Middle East Wars
Month: January 2021
Legislation and Policy
Taxpayers’ Right to Know
Taxpayers’ Right to Know AN ACT PROVIDING FEDERAL AND STATE BUDGET INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH This act would send residents of Massachusetts annual reports detailing the total amount of income tax paid to the state and federal governments and what that money was […]
Legislation and Policy
Travel Conflict of Interest
Travel Conflict of Interest (H.3240) A MEASURE TO REDUCE THE INFLUENCE OF MONEY IN STATE POLITICS This act would ban state legislators from accepting all expenses paid trips from lobbying interests, a current loophole in anti-corruption legislation. Assigned to Committee: State Administration & Regulatory Oversight […]
Legislation and Policy
Divest from the Yemen War
Divestment from the Yemen War (S.1735 / H.2636) AN ACT RELATIVE TO PENSION DIVESTMENT FROM COMPANIES SELLING WEAPONS TO THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA This act would divest Massachusetts state pension funds from companies selling weapons to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and thus supporting the […]
Legislation and Policy
Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
The Massachusetts Peace & Justice Network is proposing a package of three bills to protect Massachusetts residents from the existential threat of nuclear weapons. The Back from the Bring Resolution supports those that have signed the treaty and calls on the federal government to pull […]
Legislation and Policy
Commonwealth Peace and Justice Agenda 2021-2022
2021-2022 Commonwealth Peace and Justice Agenda The Massachusetts Peace & Justice Network has partnered with allied legislators to submit a set of bills to the Massachusetts state legislature concerning nuclear disarmament, Yemen, transparency in politics, and the budget. Below are the 7 bills that we […]
Nuclear Disarmament
Massachusetts celebrates the Nuclear Ban Treaty’s Entry Into Force!
by Jerald Ross Massachusetts joined celebrations around the world to recognize the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (1/22/21). From marches, standouts and speeches, from banners and bell ringing from church towers, and with articles and letters in publications […]