Year: 2020 - Page 7 - Massachusetts Peace Action

Defending the Election and Our Democracy

October 7, 2020 Cole Harrison

Remarks delivered by Joseph Gerson at the “Defending the Election and Our Democracy” webinar, October 6, 2020. Watch the video. Several months ago, before the Trumpian assault on our electoral process became as blatant as it is now, but as it became clear that Trump […]

How I Came Around

October 7, 2020 Andrea Burns

by Andrea Burns The day after Senator Sanders suspended his campaign in early April of this year, I unenrolled from the Democratic Party. Hurt, angry and demoralized, I was disgusted by the red-baiting by the media and the disrespectful way the Democratic Party treated Sanders […]

Defeat Trump! Turn Out the Vote!

October 7, 2020 Paul Shannon

by Paul Shannon and Jackie King Our help is needed in the most important election of our lifetime. Voter suppression efforts are underway across the country. The President has openly announced his refusal to accept the results of the election if he loses. Only a […]

Cries from Every Corner: Abolish Nuclear Weapons

October 7, 2020 Susan Mirsky

by Susan Mirsky From leafy town commons to crowded urban shopping centers, cries rang out in 17 municipalities across the Commonwealth September 26th, as people raised their voices, signs, and banners in a call for the government to abolish nuclear weapons and invest in meeting […]

Trump’s Looting of CITGO Punishes Low-Income People in Venezuela and US

October 4, 2020 Yoav Elinevsky

by Yoav Elinevsky The Trump administration’s deadly intent to bring down the elected government of Venezuela has been on full display in recent months, as it tightened already severe sanctions, placed a $15 million bounty on President Nicolas Maduro’s head, conducted provocative military maneuvers off […]

Cries from Every Corner standout, Newton, Sept 26

National Security, Covid, and Nuclear Weapons

September 29, 2020 Jerald Ross

by Jerald Ross Originally published in the Lowell Sun The loss of over 200,000 American lives to Covid 19 should make clear the time is long past to readjust our notions of national security. The lack of our government’s preparations for this catastrophe, despite a […]

Standout for Black Lives Matter, Dorchester, September 25, 2020. Madeline Marie photo/Dorchester People for Peace.

The fate of all peace-loving people in the world is linked

September 29, 2020 Hayat Imam

by Hayat Imam Remarks at the Standout for Black Lives organized by Dorchester People for Peace, September 25, 2020 This event has been organized by Dorchester People for Peace. We hold Black Lives Matter Standouts once a month, and, over the past years, we have […]