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SUMMARY:Ukraine War Forum: With Russia Advancing\, What Should U.S. Policy Be to Bring a Just Peace?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our fourth public forum and discussion on the future of the war in Ukraine. Two speakers will share their differing views\, followed by Q&A: \n\nJohn Feffer of Amherst is an author and Director of the Foreign Policy in Focus program at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC.\nJohn Berkowitz of Northampton is a retired (though still active) activist for peace\, nuclear disarmament\, racial justice\, and environmental protection. He’s a member of Massachusetts Peace Action‘s Ukraine Peace Campaign.\n\nThis event will also be livestreamed on the Forbes YouTube channel. Click here to view. \nFor details about the speakers or content included in the event\, contact: 413-387-8439\, johnpberk at proton.me \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Forbes Library. \nLocation: Coolidge Museum \nDirections and Parking
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ukraine-war-forum-with-russia-advancing-what-should-u-s-policy-be-to-bring-a-just-peace/
LOCATION:Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum\, 20 West St\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250720T140000
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SUMMARY:Stop Starving Gaza! Rally and Silent Procession
DESCRIPTION:Meet at Wegman’s main door\, near the big clock\nOrganized by the Public Action Committee of the MAPA Gaza Committee\nIsrael is starving 2.1 million people in Gaza.The small volume of aid that started to trickle in after an 11-week full blockade is a drop in the ocean. Israel is blocking thousands of trucks carrying food\, medicine\, and clean water from entering Gaza and continues to bomb bakeries\, farmland\, water facilities\, aid distribution centers\, and aid guards. Children and the elderly are dying. Israel’s goal is to prevent Palestinians from being able to return to their land. This is all being facilitated by our tax dollars.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/stop-starving-gaza-rally-and-silent-procession-2/
LOCATION:Wegman’s Chestnut Hill\, 200 Boylston Street\, Chestnut Hill\, MA\, 02467
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250718
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SUMMARY:Good Trouble Lives On
DESCRIPTION:Thursday July 17th\nEvening (Exact Time Depends on Location)\nBoston\, Cambridge\, Worcester\, Springfield\, Salem\, Northampton (and dozens more!)\n \nGood Trouble Lives On is a national day of action to respond to the attacks on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration. Together\, we’ll remind them that in America\, the power lies with the people.\nCoined by civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis\, “Good Trouble” is the action of coming together to take peaceful\, non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change. \nThe civil rights leaders of the past have shown us the power of collective action. That’s why on July 17\, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis\, communities across the country will take to the streets\, courthouses\, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice\, voting rights\, and dignity for all.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/good-trouble-lives-on/
LOCATION:Multiple locations\, Boston\, Cambridge\, Amesbury\, Ipswich\, Falmouth\, etc
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T170000
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SUMMARY:Day of Action: Divest MA from Genocide
DESCRIPTION:Join Massachusetts Peace Action and Jewish Voice for Peace Boston to demand that Massachusetts divest from genocide by passing H.2984\, the Israel Divestment Bill. This bill would divest the state pension fund from companies that provide military equipment to Israel. \nAt noon\, we will start with a rally outside the State House before going inside to testify in support of the bill. \nSign up to testify in-person\, virtually\, or through written testimony with this form: \nhttps://secure.everyaction.com/vIRH84pl3UCGs_VmfDO0Mw2
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/day-of-action-divest-ma-from-genocide/
LOCATION:Massachusetts State House\, 24 Beacon St\, Boston
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T130000
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SUMMARY:Bear Witness: Protest Wednesdays at ICE
DESCRIPTION:“We invite you to stand in solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office in Burlington every Wednesday from 11am-1pm. We’re grateful to those who have previously joined us at this facility\, and we hope that more will consider attending. Together\, we can show love & support for immigrants\, express our shame at ICE\, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government.” \nSchedule\n11:00-11:30\, Welcome chat; orientation for new folks; sign-making for those who need them\n11:30-12:30\, Stand (or sit) with signs\n12:30-1:00\, Short walk along the sidewalk on District Ave \nThe ICE building in Burlington is the detention and enforcement office for New England. Immigrants must come here for appointments. The standouts are peaceful and offer support for those who must show up here. Signs expressing support for immigrants are welcome. \nClick here for more info and email updates. 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/bear-witness-protest-wednesdays-at-ice-2/2025-07-16/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Legislation and Policy,Massachusetts Peace Action
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250712T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250712T140000
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SUMMARY:Rally For Peace With Senator Jamie Eldridge
DESCRIPTION:Meet at Hudson Rotary Center! Main Street\, Hudson\, MA. \nSaturday\, July 12th @ 12pm \nIn the face of rising oppression\, the Massachusetts community will come together to protest illegal and immoral deportations\, the Trump agenda\, human rights violations\, global conflicts\, and climate inaction. \nHear from peace and climate activists from Central and Eastern Massachusetts\, as well as State Senator Jamie Eldridge (Middlesex/Worcester County) on July 12th\, from 12-2pm!| \nWe are safer and stronger together. And we will not give up! Please RSVP below to let us know you’re coming \nRecommendations: \n\nDue to anticipation of large crowds and to avoid overwhelming Hudson parking\, consider scheduling an Uber or Lyft\, carpool with friends\, walk if you’re close by\, or use a bus for larger organizations.\nArrive early to avoid traffic and bring signs!\nParking information can be found on the registration page.\n\nSchedule: \n\n12-1 PM: We will meet at the Hudson Rotary on Main Street\, near Hudson Public Library.\nFrom there\, we will start forming a chain along all main roads (map located on registration page) as a form of peaceful protest.\n1-2 PM: Gather near Hudson Public Library lawn to hear from activists and progressive leaders.\n\nSPONSORED BY: MARLBOROUGH INDIVISIBLE\, MASSACHUSETTS PEACE ACTION\, GREATER ASSABET INDIVISIBLE NETWORK\, NEW ENGLAND INDEPENDENCE CAMPAICH\, WORCESTER INDIVISIBLE\, GRASSROOTS CENTRAL MA\, AND ONE MARLBOROUGH
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/rally-for-peace-with-senator-jamie-eldridge/
LOCATION:Husdon Rotary\, Hudson Rotary near Hudson Public Library\, Hudson\, 01749\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T140000
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SUMMARY:Stop the Cuts! Tax the Rich! Block the Bombs!
DESCRIPTION:Join the Arise & Resist Budget and Tax Justice Coalition\, the LOFTE Network and MAPA to rally at State GOP Headquarters in Boston! We must demand they repudiate these draconian Big Ugly Bill cuts to housing\, healthcare\, food assistance and more in order to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-rich and huge increases to ICE and Pentagon pork! \nWe’re rallying to build a movement: we won’t back down! \nDonald Trump’s Big Brutal Bill will GUT HUD HOUSING programs by slashing funding by 43% and replacing Section 8/Public Housing with block grants + term limits. \nFAMILIES WILL LOSE HOMES\, Climate\, Clean Water\, and Medical Research would be slashed by $2 to $3 billion. \nThese are in addition to Trump’s $1 Trillion cut to MEDICAID and SNAP! \nCHILDREN WILL LOSE FOOD and HEALTHCARE! \nTrump’s PENTAGON would receive over $1 TRILLION and the budget for his ICE GESTAPO would balloon by several fold ! \nMEANWHILE: \nBILLIONAIRES GET MORE TAX CUTS – WHILE CHILDREN ABROAD ARE KILLED AND MAIMED! \nYes\, I’ll be there! 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/stop-the-cuts-tax-the-rich-block-the-bombs/
LOCATION:Mass GOP Headquarters\, 85 Merrimack St\, Boston
CATEGORIES:Books Not Bombs,Fund Healthcare Not Warfare,Fund the People, Not the Pentagon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250710T200000
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SUMMARY:Warning! Graphic Content!
DESCRIPTION:An event with award-winning cartoonist Dwayne Booth.\n  \n \nWhat is the future of political cartooning\, protest art\, and visual satire? How can pictures rendered in celebration of the precious vulnerability of the human experience make crystal clear the toxic barbarity of the military and retail industrial complexes\, both built on the hideous notion that the commodification of people everywhere and the willful disenfranchisement of their natural inclination towards peace\, love\, and understanding is better for business – better business being predatory capitalism and capitulation to hierarchy? What can be done to assert the importance and indispensability of the artist’s unique role in a free society as both a witness and predictor and\, in some circumstances\, instigator of all the comedy and tragedy that motivates our politics\, shapes our cultural identities\, and informs\, for better or worse\, the internal voice that shames\, praises\, and confounds our tenuous relationship with truth\, beauty\, and treachery every moment of everyday? \nMr. Fish \nDwayne Booth has been a freelance writer and cartoonist for twenty-five years\, publishing under both his real name and the pen name of Mr. Fish with many of the nation’s most reputable and prestigious magazines\, journals and newspapers.  His work has appeared in Harper’s Magazine\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Village Voice\, the LA Weekly\, the Atlantic\, The Nation\, Vanity Fair\, Mother Jones\, the Advocate\, Slate\, Truthdig\, ScheerPost\, and The Chris Hedges Report.  He has also published with Information for Social Change (British journal)\, Internazionale (Italian magazine)\, and Umanita Nova (Italian newspaper). \nHis awards include the Los Angeles Press Club for editorial cartooning\, the Grambs Aronson Award for Cartooning with a Conscience and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Editorial Cartooning.  He has curated exhibits exploring the history of political cartooning for the University of Southern California\, the University of Pennsylvania\, and the University of Connecticut. \n \nRegister for this event \n \nBooth’s most recent book is Nobody Left: Conversations with Famous Radicals\, Progressives and Cultural Icons About the End of Dissent\, Revolution and Liberalism in America\, Fantagraphics Books. \n  \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/warning-graphic-content/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250709T130000
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SUMMARY:Bear Witness: Protest Wednesdays at ICE
DESCRIPTION:“We invite you to stand in solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office in Burlington every Wednesday from 11am-1pm. We’re grateful to those who have previously joined us at this facility\, and we hope that more will consider attending. Together\, we can show love & support for immigrants\, express our shame at ICE\, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government.” \nSchedule\n11:00-11:30\, Welcome chat; orientation for new folks; sign-making for those who need them\n11:30-12:30\, Stand (or sit) with signs\n12:30-1:00\, Short walk along the sidewalk on District Ave \nThe ICE building in Burlington is the detention and enforcement office for New England. Immigrants must come here for appointments. The standouts are peaceful and offer support for those who must show up here. Signs expressing support for immigrants are welcome. \nClick here for more info and email updates. 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/bear-witness-protest-wednesdays-at-ice/2025-07-09/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Legislation and Policy,Massachusetts Peace Action
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250702T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250702T130000
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SUMMARY:Bear Witness: Protest Wednesdays at ICE
DESCRIPTION:“We invite you to stand in solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office in Burlington every Wednesday from 11am-1pm. We’re grateful to those who have previously joined us at this facility\, and we hope that more will consider attending. Together\, we can show love & support for immigrants\, express our shame at ICE\, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government.” \nSchedule\n11:00-11:30\, Welcome chat; orientation for new folks; sign-making for those who need them\n11:30-12:30\, Stand (or sit) with signs\n12:30-1:00\, Short walk along the sidewalk on District Ave \nThe ICE building in Burlington is the detention and enforcement office for New England. Immigrants must come here for appointments. The standouts are peaceful and offer support for those who must show up here. Signs expressing support for immigrants are welcome. \nClick here for more info and email updates. 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/bear-witness-protest-wednesdays-at-ice/2025-07-02/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Legislation and Policy,Massachusetts Peace Action
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250630T133000
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SUMMARY:Europe in Crisis: Implications for Peace
DESCRIPTION:In the midst of tectonic and dangerous geopolitical change\, Europe and the NATO nations are becoming warfare\, not welfare states. This will be consolidated in this month’s NATO summit. \nCaught between Trump shocks\, the Ukraine War\, and the Russia/China quasi alliance\, Europe is in the midst of war\, turmoil\, and massive remilitarization. In addition to increasing the danger of war\, massive cuts in social welfare spending provide openings for renewed European fascism. France\, Germany\, Britain\, and Poland are pressing military collaboration and creation of a new European Union military within and potentially independent from NATO as anti-Russian fervor takes hold. Germany’s massive rearmament adds to anxiety in Paris as well as in Moscow. And incidents in the Baltic Sea could lead to escalating – even nuclear – conflict. To help our movements respond\, MAPA and Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament and Common Security (CPDCS) have organized this webinar featuring Kate Hudson and Reiner Braun. \nKate Hudson is a British political activist and academic and vice-president of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and co-national secretary of Left Unity. She has served as CND chair\, general secretary from 2010 to 2024\, and as an officer of the Stop the War Coalition. She is a board member of the International Peace Bureau. \nReiner Braun is a German journalist\, historian\, and peace activist. Until recently\, he was executive director of the International Peace Bureau and previously served as IPB president. Reiner has been involved in the peace movement since 1982. He worked for the Krefeld Appeal against nuclear weapons\, was a founding member of the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility and was executive director of the German section of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms. \nCosponsored by CPDCS \n \nRegister to attend
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/europe-in-crisis-and-its-implications-for-peace-the-u-s-peace-movement/
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T190000
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SUMMARY:First Hand report from Cuba
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/first-hand-report-from-cuba/
LOCATION:Community Church of Boston\, 565 Boylston St\, Boston\, 02116
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T160000
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SUMMARY:Reparations Untold: An American Story
DESCRIPTION:A new film written and directed by Kevin Peterson\, directed by Ralph Celestin
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/reparations-untold-an-american-story/
LOCATION:The Strand Theatre\, 543 Columbia Rd\, Dorchester\, MA\, 02125
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T130000
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SUMMARY:No War With Iran
DESCRIPTION:On June 20\, President Trump ordered an illegal and unconstitutional attack on Iran\, for which there is no justification. Join us at the JFK Federal Building (Cambridge Street entrance) this Thursday\, June 26 at 12pm to demand a return to diplomacy\, no further military strikes; a full congressional investigation and public accounting; a complete rejection of this war; and a ceasefire in Gaza. \nOn June 23rd\, 10 days after the start of the unprovoked and illegal US-backed Israeli aggression against Iran\, President Trump announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel. While we hope that this fragile ceasefire holds\, our recent experience with Israel’s numerous ceasefire violations in Gaza and Lebanon makes us fear that it may not. We continue to push to prevent the U.S. from getting involved in an all-out regional war. Congress must act now and pass the Iran War Powers resolutions filed by Sen. Kaine and Reps. Massie and Khanna to prevent further US military action and to demand accountability for President Trump’s illegal and unconstitutional strikes on Iran\, and cut off U.S. arms shipments to Israel. \nJoin National Iranian American Council\, Arise & Resist Coalition\, Boston Coalition for Palestine\, MAPA\, JVP\, INN\, and many more groups at noon on Thursday at the JFK Federal building (the Cambridge St entrance) to hear from experts like Stephen Kinzer and Joseph Gerson\, faith leaders\, lawmakers\, members of the Iranian-American and Palestinian-American communities\, and other anti war voieces reject Trump’s illegal intervention in this war. \nThis is the third in a series of Boston area rallies to stop war with Iran.  We rallied on June 13 to protest Israel’s attack on Iran the previous night\, and on June 22 to protest the US attack on Iran the previous night.  Sign up to let us know you’ll be there and to be notified of upcoming actions. \nSponsored by: the Massachusetts and Connecticut chapters of the  National Iranian American Council\, the Arise and Resist Coalition\, Boston Coalition for Palestine\, Massachusetts Peace Action\, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston\, Northshore for Palestine\, the Palestinian House of New England\, Boston Democratic Socialists of America\, JP Progressives\, Our Revolution Massachusetts\, Brookline Peace Coalition\, CD8 for Palestine\, Community Encampments for Palestine\, Veterans for Peace Boston\, the Green-Rainbow Party of Boston\, the Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine\, the Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts\, IfNotNow Boston\, Arlington for Palestine. Sawa: Newton Area Alliance for Peace and Justice\, the Massachusetts chapter of the Communist Party USA\, the Boston University Persian Student Association\, the Boston chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation\, the Boston chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement\, and MIT Grads for Palestine \nSign Up Here \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-war-with-iran/
LOCATION:JFK Federal Building\, Cambridge St at Sudbury St\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T213000
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SUMMARY:Mexico's 4th Transformation: Sweeping the Americas
DESCRIPTION:Mexico is unique in the world with its constitutional judicial reform allowing popular elections for all major branches of government. \nIt’s growth and “Mexico Plan” under “The Fourth Transformation” are aimed at sovereignty and economic power and social well being. The US makes constant attempts to control Mexico’s growth path as goes US Monroe Doctrine history\, and wants to block its growing relationships and leadership in Latin America especially with Cuba and recently with Brics\, which Mexico has joined. \n \nAlong with being the major trading partner of USA\, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and her government are trying to retain good policies with both differing economic models. This webinar will explain the Judicial Reform and Mexico’s struggle for total sovereignty\, including a young citizen’s experience\, background and views of present day infrastructure changes; how she and colleagues view the noticeable developments and social changes; how the “Bienestar” (Well Being) program affects her family and neighbors. She will also talk about positive developments in Mexico City. \n \nSpeakers: \nDr. Leni Villagomez Reeves – Former United Farm Workers volunteer who attended UC Berkeley and UCSF. She worked at Valley Childrens Hospital in pediatric emergency medicine. She is active in Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom\, where she co-chairs its national Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Committee\, and with the Pastors for Peace Friendship Caravan to Cuba and Saving Lives Campaign. \nRegina Hugues lives in Mexico City experiencing the changes with differing opinions from friends\, family and colleagues. Studied Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development at Anahuac University in Mexico City. Works over 7 years as a Spanish teacher with adults of all ages and professions. Volunteered in Oaxaca. and worked in the Mexican government offices and private sector. \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/mexicos-4th-transformation-sweeping-the-americas/
LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250623T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250623T203000
DTSTAMP:20260523T083036
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SUMMARY:Pilgrimage to Palestine\, Pilgrimage to Home: A Report Back
DESCRIPTION:Linden Jenkins presents learnings about the roots of Palestinian oppression\, observations and photos of the tactics of settler-colonialism there and here as well as reflections on the inevitable relevance and implications unfolding today in the domestic occupation we live in\, followed by Q&A and discussion. \nLinden spent 3 months in East Jerusalem in August-November 2024\, volunteering there in the office of Sabeel\, the Palestinian Liberation Theology Center\, helping to plan and accompany delegations throughout Palestine. A retired attorney\, pastor and activist for 50 years\, she was led to Palestine after spending eight weeks in resistance camps founded and led by indigenous women fighting construction of the Line 3 pipeline in northern MN. \nRegister Now
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/pilgrimage-to-palestine-pilgrimage-to-home-a-report-back/
LOCATION:Online Webinar\, MA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T170000
DTSTAMP:20260523T083036
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SUMMARY:Community Event: Backyard Party for Peace – Newton Highlands
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy the summer with Massachusetts Peace Action board member Susan Mirsky at her home in Newton Highlands! \nBring your voice and an instrument for some musical fun. :) \nAttendees will have the opportunity to listen to updates about MAPA’s development\, key elements of the peace agenda\, and our ongoing efforts in fighting the genocide in Gaza\, ending the war in Ukraine\, addressing the twin threats of nuclear war and climate devestation\, and cutting the military budget. \nThere will be plenty of refreshments\, with vegan options available. Feel free to bring your favorite dish! \nPlease email info@masspeaceaction.org or call 617-354-1957 for the full address (close to Newton Highlands T stop!). \nFor questions\, contact Susan Mirsky at 617-875-7160 or smirsky7@gmail.com. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/community-event-backyard-party-for-peace-newton-highlands/
LOCATION:Newton Highlands (address provided upon registration)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T150000
DTSTAMP:20260523T083036
CREATED:20250622T033921Z
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SUMMARY:No War with Iran - Emergency Rally
DESCRIPTION:President Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran is incredibly dangerous\, unnecessary\, and illegal. His unilateral action threatens to embroil the United States in another costly war in the Middle East\, just like George W. Bush did with his attack on Iraq. His unconstitutional action endangers people across the region and American service members dangerously deployed there. Congress must stop these illegal actions immediately.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-war-with-iran-emergency-rally-2/
LOCATION:Park Street Station\, Tremont St and Park Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T180000
DTSTAMP:20260523T083036
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SUMMARY:Volunteer at MAPA’s Table - Cambridge River Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Cambridge River Festival will take place on Saturday\, June 21\, 2025\, from 12 PM to 6 PM on the banks of the Charles River near Memorial Drive. \nMAPA will set up our peace and justice outreach table. Join us for an hour or two to distribute pamphlets\, buttons\, and Not Another Bomb signs\, and ask people to sign the latest peace petitions. We will be working in four shifts\, so sign up below if you are available! \nRegister for a shift.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/volunteer-riverfest-2025/
LOCATION:Memorial Drive near Eliot House\, Memorial Drive and JFK Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T190000
DTSTAMP:20260523T083036
CREATED:20250616T144742Z
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SUMMARY:MA Medicaid Defenders Phonebank
DESCRIPTION:ASK VOTERS TO TELL CONGRESS:\n#SAVEMEDICAID #SAVESNAP\n \nWe are calling voters in the most critical states to urge them to contact their Senator and tell them to vote against the largest cuts to healthcare and food nutrition benefits in US history! If they are willing\, we can immediately patch them through to their Senator to deliver a clear message: Medicaid and SNAP Save Lives and you should NOT vote to cut it! \nPlease read this important information. \nWe are calling voters in the most critical states to urge them to contact their Senator and tell them to vote against the largest cuts to healthcare and food nutrition benefits in US history! If they are willing\, we can immediately patch them through to their Senator to deliver a clear message: Medicaid and SNAP Save Lives and you should NOT vote to cut it! \n \nFOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW TO MAKE CALLS \n\n\n\n5:00 – 7:00PM (Eastern)\nCALL INTO [Maine/COLLINS]Click HERE to make callsClick HERE for Maine Fact Sheet\n\n\n\n\nClick here to RSVP for more shifts. \nMore information about calls and the auto-dialer system is provided below \nTable of Contents \n\n\nPhone Banking Overview: Who? What? Why? How?\n\nUsing the Dialer\n\nPhone Banking Overview: Who? What? Why? How?\nWhy are we making calls today?\nCongress is advancing a budget proposal that would gut Medicaid and SNAP benefits for no other reason than to fund more tax breaks for billionaires. Instead of addressing the real culprits—the ultra-rich and corporations who are driving up costs and prioritizing profits over people—these cuts target working families and communities already struggling to get by. Any cuts to Medicaid and food nutrition benefits put millions of people at risk and will result in people losing access to healthcare and food. \nWho are we talking to?\nWe are calling constituents who are most impacted and most likely to oppose these cuts and may be willing to contact their Senator\, especially those whose Senators have not committed to fully protecting Medicaid and SNAP.\n \nWhat are we talking about?\nWe are making sure constituents understand that their Senator has not committed to fully protecting Medicaid or SNAP benefits. We will offer to patch them through to their representative’s office to deliver a brief but urgent message: Any cuts to Medicaid or food nutrition benefits put millions of people at risk and will result in people losing their healthcare and reliable access to food.  \nUsing the Dialer\nSCALE TO WIN DIALER REFRESHER  \nShort Deck on Scale to Win \nScale to Win: How to Make Calls in Detail \nInteractive Training Course \nStep 1: Click the URL of the phone bank we’re currently dialing into\, linked to at the top of this doc.  \nStep 2: Click “Preview Script” to walk through the structure of the conversation as it will flow through the dialer.  If you’d like additional talking points\, any available documents will be available here\, linked to in the corresponding state in the Table of Contents on page 1. \nStep 3: When you feel ready to dial\, select Call on this Device to make calls using the phone or computer you’re viewing the link on. Your device may prompt you for permissions to use your microphone\, Allow permissions. \nStep 4: Press the blue Start Calling button when you are ready to being dialing. \nStep 5: If you prefer to call on your phone and use the laptop to read the script\, select Call Another Way to connect your \nStep 6: Follow the prompts and dial in to the phonebank using the number generated by Scale to Win \n \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ma-medicaid-defenders-phonebank/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Fund Healthcare Not Warfare
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T180000
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SUMMARY:No Genocide in Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:We will be picketing at 500 Main St\, outside the Koch Institute at MIT\, between 4-6:00 pm to say “No Genocide in Healthcare!” The MIT CEO conference\, which is being billed (at only $4\,450.00/ticket\, cheaper if you’re a BioPharma Exec!) as a “not-to-be missed” networking event\, will be co-hosted by MIT President Sally Kornbluth and will feature other genocide deniers and apologists from MGB CEO Dr. Ann Klibanski and Governor Maura Healey to Rep Jake Auchincloss and mayoral candidate Josh Kraft. Bring noise makers! Do your best to come out on June 17th to say No Genocide in Healthcare!
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/call-out-the-genocide-supporters/
LOCATION:Koch Institute\, 500 Main St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T190000
DTSTAMP:20260523T083036
CREATED:20250610T171904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250610T171904Z
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SUMMARY:Father's Day Concert: for the Children of Gaza
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/fathers-day-concert-for-the-children-of-gaza/
LOCATION:Pulaski Park\, 240 Main St\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T150000
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SUMMARY:No Kings\, No War\, on Pride Day
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, June 14th\, former President Donald Trump will spend at least $100 million of our taxpayer dollars on a military parade—a spectacle meant to glorify power and project strength\, even as vital social services like Social Security\, SNAP\, and Medicaid face relentless cuts. \nOn the same day\, you and I must raise our voices in response. On June 14\, there will be a nationwide mobilization\, a grassroots day of protest to reject this corruption\, abuse of power\, and the creeping normalization of authoritarianism and militarism. \nTrump’s obscene event is not just a wasteful party at your and my expense. It is a deliberate embrace of militarism and strongman authoritarianism\, both of which threaten peace around the world and erode the foundations of democracy and civil rights here at home. History teaches us that military parades are not harmless displays; they are the pageantry of authoritarianism\, designed to intimidate dissent and normalize the idea that might makes right. \nThere will be hundreds of No Kings protests nationwide on June 14\, including over 130 in Massachusetts.   Find an event near you and bring your peace\, Palestine\, and Pride signs! \nIn Boston\, No Kings Day coincides with Pride Day on June 14.   We will amplify Pride by marching with our peace\, Palestine\, and Pride flags.We will not stand idly by while our queer and transgender brothers\, sisters and nonbinary siblings are erased by this administration. \nLogistics: MAPA supporters will assemble outside the CAVA restaurant on Boylston St\, between Dartmouth and Exeter St\, at 10:00am.  Bring Palestine and peace flags\, wear keffiyehs.  We will leaflet the crowd\, then join the parade which is supposed to start at 11:00.  The parade will last from approximately 11am-1pm. The festival in the Common will run from 12pm-3pm. Check out the official Boston Pride website for more specific information and timing of events. If you would like to volunteer directly with Boston Pride for the People\, please click here. \nWe’re fighting for democracy. Let’s make them listen.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-kings-no-war-on-pride-day/
LOCATION:Copley Square\, Boylston St and Dartmouth St\, Boston\, MA\, 02115
CATEGORIES:Democracy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T120000
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SUMMARY:No War with Iran - Emergency Rally
DESCRIPTION:Israel has struck Iran in an unprovoked attack on its civilian infrastructure in an attempt to drag the US into their senseless and dangerous wars in the Middle East. \nThe Israeli government has claimed this is a “preemptive” action\, but Iran was not attacking\, nor was it building a nuclear weapon. This strike was UNPROVOKEDand ILLEGAL under international law. It has needlessly put many innocent people in mortal danger. \nOn June 13th\, we will rally at the JFK Federal Building to demand an end to US and Israeli aggression for a return to diplomacy over military confrontation.   \nSponsors: National Iranian American Council\, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston\, Boston Coalition for Palestine\, Massachusetts Peace Action\, and more \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-war-with-iran-emergency-rally/
LOCATION:JFK Federal Building\, Cambridge St at Sudbury St\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250611T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250611T190000
DTSTAMP:20260523T083036
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SUMMARY:Cuba: Land of Culture\, Community\, and Promise
DESCRIPTION:An evening of short films and discussion with people who travel to Cuba: Tuesday\, June 11\, 5-7 pm\, Forbes Library\, Northampton MA \nRegister to attend. \n \nPor Primera Vez\, 1967\, the new Cuban Film Institute brings its mobile cinema truck to rural Cuba to show a film to farm families who have never seen a movie\, have never had electricity\, bringing them into the hopes and promises of the Revolution. \nRecent shorts\nWhat is going on in Cuba now\, more than 50 years later?\nThe War on Cuba\nHow Palestinians Are Becoming Doctors in Cuba For Free\nU.S. sanctions prevent Cuban farmers from getting prosthetic legs \nWhat is Cuba like? What’s it like to travel there? What are the effects of the US Embargo\, in place in 1961? \nTalk with people who have just spent time in Cuba\, having gone in a variety of different ways\, for different reasons and with different experiences.  They’ll talk about their experiences and what they found in the Cuba they spent time in. Learn yourself about how you can travel through a 5 minute video and questions answered by our panel. \nCan We Help Cuba Deal with the US Blockade?\nYes! Learn how we can donate medicines and medical supplies\, and donate! There will be Cuba posters to buy and donation boxes for different groups sending humanitarian assistance to Cuba. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/cuba-land-of-culture-community-and-promise/
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, 20 West St\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T133000
DTSTAMP:20260523T083036
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SUMMARY:GLOBAL ECO-RESTORATION AND POWER DYNAMICS: Critical Ecosystems in Brazil\, Senegal and the US
DESCRIPTION:Climate disruption is increasing and with it so is polarization\, both within the US as well as among nation states. Now more than ever it is incumbent upon us to highlight successful efforts to create a more sustainable\, just\, and peaceful world. \nImportant initiatives in regenerative agriculture\, agroforestry\, soil restoration\, and related practices are making significant contributions to climate adaptation\, often contributing to the resilience of communities and international collaboration. \nThis webinar\, a joint project of the MAPA Peace & Climate group and of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate (Bio4Climate)\, will focus on locations outside the US where regenerative practices largely based on local initiatives have been successful on a significant scale. \nOur panelists will address a number of issues including the following: \n\nWhat aspects of these projects worked well and less well?\nHow were local communities engaged\, especially those from marginalized groups?\nWere there any significant collaborations with organizations in the Global North—and if so\, are these collaborations continuing during the second Trump administration?\nAre there any impacts within these regions of US foreign/military policy\, e.g. local US military bases?\n\nSpeakers: \nBeck Mordini (moderator)\, Executive Director of Bio4Climate. She has worked on protecting biodiversity at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and protecting undocumented workers in Washington State. \nJohn Leary\, Founder and Executive Director of Mother Trees\, is an advocate for sustainable agriculture with 20+ years experience in the field. He has dedicated his life to helping communities around the world and designing and implementing landscape restoration programs that rehabilitate farms and restore forest ecosystems. \nOusmane Aly Pame\, PhD\, is distinguished professor of literature at the Université of Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar\, Senegal and the founder and President of REDES (Réseau pour l’Emergence et le Dévelopement des Ecovillages au Sahel). A respected regional community leader and former mayor of the eco-town of Guede Chantier\, Dr. Pame has been instrumental in fostering sustainable development in the Sahel region. \nRob de Laet\, is a Dutch entrepreneur\, climate strategist and project lead at Cooling the Climate. Together with Peter Bunyard and others\, Rob is developing the Cooling Climate Chaos project aimed at rapid restoration of the earth’s water cycles and regeneration of the biosphere. Their book Cooling the Climate: How to Revive the Biosphere and Cool the Earth Within 20 Years was published in November 2024. \n \nRegister for this event.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/global-eco-restoration-and-power-dynamics-critical-ecosystems-in-brazil-senegal-and-the-us/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Peace and Climate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T150000
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SUMMARY:Free David Huerta\, End ICE Raids!
DESCRIPTION:Emergency Rally: Free David Huerta!\nMonday\, June 9\nBoston City Hall – Circle Plaza\nGather at 1:30 PM\nRally from 2 PM-3 PM\nOn Friday the president of SEIU California\, David Huerta\, was assaulted and arrested while peacefully protesting ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles. While he has been released from the hospital after being treated for his injuries\, he remains in custody. \nDavid is an LA native\, a labor leader who has fought tirelessly for immigrant communities\, and he is one of thousands of people of good conscience across the country who are standing up for what’s right: an end to ICE raids that are tearing our communities apart. \nSEIU locals across the country are doing everything they can to support David and call for his immediate release – just like they did for our union sister who was detained earlier this year. It’s crucial that we make our voices heard. \nAlong with other SEIU Massachusetts State Council locals\, we’re anchoring an emergency rally tomorrow in Boston in solidarity with our union brother. Please join us if you’re able. \nIf you can’t make it to tomorrow’s rally\, there is a solidarity request to uplift SEIU California’s statements on social media. Please share their posts here and here. \nWhen they come for one of us all\, they come for all of us. From California to Massachusetts\, labor will not back down in the face of injustice.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/free-david-huerta-end-ice-raids/
LOCATION:Boston City Hall Plaza\, Government Center\, Boston
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250607T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250607T170000
DTSTAMP:20260523T083036
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SUMMARY:CANCELED DUE TO LIGHTNING - Dance for World Community Festival
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO LIGHTNING!\nSpread your organization’s mission with Greater Boston’s largest and most popular indoor/outdoor dance event!\n \nFeature your organization in front of 20\,000 festival attendees in the heart of Harvard Square! As a DWC Advocacy Partner\, your organization will have the opportunity to showcase the great work it does and gain greater visibility at our annual festival through the many partnership benefits below! \n\n\nShare your message on stage \nDWC Advocacy Partners will directly address festival attendees at one of our performance stages during the day. This is a great opportunity to tell attendees all about the important work your organization does and offer ways they can become involved. \n\nMan your table along Advocacy Way \nJoin other advocacy partners by securing a table along “Advocacy Way” – the main strip of the festival along Mass Ave – where you can share information with attendees all day that pass by. Have face-to-face interactions\, recruit volunteers\, collect donations\, and even sell retail. \n \nIncrease visibility \nAs a DWC Advocacy Partner\, your organization will appear on all printed and digital promotional materials to be seen by thousands of festival attendees\, including being featured on our website\, social media\, festival program\, and large banners to be posted at each stage and studio! \nA stop on DWC’s Passport to Change \nThe Passport to Change booklet handed out to all festival attendees along with the festival program encourages attendees to visit tables along Advocacy Way\, where they collect stamps of partners to win a prize. Advocacy Partners will have their name and mission included in the Passport to Change. \nFeature in the community \nIn addition to making your organization’s informational materials available at your table on the day of the festival\, Advocacy Partners are free to post their materials on our DWC bulletin board located in JMBT Studios in Harvard Square to be seen by hundreds of community members every week.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/dance-for-world-community-festival/
LOCATION:400 Harvard St Cambridge MA\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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SUMMARY:Dance for World Community Conference
DESCRIPTION:Conference Registration is now open!\nJune 5-8\, 2025\nHarvard Square\, Cambridge MA\n \nConcern about climate change and its disproportionate impact on under-resourced or otherwise disadvantaged communities continues to grow. After decades of persistent advocacy and activism to advance social and environmental justice\, recent destabilizing orders from top US government officials are brazenly countermanding advances in climate science\, public health\, education\, diversity\, inclusion\, equity and other areas. It is no wonder why\, in today’s environment\, independent artists and arts organizations are looking to expand their role as advocates and activists\, to support creative and rational solutions to the critical global issues that ultimately affect us all. \nFrom the muralist who mobilizes an entire community to paint uplifting images in a depressed urban space\, to the composer who writes a symphony to evince the destruction that humanity is inflicting on the planet’s ecological systems\, artists of all media and forms continue to respond to the urgencies of our age. \n \nDance for World Community\, initiated in 2009 by a ballet organization in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, proposes that dance is particularly well suited to effective advocacy and activism. Inherently social\, dance is universally understandable\, has great potential to bring diverse people together across cultural divides and can quickly build trust and community cohesion. \nPowerful as it is\, dance is one of the most under-resourced sectors in America and is underrepresented in many institutional settings. In spite of the steady increases in the number of training and performance centers\, established schools and companies are notoriously insular and inward-looking. The sector lacks the inclusive\, unified voice it needs to respond to the challenges that now all the arts and other industries are facing in 2025. \n \nHow will we as dancers — performers\, instructors\, choreographers\, administrators\, scholars\, independent dance artists and aficionados — respond to the critical social and environmental crises that can no longer be ignored by any of us? \nIn this conference\, we will examine different initiatives and models\, exchange ideas and begin to build the necessary networks to strengthen our efforts to make a difference. Through this shared process\, we will rouse the advocate and activist in each of us. 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/dance-for-world-community-conference/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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SUMMARY:Ukrainian Professor: Will Ukraine's Far-Right Accept or Derail a Negotiated Peace with Russia?
DESCRIPTION:Professor Marta Havryshko\, a Ukrainian History Professor specializing in Holocaust Studies and gender and sexual violence toward women during and after WWII in Ukraine\, now teaches at Clark University in Massachusetts. She will speak about the origins of the Ukraine War prior to the Russian invasion of 2022\, including the influence of ultra-nationalist factions; the current military and political situation in Ukraine; and the prospects for a negotiated settlement of the war. \nRegister to attend. \n\n\nOf special interest may be her views on: \n1. The long history of Ukrainian ultra-nationalists: their founding by Stepan Bandera and support for the Nazis during WWII\, including the murder of an estimated 100\,000 Jews\, Poles\, and others; fighting the Soviets after the war and receiving major support from the U.S. CIA to undermine Soviet control of Ukraine; and their being welcomed as exiles in the U.S.\, Canada\, and elsewhere.  In 2024 in the Ukrainian city of Lviv\, neo-Nazi Ukrainians openly hosted an international conference of far-right proponents of racism and anti-semitism. \n2. The longstanding division in Ukraine between those who want to align with the West and those who want to remain close with Russia for linguistic\, cultural\, religious\, economic\, and political reasons. This division came to a head during the Maidan protests of 2014\, the unconstitutional ouster of the elected government\, and the war in Eastern Ukraine for the last 11 years that led in part to the Russian invasion of 2022. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ukrainian-professor-will-ukraines-far-right-accept-or-derail-a-negotiated-peace-with-russia/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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