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A War on Cuba is A War on Human Rights

June 11, 2026 Merri Ansara

The war on Cuba is not separable than the war on human rights and human welfare here at home. If it succeeds, it will establish the right of military might over the right of self determination. It will drive thousands of desperate Cubans to our […]

ShotSpotter Surveillance To End in Cambridge

June 11, 2026 Spencer Piston

MAPA’s Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity Working Group collaborates with The Black Response Cambridge (TBR Cambridge) and recently heard their analysis of the effects of the use of ShotSpotter technology in Cambridge. Interestingly, we learned that the neighborhoods in Cambridge where this surveillance technology has […]

Our World Needs A Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty More Than Ever

June 11, 2026 Jeanne Trubek

Today, humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation. We need the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as much as ever. That is why this Review Conference is so important. It’s an opportunity to hammer-out the measures that will help avoid […]

Jonathan Paz for Congress!

June 5, 2026 Coleman Harrison

Massachusetts Peace Action endorses Jonathan Paz for Congress in Congressional District 5. Jonathan Paz is a former Waltham City Councilor, immigrant rights organizer, and son of immigrants, running for Congress in MA-05 against Katherine Clark. Clark is the House Minority Whip, making her one of […]

Let’s Get this Done!

June 5, 2026 David Detmold

By David Detmold, Montague It has been six months now since the last meeting of the Massachusetts Seal, Flag and Motto Advisory Commission. Call me naïve, but has the political will to accomplish this long-awaited change vanished from the statehouse and the governor’s office in […]

Elect Jeromie Whalen to Congress!

June 3, 2026 Merri Ansara

Massachusetts Peace Action endorses Jeromie Whalen for Congress in Congressional District 1 over incumbent Richard Neal. Jeromie Whalen has proven himself to be both a fierce advocate of the same values and policies that MAPA fights for, and also a skilled communicator and campaigner, ready […]

Andrea James for Governor!

June 3, 2026 Brian Garvey

Massachusetts Peace Action endorses Andrea James for Governor of Massachusetts. Andrea James has spent decades organizing for criminal justice reform, racial justice, economic justice, and the rights of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in Massachusetts. Through her leadership of Families for Justice as Healing and […]