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SUMMARY:Say No to National Guard Troops in our Streets
DESCRIPTION:SAY NO TO NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN OUR STREETS \nStand with Veterans as we march\, rally\, and refuse to allow growing fascism to be normalized. Together we say NO this Veterans Day – no to ICE\, no to occupation\, no to fascism\, and no to cuts stripping away life saving services our communities need. \n \nSponsors: Veterans for Peace/ Smedley Butler Brigade\, About Face\, Mayday Strong\, Common Defense\nhttps://www.vetssayno.org/ \nMay Day is proud to stand alongside About Face in this effort – together we will ensure that this country works for all of us\, not the few. \nPlease note: A core principle behind all our events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values. Weapons of any kind\, including those legally permitted\, should not be brought to events \n\nAbout Face is a movement of post 9/11 service members and veterans who understand that the same institutions and policies that wage wars overseas also have targeted communities of color\, indigenous people\, and poor people inside of the United States. About Face takes action in solidarity with all people impacted by wars abroad and at home to realize a vision of a world free of militarism. \nMay Day Strong is a multi-racial working class movement dedicated to taking our country back from the billionaires and stopping the current authoritarian takeover. We are the many\, they are the few. Together we will win.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/say-no-to-national-guard-troops-in-our-streets/
LOCATION:Veteran’s Memorial Park – World War II Memorial\, 100 Park Drive\, Boston\, MA\, 02215
CATEGORIES:Democracy
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SUMMARY:Reading Group - "The Gatherings: Reimagining Indigenous-Settler Relations"
DESCRIPTION:This fall\, MAPA’s Indigenous Solidarity Working Group will be hosting a virtual reading group to discuss “The Gatherings: Reimagining Indigenous-Settler Relations” by Mawopiyane and Shirley N. Hager. Join us! \nFirst three meetings are Tuesdays\, Final meeting to be held Thursday\, 12/11. See “The Gatherings” Reading Schedule for details\, weekly chapters\, and discussion questions. \nSign up to participate.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/reading-group-the-gatherings-reimagining-indigenous-settler-relations/2025-11-11/
CATEGORIES:Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T200000
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SUMMARY:Turning On Us: The War Machine Comes Home (a WIRN webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Join us Wednesday\, November 12 from 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM ET for a War Industry Resisters Network webinar. \nThe violence that the US military has inflicted on the rest of the world has always been accompanied by police violence and repression at home\, especially aimed at BIPOC people. But now\, with persistent ICE attacks and National Guard occupations of our cities\, it has become an overt and official wide-scale federal policy. The weapons and strategies that the US has used in its imperial wars are now being turned on its own population in a blatant and unconstitutional move towards authoritarian rule. The wars have come home. This webinar will address this undemocratic use of militarized force\, discuss its legality\, and point to who is profiting from it. It will also describe the resistance that has risen up in cities such as Portland\, Chicago\, and DC. \nRegister Below
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/turning-on-us-the-war-machine-comes-home-a-wirn-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Fund the People, Not the Pentagon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T110000
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SUMMARY:Justice 4 All Thursdays
DESCRIPTION:Via Turn Purple 2 Blue:\n\nGreater 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. \nOur 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. \nSchedule (Starting Thursday\, September 4 – more dates to follow) \n11:00-11:30 Welcome; music; announcements\n11:30-12:30 Stand with signs along District Ave\n12:30-1:00 Optional short march down to Mall Rd. \nWhat happens at this ICE office? \nICE 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.” \nWhat to expect at Justice 4 All? \nWe 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. \nSigns \nThis 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.  \nParking and other tips \nFor 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.)
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/justice-4-all-thursdays/2025-11-13/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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SUMMARY:Slavery's Enduring Legacy: America's Unpaid Reparations Debt
DESCRIPTION:The legacy of slavery\, and the stolen labor of millions of Africans forcibly brought to the Americas between the 15th and 19th centuries\, continues to shape the political\, social\, and personal lives of all Americans today\, especially Indigenous and African-descended communities. This webinar examines the enduring consequences of slavery with a focus on reparations: the unpaid debt that still looms over our society. We will take an alternative approach to the subject of reparations: We will trace its roots in the expansion of the American empire and the ideology of white supremacy. We will explore slavery’s continuation embedded in the 13th Amendment\, including the ongoing legality of forced labor for incarcerated people and the industry that profits from incarceration\, punishment\, and surveillance. And we will address the city of Boston\, whose wealth was built on the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Together\, we will consider the obstacles to repair and explore how to forge a new path forward. \nSpeakers: \nStephanie Guirand holds a PhD in Sociology from Goldsmiths\, University of London\, where she is currently a Graduate Fellow. She serves as the Program Function Manager and Researcher for The Black Response (TBR)\, an abolitionist research and advocacy organisation under Community Service Cares\, Inc.\, based in Cambridge\, MA. \nKevin Peterson is the founder and executive director of The New Democracy Coalition\, a non-partisan and non-profit organization that focuses on civic literacy\, civic policy and electoral justice. Mr. Peterson studied philosophy and politics at Boston University and is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for Collaborative Leadership at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. \nTony Van Der Meer\, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in the Africana Studies Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston and serves on the MAPA Board. Professor Van Der Meer was selected for the 2024 Scholar Activist Award from Critical Educators for Social Justice (CESI)\, a Special Interest Group (SIG) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). \nRosemary Kean serves on MAPA’s Board and also is co-convener of MAPA’s Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity Working Group. She is co-chair of the Social Justice Community at First Church Boston UU. \nWe hope to see you there\, click below to register
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/slaverys-enduring-legacy-americas-unpaid-reparations-debt/
CATEGORIES:Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity
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SUMMARY:Keep Trump’s Hands off Venezuela
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 14 @ Noon\nOutside Park Street station in Boston\nThe Trump Administration has assembled an armada of U.S. warships and thousands troops off the coast of Venezuela. They’ve sent thousands more soldiers to Puerto Rico in case they are needed for an invasion. CIA operatives who have snuck into Venezuela are scouting out the situation inside the country. And\, while enjoying blowing up dozens of civilians the president claims are drug dealers\, Trump has made it clear that President Maduro of Venezuela will be removed from power one way or another. \nDoes President Trump intend to kidnap President Maduro? Does he plan to assassinate him? Does he plan to invade the country and install a new leader in power while we steal the nation’s vast oil reserves? We don’t know. \nWe do know that we must act now to prevent a brewing disaster for Venezuela. \nWe have followed fools into Vietnam\, Iraq\, Afghanistan\, Cambodia\, Libya and into dozens of Regime Change operations from Iran to the Congo\, to Chile\, to Libya and Ukraine. How have those turned out? \nLet’s not be fooled again. Join us to Say: \n\nNo to Regime Change\nNo to Decapitation\nNo to Military Attack\nBring our Forces Home\nGet the CIA out of Venezuela\n\nJoin us at noon on Friday November 14th at Park Street Station in Boston for a rally. We will then head to the JFK Federal Building to deliver a letter to Senate offices\, demand Congress reject Trump’s illegal actions.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/keep-trumps-hands-off-venezuela/
LOCATION:Tremont Street & Park Street Boston\, MA 02108\, Tremont Street & Park Street\, Boston\, 02108\, United States
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SUMMARY:No Fear with Street Theater
DESCRIPTION:Join the new protest group\, “No Fear Street Theater” for weekly protests on Saturdays starting October 11th from 11am to 1pm. Stand up for immigrants two blocks from the Burlington ICE office. All are welcomed and encouraged to support our immigrant community. The protests will be held at Burlington Mall Rd. at District Avenue.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-fear-with-street-theater/2025-11-15/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America,Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity
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SUMMARY:Educational Freedom Project Rally
DESCRIPTION:Educational Freedom Project is a new organizing group started by Northeastern students that now spans across Boston campuses. Their mission is to is to build a platform for energized students and community members to transform their passion into action that will carry the promise of higher education forward. Higher education is under threat\, and EFP is mobilizing students across campuses and working to implement reforms to promote teaching\, learning\, expression\, and opportunity. Here is a link to their website if you want to learn more about the group and how to get involved\, link here. \nJoin the Educational Freedom Project\, student organizations\, and local advocacy groups on November 15th in the Back Bay Fens at 2.00pm for a student-focused rally. We will have community speakers\, student bands\, and action tables. Bring posters calling on our universities to defend their students – and rep your university colors! Together\, students are pushing their universities to fulfill their missions and defend their communities. \nWe hope to see you there! \nIf you are able to make a contribution to Educational Freedom Project to help them fund this rally please donate here! Anything helps!
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/educational-freedom-project-rally/
LOCATION:Back Bay Fens\, 100 Park Dr\, Boston\, 02215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Democracy
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