by Nick Mottern This article originally appeared in Informed Comment. (Special to Informed Comment) – The basic conclusion that I came to after reading Pat Hynes’ “Hope, But Demand Justice” is this: If we humans are to survive, women must achieve decisive roles in governments, on an […]
by Hayat Imam These remarks were delivered at the Tax Day March and Rally against Boston Financiers of Raytheon on April 19th, 2022 Our military budget is a scandal. It is 54% of our discretionary spending, a staggering $740 billion dollars. This is more money […]
Contacts: Chloe Steele, chloebs322@gmail.com, 210-529-4449 Noble Larson, nlarson617@gmail.com, Louise Coleman, 617-817-6706 When: Monday, May 2nd @ 11:30am Where: Representative Katherine Clark’s Malden Office (157 Pleasant St, Malden) Our Message: Activists will gather at Rep. Clark’s office to ask her to take the human rights and […]
The House of Representatives May 10 approved $40 billion of aid to Ukraine 368-57. All Democrats and all Massachusetts representatives voted yes. Massachusetts Peace Action’s executive director, Cole Harrison, issued the following statement: Yesterday, previously antiwar Democrats who should know better have uncritically embraced the […]
Contacts: Chloe Steele, chloebs322@gmail.com, 210-529-4449 Pat Westwater-Jong, westwaterp@gmail.com, 978-621-4153 Louise Coleman, 617-817-670 Over 30 activists gathered outside Senator Warren’s and Senator Markey’s office at the JFK Federal Building on Tuesday, May 9th. The goal, was to “Stand with the six” Palestinian Human Rights Organizations that […]
by Yoav Elinevsky On Friday, May 6, 2022, more than a dozen peace activists from Western Massachusetts held a protest outside Congressman Jim McGovern ‘s office in Northampton, demanding freedom for Julian Assange and Alex Saab. Julian Assange was arrested in 2019 at the Ecuadorian embassy […]
“Each day now, the war in Ukraine is moving step by step toward a nuclear confrontation between the U.S. and Russia” claim the organizers of 3 peace rallies in Massachusetts Boston, May 7 — Today concerned Massachusetts and Rhode Island residents in Boston, Fall River, […]
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