Tigrayans and supporters rallied in downtown Boston April 7 calling for peace, an end to starvation and rape as tactics of war, and calling for US actions to stop the war. Paul Shannon photo
Middle East Wars

Tigray Urgently Needs Peace

by Sunny Robinson Concerned people in the U.S. should be gravely concerned about the humanitarian disaster and the wide spread hunger and starvation in Tigray Province, Ethiopia.   In the strongest possible terms and with the greatest sense of urgency, the U.S. should use its voice […]

Iman Saleh (with drum) on hunger strike  in Washington D.C. to protest the blockade and war against Yemen; seated next to her is Rep. Ilhan Omar. Hassan El-Tayyab photo
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Hunting in Yemen

by Kathy Kelly “It’s not normal for people to live like this,” says Iman Saleh, now on her twelfth day of a hunger strike demanding an end to war in Yemen. Since March 29th, in Washington, D.C., Iman Saleh, age 26, has been on a […]

Bush's War. Illustration courtesy of Sallie Latch
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Blood for Oil

by Kathy Kelly Amid the ongoing horror, it’s important to find ways to atone for war crimes —including reparations. Thirty years ago, when the United States launched Operation Desert Storm against Iraq, I was a member of the Gulf Peace Team. We were 73 people from fifteen […]

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Withdrawing Troops from Afghanistan

This article was updated on April 14th, 2021 to reflect new developments by Val Moghadam and the Massachusetts Peace Action’s Middle East Working Group For nearly two decades, MAPA has called for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. We continue to call for a complete […]