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SUMMARY:From U.S. Sanctions to Medical Solidarity: Standing with Cuba
DESCRIPTION:June 14 – 3 to 5 pm – Community Church of Boston\, 565 Boylston St\nFrom Cuba to Calabria – Documentary from Belly of the Beast\nDr. Tanalis Padilla\, researching and writing book on Cuba’s international missions\nLeah Hastings & Eric Ross – Just returned from May Day in Cuba
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/from-u-s-sanctions-to-medical-solidarity-standing-with-cuba/
LOCATION:Community Church of Boston\, 565 Boylston St\, Boston\, 02116
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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SUMMARY:No Fear with Street Theater
DESCRIPTION:Join the new protest group\, “No Fear Street Theater” for weekly protests on Saturdays starting October 11th from 11am to 1pm. Stand up for immigrants two blocks from the Burlington ICE office. All are welcomed and encouraged to support our immigrant community. The protests will be held at Burlington Mall Rd. at District Avenue.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-fear-with-street-theater/2026-06-13/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America,Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T110000
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SUMMARY:Justice 4 All Thursdays
DESCRIPTION:Via Turn Purple 2 Blue:\n\nGreater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) invites you to stand in solidarity with immigrants and resistance to ICE and their cruel and lawless detention of our neighbors Thursdays from 11am-1pm. Regardless of any other political views\, you are welcome to join us and demand Justice 4 All so long as you do so non-violently. \nOur friends at Bearing Witness have been hosting gatherings at this location for many weeks. We are an unaffiliated group\, but very much aligned with their values and mission. Our goal is to add to the total number of hours that citizens stand in non-violent opposition to the deplorable detainment conditions at this location. If you have been to Bearing Witness on Wednesdays\, we would love to have you at Justice 4 All Thursdays. \nSchedule (Starting Thursday\, September 4 – more dates to follow) \n11:00-11:30 Welcome; music; announcements\n11:30-12:30 Stand with signs along District Ave\n12:30-1:00 Optional short march down to Mall Rd. \nWhat happens at this ICE office? \nICE personnel depart from District Ave. in unmarked vans with tinted windows on missions to abduct immigrants across New England. Immigrants may also show up at the office for appointments. The facility on District Ave was never intended to be a detention center\, yet immigration lawyers and media interviews reveal that people are now being housed here in conditions that have been called “abysmal” and “unsanitary.” \nWhat to expect at Justice 4 All? \nWe are committed to nonviolence\, and we stand peacefully with signs outside the facility. We do not block the entrance\, we do not physically approach ICE agents as they walk to/from the parking lot\, and we do not block traffic on District Ave. \nSigns \nThis is a very targeted action outside the ICE facility\, so it’s not the venue for protesting other causes. Even though we care deeply about other issues\, while outside ICE we must remain focused on immigration.  \nParking and other tips \nFor parking\, please use the Macy’s overflow lot (75 Burlington Mall Road\, follow signs for Macy’s\, see map). For those with mobility challenges\, please keep in mind that the lots closest to ICE — the FAA lot beside ICE and the BAE Systems lot directly across the street from ICE — have both been blocked off. There are restaurants nearby (Clover\, Pressed Cafe\, Chipotle) to get food and use the bathroom. Before arriving\, please consider your own self-preservation (citizenship status) and self-care (sunscreen\, hydration\, etc.)
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/justice-4-all-thursdays/2026-06-11/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T110000
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SUMMARY:Bearing Witness @ ICE
DESCRIPTION:Join Bearing Witness @ ICE outside the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) New England Headquarters office in Burlington\, next to the Burlington Mall\, every Wednesday from 11am-1pm. \nStand with us in solidarity to show our love & support\, express our shame at ICE\, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government. Regardless of your views on any other political issues\, if you support immigrants and their constitutional rights and are committed to nonviolence\, join us. \nSchedule (every Wednesday) \n\n11:00-11:30\, Welcome and announcements\n11:30-12:30\, Stand or sit with signs; option to read the U.S. Constitution to ICE\n12:30-1:00\, Short walk along the sidewalk on District Ave to Mall Road\n\nNOTE: Please sign up for our email list as we may cancel due to severe weather or other circumstances. \nIf you’re never attended a standout and are curious about signs\, parking and more\, click The Standout
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/bearing-witness-ice/2026-06-10/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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SUMMARY:U.S. Policy of Regime Change in Cuba
DESCRIPTION:Peace & Justice Conversations \n \nJoin us to review the history of hostility and potential in U.S.-Cuba relations. Peter Kornbluh and William LeoGrande will help us to better understand Washington’s current economic warfare that has created a dire humanitarian crisis for the Cuban people and how it may evolve into more direct U.S. military attacks against the island nation. \nPeter Kornbluh is a senior analyst at the National Security Archive and the director of the Archive’s Cuba Documentation Project. He is a contributor to The Nation\, Foreign Policy\, Responsible Statecraft\, Cigar Aficionado and other media outlets. He is a co-author\, with William M. LeoGrande\, of Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana. Kornbluh is also the author of The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability. \nWilliam M. LeoGrande is a professor emeritus of government and former dean of the American University School of Public Affairs. He is a specialist in Latin American politics and U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America and has been a frequent adviser to government and private sector agencies. Professor LeoGrande previously worked on staff for the Democratic Policy Committee of the U.S. Senate. His articles have appeared in various international and national journals\, magazines and newspapers. He has written five books\, the latest being Back Channel to Cuba. \nSponsored by New Hampshire Peace Action\, cosponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action \nEmail doreen@nhpeaceaction.org if you don’t receive the Zoom link after RSVP’ing. \nAbout NHPA’s bi-weekly Zoom Peace & Justice Conversation Series: 2020’s upheavals brought us to a new moment of reckoning and possibility. How do we want to live in the world? What do we value? How can we make the changes we’ve been yearning for? NH Peace Action has been engaged in working for change for decades. We’d like to bring you into these conversations about issues and options for the future. There is no charge to attend\, but your contributions in any amount are greatly appreciated.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/u-s-policy-of-regime-change-in-cuba/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260529T190000
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SUMMARY:Cuba After Castro
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a unique opportunity to learn about what really is happening in Cuba and just who the top leader of the country is.   Massachusetts Peace Action is holding an exclusive showing of the film\, “Cuba After Castro”\, to be followed by a discussion facilitated by me\, Merri Ansara\, just returned from many months in Cuba.   \nMonths before NBC and Kristen Welker made popular headlines with their interview with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canal\, Abby Martin and Matt Belen with Breakthrough News made their nterview with President Diaz-Canal\,  an indepth view beyond trite headlines and questions like “will you step down\,” revealing more fully who he actually is and represents and what actually is going on in Cuba.   \nThe first leader of Cuba born after the Cuban Revolution\, President Diaz-Canal came into office confronting a perfect storm of intensified U.S. sanctions\, a media war\, a devastating pandemic\, and historic domestic protests. Díaz-Canel reflects on navigating these existential crises for the nation he has come to lead.  \nMiguel Diaz-Canal was nominated by and succeeds Raul Castro\, last of the Castros to hold power in Cuba. Now Raul Castro has been indicted by the United States for a fatal incident in 1996 when 2 American planes piloted by Cuban Americans from Miami\, flew right into Cuban airspace despite many warnings to the U.S. from Cuba. \nBased on the indictment of Raul Castro\, reminiscent of the kidnapping of Venezuela’s President Maduro\, the United States is threatening to invade Cuba\, making it more of an imperative than ever to understand what is happening in Cuba\, and just who the President of this country is. \nJoin us for the film and for a discussion at Mass Peace Action in Cambridge May 29\, 7:00 pm.. Sign up to attend.  
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/cuba-after-castro-2/
LOCATION:St James Place – Parish Hall\, 1991 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260523T120000
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SUMMARY:Emergency Rally for Cuba
DESCRIPTION:Emergency: The Trump administration has just indicted Raul Castro and five other Cubans – possibly a move leading to another military operation to kidnap them\, following in the steps of the Maduro Abduction in Venezuela. And the danger of all out military action against Cuba hangs over the heads of the Cuban People. \nSign up to let us know you’ll be there — or to register your organization as a cosponsor. \nDownload and Print our Stop Trump’s Threats against Cuba pamphlet \nInitiated by MAPA\, cosponsored by July 26 Coalition.  Cosponsors list in formation
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/emergency-rally-for-cuba/
LOCATION:Park St Station\, Park & Tremont Streets\, Boston
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T174500
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SUMMARY:Cuba after Castro
DESCRIPTION:Cuba in the Valley Film Series \nNBC and Kristen Welker made popular headlines with their interview of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canal Bermudez and cynical questions such as “will you step down”\, also claiming their interview was “first” and “exclusive”. \nBut just days before Welker and NBC came  Abby Martin\, Matt Belen and Breakthrough News with an interview with Pres Diaz-Canal revealing who he actually is and represents and what actually is going on in Cuba. \nThe film chronicles Diaz-Canel’s formation as the first and to some an unexpected successor to the Castros — an unassuming organizer molded by the revolutionary process\, the first leader born after the Cuban Revolution. Confronting a perfect storm of intensified U.S. sanctions\, a media war\, a devastating pandemic\, and historic domestic protests. Díaz-Canel reflects on navigating these existential crises for the nation he has come to lead.  \nThrough his eyes and words we see a vision of revolutionary Cuba that you don’t get in the US press: a nation of collective values and defiance in the face of constant threats from the United States.  \nSponsored by Easthampton Public Library\, cosponsored by MAPA
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/cuba-after-castro/
LOCATION:Easthampton Library Annex\, 52 Main St\, Easthampton\, MA\, 01027
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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SUMMARY:Venezuela: What Really Happened January 3? What is Happening Now?
DESCRIPTION:Two leading activists and former members of the Bolivarian government will speak to these questions\, and then answer yours as we continue to build a movement to support the Bolivarian Revolution\, the Venezuelan people\, and the President of that country\, kidnapped and held for ransom. \nMicaela Ovelar\, former political advisor to President Hugo Chavez and currently professor of Political Studies\, Government and International Relations at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela\, as well as a member of the “State and Social Protests” Study Group at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela; the “Social Movements and Rural and Urban Education” Study and Research Group at the State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB)\, Brazil; and serves on the Editorial Board of the journal *Práticas Educativas\, Memórias e Oralidades* (Revpemo) at the Federal University of Ceará (UECE)\, Fortaleza\, Brazil. \nLeonardo Flores\, Venezuelan-American political analyst and activist with CODEPINK. He is a founding member of the Venezuela Solidarity Network and worked as a consultant with the Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect. His articles have been published in CounterPunch\, Common Dreams\, and Peoples Dispatch\, among others. Leonardo’s media appearances include Democracy Now\, Telesur\, RT and Pacifica Network radio stations. \nRegister to attend: \n \nSponsored by MAPA Education Fund; cosponsored by CODEPINK
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/venezuela-what-happened-january-3/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T200000
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SUMMARY:Cuba Under Siege:  What Happens Next?
DESCRIPTION:Rafael Hernández\, leading scholar of both Cuban politics and Cuba-US relations takes on the question of the outlook and options for Cuba in the face of the US all out siege and oil blockade.  How long can Cuba hold out?  What is the nature of the crisis internally?  What are the plans and prospects for the Cuban government in the face of this dire situation? \nHernández is a Cuban writer\, scholar and political analyst. He is the editor of Revista Temas\, the leading Cuban magazine in the social sciences and the humanities\, temas.cult.cu\, with its blog Catelejo\, a space for other well known Cuban intellectuals\, with articles such as the recent\, Is Cuba Collapsing\, by Marta Nuñez. He leads a monthly gathering\, Ultimo Jueves\, which brings together intellectuals\, academics and ordinary Cubans to discuss and debate the pressing issues of the day.  His publications include several books and essays on Cuban and U.S. policies\, inter-American relations\, international security\, migration\, Cuban culture\, civil society and politics\, including Looking at Cuba: Essays on Culture and Civil Society (2001)\, The Other War: Studies on Strategy and International Security (2000)\, The History of Havana (2006) and Shall We Play Ball? Debating U.S.-Cuban Relations (2011). \n \nMerri Ansara\, moderator\, is the coordinator of the Cuba Subcommittee in MAPA’s Latin America/Caribbean Working Group (LA/CWG) . She has just returned from the Nuestra America convoy to Cuba. \nSponsored by MAPA Education Fund\, cosponsored by CodePink and by HotHouse: the Center for International Exhibition and Performance. \n \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/cuba-under-siege-what-happens-next/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T174500
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SUMMARY:Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up
DESCRIPTION:Boats of armed Cuban Americans trying to land in Cuba like a little Bay of Piglets.  Trump cutting off all oil and threatening military action “I can do anything I want with the Island”.  Threatening countries in the Caribbean with who knows what if they use Cuba’s medical services.  And calling Cuba a terrorist and hostile country. Who’s the terrorist?\n\nThe inimitable Saul Landau with his partner Danny Glover\, take on the question in this 1 hour film:  Will the Real Terrorist Stand Up.  Then we will have a discussion — including a report back on the Nuestra America Convoy that just went to Cuba from 36 countries with some 500 people\, including 150 people from the US\, and several tons of medical aid delivered to hospitals and clinics.  Hope you can come.  And please take this action to tell Congress to pass this resolution forbidding Trump to take military action without consulting Congress.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/will-the-real-terrorist-please-stand-up/
LOCATION:Easthampton Library Annex\, 52 Main St\, Easthampton\, MA\, 01027
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T120000
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SUMMARY:End Trump's Oil blockade of Cuba
DESCRIPTION:A call for help tabling and petition gathering for Cuba this Saturday at noon at Park street station \nThis Saturday the international flotilla in solidarity with Cuba arrives for a big solidarity action in Havana. (They are delivering a significant amount of aid as well) Some of us are hoping to have an event in Boston in solidarity with those events in Cuba. Would you be available for a tabling/standout/leafleting event at Boston Common at noon. We hope to have at least a handful of people collecting signatures on our petition calling for an end to Trump’s oil blockade which has cast the island into darkness some or all of the time and is causing great harm to Cuba’s people. \nOf course there is so much going on. but some of us thought that a Cuba solidarity action at this time when Trump is determined to overthrow Cuba’s government is very much in order and when a big solidarity action is taking place in Cuba itself. Please join us on Saturday at noon. If you have any questions call Paul Shannon at 617-623-5288 and leave a message.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/end-trumps-oil-blockade-of-cuba/
LOCATION:outside the T station at the corner of Park and Tremont\, Downtown Boston\, Tremont St & Park Street &\, Winter St\, Boston\, MA 02108\, boston\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260214T120000
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SUMMARY:Stop Trump’s Oil Blockade of Cuba
DESCRIPTION:Rally on Saturday\, February 14\nOutside Park Street Station\, Boston\n12 Noon to 1:15pm\nThis rally takes place during the worst crisis Cuba has ever faced as Trump is making sure no oil can reach Cuba. On January 29 he signed an executive order declaring a national emergency because of the alleged imminent threat that Cuba poses to our national security!! (The president seems to get a kick out of making up the most outrageous stories possible). In response to this “threat” he is placing significant tariffs on all goods from any country who dares to sell Cuba oil. \nOnce implemented this oil blockade means Cuba would be out of fuel by the end of this month. We will also raise our voices against even more draconian attacks on Cuba that could be coming soon. \nNow that Venezuelan oil is no longer available to Cuba\, we must support the efforts of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to find a way to sell some of its oil to the island nation. Cuba. As she says\, “The problem we have now is that the United States said it will impose tariffs on any country that sells to Cuba” \nGiven the energy shortages that already exist in Cuba and the hardship primarily caused by 6 decades of embargo\, such an oil blockade guarantees starvation and widespread loss of life in Cuba. Electricity\, hospitals\, agricultural machinery and transportation will no longer be able to function. The president’s strategy is clear: to provoke a level of misery so profound that it leads to civil unrest and the toppling of the Cuban Government. \nBut this blockade of Cuban oil does not take place in a vacuum. By now it is clear that president Trump will do whatever he wants to get his way. He will destroy people\, universities\, cultural institutions and countries to further his ambitions for power and personal wealth. He wages war abroad and war against our rights at home with the same playbook of division\, extortion\, deprivation\, and fear. The people of Minneapolis and the people of Cuba may have more in common than they know – united as they are by a common enemy and a common vision of human solidarity. \nCuba may be Trump’s enemy. But it is not ours. Join us at noon on Valentines Day outside Park Street Station in downtown Boston to let the world know this basic reality. \nSponsored by the statewide “No War on Venezuela Network” and Massachusetts Peace Action \nFor Information call 617-354-2169
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/stop-trumps-oil-blockade-of-cuba/
LOCATION:Boston Common\, near Park Street Station\, Park St and Tremont St\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260125T180000
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SUMMARY:ICE out of our Cities
DESCRIPTION:Register here: https://bit.ly/466rwUf
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ice-out-of-our-cities/
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260124T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260124T170000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20260116T051934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T051934Z
UID:10003838-1769266800-1769274000@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:Film Showing: "The Next Dream.” Temporary Protected Status
DESCRIPTION:Join us on January 24\, from 3-5 at Boston Community Church to watch « The Next Dream »\, a documentary  about the history of the TPS Program and what is at stake with its defense and the need for a path to Citizenship. \nLike in the past\, and to-day more then ever\, its need has come out of the policies of our Government\, defending dictatorships or promoting economic policies that starve democracies. El Salvador and Venezuela are just a few examples. \nHear from those directly affected and discuss ways we can support them.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/film-showing-the-next-dream-temporary-protected-status/
LOCATION:Community Church of Boston\, 565 Boylston St\, Boston\, 02116
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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ORGANIZER;CN="Boston CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador)":MAILTO:boston@cispes.org
GEO:42.3506456;-71.0763255
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Community Church of Boston 565 Boylston St Boston 02116;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=565 Boylston St:geo:-71.0763255,42.3506456
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260117T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260117T170000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20260116T003032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T003032Z
UID:10003837-1768662000-1768669200@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:Hands off Venezuela!
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/hands-off-venezuela-2/
LOCATION:Lincoln Square\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260117T140000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20260116T002856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260117T063441Z
UID:10003836-1768651200-1768658400@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:No Wars. No ICE. No Kings.
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-wars-no-ice-no-kings/
LOCATION:Government Center\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
GEO:42.3600825;-71.0588801
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260117T130000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20260116T001820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T202851Z
UID:10003835-1768651200-1768654800@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:Hands off Venezuela
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/hands-off-venezuela/
LOCATION:Greenfield Town Common\, Court Square\, Greenfield\, MA\, 01301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
GEO:42.5875055;-72.6008978
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Greenfield Town Common Court Square Greenfield MA 01301 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Court Square:geo:-72.6008978,42.5875055
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260114T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260114T213000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20260113T191446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T001148Z
UID:10003834-1768420800-1768426200@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:US Aggression towards Venezuela and its Repercussions for Latin America (a WIRN webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Wedenesday January 14th @ 8PM\n \nThe recent U.S. military attacks and threats on Venezuela are just its latest acts of war on its southern neighbor. Since the rise of Hugo Chavez\, there have been coup attempts\, sanctions\, subversive support of the right-wing opposition\, theft of financial assets\, and the widespread dissemination of lies and propaganda portraying Venezuela as a threat to the U.S. But now\, the Trump regime appears more determined than ever to bring about regime change in this country that has the largest proven reserves of oil in the world. \nThe danger of this U.S aggression is not just to the people of Venezuela\, but to the rest of Latin America as well\, especially to the targeted nations of Cuba\, Nicaragua\, and Colombia. The U.S.\, under the banner of the Monroe Doctrine\, considers all of Latin America its sphere of influence and means to reinvigorate its dominance and exploitation of natural resources there. Capturing Venezuela would be a jewel in the imperial crown\, but it would also inevitably lead to more and more neo-colonization throughout the hemisphere. \n \nSpeakers: \nJohn Perry\, based in Nicaragua\, is with the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition and writes for the Grayzone\, London Review of Books\, FAIR\, Covert Action and elsewhere \nRoger Harris taught political science at a Historically Black College in Mississippi in the late 1960s and was involved in the civil rights movement and community organizing in East Harlem\, New York City. He is a co-founder of the Venezuela Solidarity Network and was an election accompanier for the last presidential election in Venezuela. Roger is on the state central committee of the California Peace and Freedom Party and on the board of the human rights organization\, the Task Force on the Americas. He is on the program committee of the Marxist Forum and on the secretariat of the US Peace Council. He is active in the SanctionsKill campaign and the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition. His political writings may be regularly found at Counterpunch\, LA Progressive\, Antiwar.com\, Venezuelanalysis\, and the Orinoco Tribune.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/us-aggression-towards-venezuela-and-its-repercussions-for-latin-america-a-wirn-webinar/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Latin America,Raytheon Antiwar Campaign
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260110T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260110T160000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20260109T160745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260109T160745Z
UID:10003832-1768053600-1768060800@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:Justice for Renee Good - ICE out of Massachusetts
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/justice-for-renee-good-ice-out-of-massachusetts/
LOCATION:JFK Federal Building\, Cambridge St at Sudbury St\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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GEO:42.3608662;-71.0613163
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=JFK Federal Building Cambridge St at Sudbury St Boston MA 02108 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Cambridge St at Sudbury St:geo:-71.0613163,42.3608662
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260110T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260110T140000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20260109T151831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260109T151831Z
UID:10003831-1768046400-1768053600@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:No War at Home\, No War Abroad
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-war-at-home-no-war-abroad/
LOCATION:Massachusetts State House\, 24 Beacon St\, Boston
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
GEO:42.3576617;-71.0636163
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Massachusetts State House 24 Beacon St Boston;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=24 Beacon St:geo:-71.0636163,42.3576617
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260103T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260103T170000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20260103T152248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260103T164522Z
UID:10003828-1767452400-1767459600@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:Stop Regime Change War on Venezuela!
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, January 3rd @ 3pm\nOutside Park Street station in Boston\nNorthampton Town Hall\nHolyoke Veterans Memorial Park\nPresident Trump’s illegal acts of war against Venezuela are a violation of US\, military\, and international law. The United States has been engaged in a carefully orchestrated series of ever-increasing provocations against Venezuela culminating in the bombing of Caracas and the abduction of the Venezuelan president and his wife. \nThe US government started with attacks on small fishing boats and murdered the survivors of the attacks. It went farther\, seizing an oil tanker and bringing it to a US port\, planning to steal the oil.  The Trump administration has now unilaterally launched a regime change war against Venezuela \nWe Demand: \n\nNo to Regime Change\nNo to Decapitation\nNo to Military Attack\nBring our Forces Home\nGet the CIA out of Venezuela\n\nJoin us Saturday\, January 3rd\, at 3:00 PM at Park Street Station\, Northampton Town Hall\, and Holyoke’s Veterans Memorial Park to rally against war. \nThis is urgent. Our country is moving towards authoritarianism so quickly that we must oppose it with like speed.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/stop-regime-change-war-on-venezuela/
LOCATION:Park Street Station\, Tremont St and Park Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
GEO:42.356509;-71.0620091
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251220T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251220T140000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20251219T070918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251219T180930Z
UID:10003821-1766235600-1766239200@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:Stop Trump’s Blockade of Venezuela
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 20th @ 1pm\nOutside Park Street station in Boston\nJoin us Saturday\, December 20\, at 1:00 PM at Park Street Station to rally\nagainst war.\nOn Tuesday President Trump proclaimed “I am ordering a Total and Complete Blockade of all sanctioned Oil Tankers going into and out of Venezuela…Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada every assembled in the history of South America. It will only get bigger\, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before.” \nThe Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court clearly defines “the blockade of the ports or coasts of a State by the armed forces of another State” as an act of aggression. This proclamation is an act of war. In response Venezuela’s government ordered its navy to escort tankers from port\, escalating the risk of confrontation (Boston Globe Dec. 18). \nThis blockade is only the latest U.S. provocation that includes murdering 95 civilians in boats off South America’s coast (Deliberately killing 2 survivors of these attacks while in the water); declaring a No Fly Zone over all Venezuelan airspace; and last week seizing an oil tanker carrying Venezuelan oil on the high seas. President Trump has told us that these attacks are only the beginning. \nThese provocations are backed up by a vast war armada\, equipped with the most modern missiles and bombers\, sitting off Venezuela’s coast\, In addition 15\,000 U.S. soldiers on those ships and in Puerto Rico are ready to invade at a moment’s notice. \nWith the situation getting more dangerous by the day\, the goal of the rally is to call on everyone to do what they can to prevent war. \nJoin us to Demand: \n\nAn immediate end to the Blockade of Venezuela’s ports\nEnding Trump’s piracy of oil tankers on the high seas.\nStopping all executions of civilians in small boats off the coast of South America\n\nAnd most important\, withdraw all the U.S. warships and weapons from the coast of Venezuela and bring our sailors\, airmen and marines home for the holidays where they belong.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/stop-trumps-blockade-of-venezuela/
LOCATION:Park Street Station\, Tremont St and Park Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
GEO:42.356509;-71.0620091
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251214T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251214T150000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20251124T191527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T192106Z
UID:10003811-1765717200-1765724400@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:The Making of Revolutionary Feminism in El Salvador
DESCRIPTION:Sunday December 14\, 1-3 PM\nCambridge Main Library\n449 Broadway\, Cambridge\nU.Mass. history and gender professor Diana Sierra Becerra is a popular educator and historian. As a former undocumented immigrant\, she is committed to building powerful movements. She has written the history of how women in El Salvador shaped the theory and practice of the revolutionary Left. \nBUILD POPULAR FEMINIST POWER \nFree and Open to the Public.  Books will be available. \nTO DONATE \nhttps://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/solidarity-and-justice-donations \nor  Checks  to “Cambridge Peaceworks”\, 67 Pleasant St #1\, Cambridge\, MA 02139 \nmore information\,  email:  cambridgeelsalvador@gmail.com \nDiana Sierra Becerra will present her new book\, The Making of Revolutionary Feminism in El Salvador. It’s a history of daring women who organized one of the most combative labor movements in the Americas\, took up arms to survive US-financed terror\, and braided women’s liberation and socialism. \nSalvadoran women who participated in the revolutionary organizations of the 1970s and 1980s will join the conversation. Their efforts to build feminist popular power has important strategic lessons in an age of growing fascism.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-making-of-revolutionary-feminism-in-el-salvador/
LOCATION:Cambridge Main Library\, 449 Broadway\, Cambridge
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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GEO:42.3733151;-71.1111006
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Cambridge Main Library 449 Broadway Cambridge;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=449 Broadway:geo:-71.1111006,42.3733151
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T140000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20251212T012047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T012235Z
UID:10003818-1765630800-1765634400@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:No War with Venezuela!
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 13 @ 1pm\nOutside Park Street station in Boston\nPresident Trump’s provocative acts towards Venezuela and the attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea are against military and international law. The United States has been engaged in a carefully orchestrated series of ever-increasing provocations against Venezuela. Our military started with attacks on small fishing boats\, claiming that they were trying to transport drugs. It escalated its attacks to include bombing the survivors of the attacks. This week they went farther\, seizing an oil tanker and bringing it to a US port\, planning to steal the oil.  Trump’s administration WANTS a war against Venezuela and is working hard to provoke it. We say \n\nNo to Regime Change\nNo to Decapitation\nNo to Military Attack\nBring our Forces Home\nGet the CIA out of Venezuela\n\nJoin us Saturday\, December 13\, at 1:00 PM at Park Street Station to rally against war. \nThis is urgent. Our country is moving towards war so quickly that we must oppose it equally quickly.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-war-with-venezuela/
LOCATION:Park Street Station\, Tremont St and Park Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
GEO:42.356509;-71.0620091
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251129T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251129T130000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20251124T162208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T162304Z
UID:10003810-1764421200-1764421200@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:No War on Venezuela
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-war-on-venezuela/
LOCATION:Northampton City Hall\, 210 Main\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T194500
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20251027T185520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251028T180717Z
UID:10003787-1762191900-1762199100@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:Eyes of the Rainbow: Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Monday\, Nov. 3\, 5:45 pm\, at the Easthampton Library Annex\, 52 Main Street for the 2nd installment in our monthly film & discussion series\, Cuba in the Valley. This month’s film is Eyes of the Rainbow\, a documentary by noted Cuban filmmaker Gloria Rolando about the life of Assata Shakur\, the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army leader\, who escaped prison\, proclaiming her innocence\, and then spent the rest of her life in Cuba. She died in September 2025. The film takes place in 1997\, when she had been in exile in Cuba for 15 years. Director Rolando says:  “In the struggle of the African American people\, many women’s voices in the past and the present have always called for social justice\, women who throughout the years have shown integrity and firmness in their principles.” This is the voice\, she says\, of Assata Shakur.  Who was Assata?  How did she come to be in Cuba?  Why did she choose Cuba?  And why did the United States place her as a focal point in their demands for normalizing relations with Cuba and punish Cuba for not surrendering her? How is it that Assata became such a legend\, in the US and in Cuba? In Eyes of the Rainbow\, the film interweaves Assata’s story with her spiritual connection to the Yoruba Orisha Oya\, an Afro-Cuban goddess\, underlining the importance of culture and religion as well as politics in the African Diaspora and liberation struggle. The film is primarily in English\, subtitled when in Spanish\, and still incredibly relevant to the U.S. and Cuba of today.  \nAgustin Lao-Montes\, professor in the W.E.B. DuBois African American Studies Department at UMass Amherst and noted activist and scholar in the Afrodescendent movements of the U.S.\, Cuba and the Caribbean will lead a post film discussion bringing these connections together. 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/eyes-of-the-rainbow-film-screening/
LOCATION:Easthampton Library Annex\, 52 Main St\, Easthampton\, MA\, 01027
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T190000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20251007T174326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T174359Z
UID:10003777-1760158800-1760209200@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:Burlington Bastion of Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Via Mass 50501: \nWe are a Bastion of Democracy!\nThe constitution is as powerful as the number of voices willing to speak out to uphold it. \nJoin us on Saturday\, October 11th for a peaceful standout from 5am-7pm in front of the Burlington ICE facility. \nOn October 11th\, Americans from all walks of life will come together in Burlington to stand in joy\, resolution\, and solidarity outside the Burlington ICE facility to support and defend the constitution of the United States. We will start gathering at 5am and we will remain until 7pm. Some courageous attendees will be there the whole time\, and many more will come and go as they are able. \nEach attendee will have the option to recite the civil servant oath of office as a form of dedication to their personal role in this standout. Come with your songs\, your spirit\, and your unbending will to speak out on behalf of our constitution. Together we will be an unshakeable voice saying in unison that we will not abandon our shared ideals. Together we will be a bastion of democracy. \nWe ride at dawn! \nJoin Mass 50501 and their coalition partners in a peaceful standout. Bring water\, snacks\, a chair if you’d like one\, and anything else you may need to stand outside for an extended period of time. Bring your signs to “Support and Defend the Constitution”\, and bring signs citing your favorite parts of the constitution itself. Come to meet other honorable and dedicated Americans in this demonstration of resilience and resolution.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/burlington-bastion-of-democracy/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America,Legislation and Policy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T210000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20250924T223510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T155632Z
UID:10003434-1760032800-1760043600@masspeaceaction.org
SUMMARY:Immigration Teach-In @ Community Church of Boston
DESCRIPTION:How Immigration Became Weaponized to Drive US Democracy into Crisis with Sarah Towle and Panelists\nThursday\, October 9th at 6 PM to 9 PM (ET)\nCommunity Church of Boston\n565 Boylston St. Boston MA 02120\, 2nd Floor\nJoin us for an Immigration Teach-In with Sarah Towle\, author of Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands\, alongside a panel of local immigrant and refugee providers and first-hand responders to ICE overreach and Injustice. Learn what actions you can take and what resources are available as well as where you can volunteer to help. \nCosponsored by: Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)\, The Asian Pacific Islander’s Civic Action Network (APIs CAN)\, Community Church of Boston (CCB)\, Luce: Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts\, The Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN) \nJoin us in Person at Community Church of Boston\, 565 Bolston St. Boston MA 02120\, 2nd Floor. On street parking or at Back Bay Garage\, 199 Clarendon St. Discount vouchers available.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/immigration-teach-in-community-church-of-boston/
LOCATION:Community Church of Boston\, 565 Boylston St\, Boston\, 02116
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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ORGANIZER;CN="Community Church of Boston":MAILTO:info@communitychurchofboston.org
GEO:42.3506456;-71.0763255
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Community Church of Boston 565 Boylston St Boston 02116;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=565 Boylston St:geo:-71.0763255,42.3506456
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T203000
DTSTAMP:20260615T174540
CREATED:20250825T220923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T003729Z
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SUMMARY:The US and El Salvador: Parallels on Political Persecution and Mass Incarceration
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, September 8th\, 7pm EST\n \nPresidents Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele are running parallel authoritarian projects that use national security to justify human rights abuses via mass incarceration. Platforms like MAGA and Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas party cloak their abuses of power as concern for public safety\, scapegoating immigrants or weaponizing fears of gang violence to further their agendas. The truth is\, facilities like Alligator Alcatraz in Florida and CECOT in El Salvador don’t exist to protect the public — they seek to terrorize marginalized communities and set a precedent for indefinite detention with no hope of due process. \nJoin Lourdes Palacios\, a popular movement leader and former senior government official in El Salvador\, in discussing her work to free political prisoners and support their families. \nHear from Mneesha Gellman\, associate professor and director of the Emerson Prison Initiative\, who recently visited El Salvador and spent time interviewing families of prisoners at CECOT and other Salvadorian facilities. \nWe will also learn from our cosponsor CISPES (The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador) who will share details about their upcoming week of action\, beginning September 15th\, providing us with specific ways that the audience can get involved! \nWe won’t stand by as civilians permanently disappear into state-sanctioned prison camps. Learn about the connections between U.S. and Salvadoran carceral regimes\, and how you can take action. Live interpretation will be provided in both English and Spanish. \n \nImage credits: \nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_of_CECOT.png \nhttps://www.heute.at/i/wie-im-huehnerstall-italiener-klagen-ueber-zustaende-120120945/doc-1j0rglmlh4 \n  \n \nLunes\, 8 de septiembre\, de 7:00 p.m. a 8:30 p.m. EDT\nInscríbase aquí \nLos presidentes Donald Trump y Nayib Bukele están ejecutando proyectos autoritarios paralelos que utilizan la seguridad nacional para justificar los abusos contra los derechos humanos mediante el encarcelamiento masivo. Plataformas como MAGA y el partido Nuevas Ideas de Bukele disfrazan sus abusos de poder como preocupaciones por la seguridad pública\, utilizando a las personas inmigrantes como chivos expiatorios o aprovechando el miedo a la violencia de las pandillas para promover sus agendas. La verdad es que instalaciones como Alligator Alcatraz en Florida y CECOT en El Salvador no existen para proteger a la gente\, sino que buscan aterrorizar a las comunidades marginalizadas y sentar un precedente para la detención indefinida sin esperanza de un proceso justo. \nÚnase a Lourdes Palacios\, líder de un movimiento popular y ex alta funcionaria del gobierno de El Salvador\, para conocer su trabajo para liberar a los presos políticos y apoyar a sus familias. \nEscuche a Mneesha Gellman\, profesora asociada y directora de la Iniciativa Penitenciaria de Emerson [Emerson Prison Initiative]\, que recientemente visitó El Salvador y pasó un tiempo entrevistando a presos en CECOT y otras cárceles salvadoreñas. \nTambién aprenderemos de nuestro copatrocinador CISPES (Comité en Solidaridad con el Pueblo de El Salvador)\, que compartirá detalles sobre su próxima semana de acción\, que comenzará el 15 de septiembre\, y nos proporcionará formas específicas en las que el público puede participar. \nNo nos quedaremos de brazos cruzados mientras las personas siguen desapareciendo de forma permanente en campos de prisioneros sancionados por el Estado. Conozca las conexiones entre los regímenes carcelarios de Estados Unidos y El Salvador\, y cómo puede tomar acción. Tendremos interpretación en vivo tanto en inglés como en español. \nInscríbase aquí \nCréditos de las imágenes: \nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_of_CECOT.png \nhttps://www.heute.at/i/wie-im-huehnerstall-italiener-klagen-ueber-zustaende-120120945/doc-1j0rglmlh4
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-us-and-el-salvador-parallels-in-rising-fascism/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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