By Jonathan King & Richard Krushnic This article was originally published in Truthout. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech failed to discuss a critical matter — the administration’s funding for the upgrading of all three legs of the nuclear weapons triad: Intercontinental Ballistic […]
by Craig Simpson Three days after the Oscar sweep of the Oppenheimer bio movie, Massachusetts Peace Action held a webinar with another side of the story. Oppenheimer the film is not an anti-nuclear weapons film. It is a film about a White male scientist who, […]
By Joseph Gerson This article was originally published in Common Dreams. Since the first reviews of the Oppenheimer film appeared, a question has been floating in the ether: Why don’t we see substantial images of the destruction and victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-Bombs? […]
States Parties to the Nuclear Ban Treaty Gather at UN, Pushing Movement Forward Activists Strategize and Make Crucial Connections by Susan Mirsky & Kathie Malley-Morrison For many of us, participation in the Second Meeting of States Parties (2MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of […]
Edited by Cole Harrison Peace activists in 14 locations across Massachusetts held commemorative events August 6-9 to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed 220,000 people, nearly all civilians, in 1945. The activists also demanded the United […]
Unless this Hollywood film sparks a second nuclear-freeze movement, Congress and the White House will raid the treasury to expand our nuclear arsenal. By Marcy Winograd This piece was originally published in Common Dreams and contains spoilers for the movie Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan. The ground-breaking […]
Whatever one thinks of Christopher Nolan’s powerful and disturbing film Oppenheimer, which opened recently at theaters in Massachusetts, it has sparked widespread discussion about the dangers of nuclear war – discussion which is desperately needed in these dangerous times. Recognizing the opportunity presented, MAPA members […]
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