The Wrong Way to Combat Antisemitism
2025-09-18 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | St. James Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 1991 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02140, United States
MAPA will present a teach-in on the right and wrong ways to address antisemitism. The workshop will include viewing a 40-minute film, “Exploring an Antiracist, Solidarity Approach to Antisemitism”, which is based on a conversation among seven well-informed people held in June of this year. View the film trailer.
The meeting will include small-group discussions. This teach-in will encourage participants to think critically about the issues raised by the work of the MA Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism and its role in shaping state policy, and motivate participants to get involved in expressing their views to their legislators about the work of the Commission and introduce mechanisms and tools for doing so.
The film and teach-in materials were developed by Together for an Inclusive Massachusetts (TIM), a diverse alliance of Jewish, Muslim, Arab, labor, education, civil rights and other organizations, including MAPA, advocating for justice and equity in Massachusetts.
The event is in-person only. Attendance is open and free to MAPA members and supporters, but to allow us to organize the discussions, you must sign up to attend. Do not show up for the event without signing up. If you would like to organize a similar event in your location, contact us at info@masspeaceaction.org.
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Justice 4 All Thursdays
2025-09-18 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-11 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-04 11:00 - 13:00 | 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.)

What in the World is Happening with Ukraine?
2025-09-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Event
A look at the immediate and big picture developments that combine to bring us to the present situation in Ukraine which clarifies the issues that need to be resolved to end the war.
An eye-opening analysis of the underlying causes of the war which, if not addressed, stand in the way of a stable diplomatic settlement: NATO expansion, Kyiv’s repression of Russian speaking Ukrainians, dismissal of Russia’s core security interests, European and U.S. exclusion of Russia from the European security architecture. And on the other hand, Ukraine’s legitimate security concerns and need to protect its territorial integrity. Interestingly, George Beebe does not see the acquisition of Ukrainian territories as a Russia’s goal in fighting the war. Rather, he claims, the focus for Russia all along has been its security concerns as it understands them.
The presentation then turns to the issue of how to resolve these underlying causes in a way that leads to a diplomatic resolution of the war. Here the presentation opens us up to stretch our thinking about what compromises might be possible. Given the actual causes of the war, Russia’s real goals in conducting it, and Russia’s advances on the battlefield, Mr. Beebe sees certain elements of a solution as essential while others might be susceptible to compromise. Essential ones would be no NATO membership for Ukraine, an end to the exclusion of Russia from Europe, guarantees for Ukraine’s Russian speakers to their culture and religion, and negotiation of a new security architecture for Europe that includes Russia’s security concerns. This new security architecture based on the principle of common security would then open up the possibility of negotiations for nuclear and conventional arms control (which Putin brought up at the press conference after his Alaska meeting with Trump).
Areas of possible compromise that benefit Ukraine might be Russian approval of Ukraine joining the European Union, firm security guarantees from the countries of the U.N. security council (not NATO countries), which weapons and military training Ukraine could acquire, and long term compromises over territories now controlled or annexed by Russia.
In the midst of this analysis George Beebe will provide a critique of Trump’s policies and goals.We all have a lot to learn from this webinar which will help us get a better understanding of a Ukrainian crisis which remains the most likely trigger for terminal nuclear war if not resolved.

George Beebe is Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute. He spent more than two decades in government as an intelligence analyst, diplomat, and policy advisor, including as director of the CIA’s Russia analysis, director of the CIA’s Open Source Center, and as a staff advisor on Russia matters to Vice President Cheney. His book, The Russia Trap: How Our Shadow War with Russia Could Spiral into Nuclear Catastrophe (St. Martin’s Press, 2019), warned how the United States and Russia could stumble into a dangerous military confrontation. Prior to joining QI, George was Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for the National Interest and before that he served as president of a technology company that measured the impact of events, issues, and advertising campaigns on audience views. He speaks Russian and German.
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Sponsored by the Ukraine Campaign of Massachusetts Peace Action and the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament, and Common Security.

Dire Healthcare Situation in Gaza
2025-09-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Event
Dr. Perlmutter, Dr. Syed and Dr. Sidhwa will talk about their most recent experiences working in the remaining hospitals in Gaza where they witnessed severe injuries and the impact of starvation and displacement on the Palestinians struggling to survive.
Dr. Mark Perlmutter is a hand and upper extremity orthopedic surgeon in North Carolina. During his second trip to Gaza, he worked in Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah and the Nasser Medical Complex in the south of the territory in March 2025 as part of a WHO program. Perlmutter was working at Nasser hospital when the second floor of the building was targeted in an airstrike. The president of the World Surgical Foundation, he has worked in dozens of disaster zones worldwide for decades, including the 9/11 attack in Manhattan, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Shreveport, Louisiana, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Dr. Mimi Syed DO, MBA, FACEP, a board-certified emergency medicine physician, is an assistant clinical professor at University of Washington and Washington State University. She is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Syed served in Gaza from August 8 to September 5, 2024, and December 3 to December 31, 2024, at both al-Aqsa Hospital and Nasser Hospital.
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa is a general, trauma, and critical care surgeon in Stockton, California who has worked in conflict zones worldwide. He has had extensive experience working with patients in Gaza in March-April 2024 and again from March 3-April 1, 2025 with the American NGO MedGlobal. In collaboration with other healthcare professionals, Dr. Sidhwa published the New York Times October 9, 2024 review “65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza“.
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Defend the Guard
2025-09-16 13:00 - 17:00 | Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon St, Boston
S.2471/H.3829 upholds the framework of the U.S. Constitution by ensuring that the Massachusetts National Guard is only called upon for active federal military service when there has been an official declaration of war by Congress, as required by Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. Its purpose is to require a shift in American foreign policy and curtail the federal government’s ability to wage endless war without congressional oversight or accountability. Defend the Guard would have no effect on either deployments to other states in the union or overseas training missions.
The hearing for this bill will take place on Tuesday, September 16th in front of the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs. The hearing will be at the Massachusetts State House in room A-1 from 1-5pm. Please join us in testifying in favor of this bill to uphold the U.S. Constitution.
Register below by 12pm on Monday September, 15. You may testify in person or virtually.

Backyard Cookout, Social and MAPA Fundraiser
2025-09-14 16:00 - 18:00 | Somerville, MA (exact location given upon registration)
Paul Shannon and Vickie Rothbaum, and their Somerville neighbors, Harris Gruman and Giuliana Minghelli, invite you to a cookout/social and fundraising event to benefit Mass Peace Action (MAPA).
Join us on Sunday, September 14, from 4pm to 6pm for our backyard cookout in Somerville!
(A seven minute walk from the Porter Square red line station. And there will be plenty of on-street parking on a Sunday)
There will be lots of hamburgers, hot dogs and veggie burgers in addition to vegetarian and vegan options, simple desserts, beer, wine and soft drinks
Hear about Mass Peace Action’s work to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Under these dire cirumstances in which we live, discuss how we can unite our efforts for peace with ecology and social and economic justice. Harris will explain efforts to promote a “Caring Society” by prioritizing government support for health and human services over weapons and militarism.
Meet our current group of young organizers and hear why they decided to connect with MAPA. And our Executive Director, Brian Garvey, will inform us about MAPA’s work in helping to organize “big, beautiful” weekly protests against I.C.E. and lay out MAPA’s exciting program for the Fall.
And just have a good time connecting with your activist friends and colleagues.
Please use this link to let us know you are coming and we will get back to you with our address. https://masspeace.us/somerville-cookout-2025
Or call Paul at 617-623-5288 (landline, no texting. Just leave a message).
And, of course, at the event you can make a donation of any amount to keep our work for peace strong!
Hope you can join us on the 14th
(A rain date will be decided on if necessary, but the peace gods have promised lovely early fall weather)

Paul Shannon and Vicki Rothbaum
Harris Gruman and Giuliana Minghelli

Castle in the Sky Showing and Discussion
2025-09-14 13:00 - 15:30 | West Newton Cinema, 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, 02465, United States
Film showing of Castle in the Sky at West Newton Cinema followed by a discussion of the film with Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and The Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue.
From the legendary Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki comes a rollicking adventure about a a young girl with a mysterious crystal pendant who falls out of the sky and into the arms and life of young Pazu. Together they search for a floating island, the site of a long-dead civilization promising enormous wealth and power to those who can unlock its secrets. But greedy pirates, spies, and the army are also all in hot pursuit! As one of Studio Ghibli’s earliest films, and the first to be released officially under the studio’s banner, “Castle in the Sky” quickly established the studio’s reputation for strong heroines, unforgettable storytelling and beautiful artwork.
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Starring Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui, Minori Terada, Fujio Tokita

Voices from Palestine and the Region
2025-09-13 17:00 - 19:00 | First Parish of Watertown, 35 Church St, Watertown, MA, 02472, United States

Democrats Must Stop Gaza Genocide
2025-09-13 08:00 - 11:00 | MassMutual Center, 1277 Main St, Springfield, MA, 01103, United States
The Democratic State Convention will be held in Springfield on Saturday, Sept 13. The party leadership has refused to address the Gaza starvation and genocide at the convention and has watered down the party platform to the point where it is almost meaningless.
MAPA members and allied Palestine activists will pass flyers to convention delegates calling on Congress to support the Block the Bombs Act, which would cut off offensive weapons shipments to Israel.
Join us as we reach out to the thousands of delegates. We need volunteers to pass out flyers starting at 8am, with the peak hours being from 9:30am – 11:00 am. Additional people will hold up banners, signs and Palestine flags. For those who are delegates, we’ll also have a literature table inside. Please sign up to help. Bring banners, signs and flags.
Enter on the corner of Main Street and Bruce Landon Way. The Convention Center carpark is at 41 Harrison Ave, $20 a day.
See the flyer we’ll be handing out to delegates. Sign up to be there and help out.

Tell Gov. Healey: No Tax $$$ for Sheba ARC
2025-09-09 11:00 - 12:30 | Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon St, Boston
Learn About the Campaign: tinyurl.com/webinar-sep7
Join the Letter Delivery: tinyurl.com/rsvp-sep9
Gather on the front steps of the State House, on Beacon St. in front of the golden dome.

The US and El Salvador: Parallels on Political Persecution and Mass Incarceration
2025-09-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Event
Monday, September 8th, 7pm EST

Presidents Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele are running parallel authoritarian projects that use national security to justify human rights abuses via mass incarceration. Platforms like MAGA and Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas party cloak their abuses of power as concern for public safety, scapegoating immigrants or weaponizing fears of gang violence to further their agendas. The truth is, facilities like Alligator Alcatraz in Florida and CECOT in El Salvador don’t exist to protect the public — they seek to terrorize marginalized communities and set a precedent for indefinite detention with no hope of due process.
Join Lourdes Palacios, a popular movement leader and former senior government official in El Salvador, in discussing her work to free political prisoners and support their families.
Hear from Mneesha Gellman, associate professor and director of the Emerson Prison Initiative, who recently visited El Salvador and spent time interviewing families of prisoners at CECOT and other Salvadorian facilities.
We will also learn from our cosponsor CISPES (The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador) who will share details about their upcoming week of action, beginning September 15th, providing us with specific ways that the audience can get involved!
We won’t stand by as civilians permanently disappear into state-sanctioned prison camps. Learn about the connections between U.S. and Salvadoran carceral regimes, and how you can take action. Live interpretation will be provided in both English and Spanish.

Image credits:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_of_CECOT.png
https://www.heute.at/i/wie-im-huehnerstall-italiener-klagen-ueber-zustaende-120120945/doc-1j0rglmlh4

Lunes, 8 de septiembre, de 7:00 p.m. a 8:30 p.m. EDT
Inscríbase aquí
Los presidentes Donald Trump y Nayib Bukele están ejecutando proyectos autoritarios paralelos que utilizan la seguridad nacional para justificar los abusos contra los derechos humanos mediante el encarcelamiento masivo. Plataformas como MAGA y el partido Nuevas Ideas de Bukele disfrazan sus abusos de poder como preocupaciones por la seguridad pública, utilizando a las personas inmigrantes como chivos expiatorios o aprovechando el miedo a la violencia de las pandillas para promover sus agendas. La verdad es que instalaciones como Alligator Alcatraz en Florida y CECOT en El Salvador no existen para proteger a la gente, sino que buscan aterrorizar a las comunidades marginalizadas y sentar un precedente para la detención indefinida sin esperanza de un proceso justo.
Únase a Lourdes Palacios, líder de un movimiento popular y ex alta funcionaria del gobierno de El Salvador, para conocer su trabajo para liberar a los presos políticos y apoyar a sus familias.
Escuche a Mneesha Gellman, profesora asociada y directora de la Iniciativa Penitenciaria de Emerson [Emerson Prison Initiative], que recientemente visitó El Salvador y pasó un tiempo entrevistando a presos en CECOT y otras cárceles salvadoreñas.
También aprenderemos de nuestro copatrocinador CISPES (Comité en Solidaridad con el Pueblo de El Salvador), que compartirá detalles sobre su próxima semana de acción, que comenzará el 15 de septiembre, y nos proporcionará formas específicas en las que el público puede participar.
No nos quedaremos de brazos cruzados mientras las personas siguen desapareciendo de forma permanente en campos de prisioneros sancionados por el Estado. Conozca las conexiones entre los regímenes carcelarios de Estados Unidos y El Salvador, y cómo puede tomar acción. Tendremos interpretación en vivo tanto en inglés como en español.
Inscríbase aquí
Créditos de las imágenes:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_of_CECOT.png
https://www.heute.at/i/wie-im-huehnerstall-italiener-klagen-ueber-zustaende-120120945/doc-1j0rglmlh4

Tell Rep. Auchincloss: STOP THE ECOCIDE! STOP THE GENOCIDE! BLOCK THE BOMBS!
2025-09-05 08:00 - 10:00 | One Beacon St., Boston, MA, Beacon & Tremont Sts., Boston, 021088, United States
This Friday morning, September 5th, Jake Auchincloss will give the keynote address at a private event inside One Beacon St. about toxic “forever chemicals” and the danger they present to our communities.
Join us at the corner of Beacon and Tremont Streets as we greet attendees, pass out flyers, and hold signs that call out Rep. Auchincloss, an intractable supporter of Israel’s ecocide, genocide and industrial scale bombardment of Palestinians in Gaza!
Representative Auchincloss:
– Has voted for every bill of US weapons shipments to Israel
– Rejects the Block the Bombs Act to stop U.S. weapons to Israel despite 92% of Democrats supporting this measure (Gallup poll, July 2025)
– Finally signed – after months of public pressure – H.Res.473 for urgent delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, a measure too-little, too late.
– Has received $694,041 from AIPAC and other lobbying groups on behalf of the Israeli state, over 5x more than the next highest recipient in the MA delegation. (https://www.trackaipac.com/states/massachusetts)
Yes, I’ll be there!

People's Hunger Strike
2025-09-04 11:00 - 13:00 | JFK Federal Building, Cambridge St at Sudbury St, Boston, MA, 02108, United States
Healthcare workers, healthcare organizations and community groups based in Boston are launching a Hunger Strike in Boston beginning on Thursday, September 4th. Palestinians are being starved to death and are calling for an international hunger strike in solidarity. We must act NOW and escalate the political pressure to put an end to the genocide that is taking place before our very eyes.
We Demand

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey to introduce a Senate version of the Block the Bombs Act (H.R. 3565) to block the Trump administration from delivering major US weapons to Israel – bombs, tank rounds, and artillery shells – which it has used in its mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza.
Representative Katherine Clark, Democratic Party Whip, to co-sponsor the Block the Bombs Act

Successive cohorts of strikers will engage in 7-day fasts, to create a continuous collective hunger strike. The strikers will be offered practical support and medical monitoring. There will be press conferences, art activities, and poetry readings, all in order to highlight our action and the atrocities that are happening every day in Gaza.
Join us for our launch outside the JFK Federal Building starting September 4th at 11am. Following the launch on the 4th, there will be daily standouts Monday through Friday from 3-5pm.
Click below to find more information on how to join and support the strike.

Refer to this website for up to date information on the strike, and click here to see schedule details as well as weekend events.

Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank (a WIRN webinar)
2025-09-03 20:00 - 21:00
On September 3, 8 pm EDT, the War Industry Resisters Network, co-sponsored by MAPA, is holding a webinar with journalist Jasper Nathaniel on what is happening in the West Bank of Palestine. Gaza being destroyed before our eyes through the inhumane and illegal settlement and occupation of Gaza. Homes, hospitals, and schools are bombed daily, and Palestinians are forcibly removed from their homes and land. In this webinar Ken Jones will discuss with journalist Jasper Nathaniel about Israel’s continued and accelerating ethnic cleansing specifically in the West Bank. Both the big picture and specific incidents will be discussed, highlighting the urgency of the humanitarian crisis.
Jasper Nathaniel
Please register for the webinar here.

Top photo: Israeli soldiers blockade a road in Hebron. Photo by a member of the Community Peacemaker Teams.

Bear Witness: Protest Wednesdays at ICE
2025-09-03 11:30 - 13:00, 2025-08-27 11:30 - 13:00, 2025-08-20 11:30 - 13:00, 2025-08-13 11:30 - 13:00 | 1000 District Avenue Burlington, MA 01803 United States, 1000 District Avenue, Burlington, 01803, United States
“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.”
Schedule
11:00-11:30, Welcome chat; orientation for new folks; sign-making for those who need them
11:30-12:30, Stand (or sit) with signs
12:30-1:00, Short walk along the sidewalk on District Ave
The 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.
Click here for more info and email updates.

Boston's First Labor Day Parade
2025-09-01 09:30 - 11:30 | Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon St, Boston
Via AFL-CIO:
The Greater Boston Labor Council is making history with Boston’s first-ever Labor Day parade! YOU’RE invited to march with us!
We’ll follow a powerful route that honors the victories of the past and energizes the movement we’re building today. This isn’t just a parade, it’s a statement, a celebration, and a call to action.
Want to march? Have questions? Reach out to Liz Eng at leng@gblc.us
More exciting details to come! Mark your calendar and get ready to make some noise for labor! Sign up now.

Tell Rep Lynch: Block the Bombs
2025-08-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Quincy City Hall Water Fountain, 1305 Hancock St, Quincy, MA, 02169
Join CD8 constituents to tell Rep. Stephen Lynch to Block the Bombs to Israel by cosponsoring bill H.R.3565.
Lynch constituents, please sign a letter to Rep. Lynch which we will turn in at the event.
Bring pots and pans to connect with Gaza, whose residents are starving due to assaults and blockade by Israel which uses weapons paid for by U.S. taxpayers and voted for by Rep. Lynch.

Kayak for Palestine
2025-08-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Paddle Boston – Brighton/Allston, 1071 Soldiers Fld Rd, Boston, 02134, United States
On Tuesday, August 26th join us as we kayak down the Charles River to raise awareness for Palestine and raise funds for the UNRWA. Bring Palestinian flags and wear khuffeyas so everyone can see that we proudly stand with Palestine.
The cost to rent a kayak is $40, and it is recommended that you wear waterproof clothing.
Please RSVP here by Sunday, August 24th.

Back Yard Party for Peace - Roslindale
2025-08-23 16:00 - 18:00 | TBA (Roslindale), Roslindale, MA
Enjoy the summer with MAPA’s administrative director and Gaza/Mideast campaign co-lead, Cole Harrison, and Racial Justice/Indigenous Solidarity co-chair, Claire Gosselin, at their home in Roslindale!
Bring your voice and an instrument for some musical fun. :) Liz Selleck and Karen Kirchoff will lead us in a few anti-fascist and anti-authoritarian songs.
Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn more about MAPA’s efforts to terminate the ongoing genocide in Gaza, end the war in Ukraine, reconcile with Cuba, China, and Iran, cut the Pentagon budget, roll back MAGA, and face the twin existential threats of climate change and nuclear weapons.
Brief updates will be presented by climate activist Loie Hayes, Progressive Roslindale/ West Roxbury activist Nina Lev, CD8 for Palestine organizer Bahar Sharafi, MAPA interns Sam Levine (Emerson) and Janira Skrbkova (Northeastern), and MAPA organizer Elizabeth Baldwin.
Julia Mejia, MAPA endorsed candidate for re-election as Boston City Councilor at Large, will speak.
There will be plenty of refreshments, with vegan options available.
If interested in attending, make sure to call for Cole and Claire’s address! We’re about 2 miles from Forest Hills and a 8 minute walk from Roslindale Square, and can pick you up at Forest Hills if that helps (advance notice would help). (617) 469-9838 or write info@masspeaceaction.org.
Sign up here, and if you wish, make a donation!

Freedom of Expression At Risk!
2025-08-19 19:00 - 21:00 | First Unitarian Church in New Bedford, 71 8th St, New Bedford, MA, 02740
It’s no secret that censorship, arrests, and firings have punished almost every group or individual showing solidarity, or sometimes merely sympathy, for Palestinians being slaughtered and displaced by Israel in what experts unanimously regard as genocide. Two of our panelists were fired or disciplined for this solidarity.
Join us on August 19th at 7pm at the First Unitarian Church at 71 8th Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 for an important discussion on how the repression of Palestine supporters has hit union workers and how unions can fight back to protect their members and defend civil and human rights. Peggy Wang and Camilo Viveiros will speak about the growing threats to our freedom of expression. Wang will address the attacks on pro-Palestine voices which have led to people being on administrative leave as well as people losing their jobs. Viveiros will discuss the current climate unions face as their right to expression is being threatened.
There is no such thing as neutrality when it comes to internationalism. The Labor movement plays an important role in international issues, such as opposing the genocide in Gaza, and unions are obliged to recognize the class conflict among all nationalities while showing solidarity with working class people everywhere. Panelists will discuss some of the initiatives around building and extending that solidarity.
Read Anna Feder’s powerful article published on the first anniversary of her firing from Emerson College
Join us on August 19th at 7pm at the First Unitarian Church at 71 8th Street, New Bedford, MA 02740.
RSVP requested but not required

Post Card and Petition Signing to Tell Rep. Auchincloss: Stop Starving Gaza!
2025-08-18 16:30 - 17:00 | Coolidge Corner, Brookline, United States
Join Us on Monday, August 18th at 430pm Brookline, MA Coolidge Corner For Post Card and Petition Signing Demanding Rep. Auchincloss To STOP supporting Israeli’s Starvation policies of Gaza!

Keep Space for Peace not War (a WIRN webinar)
2025-08-13 11:00 - 12:30 | Online Event
Roy Jones is a former musician who was part of the Post Punk scene in London in the late 70’s and early 80s with his band Red Beat. During this time he was active in the movement to stop Cruise Missiles with nuclear warheads being deployed in Western Europe. He later toured the States in 1987 as a keyboard player with the Howard Jones band. In the early 90s he was a founder member and fund raiser for the peace group PARC – Pembrokeshire Against the Radar Campaign who successfully fought US military plans to build a massive Over the Horizon Radar installation in a similar location to Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC), a proposal originating from President Trump’s US Space Force now in planning. A long standing Buddhist and member of the lay Buddhist group SGI, Roy has continued to use his music to fight against nuclear weapons as a supporter of the International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).
Register for this event:

As a kind of trailer for this upcoming webinar, check out this great 2-minute video done by the PARC against DARC campaign to stop a military radar in a Welsh National Park.
Keep the Space above us for peace and science not war and profit!
Musician Roy Jones outside of Welsh Parliament. (credit: Roy Jones)

Gaza Apocalypse
2025-08-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Event
Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani will talk about the current situation in Gaza, including the U.S.-Israeli Gaza Humanitarian Foundation which has been killing people searching for food, the ability of the international community to uphold International Court of Justice (ICJ) decisions and international law, and the “Israelization of America.”
Mouin Rabbani is a Dutch-Palestinian researcher, analyst, and commentator specializing in the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian affairs. He is the co-editor of Jadaliyya, an independent e-zine and webinar producer that covers the Arab World and the broader Middle East. Previously, Mr. Rabbani was a Senior Analyst for the International Crisis Group and the Palestine Director of the Palestine American Research Center.
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Back from the Brink: Remembering the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — 80 Years Ago
2025-08-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Watertown Square, Main Street at Spring St, Watertown, MA, United States
Via Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice and Environment:
On Saturday, August 9, Watertown Citizens will hold our Annual Remembrance of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This is the 80th anniversary of the bombing and in recognition of the Peace and Common Security’s effort to place a Nuclear Disarmament Resolution in front of the Watertown City Council, the theme of this year’s event is “Back from the Brink.”
We will gather in Watertown Square for a Silent Vigil and Brief Program at 7:00 PM. At 8:00 PM we will move to the MDCR Dock for music and personal reflections follow by the launching of the candle boats.
Please mark your calendars and spread the word!

Gifting Peace
2025-08-09 14:00 | Korean Church of Boston, 32 Harvard St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States
Join the Actors Refuge Repertory Theatre for a Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Memorial, featuring:

Performances
Peace Art Exhibition
Peace Walk
Raffles

Saturday, August 9, 2 p.m. at the Korean Church of Boston
Harvard St., Brookline, MA 02445. Free admission.
