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No New Cold War

Peace in Ukraine protest on Shrewsbury St, Worcester, MA, near Rep. Jim McGovern's office. MAPA photo
No New Cold War

“Tanks? No Thanks”, say Rallies Across Massachusetts, as Biden Escalates War

January 27, 2023 Cole Harrison

About eighty people rallied at six Massachusetts Congressional offices Thursday, January 26, to protest President Biden’s decision to send US Abrams battle tanks to join the fight in Ukraine.   At four of the six offices they met with Congressional staff and turned in letters and […]

ADAZI, LATVIA, JUNE 2016 - U.S. M1 Abrams tanks fire during the "Saber Strike" NATO military exercise. Photo: Karlis Dambrans/Shutterstock
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US Push for Heavy Arms to Ukraine is a Dangerous Escalation

January 27, 2023 Richard Krushnic

by Richard Krushnic Armored fighting vehicles, Patriot missiles, main battle tanks. The red lines keep whizzing by. Ukraine’s military is not faring well in the war with Russia, despite much Western propaganda to the contrary. As cracks are appearing in NATO’s façade of unity, Ukraine’s […]

Soldiers dressed in army camouflage march in formation
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Militarized Japan and the Biden-Kishida Summit Signal Moment in the New Cold War

January 18, 2023 Joseph Gerson

By Joseph Gerson This article was originally published in Common Dreams. Across the Indo-Pacific, as well as in the escalating Ukraine War, humanity stands an accident or miscalculation away from the calamity of nuclear war. “Japan in December adopted a set of three security and […]

Very Rev. Amy McCreath, dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Episcopal), speaks for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine, St. Paul's steps, Dec. 19, 2022 / MAPA photo
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Zelensky, Biden and Congress should Seize This Chance for Peace in Ukraine

January 5, 2023 Cole Harrison

Massachusetts Peace Action joined Massachusetts faith leaders today in calling on President Zelinsky, President Biden, and members of Congress to support a ceasefire in the Ukraine war that could pave the way for a diplomatic settlement. President’ Putin’s announcement of a 36-hour truce followed his […]

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) conducts routine operations May 18, 2021, in the Taiwan Strait. (MC3 Zenaida Roth/Navy)
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Pushing Back Against Pro-War Narratives in the Media

December 9, 2022 Tom Valovic

by Tom Valovic One of the biggest challenges for peace activists at Mass Peace Action and in other organizations is countering the seemingly endless stream of pro-war narratives put out by the mainstream media. During the Vietnam war, the mainstream press did a good job […]

French President Emmanuel Macron waves as he holds US President Joe Biden’s hand onstage during an official State Arrival Ceremony for Macron on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington D.C. (Reuters) French President Emmanuel Macron waves as he holds US President Joe Biden’s hand onstage during an official State Arrival Ceremony for Macron on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington D.C. (Reuters)
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Local to Global: Letter to President Joe Biden

December 5, 2022 Pat Hynes

Originally published in the Greenfield Recorder by Patricia Hynes Dear Joe, Remember the mid-March snowball fight with some boys in our 8th grade class at St Helena’s School in Wilmington, Delaware? The wet snow made for hard, icy snowballs, so I hid my young sister […]

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Washington’s New National Security Strategy: Seeking to Reinforce U.S. Hegemony

November 18, 2022 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Originally published in Common Dreams The catastrophic Ukraine War is about much more than Ukraine. As the recently released U.S. National Security Strategy tells us, “The post-Cold War era is definitely over, and competition is underway between the major powers to shape what […]

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