By Tom Valovic Lament on Gaza “We become what we hate” — William Irwin Thompson The world in turmoil, no respite, no lessons learned. Our cultural amnesia has obliterated the hardest lessons of both deep and recent history. And who are these “leaders” who have […]
by Diana Barlow I. A LAMENT (Haiku in three verses) Always the challenge: In such sad and troubled times, How to speak the Truth? Chaos all around – Gaza Strip has hostages, Blinken to send Aid. Look at History. Does it have to be this […]
by Jonathan King On Sunday, October 8th 2023, Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) members and supporters from all across the state gathered for a warm, lively and uplifting Annual Dinner. The event was hosted by renowned comedian Jimmy Tingle, who brilliantly interwove the anxiety we all […]
The Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College has awarded the 2023 Gandhi-King-Ikeda Community Builder’s Award to Dr. Ira Helfand, a Northampton activist and MAPA member who initiated the Back from the Brink campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons According to Morehouse, […]
by Joseph Gerson and Cole Harrison Massachusetts Peace Action honors Mel King, leader of the peace and justice movement who died at his home on March 28. (Boston Globe obituary) We cannot win peace without the participation of large numbers of people from every walk […]
by Hayat Imam For its annual fundraising dinner this October 15, Mass Peace Action is offering a compelling program that you won’t want to miss! Jared Hicks will be our MC and the evening will highlight a new generation of activists. Also, we are delighted […]
Mark Stahl died of heart failure May 26 at Rhode Island Hospital. Mark was a life long antiwar/peace activist. In the Spring of 1965, he, along with Jerry Rubin, Stephen Smale, and others founded the Vietnam Day Committee in Berkeley, CA. The Vietnam Day Committee […]
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