Year: 2022 - Page 2 - Massachusetts Peace Action

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) conducts routine operations May 18, 2021, in the Taiwan Strait. (MC3 Zenaida Roth/Navy)

Pushing Back Against Pro-War Narratives in the Media

December 9, 2022 Tom Valovic

by Tom Valovic One of the biggest challenges for peace activists at Mass Peace Action and in other organizations is countering the seemingly endless stream of pro-war narratives put out by the mainstream media. During the Vietnam war, the mainstream press did a good job […]

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

Report on “Facing Our Challenges in Dangerous Times” Conference

December 9, 2022 Martha Karchere

by Martha Karchere In a world where humanity itself is the largest threat to the planet, many of us struggle for understanding and a course reversal. Over one hundred political activists for peace and progress gathered via Zoom on December 3rd to hear how the […]

MAPA Condemns House Approval of $858 billion Pentagon Budget

December 8, 2022 Cole Harrison

Massachusetts Peace Action condemns the House of Representatives’ vote today to approve a $858 billion Pentagon budget, the largest in history. The vote was 350-80, with 45 Democrats and 35 Republicans voting no. Reps. Pressley, McGovern, and Auchincloss voted no, while Reps. Clark, Trahan, Neal, Keating, […]

Massachusetts Peace Action Condemns House Passage of $858 billion Pentagon Spending Bill

December 8, 2022 Maryellen Kurkulos

Massachusetts Peace Action condemns the House of Representatives’ vote today to approve a $858 billion Pentagon budget, the largest in history, said its executive director, Cole Harrison. The vote was 350-80, with 45 Democrats and 35 Republicans voting no. The war budget is $80 billion […]

Cubans voting in municipal elections in La Habana on November 27, 2022. Photo: Calla Walsh/ MAPA

US Youth Observe Cuba’s Elections – and Learn about Real Democracy

December 5, 2022 Calla Walsh

by Calla Walsh Originally published on Multipolarista on December 3rd A delegation of youth from the United States observed Cuba’s November 2022 municipal elections and offer an inside look into a true people’s democracy, where workers decide who will govern them, not wealthy oligarchs and […]

Local to Global: Letter to President Joe Biden

December 5, 2022 Patricia Hynes

Originally published in the Greenfield Recorder by Patricia Hynes Dear Joe, Remember the mid-March snowball fight with some boys in our 8th grade class at St Helena’s School in Wilmington, Delaware? The wet snow made for hard, icy snowballs, so I hid my young sister […]

Breakouts: Facing our Challenges in Dangerous Times

November 30, 2022 Cole Harrison

The following breakouts will be run during the afternoon session of the Facing our Challenges in Dangerous Times conference, December 3, 2022. Building Political Power with the Massachusetts Indigenous Legislative Agenda For the past two legislative sessions, Indigenous leaders, organizations, tribal governments, and non-Indigenous community […]