List of Events
Boston for the Fair Share Amendment!
Calling all Boston area Fair Share Amendment supporters! RSVP to attend our launch of the Fair Share Amendment campaign launching right out of our Roxbury neighborhood! It’s time for million-dollar earners to pay their fair share to support our economic recovery and the public services…
Moral Monday: National Poor People’s Assembly
On June 21, poor people, low wage workers, moral and faith leaders and advocates will gather online from across the nation simultaneously with a socially-distant rally in Raleigh, NC at the state legislature for a mass assembly. The hybrid online/in-person National Poor People’s Assembly will…
Lift The U.S. Blockade On Cuba
On June 23, 2021, the UN general assembly will vote to end the blockade of Cuba. For six decades the US government has imposed an economic, commercial, and financial blockade of Cuba. The blockade has cost the Cuban economy over $700 billion dollars and made…
The Biden-Putin Summit and US-China Cold War: Lawrence Wilkerson
President Joe Biden will meet with President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Geneva on June 16. US-Russia "disarmament discussions have been pushed to the back burner. Instead, treaty compliance disputes have dominated bilateral engagements. Meanwhile, each side is rushing to replace and upgrade its bloated…
Preparations for Nuclear War with China over Taiwan – Then and Now
Daniel Ellsberg has done it again! 50 years after his courageous whistleblowing release of the Pentagon’s secret Vietnam War history, The Pentagon Papers, he has again shaken the nation and the world with a new revelation. It has critically important implications for the new Cold…
End the Travel Ban to North Korea
Since 2017, US citizens have been restricted from traveling to North Korea. The ban prevents Korean Americans from visiting their family members in North Korea, hinders humanitarian organizations from delivering critical assistance, and obstructs US citizens from engaging in people-to-people exchanges and peace-building efforts. This is yet another tragic cost of the unresolved 70-year-old Korean War. Please join us on June 23 for an online…
’48 Palestinians: Popular Resistance for Palestinian Unity
Palestinians who carry Israeli citizenship have played crucial roles in mobilizations in Sheikh Jarrah, where Palestinians face illegal home expulsions. Last month, they organized a major day of strike for dignity and unity for all Palestinians as Israel bombed Gaza. They have also helped to…
Iran’s Election and the State of the Nuclear Deal
Thursday, June 24th 7:00 PM (Eastern Time) Even before President Biden took office in January the peace movement has been adamant: the United States must rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, more commonly referred to as the Iran Nuclear Deal, and it must do…
Pressuring the Nuclear Weapons Profiteers
Divestment, Direct Action, Media, & International Law Register to attend.
For the People Act = The Freedom to Vote!
As the Senate prepares for one of the most consequential weeks in its history as a deliberative body, it has become very clear that unless we, the people, act now, S1: The For the People Act will not be enacted; it will not even be debated as…
The Colombian Strike: A Historical and Political Conversation
Photo by Drew Baldwin On April 28 of 2021, Colombians organized a massive general strike against the neoliberal regime of President Iván Duque, galvanized around his deeply regressive tax reform. The strike, however, has a longer history. Outraged by the ongoing extrajudicial killings of social…
Starting a New Life: A Virtual Fundraiser with Cellist Yo-yo Ma
To benefit Watertown Citizens Refugee Support Group Sunday June 27, 7:30 pm World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma joins the Watertown Citizens Refugee Support Group in support of the group's vital work assisting refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants from all over the world as they seek to…
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War is all around us: The War Industry in Massachusetts
Tuesday June 29th @ 7:00 pm After a brief introduction regarding how the military-industrial-congressional complex functions, Christian will paint a picture of Raytheon’s national reach. Where are its facilities? What does it produce? Christian will then focus on Massachusetts. What does the war industry in general look like…
The 20-Year American War in Afghanistan: A Discussion of its Impact
President Biden says that he is winding down the U.S. role in Afghanistan and that all the troops will be home from America’s longest war by Sept. 11. It’s time for a reckoning. What did the war do to the people of Afghanistan? What was…
Anti-Imperialist Picnic
Are you looking for something different on July 4th? Tired of the red, white, and blues year after year? Consider gathering together for the annual Anti-Imperialist Picnic. Instead of celebrating the founding fathers’ slave republic, military, and imperial conquest, let’s celebrate the resistance to imperialism,…