November 2020 – Massachusetts Peace Action

NO to ANY form of U.S. Military Presence in the Middle East

November 25, 2020 Shaghayegh Christine Rostampour

Not long ago, we shared a message to welcome the recent withdrawal of significant numbers of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. Our support for the recent move by the Trump administration to reduce the numbers of deployed troops in Afghanistan and Iraq is proof that […]

Peace on the Korean Peninsula in the 21st Century

The US Needs to Stop Preventing Korean Reconciliation

November 22, 2020 Cole Harrison

A talk presented at “Peace in the Korean Peninsula in the 21st Century”, a program sponsored by the National Unification Advisory Council’s Boston chapter, on November 21, 2020. View video of this talk at https://youtu.be/Ff3hciLUtTo I’m Cole Harrison, executive director of Massachusetts Peace Action. We’re […]

Jeff Klein (left) with co-workers at GE Lynn, circa 1979. The Steam Turbine division of GE Lynn was closed in the late 1980s and “Building 57” where the photo is from was torn down , along with other buildings, and made into a parking lot.

Can We Build a Progressive Future If We Dismiss a Large Part of the Working Class?

November 22, 2020 Jeff Klein

by Jeff Klein I’m happy to be retired. After decades working as a machinist in New England factories and shops, I can’t say I miss having to clock into the job at 7am. I don’t miss the sweaty, dirty and sometimes dangerous work I had […]

Support Raphael Warnock for Senate in Georgia

November 21, 2020 Cole Harrison

While the presidential race is thankfully over, control of the Senate remains at stake, and will come down to the results of a special election this January in Georgia. The Senate has been a graveyard for pro-peace legislation coming out of the House these past two […]

Election challengers protest and demand to enter the room where ballots were being counted in Detroit on Nov 4. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post)

Something Important Happened in Detroit

November 19, 2020 Dan Luker

by Rev. Wendy von Courter, Dan Luker, and Bob Master November 4th, 2020, TFC Convention Center, Michigan Ballot counting location The day after the election, November 4th, large groups of people gathered outside the TFC Convention Center in Detroit where the votes for the presidential […]

U.S. Army Captain talks with the Nurgaram district sub-governor in Nuristan, Afghanistan. Photo by Chief Master Sgt. Richard Simonsen/U.S. Air Force

Yes to Withdrawing U.S. Troops from Afghanistan and Iraq!

November 17, 2020 Valentine Moghadam

Massachusetts Peace Action welcomes the announcement that President Trump will withdraw significant numbers of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. Our attempt to impose our will on those countries has been a complete failure. We should go beyond what Trump has ordered; our military presence […]

Lessons from the Election and Demands for Joe Biden

November 12, 2020 Brian Garvey

We’re all happy that Donald Trump will be a one-term president. He is a divisive and impulsive figure who thoughtlessly threatens violence against foreign countries and citizens of the United States alike. He tore up international treaties and increased bombing and harmful economic sanctions. The risk of a second Trump […]