Year: 2022 - Page 29 - Massachusetts Peace Action

An overhead view of the Naval base at Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawai’i

$770 Billion For the Military — Poisoned Water for Military Families

February 23, 2022 Elizabeth Walters

By Liz Walters Concerns from hundreds of military families living on the Joint Naval Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawai’i about foul-smelling drinking water were dismissed on November 29th, 2021, by Naval Commander Captain Erik Spitzer, who assured residents the water was safe to drink. Spitzer […]

Katrina vanden Heuvel to Keynote MAPA Annual Meeting

February 23, 2022 Cole Harrison

Katrina vanden Heuvel will be the keynote speaker at MAPA’s annual membership meeting on Tuesday, April 26, with the theme “Militarism or Extinction?”. Vanden Heuvel is publisher of The Nation magazine and a weekly columnist at the Washington Post. Her talk will address US/NATO tensions […]

Peace and Progressive State Bills Move Forward

February 22, 2022 Catherine Henning

by Cate Henning Massachusetts Peace Action and Massachusetts Peace and Justice Network filed a set of 7 bills with the State legislature in 2021-22, and Massachusetts Peace Action stood in strong support of 12 additional bills. In a long overdue step towards immigration justice, the […]

Speakers at Nuclear War Danger conference. Clockwise from upper left: Elaine Scarry, Jodie Evans, Larry Cohen, Joseph Gerson, Joe Cirincione, Shailly Gupta Barnes, Phyllis Bennis

Nuclear War Danger Conference Discusses National Politics

February 22, 2022 Jonathan King

By Jonathan King The 2022 “Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War” conference was held on Jan 29 as a virtual event. The annual Conference has developed from a regional event to a national gathering, with more than 400 registrants, from 40 states and 20 different […]

Artists Unite Against Nuclear Annihilation

February 22, 2022 Andre de Quadros

by André de Quadros & Kathie Malley-Morrison Artists of all varieties—songwriters and singers, poets, novelists, short story writers, mural painters, performance artists, cartoonists—have long played roles in either promoting or resisting wars. Today, we desperately need artists to work together with progressive activists and commit […]

Holding Seth Moulton Accountable on Yemen

February 18, 2022 Brian Garvey

For Immediate Release: Contact: Brian Garvey, brian@masspeaceaction.org When: Friday, February 18th, 12pm-1pm Where: Office of Congressman Seth Mouton, 21 Front St, Salem, MA 02970 Congressman Seth Moulton has been one of the worst members of Congress on the issue of Yemen. On February 18th at 12 […]

Yemen Rally, Seth Moulton's office, Salem, Feb 18, 2022

Seth Moulton Don’t Starve Yemen

February 17, 2022 Brian Garvey