Justice 4 All Thursdays
2026-02-05 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-12 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-19 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-26 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-05 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | 1000 District Avenue Burlington, MA 01803 United States, 1000 District Avenue, Burlington, 01803, United States
Via Turn Purple 2 Blue:

Greater 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.
Our 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.
Schedule (Starting Thursday, September 4 – more dates to follow)
11:00-11:30 Welcome; music; announcements
11:30-12:30 Stand with signs along District Ave
12:30-1:00 Optional short march down to Mall Rd.
What happens at this ICE office?
ICE 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.”
What to expect at Justice 4 All?
We 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.
Signs
This 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.
Parking and other tips
For 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.)

Hands Off Iran Action Hour
2026-02-05 12:30 - 13:30 | Online Event
https://secure.everyaction.com/p3KgFwur4UWVhn_KO_6dzQ2
Join to urge congress to pass Iran War Power Resolutions

Protecting Campus Expression in the Greater Boston Area
2026-02-06 16:00 - 17:00 | https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87235968169
Higher Education is a Public Necessity: Freedom to Speak, To Teach, To Learn, To Research;
With Security and Affordability
A Teach-in with the AAUP/AFT campaign leading up to a national Day of Action on May 1, 2026.
The AAUP and AFT have organized a national campaign resisting the Trump attacks on our campuses, to engage faculty, staffs, students and alumni The call is for teach-ins on the first Fridays of the month leading up to a national event on Friday May 1, 2026. The Greater Boston area is home to more than 50 colleges and universities, but few have active AAUP chapters or AFT locals. To advance the Days of Action Campaign in Greater Boston the Books Not Bombs Committee is holding a series of Zoom Teach-ins. The third in our Boston-area Zoom Teach-ins will be Friday Feb 6 4-5 pm.

No Fear with Street Theater
2026-02-07 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-14 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-21 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-28 11:00 - 13:00 | 1000 District Avenue Burlington, MA 01803 United States, 1000 District Avenue, Burlington, 01803, United States
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.

Bearing Witness @ ICE
2026-02-11 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-18 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-04 11:00 - 13:00 | 1000 District Avenue Burlington, MA 01803 United States, 1000 District Avenue, Burlington, 01803, United States
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.
Stand 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.
Schedule (every Wednesday)

11:00-11:30, Welcome and announcements
11:30-12:30, Stand or sit with signs; option to read the U.S. Constitution to ICE
12:30-1:00, Short walk along the sidewalk on District Ave to Mall Road

NOTE: Please sign up for our email list as we may cancel due to severe weather or other circumstances.
If you’re never attended a standout and are curious about signs, parking and more, click The Standout

4th Anniversary of Ukraine War: End it Now, or It Could End Up in a Nuclear War!
2026-02-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Event
Dr. Ivana Nikolic´ Hughes will discuss the urgent need for a negotiated end to the Ukraine War, even with significant concessions to the Russians given the increasingly dire military situation facing the Ukrainians. This would prevent the US or NATO from escalating with new long-range missiles, troops, or attacks on Russian shipping and other targets– such as the alleged Ukrainian 90-drone ‘decapitation’ attack in late December on one of Russian President Putin’s homes– to try to avoid a total Ukrainian defeat. Such escalation could trigger WWIII, and a catastrophic nuclear war.
She will also discuss the increasing danger of nuclear war between the US and Russia because both the Biden and Trump administrations failed to negotiate with Russia to renew the START treaty (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty). It has been the most effective treaty over the past forty years to limit nuclear weapons. It expires on Feb. 6th, and she will discuss the importance of a groundswell of public support for Trump to agree to Putin’s offer to extend the treaty while beginning new negotiations to renew and even expand it.
Dr. Ivana Nikolic´ Hughes is President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and a Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Chemistry at Columbia University. She holds a BS with Honors from Caltech, and a PhD from Stanford University. She has been a faculty member at Columbia University since 2008 and currently serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Group to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Her writing has appeared in The Nation, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, The Hill, Scientific American, Truthout, Common Dreams, Transcend Media Service, The Diplomat, and elsewhere.
Cosponsored by Ukraine: A Time for Peace Campaign and the Nuclear Disarmament Working Group of MAPA.
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Stop Trump’s Oil Blockade of Cuba
2026-02-14 12:00 - 13:15 | Boston Common, near Park Street Station, Park St and Tremont St, Boston, MA, 02108, United States
Rally on Saturday, February 14
Outside Park Street Station, Boston
12 Noon to 1:15pm
This 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.
Once 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.
Now 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”
Given 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.
But 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.
Cuba 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.
Sponsored by the statewide “No War on Venezuela Network” and Massachusetts Peace Action
For Information call 617-354-2169

Violence, Love and Hope in Israel-Palestine
2026-02-15 12:30 - 13:30 | Online Event
Sari Bashi, internationally renowned human rights lawyer and the executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel. Sari lives in a mixed Israeli-Palestinian family, which is the subject of her new memoir, Upside-Down Love. Sari will share her perspective on the ceasefire in Gaza, the escalating violence in the West Bank, and the opportunities emerging for transformative change.
Sari is the executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and the co-founder and former executive director of Gisha-Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, the Israeli human rights organization promoting freedom of movement for Palestinians in Gaza. She previously served as program director for Human Rights Watch, leading the organization’s global research, and as research director at Democracy for the Arab World Now, where she’s currently a fellow. She’s an expert in international humanitarian law and writes a blog about raising her children in the West Bank. Her book, a love story in two voices, describes how she and her Palestinian spouse met, fell in love and made it work, against the odds and against Israeli law.

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Say What?? Responding to Israel/Palestine Disinformation – A Practical Workshop
2026-02-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Online, MA, United States
How do you respond to someone who refers to the U.S. and Israel’s continued military rule in Gaza a “peace plan”?
What can you say to someone who describes the continued starvation, bombing, and shooting of Palestinians a
“ceasefire”?
Join us for a practical salon/workshop featuring language experts and Palestinian human rights advocates as they share
their tips for recognizing and reframing misleading headlines, correcting faulty narratives, highlighting bigoted
stereotypes, introducing suppressed truths, and overcoming apathy. You’ll gain tools to have meaningful conversations
in which you listen compassionately, think critically, and speak truthfully – for maximum impact.
Register here: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-February2026
View the trailer: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-February2026Trailer
Watch the curated videos included in the registration confirmation email at your convenience ahead of the discussion.
Join the Q&A discussion with:
Assal Rad: Author, historian, commentator, and Nonresident Fellow at Arab Center
Aseel AlBajeh: Advocacy Officer at the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy
Alex McDonald (workshop leader): Author, activist, educational material developer

Social Strikes: How Can We Use the Power of the People to End MAGA Tyranny?
2026-02-16 19:00 - 20:30
Donald Trump and his accomplices are conducting a creeping coup, which is seizing all the powers of the government and concentrating them in the personal will of the President. The consequence is armed attack abroad and armed assault against American cities. Popular opposition is growing and a powerful movement-based opposition is resisting. But what about a worst-case scenario where neither electoral nor non-electoral opposition forestalls a MAGA tyranny?
Experience from Poland to the Philippines to South Korea to Puerto Rico has shown that “social strikes” — including mass strikes, general strikes, and nonviolent popular uprisings — can overcome tyrannical dictatorships. The Minnesota “Day of Peace and Freedom”, has shown the power of a social strike right here in the US.
Join us on February 16 for a webinar on the potential of social strikes to combat Trump’s authoritarian juggernaut. Learn about the history of social strike resistance to tyranny around the world; the lessons of the Minneapolis “Day of Truth and Freedom”; the role of organized labor; and how to use social strikes to establish government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
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Inside the Anti-China Warmaking Machine
2026-02-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Online Event
Join us for a panel discussion moderated by Kenneth Yee where our speakers, Marcus Breen, Duncan McFarland, and Ting Huang, will provide an overview of the ways in which the U.S. government generates negative media coverage about China in order to manufacture consent for war. Our speakers will discuss examples of recent US Government programs that have used media to reflect poorly on Chinese economic and social development, and reinforce negative impressions of China.
Our pannelists will discuss the China-focused Committees in the U.S. House and explain how the activities of these Congressional China Committees shape public perception about China. This webinar will also provide context on U.S.-China relations more broadly and analyze the Trump administration’s foreign policy directives and how they fit into the recent National Security Strategy.

Sponsoring Group: No Cold War – MAPA

No War with Iran action hour
2026-02-23 14:30 - 15:30 | Online Event
BREAKING: The latest report indicates a massive U.S. military buildup in the Middle East, with “a 90% chance” of war on Iran breaking out soon, according to one Trump advisor. Now is the critical moment to stop war with Iran.
Join NIAC Action Monday, February 23rd at 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT for a virtual “No War with Iran” action hour where we’ll mobilize together to demand Congress stop another unauthorized war before it starts.
Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie and Senators Rand Paul and Tim Kaine have introduced bipartisan war powers resolutions to block unauthorized war, they’ll be up for a vote soon, we need every lawmaker to support them.
This event willl equip you with immediate action you can take to urge lawmakers to oppose war another unauthorized war. We will also be offering a brief “How to Advocate” 101 training to empower you to get face-to-face meetings with your lawmaker offices.
RSVP now to receive the Zoom link and join volunteer leaders nationwide demanding organized solidarity, not bombs.
Only registered guests who have RSVP’d and follow our Community Code of Conduct will be granted entry.
Co-sponsored by Peace Action, Doctors Against Genocide, MPower Action, American Friends Service Committee, Peace Action New York State, Roots Action, Hindus for Human Rights Action, Brooklyn for Peace & World Beyond War

This War Must End, and It Must End Now
2026-02-24 | Statewide
Join us on Tuesday, February 24, to mourn the 4th anniversary of the Ukraine war.
Boston – Park Street Station, 12 noon to 1:15 pm
Pittsfield – Rep Richard Neal’s office, 78 Center St, 12 noon
Northampton – Rep Jim McGovern’s office, 94 Pleasant St, noon
Springfield – Rep Richard Neal’s office, 300 State St, 1pm
Worcester – Memorial Auditorium, 2 Highland St, 3pm

This month also commemorates the expiration of the New Start Treaty, as President Trump refused to negotiate with Russia to extend this last remaining nuclear weapons control treaty. We are about to begin a nuclear arms race, which will consume vast resources that both countries need to benefit their own people.
We have never been closer to nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis over 60 years ago. In Ukraine, we are dancing on the edge of nuclear war with the world’s largest nuclear power. Whatever our perspective on Russia’s invasion, it is time to acknowledge that the U.S. and NATO strategy of “fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian” has been a catastrophe and total failure. In fact, the very existence of an independent Ukraine is now in doubt. Further escalations only make that outcome more likely.
The U.S. and Europe have poured hundreds of billions of dollars into the war, despite the acute need for those funds back home. Trump and Biden have provided Ukraine with the most sophisticated weapons and with intelligence support to fire missiles into Russia. Under Obama our CIA established 12 bases inside Ukraine to build up Ukraine’s capacity for covert operations
and make Russia feel pain. But the war effort has failed, and more weapons and money can’t change that reality.
The result is that Ukraine is suffering a demographic nightmare as entire generations of its men are being killed and disabled. Its animals are dying. Its rich soil is being poisoned. Millions of its people have left for Western Europe or for Russia. And its young men avoid the draft in droves. Its neo nazis hold an influence over the country far beyond their numbers as statues of the Nazi collaborator Stefan Bandera spring up in public places. All because peace agreements that would have kept the country together were rejected by Presidents Obama and Biden in their pursuit of weakening Russia.
The fact is that Russia was never going to allow the U.S. to establish a military bulwark right on its huge border with Ukraine any more than the U.S. would allow a Russian military base in Mexico. The war is a fool’s errand leading to this never-ending catastrophe.
Let’s make sure we don’t have to commemorate a 5th anniversary of this war. Join us on February 24th in Boston, Pittsfield, Northampton, Springfield, or Worcester to oppose further escalation by all sides.

Black Lives Matter Era Exhibit : Community Debate
2026-02-24 18:00 - 20:30 | The Foundry, 101 Roger St, Cambridge, MA, United States
Along with the exhibit commemorating the Black Lives Matter era, TBR is holding a community Oxford style debate to examine the statement, “The Black Lives Matter Movement was successful.” The vision is to start a series of facilitated debates within the Black community about issues that were relevant to the movement but where progress was stymied. This is intended to be the first of several community debates.

Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine
2026-02-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Event
On this, the fourth anniversary of the Ukraine war, award winning author and foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer brings to light the roots of the conflict and the U.S. role in helping to instigate the war. He will examine the Russian invasion, the continuing dangerous U.S. and European Ukraine policies, and prospects for ending the war in 2026.
Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning author and foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. His articles and books have led the Washington Post to place him “among the best in popular foreign policy storytelling.” He was Latin America correspondent for The Boston Globe, and then spent more than 20 years working for the New York Times, with extended postings in Nicaragua, Germany, and Turkey. He is a visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. His numerous books include Overthrow, All the Shah’s Men, The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles and Their Secret World War; The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain and the Birth of American Empire and Poisoner in Chief. His latest book (to be released this fall is Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine. Hence, the title of this webinar. He is now a Boston Globe columnist, providing deep insight into U.S. foreign policy.
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Bearing Witness @ ICE (Canceled due to Snow!)
2026-02-25 11:00 - 13:00 | 1000 District Avenue Burlington, MA 01803 United States, 1000 District Avenue, Burlington, 01803, United States

While Iran Boils, Trump’s “Peace Plan” Threatens Palestinian Existence
2026-02-25 17:30 - 18:30 | Online Event
US imperial intervention has denied Iranians and Palestinians self-determination for 75 years.
Coupled with an examination of the U.S./Israel/Iran crisis, Jeremy Scahill and Rami Khouri reveal how the president’s “board of peace” promises a new, dangerous and unaccountable stage of U.S./European/Israeli policy in the Middle East.
At this moment when Palestinian national existence hangs in the balance, there could be no better opportunity to understand the significance of stunning events now taking place in Gaza and the West Bank than hearing from these two expert journalists. Media coverage of the Palestinian crisis has dramatically shrunk since Trump announced his “Peace Plan” for Gaza, but every day Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are killed, driven off their land, or die in large numbers when denied sufficient food, medical care and supplies needed to survive malnutrition and the elements. They will explain not just what is happening in Palestine but will examine the frightening realities of Israeli and U.S. policy that lay behind this next phase of the genocide.
Of special interest, they will examine President Trump’s “peace agreement” and the Board of Peace, headed by Trump himself, that his plan establishes. If the present is harsh, the future laid out in this peace agreement is truly ominous. Scahill and Khouri will examine in detail not just how this bizarre Trump agreement came about but the threat it poses to the very possibility of a Palestinian state. But you will also learn of the complex battle the Palestinian resistance is playing to keep Palestinian national rights alive. Jeremy Scahill has conducted extensive interviews for Drop Site News with Hamas officials and we will all benefit from his unique insights on how the Palestinian resistance views the present situation, what parts of the Trump plan they have agreed to and which they have not, and their strategies for addressing the threats Palestinians face in the present moment.
With the new understanding gained about the U.S./Israeli/Iran crisis, Palestinian realities, and Israeli and U.S. policies , viewers will become more confident in their understanding of what needs to be done in order to effectively step up the fight to prevent/stop war with Iran and their mobilization against genocide and in support of Palestinian human and national rights.
Jeremy Scahill, an award-winning journalist and expert on warfare, is co-founder of the investigative news organization Drop Site News. His investigative prowess has led to multiple recognitions, including the George Polk Award and the Izzy Award for Independent Media. Scahill is widely respected for his writing, particularly in areas related to war, security, and U.S. foreign policy. His extensive reporting from conflict zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and Yemen has provided him with a wealth of real-world insight. These experiences strengthen his standing as one of the most knowledgeable speakers on war, security, and journalism in the country.
Rami George Khouri is a Palestinian-American journalist and editor. He was executive editor of the Beirut Daily Star newspaper from 2003 to 2005, and before that had been editor-in-chief of the Jordan Times for seven years, when he also wrote for many years from Amman, Jordan, for leading international publications, including the Financial Times, the Boston Globe, and the Washington Post. Rami was the founding director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) from 2006 to 2014. He has served on the advisory boards of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Harvard Divinity School, and Northwestern University in Qatar. His 50 years of journalism in the Arab region include writing books and an internationally syndicated column. He continues to author books and write analyses and op-eds for the international media.

Stop the War on Iran rally
2026-02-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Park Street Station, Tremont St and Park Street, Boston, MA, 02108, United States
President Trump has launched a regime change war on Iran, without approval from Congress, while negotiations are going on.
Rally today, Saturday, Feb 28, at Park Street, Boston, 1pm to denounce this criminal agression by our government and demand an immediate end to the conflict.
Other locations:
Lowell City Hall, Feb 28, noon
Northampton, Main and King Streets, Feb 28, noon
Worcester City Hall, Feb 28, 2pm
Holyoke City Hall, Feb 28, 3pm
Trump’s unprovoked, illegal attack on Iran is an act of war that threatens to cause unthinkable death and destruction. But the people of this country reject another endless war and will take to the streets now and make our voices heard.
Iran has not attacked the United States. The government has been engaged in diplomatic negotiations up to the very last moment, and has again and again insisted that it has no intention of developing a nuclear weapons program (which Trump claims to have “obliterated” last year anyway). Trump promised to bring peace to the world while he was running for office, but he has done nothing but left a trail of devastation the world over. Rather than making executives at oil companies and weapons manufacturers richer, our tax dollars should be used to meet people’s needs.
Boston Rally Sponsors: National Iranian American Council, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Palestinian Youth Movement, MAPA, Boston Coalition for Palestine, Northshore for Palestine, Muslim Justice League, Palestine House of New England, Our Revolution Massachusetts, About Face, Veterans for Peace, Jamaica Plain Progressives, and Boston Democratic Socialists of America

Stop the War on Iran
2026-03-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Park Street Station, Tremont St and Park Street, Boston, MA, 02108, United States
President Trump has launched a regime change war on Iran, without approval from Congress, while negotiations are going on.
Rally Monday, March 2, 6pm, at Park Street, Boston to denounce this criminal agression by our government and demand an immediate end to the conflict.
Trump’s unprovoked, illegal attack on Iran is an act of war that threatens to cause unthinkable death and destruction. But the people of this country reject another endless war and will take to the streets now and make our voices heard.
Iran has not attacked the United States. The government has been engaged in diplomatic negotiations up to the very last moment, and has again and again insisted that it has no intention of developing a nuclear weapons program (which Trump claims to have “obliterated” last year anyway). Trump promised to bring peace to the world while he was running for office, but he has done nothing but left a trail of devastation the world over. Rather than making executives at oil companies and weapons manufacturers richer, our tax dollars should be used to meet people’s needs.
Boston Rally Sponsors: National Iranian American Council, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Palestinian Youth Movement, MAPA, Our Revolution Massachusetts, About Face, Boston Democratic Socialists of America, Veterans for Peace, Jamaica Plain Progressives, Military Families Speak Out, ANSWER Coalition, Mass 50501

State of Passion
2026-03-05 19:00 | St James Episcopal Church – Parish Hall, 1991 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02140
We present State of Passion, a feature-length documentary film by Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi.
After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance.
With news footage of him pale and shell-shocked reverberating around the world, he spoke of a catalogue of horrors from lacerated bodies, to amputations without anesthetics, orphaned children with no surviving family, and the deliberate targeting of medics and hospital facilities.
This was Ghassan’s sixth and most horrific Gaza “war”. Why does he do it? Where does he find the strength to face it again and again? How does it impact his family? How do they process the risks he takes? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine, a passion they articulate through their support of his perilous humanitarian work.
Filmmakers Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi, close friends of the Abu Sittahs, share that same passion. They were waiting anxiously for Ghassan to emerge from Gaza, following a long and terrifying journey through the night, to meet him in Amman. Determined to capture his raw emotions, they began filming him the moment he arrived through the door. Following him to Beirut, Amman, London, Kuwait and Dubai, they and he explore their common State of Passion.
Following the film, a discussion will be led by Michael Maria, Director of the Boston Palestinian Film festival, and Nadine Bahour, a researcher at FXB Harvard School of Public Health.
The film will be shown in the Parish Hall of St. James Episcopal Church, three blocks north of Porter Square in Cambridge. The location can be confusing. If you have not been to the venue before, please review these directions and arrive a few minutes early to make sure you find us!

Defending Campus and Schools Expression
2026-03-06 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Event
The AAUP and AFT have organized a national campaign resisting the Trump attacks on our campuses, to engage faculty, staffs, students and alumni The call is for teach-ins on the first Fridays of the month leading up to a national event on Friday May 1, 2026. Many college and university campuses lack active AAUP chapters or AFT locals. However, many Peace and Justice advocacy groups have members or supporters on local campuses. To advance the Days of Action Campaign the Books Not Bombs Committee is hosting a series of Zoom Teach-ins. The fourth in our Zoom Teach-ins will be Friday March 6, 4-5 pm.
Program for March 6:
– Plans for May Day, Friday May 1, 2026 – Lukas Moe (national AAUP/AFT);
– Fund Education and Human Needs, Not Foreign Wars – Owen Madaus and Jonathan King (Books Not Bombs Committee);
– Resisting Efforts to Censure Faculty in Virgina: Prof. Bethany LeTiecq (George Mason U. AAUP, Virginia);
– Student Expulsion for Expression at MIT – Prof. Haynes Miller (MIT AAUP);
– Mass Teacher’s Association Concerns and Priorities – Deb McCarthy (V-P, MTA);
– Ongoing Student Organizing on Campuses – Hannah Markel, Jessica Valatka, (UMass, Amherst);
– Need to protect international students among us – Prof Lou Kruger (Northeastern University);
– Publicizing Program and Outreach for April Teach-in, Friday April 3.
