By Jonathan King At the June 11, 2023 Fund Healthcare Not Warfare Forum, attendees heard chilling descriptions of efforts by corporate forces to privatize and monetize health care, both in general hospitals and in the Veterans Administration system. These stories alternated with uplifting accounts of […]
By Ira Helfand The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the flood of nuclear threats that have accompanied that invasion have made it clear that the danger of nuclear war did not end with the Cold War but remains a real and imminent threat to human […]
By Calla Mairead Walsh This article was originally published in Hampton Think. On Tuesday, May 23rd, the State Department reported that Cuba — along with Iran, Syria, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and Venezuela — are not “not cooperating fully” in the United States’ […]
by Cole Harrison MAPA advocates and our allies are pressing the Massachusetts legislature for action this year, with activism around nuclear weapons issues taking the lead. We have filed six bills comprising the Commonwealth Peace and Justice Agenda and are opposing three more, in seven […]
By Nancy Goldner and Rosemary Kean Thousands of public high schools students are enrolled without their consent in Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp (JROTC) classes taught by military veterans, according to a recent New York Times investigation. JROTC enrollment data from more than 200 public […]
by Assaf Kfoury Originally published by The Shape Project Not a day passes without a China-related news item, typically an ominous one. This focus on Chinese matters is perhaps understandable, given China’s sheer size with a population larger than the North American and European populations combined, […]
by Pat Hynes Originally published in LA Progressive A sign hung in a Greenfield, Massachusetts storefront window: “Negotiate for Peace in Ukraine” – the most direct of the many “Peace,” and singular “Make Tea Not War;” “Food For All, Not War; “Books Not War;” “Brew Beer […]
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