Year: 2020 - Page 4 - Massachusetts Peace Action

MAPA Student Awards: Call for Policy Papers

November 9, 2020 Shaghayegh Christine Rostampour

The US agreed in February to withdraw its military forces from Afghanistan within one year, though implementation of the deal has been delayed. Mass. peace action supports a speedy withdrawal. But what other concerns should be integrated into an overall peace plan to move Afghanistan […]

Where do We Go from Here? Breakout Sessions

November 8, 2020 Cole Harrison

The following Breakout Sessions will be held at the Where do We Go from Here? Preparing our Movements for the Next Four Years conference, December 5-6, 2020, by Zoom. Breakout Session #1 – 11:05 am to 12:05 pm What’s the Matter with Massachusetts? A survey […]

Count Every Vote rally, Boston Common, Nov 4, 2020

The Uncertain Election: Defending Constitutional Democracy and Human Survival

November 5, 2020 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson first published by the International Peace Bureau In the run up to the U.S. election, Daniel Ellsberg, the courageous whistleblower who risked 115 years in prison in the early 1970s for revealing the Pentagon’s secret history of the Vietnam War in his […]

How to Invest in a Nuclear Weapon Free World

October 28, 2020 Nick Cantrell

by Nick Cantrell Originally posted at Green Future Wealth Management Given the frenetic pace of news today, there was a monumental International event that took place this past Saturday, October 24th that went almost completely unnoticed by everyone, including the media and the investment community. The […]

Protesters scuffle with police officers at 52nd and Market on the second day of protests after the fatal shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. Wallace was shot and killed by police officers at the 6100 block of Locust Street in West Philadelphia on Monday, Oct. 26. HEATHER KHALIFA / Philadelphia Inquirer

Another Black Man Shot by Police in Philadelphia, October 2020

October 28, 2020 Hayat Imam

by Hayat Imam I join all my friends in the fury and outrage we feel at the killing of yet another Black man at the hands of the police. I come to two conclusions, both pointing to conditions that are unacceptable and must be challenged. […]

The Promise of the Treaty for Prevention of Nuclear Weapons

October 27, 2020 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Originally published at Eurasia Review The Treaty on the Prevention of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has received its 50th ratification and will go into force in 90 days – January 22. Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb survivors, activists from ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) […]

Beyond Trump and Biden

October 26, 2020 John Blumenstiel

by John Blumenstiel I write this as a member of the Green-Rainbow Party with the gravity of realizing that our economic and political system are beyond repair given our limited choices. The world awaits the removal of our maniacal president from office for the mutual […]