. 12 protested MIT's penalties against student protesters. Photo: Catherine Hoffman

Students Need Support, Not Punishment

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By Grace Sanford Colleges and universities have been melting pots for youth activism since the 1960’s with the outburst of protests against the Vietnam War. This trend has continued with the October 7th attacks in Israel, escalating tensions between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine supporters on college campuses. However university administrators are … Read More
Experimental Execution: Taking a Step Back in Alabama

Experimental Execution: Taking a Step Back in Alabama

By Rowan Sporte Ehn On January 25, in a historic first, Alabama executed Kenneth Eugene Smith–an inmate on death row–using nitrogen gas. In 1989 Smith and John Forrest Parker had been found guilty of capital murder for the killing of Elizabeth Sennett. Later, in 1996, Smith was retried and once … Read More