by Rowan Sporte Ehn The first encounter I had with the student encampments was not actually in-person. I had been scrolling through TikTok when a live stream of the Columbia University encampment appeared on my feed. I stayed and watched for a while as the […]
By Rowan Sporte Ehn On January 25, in a historic first, Alabama executed Kenneth Eugene Smith–an inmate on death row–using nitrogen gas. In 1989 Smith and John Forrest Parker had been found guilty of capital murder for the killing of Elizabeth Sennett. Later, in 1996, […]
by Merri Ansara Members of some 150 national and local organizations, including Mass. Peace Action, called the White House on March 15 and 16 to urge President Biden to remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. The hundreds of callers encountered long waits […]
By Alison Cedarbaum In January of this past year, Massachusetts Peace Action posted an article by Jean Athey, Vice Chair of the Board of Maryland Peace Action, detailing the destruction that has overcome Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover. Athey discussed the economic war waged by […]
by Christian Sorensen A relative few people operating in boardrooms and corporate suites make the decisions that steer the U.S. economy. But what if the workers were in charge instead of the executives? How might the military-industrial complex be put to good use? What technology […]
Roger Waters Responds To Mrs. Olena Zelenska of Ukraine by Roger Waters Mrs. Zelenska’s Sept 5 tweet: It is Russia that invaded Ukraine, destroys cities and kills civilians. Ukrainians defend their land and their children’s future. If we give up – we will not exist […]
by Brian Garvey Those familiar with the music of Roger Waters know that the creative force behind Pink Floyd is an outspoken activist. But just to make sure everyone knew the score going in the performance began with a simple announcement broadcasted over the loudspeakers […]
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