Year: 2021 - Page 5 - Massachusetts Peace Action

McGovern Files Major National Security Reform Bill in Congress

October 30, 2021 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey On September 30th Chairman of the House Rules Committee Jim McGovern of Worcester introduced the National Security Reform and Accountability Act with Congressman Peter Meijer, Republican of Michigan. The bill addresses three issues that are crucial for peace and justice: Reform of […]

Sliding Scale Guidance Page

October 29, 2021 Cole Harrison

The Sliding Scale payment model is our way of offering a more equitable payment that allows for the most people to have access. We understand that costs can present a barrier to attendance and participation. We aim to eliminate this barrier so wether you pay […]

Why Blame Raytheon?

October 29, 2021 Kathie Malley-Morrison

By Kathleen Malley-Morrison Raytheon (which, since its merger with United Technologies has relabeled itself Raytheon Technologies) is culpable for every casualty, physical and psychological, human and environmental, associated with every action in which the United States military industrial complex has participated since World War II. Does […]

How to Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons

October 17, 2021 Peter Metz

By Peter Metz and Ira Helfand Originally published in the Boston Globe, September 30, 2021 Sunday was the eighth annual International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, established by the UN General Assembly You probably weren’t aware of it. After all, the possibility […]

Take On Tenet: Fighting for a Just Healthcare System Embedded in a Just Society

October 14, 2021 Sandy Eaton

by Sandy Eaton Twenty-one years ago, Worcester nurses faced off against the Tenet Corporation. Newly organized, they struck for forty-nine days to win a first contract. Then, as now, money wasn’t the main issue. The safety of patients and staff in a profit-driven healthcare system […]

Nuclear Resister Megan Rice

October 12, 2021 C. R. Spicer

by C. R. Spicer Sr. Megan Rice, a visionary and steadfast anti-nuclear resister who painted peace slogans on the Y-12 nuclear bomb factory in Oak Ridge, TN, in 2012, died October 10. I remember my drive with Sr. Megan, Michael Walli, and Greg Bourtje-Obed in […]

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Pressley’s ‘no’ to more military aid to Israel was the right thing to do

October 7, 2021 Jeff Klein

by Jeff Klein Originally published in the Dorchester Reporter Recently, US Rep. Ayanna Pressley voted against an additional $1 billion in military aid to Israel that was rushed through by the leadership of House of Representatives without a hearing or even a meaningful debate. For […]