A call for a solemn mass protest at the 2026 Harvard Commencement on May 28. It is time to make both the genocide and raging ethnic cleansing of Palestine and our support for Palestinian self-determination visible once again. It’s time to pressure our educational, medical, [...]
Why is the US at war with Iran? Did Iranians come into existence in 1979 and start shouting “Death to America”? Iran is one of the most consistently demonized nations in U.S. discourse. U.S. officials, and media, frequently use obscene, dehumanizing, and misleading language with [...]
Friday May 1st Across Boston This May Day feeder rallies are taking place across Boston, before joining together at a final rally on Boston Common! These Include: LUCE Rally for Immigrant Rights: 2:30pm by the State House Boston May Day Coalition: 2:30 at Dewey Square [...]
Friday May 1st, 4:30pm - 6:00pm Boston Common 139 Tremont Street May Day will be a day of action in and around Boston, all culminating to a final rally at the Boston Common! Workers have the power, not the billionaires! Trade unions and allied peace [...]
The 48th annual Wake Up the Earth Festival will take place on Saturday, May 2rd, 2026, from 12 PM to 4 PM. MAPA will set up our peace and justice outreach table on the field across from Stony Brook Station on the Orange line in [...]
Cuba in the Valley Film Series NBC 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”. But just days before Welker and [...]
Engaging Hibakusha: An Evening with Japanese A-bomb Survivors (Hibanksha) Join us for exchanges between Japanese A-bomb survivors (Hibakusha) Hiroshi Kanamoto and Yoshinori Ohmura, and Gensuikyo Assistant General Secretary Yayoi Tsuchida. They are in the US to participate in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Review Conference at the [...]
Book launch event for Other Paths for Shahrazad, an Arabic/English anthology of contemporary poetry, produced by the Her Story Is collective. Date: Saturday, May 9, 2026 Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Location: Commonwealth Salon, Central Library at Copley Square This event is in-person and registration is [...]
We are Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA), the largest peace organization in Massachusetts. We work to end the wars surrounding us, and to support immigrants and social justice here at home. And we would love to explore with you the kinds of actions that would [...]
In order to confront the ghosts that haunt him, Palestinian director Raed Andoni assembles an eclectic group of ex prisoners to recreate the Al-Moskobiya, Israel's main interrogation centre, where he was himself jailed at age 18. Day after day, these construction workers, a blacksmith, an [...]
Seth Moulton is claiming in the current Senate campaign to be pro-peace, but his hawkish, pro-corporate record tells the real story. Join MAPA members at Moulton's campaign event on Sunday, May 17 to make sure voters understand Moulton's long record of supporting weapons to Israel, [...]
While all eyes are focused elsewhere, the war in Ukraine rages on. And the distortion of the war and its causes continue to lead the U.S. and the west down a road that has led to catastrophe for Ukraine and that continues to feed the [...]
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 [...]
Smedley Butler Veterans for Peace (VFP), About Face Veterans Against War, Mass Peace Action, National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and Military Families Speak Out (MFS0) will have a MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE ON MONDAY 5/25/26 AT 1PM... Meet up at Boston Common Park St station, Boston Mass to start the Memorial March. The Memorial March through the Boston Common to MA [...]
In his talk, Julian will outline the concept of just sustainabilities as a response to the ‘equity deficit’ of much sustainability thinking and practice. He will explore his contention that who can belong in our cities will ultimately determine what our cities can become. He will illustrate his ideas [...]
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