Sayed Arif Faisal was a graduate of Somerville High, a UMass Boston student, and a Mystic Mural participant who was shot and killed by Cambridge police. March with us to demand justice and pay respects to this young man whose life was cut short by [...]
POSTPONED! In order to support the 1 pm Rally and 2 pm vigil for Arif Sayed Faisal, killed by police on Jan 4th. See another Cuba standout on January 29, Hadley We urge all to attend the rally for Arif Sayed Faisal organized by the [...]
Join our monthly standout against the US embargo! See another Cuba standout on January 29, Somerville Call for an End the U.S. Embargo & Blockade of Cuba. Demand that the US Lift the 243 Punitive Sanctions on Cuba. Take Cuba off the list of so-called [...]
Join Families for Justice as Healing and The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls for the 2023 #NoNewWomensPrison campaign virtual relaunch event. Hear from leaders in the movement and learn about the ongoing work to pass the Jail and Prison Construction [...]
The Pentagon’s annual report on Chinese military power, released on Nov. 29, 2022, claims that China’s nuclear stockpile will jump from some 400 warheads today to an estimated 1,500 warheads in 2035. This claim has been seized upon by military hawks in Congress to fuel [...]
A Celebration of Peace When: Saturday February 4, 2023 Where: First Parish Unitarian Universalist Hall 7-9:00 pm (Snow date Feb 11) Come along for... Music, poetry, readings, celebration Food and beverage Bring snacks or dessert items (if you wish!) Let us know if you can [...]
A Musical Benefit for The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme Sunday, February 5, 2-3:30 PM The First Parish Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist 3 Church Street in Harvard Square (Mikelson Room) Featuring YASSER ABU-JAMEI Director-General of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme in the Gaza Strip [...]
Reintegrating a despised population into our communities under the banner: "No more victims of sexual offenses" An introduction to the Baystate Reentry Network with Bill Canavan, Director and Coordinator Tuesday, February 7 @ 6:30pm Cambridge Friends Center, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge (off Brattle Street out [...]
On Tuesday, February 7, join CODEPINK Congress for the next Capitol Calling Party - our People's State of the Union. An hour before President Biden delivers his State of the Union address, CODEPINK Congress will deliver our own non-partisan People’s State of the Union. Join us [...]
Wed. February 8th 8:00 pm (ET) The war in Ukraine tragically goes on and on, creating enormous suffering, most intensely inside Ukraine, but also across Russia, and, with soaring energy prices and grain shortages, around the planet. The United States continues to send billions of [...]
Friday February 10th @ 10:45 am A message from Tufts University Students: As students, we objecting to Tufts’ complicity in the violent military-industrial-complex. Inviting institutions that prop up imperialist wars to the student career fair is only the most recent example of Tufts’ support for [...]
Boston Area Assange Defense will be gathering at Park St. Station, Feb 11th, 11:30-12:30. Please join us to keep the spotlight on the continued prosecution and persecution of journalist Julian Assange as he remains languishing in limbo in a supermax prison, in virtual solitary confinement [...]
Join this online event on Sunday, February 12 at 4:00 PM for an important discussion on The Plight of Haitian Migrants: How Racism Works to Undermine an Immigration System Already in Crisis. Speakers include: A Haitian political and economic policy specialist at the Mexican consulate [...]
Iraq War Protests + 20 – Lessons from past peace movements. Actions towards a peaceful future. Twenty years ago, on February 15th, 2003, activists from across the globe gathered in what many social movement researchers would come to describe as “the largest protest event in [...]
Joe Lauria (photo: Consortium News) Joe Lauria is Editor-in-Chief of Consortium News and co-host of the CNLive! podcast. A former correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and Sunday Times, he is co-author with Mike Gravel of A Political Odyssey: The Rise of American [...]
Come along on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 at 7 P.M. Central (8PM EST), for a webinar and discussion, “Why and How to End the War in Ukraine” – organized by Chicago Area Peace Action and co-sponsored by Black Alliance for Peace, Chicago Committee Against War & Racism, [...]
Major US Weapons Manufacturer located in Northampton, MA Speakers to include student activists, faculty, and local residents. Thursday, Feb. 16, 5:30 pm UMass Campus Center, Room 168C Divest from War @marxist_students @umassdissenters
The UAINE and NAICOB 2023 Indigenous Liberation Speaker Series presents An Evening in Solidarity With Peru: No al golpe! Ni un muerto más! This event will take place on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm EST (traduccion en Español disponsible) Registration is required. [...]
A Conversation with Dr. Earle J. Fisher on the Rev. Albert Cleage Jr. & the Black Messiah
Internationally acclaimed pianist Meng-Chieh Liu and Silkroad Ensemble violist Nicholas Cords join violinist Amy Galluzzo and music director, Carol Ou, in this steamy showcase of romantic and impressionist music from France. To celebrate musical sibling composers Nadia and Lili Boulanger, Carol's brother Sam Ou, one [...]
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial at 12:30 pm on Sunday, February 19th, on the anniversary of the Ukraine War and President's Day Weekend, to Rage Against the War Machine! Veterans, speakers, rock musicians, comedians, and more. After the rally, we'll march to the White [...]
On Tuesday, February 21, join CODEPINK Congress and special guests to discuss what has transpired in the one year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. One year after Russia invaded Ukraine, the US and NATO continue to escalate the war with sophisticated weapons and military training of [...]
Join us on February 22, at 7pm Eastern Time for a LIVE film screening about the the Holy Land Foundation, the largest Muslim charity that was persecuted by the US in post 9/11 anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian hysteria. A live screening will take place on February [...]
Bill Fletcher Jr. Principal at Common Forces, LLC, former president of TransAfrica Forum, longtime trade unionist and writer The James Baldwin Lecture is co-presented by the UMass Amherst W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, the Department of History, and the College of Humanities and [...]
One year after the beginning of the Ukraine war – the International Peace Bureau in cooperation with the Peace in Ukraine Coalition (USA), Movement de la Paix (France), CND (UK) and Transform! Europe will hold an international webinar to bring together different voices from different countries to discuss a lasting [...]
This War must end and it must end now. A ceasefire and negotiations are the only solution. Rallies in Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Ipswich, Falmouth, and Northampton on Friday, February 24, anniversary of the start of the war, and in Greenfield on Feb. 25. We are [...]
Join our monthly standout against the US embargo! The Western Massachusetts Cuba Standout will take place at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Saturday, February 25th. Meet in front of the Student Union at 12 noon. Call for an End the U.S. Embargo & Blockade [...]
Join CODEPINK, Humanity Rising and Ubiquity University for a Peace in Ukraine Educational series. Monday: Big Picture with Vladimir Posner and Katrina Vanden Huevel Tuesday: Nuclear Threat with Daniel Ellsberg Wednesday: Costs of War with Kambale (friends of the Congo), Wei Yu (China Is Not Our Enemy Campaign Coordinator), Teddy Ogborn (War is [...]
Ending the 'American War ‘ in Vietnam: Impact of the U.S. Antiwar Movement and Lessons for the Present On January 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Conference agreed to U.S. withdrawal of all troops and advisors from Vietnam, withdrawal of all foreign troops from Laos and [...]
Postponed - UMass Boston is closed due to snow Join our monthly standout against the US embargo! The Greater Boston Area Cuba Standout will take place at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) on Tuesday, February 28th. Meet at the Campus Quad at 11:00 AM. After the standout, [...]
A day of nationwide rallies calling for an end to the war on Yemen Wednesday March 1st @ 12:00pm Join us for a rally outside of our congressional representatives' offices as we demand an end to the war in Yemen. This conflict has caused immense [...]
Military recruiting of high school students has been a tactic of the United States military services and a concern for many parents, grandparents, and families for decades. Recently, meeting recruitment goals has become more difficult for military recruiters, so much so that there are alarming [...]
Our speaker, Michael Klare, will discuss the sources of US-China tensions, the dangers of the current approach the US government is taking, and how grassroots peace groups can address this issue. Michael Klare is professor emeritus of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, [...]
On March 4, 11:30-12:30pm, Boston Area Assange Defense will gather at Park St. Station to speak out for Julian Assange and collect signatures on our petition to our senators. February was a full month of actions calling for Julian Assange's freedom! At the Feb 19 [...]
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