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SUMMARY:Invest in Minds not Missiles
DESCRIPTION:Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War 2026 \nInvest in Minds Not Missiles \nVirtual National Conference \n \nOur nation and world are in a period of continuing danger and difficulty: The recently passed Pentagon budget is higher than ever and is funding a new generation of nuclear weapons; The tragic Israel/Gaza Conflict continues; The Russia/Ukraine conflict remains a source of increased danger of nuclear war;  The attacks on Venezuela opens a new front of “forever wars”. The egregious costs of the weapons buildups is draining our tax dollars from critical civilian needs\, among which are K-12 public schools and higher education. This Conference continues the tradition of trying to increase cooperation and collaboration among those advocating for nuclear disarmament and social and economic justice. \n3:00 pm Welcome: Prof. Robert Redwine (MIT); \n3:05 pm Continuing Threats: \n\nThe Military/Industrial/Nuclear Weapons Complex- William Hartung (Quincy Institute);\nFallacies of the Golden Dome Project – Prof. Ted Postol (MIT);\nDangers from the New Sentinel ICBM – David Borris (Chicago Area Peace Action).\n\n3:45 pm Unacceptable Costs:  \nChair: Jonathan King (MIT & Mass Peace Action): \n\nCivilian vs Military Components of the Federal Budget – Debbie Weinstein (Coalition for Human Needs);\nResisting Attacks on Higher Education – Mia McIver (AAUP);\nProtecting K-12 Public Schools – TBA (American Federation of Teachers);\n\n4:25 pm Congressional Efforts to Cut Nuclear Weapons Spending and Extend the START Treaty: \nChair: Maryellen Kurkulos (Mass Peace Action Education Fund): \n\nBack from the Brink Campaign – Daniel Hall (Back from the Brink)\nU.S. House Opportunities – Larry Cohen (Our Revolution);\nU.S. Senate and Extending the New START Treaty – Joseph Gerson (Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament\, and Common Security);\n\n4:55 Protecting our Future: \nChair: Susan Mirsky (Nuclear Disarmament Working Group): \n\nOrganizing from the Bottom – Shailly Gupta Barnes (Kairos Center\, NYC);\nCutting Weapons Budgets – Ben Cohen (Up in Arms Campaign);\nMobilizing for Jobs and Peace – Hon. Nina Turner (We Are Somebody).\n\n5:30 Adjourn \nSponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund; MIT Radius; Our Revolution; Institute for People’s Engagement; Up in Arms; Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament\, and Common Security. \nProgram Committee: David Borris\, Ed Erikson\, Keith Harvey\, Jonathan King\, Susan Mirsky\, Robert Redwine \n \nAttendance free.  Register to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/invest-in-minds-not-missiles/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Books Not Bombs,Nuclear Disarmament
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260301
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SUMMARY:Black Lives Matter Era Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:In February 2026\, TBR will host an immersive exhibition honoring the Black Lives Matter era as part of Black History Month. The exhibition will be up for all of February 2026 at The Foundry. It is a Community Reflection Space to honor the contributions! reckon with the challenges\, and imagine what comes next. \nTHESE ARE FIVE COMPONENTS TO THE EXHIBITION:  \nOral Histories capturing firsthand accounts and reflections from organizers\, participants\, and community members. \nA Wall of Remembrance honoring those we have lost and those who fought for justice.  \nArtifacts from BLM chapters across Massachusetts\, showcasing local organizing efforts.  \nA BLM Chapter Map projected on the wall showing the locations of national and local chapters.  \nA Timeline of Key Events that shaped and defined the movement. 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-black-response-black-lives-matter-era-exhibit/
LOCATION:The Foundry\, 101 Roger St\, Cambridge\, MA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260203T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260203T130000
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SUMMARY:New START Action Hour
DESCRIPTION:Peace Action and colleague organizations will host an Action Hour via Zoom\, Tuesday\, February 3 at 12:00 Noon eastern time for concerned individuals to generate calls and emails to Congress and the president in support of continuing to observe the New START limits on deployed\, strategic nuclear weapons by the US and Russia\, due to expire February 5. Longtime nuclear disarmament advocate U.S. \nSenator Ed Markey (D-MA)\, who named his SANE Act after our organization (we were founded as the National Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy in 1957)\, will kick us off with brief recorded remarks\, so please plan to be prompt. \nNever joined an Action Hour before? It’s easy! In addition to a briefing on the status of the issue\, we’ll provide a sample call script and template email for you to contact Congress and the president. You make the calls and send the emails during the meeting\, and we may have time for some report-backs\, especially if you get to talk to a live operator or staffer. It should take well under an hour. \nJoin Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 0284 0696Passcode: 661309 \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/peace-action-action-hour/
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87902840696?pwd=PEmFnddebcvzaLe4vif4mXlk4Qp3Ze.1
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T130000
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SUMMARY:Bearing Witness @ ICE
DESCRIPTION:Join Bearing Witness @ ICE outside the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) New England Headquarters office in Burlington\, next to the Burlington Mall\, every Wednesday from 11am-1pm. \nStand with us in solidarity to show our love & support\, express our shame at ICE\, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government. Regardless of your views on any other political issues\, if you support immigrants and their constitutional rights and are committed to nonviolence\, join us. \nSchedule (every Wednesday) \n\n11:00-11:30\, Welcome and announcements\n11:30-12:30\, Stand or sit with signs; option to read the U.S. Constitution to ICE\n12:30-1:00\, Short walk along the sidewalk on District Ave to Mall Road\n\nNOTE: Please sign up for our email list as we may cancel due to severe weather or other circumstances. \nIf you’re never attended a standout and are curious about signs\, parking and more\, click The Standout
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/bearing-witness-ice/2026-02-04/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T210000
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SUMMARY:ICE Wars: Violence\, Compassion\, and Resistance
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will describe the scope of the federal presence in Minnesota\, what it feels like to be the subjects to an armed intervention by your own government\, the impact on immigrant neighbors\, and the myriad ways people are responding and resisting. It will include some lessons that may be helpful for other communities.\nPresenter:\n\nPam Costain lives in Minneapolis. She has been a lifelong peace and social justice activist\, a founder of Women Against Military Madness\, the Executive Director of the Resource Center of the Americas for 14 years\, and a founder and Training Director of Wellstone Action for five years. She is currently active with Twin Cities Indivisible.\n\nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ice-wars-violence-compassion-and-resistance/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Uncategorized
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T133000
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SUMMARY:Hands Off Iran Action Hour
DESCRIPTION:https://secure.everyaction.com/p3KgFwur4UWVhn_KO_6dzQ2\nJoin to urge congress to pass Iran War Power Resolutions
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/hands-off-iran-action-hour/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T170000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192323
CREATED:20260203T204529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T204944Z
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SUMMARY:Protecting Campus Expression in the Greater Boston Area
DESCRIPTION:Higher Education is a Public Necessity: Freedom to Speak\, To Teach\, To Learn\, To Research; \nWith Security and Affordability \nA Teach-in with the AAUP/AFT campaign leading up to a national Day of Action on May 1\, 2026. \nThe  AAUP and AFT have organized a national campaign resisting the Trump attacks on our campuses\, to engage faculty\, staffs\, students and alumni The call is for teach-ins on the first Fridays of the month leading up to a national event on Friday May 1\, 2026. The Greater Boston area is home to more than 50 colleges and universities\, but few have active AAUP chapters or AFT locals. To advance the Days of Action Campaign in Greater Boston the Books Not Bombs Committee is holding  a series of Zoom Teach-ins. The third in our Boston-area Zoom Teach-ins will be Friday Feb 6 4-5 pm. \n  \n \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/protecting-campus-expression-in-the-greater-boston-area-3/
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LOCATION:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87235968169
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192323
CREATED:20260116T044600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T173607Z
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SUMMARY:4th Anniversary of Ukraine War: End it Now\, or It Could End Up in a Nuclear War!
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Ivana Nikolic´ Hughes will discuss the urgent need for a negotiated end to the Ukraine War\, even with significant concessions to the Russians given the increasingly dire military situation facing the Ukrainians.  This would prevent the US or NATO from escalating with new long-range missiles\, troops\, or attacks on Russian shipping and other targets– such as the alleged Ukrainian 90-drone ‘decapitation’ attack in late December on one of Russian President Putin’s homes– to try to avoid a total Ukrainian defeat.   Such escalation could trigger WWIII\, and a catastrophic nuclear war. \nShe will also discuss the increasing danger of nuclear war between the US and Russia because both the Biden and Trump administrations failed to negotiate with Russia to renew the START treaty (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty).  It has been the most effective treaty over the past forty years to limit nuclear weapons.  It expires on Feb. 6th\, and she will discuss the importance of a groundswell of public support for Trump to agree to Putin’s offer to extend the treaty while beginning new negotiations to renew and even expand it. \nDr. Ivana Nikolic´ Hughes is President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and a Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Chemistry at Columbia University. She holds a BS with Honors from Caltech\, and a PhD from Stanford University. She has been a faculty member at Columbia University since 2008 and currently serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Group to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Her writing has appeared in The Nation\, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\, The Hill\, Scientific American\, Truthout\, Common Dreams\, Transcend Media Service\, The Diplomat\, and elsewhere. \nCosponsored by Ukraine: A Time for Peace Campaign and the Nuclear Disarmament Working Group of MAPA. \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/4th-anniversary-of-ukraine-war-end-it-now-or-it-could-end-up-in-a-nuclear-war/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament,Ukraine/Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260214T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260214T131500
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SUMMARY:Stop Trump’s Oil Blockade of Cuba
DESCRIPTION:Rally on Saturday\, February 14\nOutside Park Street Station\, Boston\n12 Noon to 1:15pm\nThis rally takes place during the worst crisis Cuba has ever faced as Trump is making sure no oil can reach Cuba. On January 29 he signed an executive order declaring a national emergency because of the alleged imminent threat that Cuba poses to our national security!! (The president seems to get a kick out of making up the most outrageous stories possible). In response to this “threat” he is placing significant tariffs on all goods from any country who dares to sell Cuba oil. \nOnce implemented this oil blockade means Cuba would be out of fuel by the end of this month. We will also raise our voices against even more draconian attacks on Cuba that could be coming soon. \nNow that Venezuelan oil is no longer available to Cuba\, we must support the efforts of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to find a way to sell some of its oil to the island nation. Cuba. As she says\, “The problem we have now is that the United States said it will impose tariffs on any country that sells to Cuba” \nGiven the energy shortages that already exist in Cuba and the hardship primarily caused by 6 decades of embargo\, such an oil blockade guarantees starvation and widespread loss of life in Cuba. Electricity\, hospitals\, agricultural machinery and transportation will no longer be able to function. The president’s strategy is clear: to provoke a level of misery so profound that it leads to civil unrest and the toppling of the Cuban Government. \nBut this blockade of Cuban oil does not take place in a vacuum. By now it is clear that president Trump will do whatever he wants to get his way. He will destroy people\, universities\, cultural institutions and countries to further his ambitions for power and personal wealth. He wages war abroad and war against our rights at home with the same playbook of division\, extortion\, deprivation\, and fear. The people of Minneapolis and the people of Cuba may have more in common than they know – united as they are by a common enemy and a common vision of human solidarity. \nCuba may be Trump’s enemy. But it is not ours. Join us at noon on Valentines Day outside Park Street Station in downtown Boston to let the world know this basic reality. \nSponsored by the statewide “No War on Venezuela Network” and Massachusetts Peace Action \nFor Information call 617-354-2169
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/stop-trumps-oil-blockade-of-cuba/
LOCATION:Boston Common\, near Park Street Station\, Park St and Tremont St\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T133000
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SUMMARY:Violence\, Love and Hope in Israel-Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Sari Bashi\, internationally renowned human rights lawyer and the executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel. Sari lives in a mixed Israeli-Palestinian family\, which is the subject of her new memoir\, Upside-Down Love. Sari will share her perspective on the ceasefire in Gaza\, the escalating violence in the West Bank\, and the opportunities emerging for transformative change. \nSari is the executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and the co-founder and former executive director of Gisha-Legal Center for Freedom of Movement\, the Israeli human rights organization promoting freedom of movement for Palestinians in Gaza. She previously served as program director for Human Rights Watch\, leading the organization’s global research\, and as research director at Democracy for the Arab World Now\, where she’s currently a fellow. She’s an expert in international humanitarian law and writes a blog about raising her children in the West Bank. Her book\, a love story in two voices\, describes how she and her Palestinian spouse met\, fell in love and made it work\, against the odds and against Israeli law. \n \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/violence-love-and-hope-in-israel-palestine/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T170000
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SUMMARY:Say What?? Responding to Israel/Palestine Disinformation – A Practical Workshop
DESCRIPTION:How do you respond to someone who refers to the U.S. and Israel’s continued military rule in Gaza a “peace plan”?\nWhat can you say to someone who describes the continued starvation\, bombing\, and shooting of Palestinians a\n“ceasefire”?\nJoin us for a practical salon/workshop featuring language experts and Palestinian human rights advocates as they share\ntheir tips for recognizing and reframing misleading headlines\, correcting faulty narratives\, highlighting bigoted\nstereotypes\, introducing suppressed truths\, and overcoming apathy. You’ll gain tools to have meaningful conversations\nin which you listen compassionately\, think critically\, and speak truthfully – for maximum impact. \nRegister here: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-February2026 \nView the trailer: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-February2026Trailer\nWatch the curated videos included in the registration confirmation email at your convenience ahead of the discussion.\nJoin the Q&A discussion with:\nAssal Rad: Author\, historian\, commentator\, and Nonresident Fellow at Arab Center\nAseel AlBajeh: Advocacy Officer at the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy\nAlex McDonald (workshop leader): Author\, activist\, educational material developer
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/say-what-responding-to-israel-palestine-disinformation-a-practical-workshop/
LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars,Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260216T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260216T203000
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SUMMARY:Social Strikes: How Can We Use the Power of the People to End MAGA Tyranny?
DESCRIPTION:Donald Trump and his accomplices are conducting a creeping coup\, which is seizing all the powers of the government and concentrating them in the personal will of the President. The consequence is armed attack abroad and armed assault against American cities. Popular opposition is growing and a powerful movement-based opposition is resisting. But what about a worst-case scenario where neither electoral nor non-electoral opposition forestalls a MAGA tyranny? \nExperience from Poland to the Philippines to South Korea to Puerto Rico has shown that “social strikes” — including mass strikes\, general strikes\, and nonviolent popular uprisings — can overcome tyrannical dictatorships. The Minnesota “Day of Peace and Freedom”\, has shown the power of a social strike right here in the US. \nJoin us on February 16 for a webinar on the potential of social strikes to combat Trump’s authoritarian juggernaut. Learn about the history of social strike resistance to tyranny around the world; the lessons of the Minneapolis “Day of Truth and Freedom”; the role of organized labor; and how to use social strikes to establish government of the people\, by the people\, and for the people. \nSPEAKERS: \n \nRegister to attend:\n \n  \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/social-strikes-how-can-we-use-the-power-of-the-people-to-end-maga-tyranny/
CATEGORIES:Strategy and Ideas
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192323
CREATED:20260205T183852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260207T043951Z
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SUMMARY:Inside the Anti-China Warmaking Machine
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a panel discussion moderated by Kenneth Yee where our speakers\, Marcus Breen\, Duncan McFarland\, and Ting Huang\, will provide an overview of the ways in which the U.S. government generates negative media coverage about China in order to manufacture consent for war. Our speakers will discuss examples of recent US Government programs that have used media to reflect poorly on Chinese economic and social development\, and reinforce negative impressions of China. \nOur pannelists will discuss the China-focused Committees in the U.S. House and explain how the activities of these Congressional China Committees shape public perception about China. This webinar will also provide context on U.S.-China relations more broadly and analyze the Trump administration’s foreign policy directives and how they fit into the recent National Security Strategy. \n \nSponsoring Group: No Cold War – MAPA
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/inside-the-anti-china-warmaking-machine/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:No War with China
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260223T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260223T153000
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SUMMARY:No War with Iran action hour
DESCRIPTION:BREAKING: The latest report indicates a massive U.S. military buildup in the Middle East\, with “a 90% chance” of war on Iran breaking out soon\, according to one Trump advisor. Now is the critical moment to stop war with Iran.  \nJoin NIAC Action Monday\, February 23rd at 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT for a virtual “No War with Iran” action hour where we’ll mobilize together to demand Congress stop another unauthorized war before it starts. \nRepresentatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie and Senators Rand Paul and Tim Kaine have introduced bipartisan war powers resolutions to block unauthorized war\, they’ll be up for a vote soon\, we need every lawmaker to support them. \nThis event willl equip you with immediate action you can take to urge lawmakers to oppose war another unauthorized war. We will also be offering a brief “How to Advocate” 101 training to empower you to get face-to-face meetings with your lawmaker offices. \n RSVP now to receive the Zoom link and join volunteer leaders nationwide demanding organized solidarity\, not bombs. \nOnly registered guests who have RSVP’d and follow our Community Code of Conduct will be granted entry.  \nCo-sponsored by Peace Action\, Doctors Against Genocide\, MPower Action\, American Friends Service Committee\, Peace Action New York State\, Roots Action\, Hindus for Human Rights Action\, Brooklyn for Peace & World Beyond War
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-war-with-iran-action-hour/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260225
DTSTAMP:20260619T192323
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SUMMARY:This War Must End\, and It Must End Now
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, February 24\, to mourn the 4th anniversary of the Ukraine war.\nBoston – Park Street Station\, 12 noon to 1:15 pm \nPittsfield – Rep Richard Neal’s office\, 78 Center St\, 12 noon \nNorthampton – Rep Jim McGovern’s office\, 94 Pleasant St\, noon \nSpringfield – Rep Richard Neal’s office\, 300 State St\, 1pm \nWorcester – Memorial Auditorium\, 2 Highland St\, 3pm\n \nThis month also commemorates the expiration of the New Start Treaty\, as President Trump refused to negotiate with Russia to extend this last remaining nuclear weapons control treaty. We are about to begin a nuclear arms race\, which will consume vast resources that both countries need to benefit their own people. \nWe have never been closer to nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis over 60 years ago. In Ukraine\, we are dancing on the edge of nuclear war with the world’s largest nuclear power. Whatever our perspective on Russia’s invasion\, it is time to acknowledge that the U.S. and NATO strategy of “fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian” has been a catastrophe and total failure. In fact\, the very existence of an independent Ukraine is now in doubt. Further escalations only make that outcome more likely. \nThe U.S. and Europe have poured hundreds of billions of dollars into the war\, despite the acute need for those funds back home. Trump and Biden have provided Ukraine with the most sophisticated weapons and with intelligence support to fire missiles into Russia. Under Obama our CIA established 12 bases inside Ukraine to build up Ukraine’s capacity for covert operations\nand make Russia feel pain. But the war effort has failed\, and more weapons and money can’t change that reality. \nThe result is that Ukraine is suffering a demographic nightmare as entire generations of its men are being killed and disabled. Its animals are dying. Its rich soil is being poisoned. Millions of its people have left for Western Europe or for Russia. And its young men avoid the draft in droves. Its neo nazis hold an influence over the country far beyond their numbers as statues of the Nazi collaborator Stefan Bandera spring up in public places. All because peace agreements that would have kept the country together were rejected by Presidents Obama and Biden in their pursuit of weakening Russia.  \nThe fact is that Russia was never going to allow the U.S. to establish a military bulwark right on its huge border with Ukraine any more than the U.S. would allow a Russian military base in Mexico. The war is a fool’s errand leading to this never-ending catastrophe. \nLet’s make sure we don’t have to commemorate a 5th anniversary of this war. Join us on February 24th in Boston\, Pittsfield\, Northampton\, Springfield\, or Worcester to oppose further escalation by all sides.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/this-war-must-end-now/
LOCATION:Statewide
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T180000
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SUMMARY:Black Lives Matter Era Exhibit : Community Debate
DESCRIPTION:Along with the exhibit commemorating the Black Lives Matter era\, TBR is holding a community Oxford style debate to examine the statement\, “The Black Lives Matter Movement was successful.” The vision is to start a series of facilitated debates within the Black community about issues that were relevant to the movement but where progress was stymied. This is intended to be the first of several community debates. 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/black-lives-matter-era-exhibit-community-debate/
LOCATION:The Foundry\, 101 Roger St\, Cambridge\, MA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T203000
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SUMMARY:Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:On this\, the fourth anniversary of the Ukraine war\, award winning author and foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer brings to light the roots of the conflict and the U.S. role in helping to instigate the war. He will examine the Russian invasion\, the continuing dangerous U.S. and European Ukraine policies\, and prospects for ending the war in 2026. \nStephen Kinzer is an award-winning author and foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. His articles and books have led the Washington Post to place him “among the best in popular foreign policy storytelling.” He was Latin America correspondent for The Boston Globe\, and then spent more than 20 years working for the New York Times\, with extended postings in Nicaragua\, Germany\, and Turkey. He is a visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. His numerous books include Overthrow\, All the Shah’s Men\, The Brothers: John Foster Dulles\, Allen Dulles and Their Secret World War; The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt\, Mark Twain and the Birth of American Empire and Poisoner in Chief. His latest book (to be released this fall is Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine. Hence\, the title of this webinar. He is now a Boston Globe columnist\, providing deep insight into U.S. foreign policy. \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/boiling-point-how-america-brought-us-to-war-in-ukraine/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T183000
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SUMMARY:While Iran Boils\, Trump’s “Peace Plan” Threatens Palestinian Existence
DESCRIPTION:US imperial intervention has denied Iranians and Palestinians self-determination for 75 years. \nCoupled with an examination of the U.S./Israel/Iran crisis\, Jeremy Scahill and Rami Khouri reveal how the president’s “board of peace” promises a new\, dangerous and unaccountable stage of U.S./European/Israeli policy in the Middle East.  \nAt this moment when Palestinian national existence hangs in the balance\, there could be no better opportunity to understand the significance of stunning events now taking place in Gaza and the West Bank than hearing from these two expert journalists. Media coverage of the Palestinian crisis has dramatically shrunk since Trump announced his “Peace Plan” for Gaza\, but every day Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are killed\, driven off their land\, or die in large numbers when denied sufficient food\, medical care and supplies needed to survive malnutrition and the elements. They will explain not just what is happening in Palestine but will examine the frightening realities of Israeli and U.S. policy that lay behind this next phase of the genocide.  \nOf special interest\, they will examine President Trump’s “peace agreement” and the Board of Peace\, headed by Trump himself\, that his plan establishes. If the present is harsh\, the future laid out in this peace agreement is truly ominous. Scahill and Khouri will examine in detail not just how this bizarre Trump agreement came about but the threat it poses to the very possibility of a Palestinian state. But you will also learn of the complex battle the Palestinian resistance is playing to keep Palestinian national rights alive. Jeremy Scahill has conducted extensive interviews for Drop Site News with Hamas officials and we will all benefit from his unique insights on how the Palestinian resistance views the present situation\, what parts of the Trump plan they have agreed to and which they have not\, and their strategies for addressing the threats Palestinians face in the present moment. \nWith the new understanding gained about the U.S./Israeli/Iran crisis\, Palestinian realities\,  and Israeli and U.S. policies \, viewers will become more confident in their understanding of what needs to be done in order to effectively step up the fight to prevent/stop war with Iran and their mobilization against genocide and in support of Palestinian human and national rights.   \nJeremy Scahill\, an award-winning journalist and expert on warfare\, is co-founder of the investigative news organization Drop Site News. His investigative prowess has led to multiple recognitions\, including the George Polk Award and the Izzy Award for Independent Media. Scahill is widely respected for his writing\, particularly in areas related to war\, security\, and U.S. foreign policy. His extensive reporting from conflict zones such as Afghanistan\, Iraq\, Somalia\, and Yemen has provided him with a wealth of real-world insight. These experiences strengthen his standing as one of the most knowledgeable speakers on war\, security\, and journalism in the country.  \nRami George Khouri is a Palestinian-American journalist and editor. He was executive editor of the Beirut Daily Star newspaper from 2003 to 2005\, and before that had been editor-in-chief of the Jordan Times for seven years\, when he also wrote for many years from Amman\, Jordan\, for leading international publications\, including the Financial Times\, the Boston Globe\, and the Washington Post. Rami was the founding director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) from 2006 to 2014. He has served on the advisory boards of the International Committee of the Red Cross\, Harvard Divinity School\, and Northwestern University in Qatar. His 50 years of journalism in the Arab region include writing books and an internationally syndicated column. He continues to author books and write analyses and op-eds for the international media.  \n \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/iran-palestine-peace-plan/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T150000
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SUMMARY:Stop the War on Iran rally
DESCRIPTION:President Trump has launched a regime change war on Iran\, without approval from Congress\, while negotiations are going on. \nRally today\, Saturday\, Feb 28\, at Park Street\, Boston\, 1pm to denounce this criminal agression by our government and demand an immediate end to the conflict. \nOther locations: \nLowell City Hall\, Feb 28\, noon \nNorthampton\, Main and King Streets\, Feb 28\, noon \nWorcester City Hall\, Feb 28\, 2pm \nHolyoke City Hall\, Feb 28\, 3pm \nTrump’s unprovoked\, illegal attack on Iran is an act of war that threatens to cause unthinkable death and destruction. But the people of this country reject another endless war and will take to the streets now and make our voices heard. \nIran has not attacked the United States. The government has been engaged in diplomatic negotiations up to the very last moment\, and has again and again insisted that it has no intention of developing a nuclear weapons program (which Trump claims to have “obliterated” last year anyway). Trump promised to bring peace to the world while he was running for office\, but he has done nothing but left a trail of devastation the world over. Rather than making executives at oil companies and weapons manufacturers richer\, our tax dollars should be used to meet people’s needs. \nBoston Rally Sponsors: National Iranian American Council\, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston\, Party for Socialism and Liberation\, Palestinian Youth Movement\, MAPA\, Boston Coalition for Palestine\, Northshore for Palestine\, Muslim Justice League\, Palestine House of New England\, Our Revolution Massachusetts\, About Face\, Veterans for Peace\, Jamaica Plain Progressives\, and Boston Democratic Socialists of America
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/stop-the-war-on-iran-rally/
LOCATION:Park Street Station\, Tremont St and Park Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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SUMMARY:Stop the War on Iran
DESCRIPTION:President Trump has launched a regime change war on Iran\, without approval from Congress\, while negotiations are going on. \nRally Monday\, March 2\, 6pm\, at Park Street\, Boston to denounce this criminal agression by our government and demand an immediate end to the conflict. \nTrump’s unprovoked\, illegal attack on Iran is an act of war that threatens to cause unthinkable death and destruction. But the people of this country reject another endless war and will take to the streets now and make our voices heard. \nIran has not attacked the United States. The government has been engaged in diplomatic negotiations up to the very last moment\, and has again and again insisted that it has no intention of developing a nuclear weapons program (which Trump claims to have “obliterated” last year anyway). Trump promised to bring peace to the world while he was running for office\, but he has done nothing but left a trail of devastation the world over. Rather than making executives at oil companies and weapons manufacturers richer\, our tax dollars should be used to meet people’s needs. \nBoston Rally Sponsors: National Iranian American Council\, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston\, Party for Socialism and Liberation\, Palestinian Youth Movement\, MAPA\, Our Revolution Massachusetts\, About Face\, Boston Democratic Socialists of America\, Veterans for Peace\, Jamaica Plain Progressives\, Military Families Speak Out\, ANSWER Coalition\, Mass 50501
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/stop-the-war-on-iran/
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:20260305T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T190000
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SUMMARY:State of Passion
DESCRIPTION:We present State of Passion\, a feature-length documentary film by Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi. \nAfter 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals\, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon\, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah\, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance. \nWith news footage of him pale and shell-shocked reverberating around the world\, he spoke of a catalogue of horrors from lacerated bodies\, to amputations without anesthetics\, orphaned children with no surviving family\, and the deliberate targeting of medics and hospital facilities. \nThis was Ghassan’s sixth and most horrific Gaza “war”.  Why does he do it?  Where does he find the strength to face it again and again? How does it impact his family? How do they process the risks he takes? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine\, a passion they articulate through their support of his perilous humanitarian work. \nFilmmakers Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi\, close friends of the Abu Sittahs\, share that same passion.  They were waiting anxiously for Ghassan to emerge from Gaza\, following a long and terrifying journey through the night\, to meet him in Amman.  Determined to capture his raw emotions\, they began filming him the moment he arrived through the door.  Following him to Beirut\, Amman\, London\, Kuwait and Dubai\, they and he explore their common State of Passion. \nFollowing the film\, a discussion will be led by Michael Maria\, Director of the Boston Palestinian  Film festival\, and Nadine Bahour\, a researcher at FXB Harvard School of Public Health. \nThe film will be shown in the Parish Hall of St. James Episcopal Church\, three blocks north of Porter Square in Cambridge.  The location can be confusing.  If you have not been to the venue before\, please review these directions and arrive a few minutes early to make sure you find us!
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/state-of-passion/
LOCATION:St James Place – Parish Hall\, 1991 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T170000
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SUMMARY:Defending Campus and Schools Expression
DESCRIPTION:The AAUP and AFT have organized a national campaign resisting the Trump attacks on our campuses\, to engage faculty\, staffs\, students and alumni The call is for teach-ins on the first Fridays of the month leading up to a national event on Friday May 1\, 2026. Many college and university campuses lack active AAUP chapters or AFT locals. However\, many Peace and Justice advocacy groups have members or supporters on local campuses. To advance the Days of Action Campaign the Books Not Bombs Committee is hosting a series of Zoom Teach-ins. The fourth in our Zoom Teach-ins will be Friday March 6\, 4-5 pm. \nProgram for March 6: \n– Plans for May Day\, Friday May 1\, 2026 – Lukas Moe (national AAUP/AFT); \n– Fund Education and Human Needs\, Not Foreign Wars – Owen Madaus and Jonathan King (Books Not Bombs Committee); \n– Resisting Efforts to Censure Faculty in Virgina: Prof. Bethany LeTiecq (George Mason U. AAUP\, Virginia); \n– Student Expulsion for Expression at MIT – Prof. Haynes Miller (MIT AAUP); \n– Mass Teacher’s Association Concerns and Priorities – Deb McCarthy (V-P\, MTA); \n– Ongoing Student Organizing on Campuses – Hannah Markel\, Jessica Valatka\, (UMass\, Amherst); \n– Need to protect international students among us – Prof Lou Kruger (Northeastern University); \n– Publicizing Program and Outreach for April Teach-in\, Friday April 3.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/defending-campus-and-schools-expression/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Books Not Bombs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T170000
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SUMMARY:Mobilizing Against the New Face of Genocide and War
DESCRIPTION:A Strategy Conference\nSaturday\, March 7\, 2026\, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm \nCambridge Friends Meeting\, 5 Longfellow Park\, Cambridge\, MA 02138 \n \nThe very existence of Palestinians as a viable national community is existentially threatened by the Trump-Netanyahu Gaza agreement\, now officially adopted by the United Nations Security Council as official U.N. policy. After repeated US vetoes of ceasefire proposals throughout the genocide\, the Security Council placed its imprimatur on a Trump/Netanyahu deal that basically threw 70 years of UN resolutions about Israel/Palestine out the window. \nMeanwhile\, Trump’s regime change war on Iran\, supported by many in Congress but not by the American people\, has brought war to the entire region and thrown international law out the window. \nIn these new\, difficult circumstances it is time for the anti-genocide\, anti-war\, and Palestinian solidarity movements to come together to consider how best to organize collectively to achieve policy changes in the US and more justice for all in Palestine and the Middle East. Our past focus on ceasefire and humanitarian aid violations are not enough. Instead we must consolidate around attacking or modifying the present agreement itself in ways supportive of Palestinian self-determination; condemning Israel’s continuing depredations; raising high the banner of Paletinian national rights; and demanding an immediate end to the attack on Iran. \nPanel 1 – Situation in Gaza and West Bank\, impact of Trump Agreement\, Board of Peace\, attack on Iran\, and related Mideast crises \nNancy Murray\, Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine and Gaza Mental Health Foundation \nLeila Farsakh\, professor of political science and leading Palestinian rights advocate\, UMass Boston \nAmira Hass\, Haaretz correspondent\, columnist\, and activist \nSusan Akram\, Boston University\, clinical professor of law and director of the International Human Rights Clinic \nPanel 2 – What do we do?  Our new message – Our strategy – Breaking the hold of the weaponization of anti-semitism  \nRami G. Khouri\, Palestinian-American journalist\, author\, and public policy expert with over six decades of experience covering the Middle East \nLea Kayali\, organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement based out of Boston\, steering committee member of the People’s Embargo for Palestine \nPaul Shannon\, Mass. Peace Action\, co-chair Gaza Israel Mideast peace campaign \nBreakout Topics – Session 1 \n\nRefuting the false anti-semitism arguments – Merrie Najimy\nIntegrating our messaging and our public actions and events – Paul Shannon\nThe Future of Boycott and Divest – Raisa/ Sheba out of MA\, Malick/ Cambridge for Palestine\, Nancy Aykanian/ BDS Boston\nPolitical action – the Palestine issue in Congressional elections 2026 – Elizabeth Baldwin and Jeff Klein\n\nBreakout Topics – Session 2 \n\nLegislative action – organizing to pass Federal and state bills on Palestine and the Middle East – Elizabeth Baldwin and Jeff Klein\nThe struggle over suppression of free speech about Palestine in Massachusetts – Sana Fadel\, Paul Shannon\, Sara Roy\nPublic Education and Action to Further the Palestine Movement – Jill El-Ashkar and Julie Jolin\nIran – ending the US initiated war – Bahar Sharafi\, Rami G. Khouri\n\nSchedule \n8:30 Coffee and registration – Friends Room \n9:30 Welcome and Introduction – Meeting House.  NO Food and Drink in the Meeting House \n10:00 Panel 1 – Meeting House \n11:30 Panel 2 – Meeting House \n12:45 Lunch – Friends Room \n1:45 Breakout session 1 \n3:00 Breakout session 2 \n4:15 Brainstorm – Building the movement to end the Iran war – Meeting House \n5:15 Adjourn \nRegistration (includes lunch): regular $25\, student/low income $10\, supporter $75\, tabling group $50. \nLogistics: There is ample free parking on Longfellow Park on Saturday.  Longfellow Park is a 10 minute walk out Brattle Street from Harvard Square.  By bus\, take the 73 bus from Harvard station and get off at the second stop\, Mt. Auburn and Ash Streets.   The Meeting House and Friends Room are fully accessible.  Some of the breakout spaces are in the basement and there is an elevator near the Friends Room. \nLunch will consist of roll-ups with a choice of chicken or beef/lamb sharawma\, or falafel\, plus tabouleh\, hummus\, dessert\, and soft drink. \nSponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund.  Cosponsored by Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine; CD8 for Palestine; Watertown Citizens for Peace\, Justice and the Environment – Palestine/Gaza committee; Cambridge Friends Meeting – Peace and Social Justice committee; Needham for Palestine; Palestinian Youth Movement; Arlington for Palestine; MTA Rank and File for Palestine; Sawa: Newton-Area Alliance for Peace and Justice.   Cosponsors welcome; must publicize the event.  Contact info@masspeaceaction.org or call 617 354 2169.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/mobilizing-against-the-new-face-of-genocide-and-war/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting at Cambridge\, 5 Longfellow Park\, Cambridge
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T120000
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SUMMARY:De-ICE Citizens Bank
DESCRIPTION:The De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition organizes peaceful protests of Citizens Bank’s financing of The GEO Group and CoreCivic\, two of the largest builders and operators of private prisons and ICE detention centers in the U.S. Send a message to Citizens Bank by joining standouts across the Northeast on Saturday\, March 7 from 11am – 12 noon. Find a protest near you and check the link for continued protests after March 7 until Citizens cuts its financial ties with these companies and the ICE industry. \nProtests local to the Boston Area include Davis Square\, Porter Square\, Central Square\, Coolidge Corner and Jamaica Plane!
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/de-ice-citizens-bank/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T140000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T202513Z
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SUMMARY:Women's March: Antiwar Contingent
DESCRIPTION:Join MAPA and allied peace organizations in a peace contingent in the 2026 Women’s March! \n  \nNo War on Iran \nEnd the Genocide in Gaza \nHands off Venezuela and Cuba \nCut the Pentagon Budget
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/womens-march-antiwar-contingent/
LOCATION:Boston Common – Parkman Bandstand\, Tremont St\, Boston
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T200000
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SUMMARY:Unions and Women's Health Justice
DESCRIPTION:Seeking Women’s Health Justice\, a subcommittee of Massachusetts Peace Action’s Fund Healthcare Not Warfare campaign\, examines women’s health from the perspective of justice – with the awareness that peace is a fundamental issue of health. The cost of U.S. militarism drains economic resources at the expense of health and lives. Through awareness and understanding of the culture that promotes war\, we examine the intersection of peace and women’s health\, which is justice. Our work offers paths of action that can be taken to oppose militarism and to nurture health and enhance justice. \nTo commemorate International Women’s Day\, originally organized by the union movement\, this webinar explores how unions have played a role in shaping women’s health and health services. \nUnions have influenced women’s health and health services by improving working conditions\, securing maternity and reproductive rights\, expanding access to healthcare\, strengthening health services\, and challenging gender inequality. Union activism has helped transform women’s health from a private concern into a social and workplace issue\, benefiting both women as workers and women as healthcare users. \nSpeakers: \nKatie Murphy is President of the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA)\, the largest union and professional association for registered nurses and healthcare professionals in Massachusetts\, across hospitals and other care settings. She represents nurses and healthcare professionals across Massachusetts\, and is active in advocating for safe staffing as well as equitable healthcare policy. She served on the MNA Board of Directors for over a decade\, helping shape organizational strategy and representation. \nShe is a strong proponent for healthcare workers\, patients\, and women on multiple fronts. \nElizabeth Pellerito is Director of the Labor Education Program at the University of Massachusetts/ Lowell. She is a labor educator known for her work in labor studies and union organizing. As a labor educator\, she focuses on training and organizing all university employees on leading labor issues. She is also active on the boards of the Bread & Roses Heritage Festival\, the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts and the Women’s Institute for Leadership Development. \nShe combines labor studies with issues that intersect public health and worker well-being\, especially regarding health\, safety\, and workplace risk topics for a gendered workforce. She is particularly interested in how unions can combat sexual assault\, sexual harassment\, and intimate partner violence. \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/seeking-womens-health-justice-26/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Fund Healthcare Not Warfare
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SUMMARY:The Real Origins of the Ukraine War and Why It Matters Today
DESCRIPTION:Swiss Col. Jacques Baud (retired) is a military and international affairs analyst who will speak about his first-hand knowledge of the Donbass area of Ukraine. From 2012-2017\, he was seconded to NATO by the Swiss government to head NATO Counterproliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons Unit (SALW) in Brussels\, as well as of programs against landmines. In that capacity\, he monitored the SALW situation in the Donbass from 2014 to 2017 and designed de-mining projects in Ukraine.\nAdditionally\, as a UN expert in the Rule of Law and Reform of Security Institutions\, he contributed to projects related to the reform of the Ukrainian army at the end of 2014.\nHe has been outspoken in his views that the Ukrainian government\, aided by the U.S. and EU\, did not abide by the Minsk treaty\, but instead conducted lethal military shelling of Donbass cities\, called an anti-terrorism campaign\, aimed at an armed insurgency of ethnic Russian Ukrainians whose religious\, cultural\, linguistic\, economic\, and political rights were being increasingly restricted by the central government in Kiev.\nBaud has recently been severely sanctioned by the EU for his views. He will share his perspective not only on the origins of the civil war in Ukraine\, but on the current military and political situation and the prospects for a negotiated settlement of the war. \nSwiss Col. Jacques Baud (retired) holds a Master’s in Econometrics and Postgrade Diplomas in International Security and International Relations from the Graduate Institute for International Relations in Geneva.  He worked several years in the Swiss Strategic Intelligence Service. He was trained in US and British intelligence. \nHis extensive expertise in strategic analysis\, conflict mediation and international security spans decades. At the United Nations headquarters in New York\, he was the Head of Policy and Doctrine in the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (2009-11) where his team worked on the protection of civilians in war. He is member of the UN Expert Group on the Rule of Law and Security Sector Reform. He authored several books on weapons\, intelligence\, asymmetric warfare and terrorism. He is currently retired and lives in Brussels (Belgium). \nBaud is the author of many books including Covert Wars in Ukraine (2025)\, The Russian Art of War: How the West Led Ukraine to Defeat (2024)\, Operation Z: The Hidden Truth of the Ukraine War (2022)\, and Putin: Master of the Game (2019). \nRegister to attend: \n \nSponsored by MAPA’s Ukraine: A Time for Peace Campaign.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-real-origins-of-the-ukraine-war-and-why-it-matters-today/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T093000
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SUMMARY:Immigrants’ Day at The State House
DESCRIPTION:2026 has started with an avalanche of fear in our communities. But in community\, we find courage. \nOn March 18 at 9:30 a.m.\, we will come together at the Massachusetts State House—not only to be seen\, but to be heard. \nBring your lived experiences and policy expertise directly to decision-makers. Together\, we will help shape policies that reflect the needs\, dignity\, and humanity of our immigrant communities. \nMassachusetts legislators need to hear from their own constituents and advocates—now more than ever—about the issues that matter most and the bills required to address them. \nEvent Program:\n\n\n9:30am Arrival and Networking\n10:00am BVocal Choir Performance and Opening\n10:30am Speaking Program\n11:15am Legislative Meetings Orientation\n11:30am Advocacy Program: Talk With Your Legislator!\n11:45am Legislative Meetings Start \nSpeaking Program:\nGovernor Maura Healey \nSenate President Karen Spilka \nHouse Leader Carlos González \nState Senator Cindy Friedman \nState Representative Judith García \nJen Ziskin (Massachusetts Restaurants United) \nPastor Keke (True Alliance) \nLenita Reason (Brazilian Worker Center) \nPablo Ruíz (32BJ) \nF.A.Q.\n\nIt’s an indoor event – Gardner Auditorium\, basement\nUse the Hooker entrance ( main entrance)\nEveryone must go through SECURITY – Be prepared to wait in line (metal detector).\nNO FLAGS or posters are allowed in the building.\nAvoid taking pictures of participants’ faces – Individuals who do not wish to be photographed will wear a sticker.\nThere is NO physical space for the resources table\nBuses coming from Lowell – more info organizing@miracoalition.org\nPeacekeepers: Be aware. Prevent. Report by calling 339-245-3743
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/immigrants-day-at-the-state-house/
LOCATION:Massachusetts State House\, 24 Beacon St\, Boston
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T200000
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SUMMARY:US Sanctions: A Brutal But Failed Weapon of War (WIRN Webinar)
DESCRIPTION:The largest number of sanctioned countries are in Africa\, deliberately disrupting development. Throughout West Asia strangling U.S. economic sanctions in Palestine\, Lebanon\, Syria\, Iraq\, Iran\, and Yemen go hand and hand with U.S. / Israeli bombing. \nBut US sanctions\, along with Trump’s tariffs and wars\, have failed to reverse the decline of the US Empire. They are accelerating a unified global resistance and movement towards multipolarity\, as can be seen in the growing influence of BRICS and regional trade alliances. The failure of sanctions inevitably pushes the US into military and covert actions attempting to overthrow governments that will not capitulate or compromise their sovereignty. \nThis webinar will discuss the deadly effects of US sanctions as a weapon of war and explain how nations are building new forms of resistance and survival. \nSpeaker : Sara Flounders is a political writer\, activist and anti-war organizer since the 1960s. She helps coordinate the International Action Center (IAC)\, United National Antiwar Coalition(UNAC) and the SanctionsKill Campaign. She is a Contributing Editor of Workers World – Workers.org a daily on-line Marxist news source. Flounders has co-authored and edited ten books on such subjects as the duplicity of military recruiters\, the injustice of U.S. wars and sanctions and the immorality of America’s use of weaponry containing depleted uranium. \nFlounders has traveled to and organized delegations to a number of sanctioned countries\, including Iraq\, Iran\, Lebanon\, Syria\, Sudan\, Yugoslavia\, Cuba\, Venezuela\, Nicaragua and China\, for the express purpose of building solidarity with targeted countries and defending the right of oppressed and targeted people to all forms of resistance.Her work focuses on organizing demonstrations\, direct actions\, picket lines\, community forums\, speak-outs\, war-crimes tribunals. She consistently links U.S. wars and sanctions for corporate profit to the growing repression and racism at home.“My goal is to build confidence in the potential of powerful grassroots movements for change within the U.S.”The US Empire is now sanctioning 40 countries\, most visibly Russia\, Iran\, Venezuela\, and Cuba. These sanctions\, a violation of international law\, are explicitly aimed destabilizing and overturning countries that defy US hegemony. Sanctions are a devastating weapon of choice\, deliberately causing widespread starvation\, disease\, and poverty in the targeted countries. In every case\, the poorest and the weakest – infants\, children\, the chronically ill and the elderly – suffer the worst impact of sanctions.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/us-sanctions-a-brutal-but-failed-weapon-of-war-wirn-webinar/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T120000
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SUMMARY:End Trump's Oil blockade of Cuba
DESCRIPTION:A call for help tabling and petition gathering for Cuba this Saturday at noon at Park street station \nThis Saturday the international flotilla in solidarity with Cuba arrives for a big solidarity action in Havana. (They are delivering a significant amount of aid as well) Some of us are hoping to have an event in Boston in solidarity with those events in Cuba. Would you be available for a tabling/standout/leafleting event at Boston Common at noon. We hope to have at least a handful of people collecting signatures on our petition calling for an end to Trump’s oil blockade which has cast the island into darkness some or all of the time and is causing great harm to Cuba’s people. \nOf course there is so much going on. but some of us thought that a Cuba solidarity action at this time when Trump is determined to overthrow Cuba’s government is very much in order and when a big solidarity action is taking place in Cuba itself. Please join us on Saturday at noon. If you have any questions call Paul Shannon at 617-623-5288 and leave a message.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/end-trumps-oil-blockade-of-cuba/
LOCATION:outside the T station at the corner of Park and Tremont\, Downtown Boston\, Tremont St & Park Street &\, Winter St\, Boston\, MA 02108\, boston\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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