by Hayat Imam Remarks presented at MAPA’s Annual Meeting, April 6, 2024 As a Muslim American, I am very worried about the deep losses to our civil rights that I can see coming – for all of us, but particularly for the Muslim community. Just […]
by Cole Harrison April 24 – Congress this week overwhelmingly passed a $95 billion supplemental foreign military appropriation bill which had been stalled for six months. Despite differing priorities within the overall war drive that unites them, the leadership of both parties finally came together […]
By an attendee of the Newton rally Amidst a sea of Israeli flags at Newton’s Gaza rally on April 11, Susan E.’s poignant sign stood out: ‘Another Jewish mother against the slaughter of Palestinian children — ceasefire yesterday!’ Despite our group being outnumbered nearly fourfold […]
On Thursday April 11th, Massachusetts Peace Action held statewide “Stand with Gaza” rallies in seven out of nine Massachusetts congressional districts. Our demands directed towards our representatives continue to include supporting a permanent ceasefire and reinstatement of funding to UNRWA, voting against additional U.S. weapons […]
By Paul Shannon “The researches of many commentators have already thrown much darkness on this subject, and it is probable that, if they continue, we shall soon know nothing at all about it” (Mark Twain as quoted by former U.S. ambassador Chas Freeman, “The Many […]
by Jackie King As the death toll climbs above 33,000 in the devastated Gaza Strip and famine takes hold among its captive population, residents in communities across Massachusetts have been rising up to protest our government’s complicity in Israel’s genocidal assault. One live current within […]
by H. Patricia Hynes This article was originally published in Informed Comment. Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – In June 2023 Amanda Jones, an African American who had recently given birth to her second daughter Miranda, died from pregnancy-related causes. Her state, Georgia, ranks among […]
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