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SUMMARY:Somehow This Madness Must Cease! Rally to Commemorate the 3rd Anniversary of the Ukraine War
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend.\n\n \n3 years of war in Ukraine is enough. Enough death and destruction in Ukraine. Enough danger that any new escalation can lead to World War 3 and nuclear war. Enough threats to the existence of Ukraine and to NATO expansion to Russia’s border. Enough to the ecological devastation of air\, soil and wildlife caused by this climate devastating war. Enough to tens of billions of dollars taken from the needs of our communities and sent to keep the war going. \nWe ask: Where has our present policy over these 3 years led us? Is the war closer to ending? Is Ukraine in better shape or worse shape than 3 years ago when we torpedoed a negotiated settlement that would have safeguarded Ukraine’s sovereignty and independence? \nWe don’t know what Trump will do. But we do know what is needed:Negotiations. But not negotiations for a frozen conflict that can and will erupt at any time. Rather negotiations for a lasting peace that would minimally have to be based on recognizing the security concerns of both Ukraine and Russia; on mutually recognized resolutions on the fate of the four regions of Ukraine currently claimed by Russia; on the rights of Russian speakers in Ukraine; and on a mutually satisfactory definition of long-term Ukrainian neutrality. And such negotiations must be a first step toward new security system for ALL of Europe including Russia. A security system that spans far over the NATO/Ukraine/Russia conflict to include all the stakeholders of Europe in a collective order based on cooperation and conflict resolution rather than ultimatums and saber rattling. This was the vision that inspired the whole world at the end of the first cold war until NATO bases expanded eastward to dozens of new countries. It’s the vision that is desperately needed now to end this new cold war that puts our world in jeopardy. \nJoin us on Monday\, February 24 to commemorate this 3rd anniversary of the war and insist that there must be no more such anniversaries. \nLet us know you will be coming by filling out this short form \nRegister to attend. \n\n\n \nFor background and information about the Ukraine War visit our web page at https://masspeaceaction.org/our-issues/ukraineatimeforpeace/  \nSponsored by Mass. Peace Action’s Campaign: Ukraine – A Time for Peace 617-354-2169
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/somehow-this-madness-must-cease-rally-to-commemorate-the-3rd-anniversary-of-the-ukraine-war/
LOCATION:Park St Station\, Park & Tremont Streets\, Boston
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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SUMMARY:Eradicating Gaza: How to Remember and Forget Genocide
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nA discussion with Prof. Omer Bartov. As we’ve been witnessing a genocide in Gaza for the past 15 months\, it’s timely to reflect on the politics of the use of the word “genocide”\, and the use and misuse of the memory of the Holocaust in WW2. \nProf. Bartov will also expand our thinking about the development of Zionism over time: as a settler colonization effort\, as a mechanism for helping Jewish refugees and as an ideological national movement. \nOmer Bartov is an Israeli-American historian. He is the Samuel Pisar Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University\, where he has taught since 2000. Bartov is a historian of the Holocaust and is considered a leading authority on genocide.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/eradication-gaza-how-to-remember-and-forget-genocide/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:War and the Economic System with Malaika Jabali (a WIRN webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nWhat is our economic system? What are its defining features? What does it have to do with war? Christian Sorensen will interview author and attorney Malaika Jabali. \nMalaika Jabali is the Senior News and Politics Editor at Essence Magazine. She is the 2024 New Arizona Fellow at New America. Her writings have appeared in such outlets as the Guardian\, Jacobin\, Teen Vogue\, The Intercept\, and Current Affairs Magazine. Malaika is a graduate of Columbia Law School and a licensed attorney. Her debut book — It’s Not You\, It’s Capitalism: Why It’s Time to Break Up and How to Move On — centers revolutionaries of color and guides the reader through how to dump the economic system that we live under.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/war-and-the-economic-system-with-malaika-jabali-a-wirn-webinar/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Fund the People, Not the Pentagon
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SUMMARY:Western Massachusetts Stands with Smith SJP
DESCRIPTION:This rally\, organized in consultation with Smith Students for Justice in Palestine\, is intended to show broad community support for the demands that Smith College: \n(1) completely divest from holdings that are in any way connected with the genocide against the Palestinian people; \n(2) speak out against Israel’s scholasticide against the Palestinian people; \n(3) end new Smith policies aimed at suppressing free speech at Smith.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/western-massachusetts-stands-with-smith-sjp/
LOCATION:Smith College\, John M. Greene Hall\, 60 Elm St\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:The Destruction of Healthcare Systems in Gaza: Realities\, Ramifications & ACTIONS
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nJoin us for a panelist event to discuss on-the-ground realities in Gaza and the West Bank and the short & long-term ramifications of the destruction of the healthcare systems. Get immediate & impactful action steps to help the people of Palestine! \nDr. Bram Wispelwey is a Harvard Chan School of Public Health\, Co-Founder of Health for Palestine\, recently in the West Bank. \nDr. Ahmad Thaer is a Palestinian-American emergency physician who worked at Nasser & Al-Aqsa in Gaza in 2024. \nDr. Othman Mohammad\, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist\, Gaza Mental Health Expert and a Diaspora Palestinian \nThe event will be at Community Church of Boston\, 565 Boylston St.\, Boston 02116\, and also can be viewed online. \nSponsored by MAPA and JVP Boston\, cosponsored by CCB\, SEMA for a Free Palestine\, Watertown Citizens for Peace\, Justice and the Environment\, Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine\, Doctors Against Genocide\, Arlington for Palestine.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-destruction-of-healthcare-in-gaza-realities-ramifications-actions/
LOCATION:Community Church of Boston\, 565 Boylston St\, Boston\, 02116
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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