Year: 2020 - Page 13 - Massachusetts Peace Action

Accessible Films on Hiroshima/Nagasaki and Nuclear Weapons

July 27, 2020 Nicholas Smaldone

There are many films about the atomic bomb, the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the dangers we face from nuclear weapons. The following is offered as a short list of films easily available through popular media channels which touch on basic information, personal stories […]

The Virus of Sanctions: Flattening the Curve

July 26, 2020 George Capaccio

by George Capaccio The coronavirus pandemic rages unabated in the United States. Shortages of life-saving drugs and essential equipment, medical facilities overwhelmed with critical cases, an increasing number of deaths from what should have been preventable causes—these are indications of a healthcare system in crisis. […]

Savina Martin at Strike for Black Lives, July 20, 2020

Poor People’s Campaign in Massachusetts Strikes for Black Lives, Fights Covid, Plans for Fall

July 26, 2020 Savina Martin

by Savina Martin Ever since we participated in the historic, soul-lifting Moral March on Washington June 20th, organized by the national Poor People’s Campaign (see report below), our work has grown in Massachusetts. We helped turn people out for the powerful Strike for Black Lives […]

US Navy guided missile cruiser and destroyers in the South China Sea

South China Sea Provocations & Meeting China Halfway

July 26, 2020 Joseph Gerson

NEW YORK, Jul 22 2020 (IPS) – In the words of (ret.) Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Secretary of Defense Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff, the Trump Administration has been dangerously “poking China in the eye.” After sending aircraft carriers and destroyers to the precincts of the Taiwan […]

Rahsaan Hall, director, of the ACLU of Massachusetts Racial Justice Program, addresses reporters on police reform bill. Bay State Banner photo

State Police Reform Bill Passes House, Heads to Conference

July 25, 2020 Mike Connolly

by State Rep. Mike Connolly The police reform bill, “An Act relative to justice, equity and accountability in law enforcement,” was engrossed by the House on a vote of 93-to-66 late last night. This was the closest vote on major bill in the House in […]

Authoritarianism or Democracy?

July 25, 2020 Jackie Dee King

Federal troops are sent to Portland, Oregon, without the consent of the the mayor or the governor. Refusing to identify themselves, the troops pull peaceful protesters off the streets and into unmarked vehicles and spirit them away. They fire rubber bullets and tear gas cannisters […]

Four Crises and the Fate of Human Society

July 25, 2020 Euan Harlow-Lawrence

Presentation by Noam Chomsky at a webinar “Authoritarianism and Democracy“, June 29, 2020. Watch video of the presentation and discussion This [webinar] is focusing on an issue that arises against a complex and threatening background. We happen to be living at a moment of human history […]