Month: December 2022

JFK’s Trailblazing Speech and Current Day Implications

December 15, 2022 Molly McGinty

By Molly McGinty Based on remarks at 21 November event, which can be found here. It was an honor and privilege to join Most Reverend John Wester and the Mass Peace Action team on 21 November for President Kennedy’s Trailblazing Vision of World Peace: […]

The Golden Rule Sails Again for a Nuclear-Free World!

December 15, 2022 Helen Jaccard

Watch webinar on the Golden Rule here! By Helen Jaccard In 1958 four Quaker peace activists sailed the Golden Rule toward the Marshall Islands in an attempt to halt nuclear weapons testing. The US Coast Guard boarded her in Honolulu and arrested her crew, causing […]

Where do we go from here: Cooperation or Catastrophe

December 15, 2022 Rodney Petersen

Watch webinar on the Golden Rule here! By Rev. Rodney Petersen As the good ship Golden Rule sets forth on a new voyage on behalf of nuclear disarmament, let’s acknowledge three nautical realities: 1) life in a boat requires knowing who else is in the […]

Chip, chip, chip. Against all odds.

December 15, 2022 John Bach

Watch webinar on the Golden Rule here! By John Bach The new voyage of the Golden Rule around the Great Loop [insert link] to hundreds of American towns and cities on behalf of nuclear disarmament reawakes in me an image from Vietnam, an image that […]

No, I can’t help! Psychic numbing and how to confront it

December 15, 2022 Kathie Malley-Morrison

by Kathie Malley-Morrison Recognition of the growing threat of nuclear disaster is being voiced increasingly as nuclear armed countries hurtle into a renewal of the Cold War. On October 22, 2022, on the major network (BBC News) ofhe US’s strongest ally (the UK), Dr. Cooney […]

Moderator Hayat Imam and questioner Paul Shannon with speakers Jackson Lears, Phyllis Bennis, and Lindsay Koshgarian at "Facing our Challenges" conference, Dec 3, 2022. MAPA photo

Conference Dissects US Militarism, Abroad and at Home

December 13, 2022 Martha Karchere

by Martha Karchere Over one hundred political activists for peace and progress gathered via Zoom on December 3rd at the conference, “Facing our Challenges in Dangerous Times,” to hear how the United State’s orientation toward militarism has contributed to world peril, both helping to create […]

Susan Mirsky hands nuclear disarmament petitions to Rep. Jake Auchincloss outside his Newton office, joined by a group of MAPA members, October 14, 2022. MAPA photo

2020 Fund Drive: $30,000 to go!

December 9, 2022 Frances Jeffries

by Fran Jeffries We are asking for funds to continue our work in the coming year. The events of 2022 are reinforcing the urgency of our struggle for Peace and Justice. The need for Massachusetts Peace Action and its mission is clearer than ever. With […]