Month: January 2023 - Page 2 - Massachusetts Peace Action

The Traprock Center for Peace and Justice held a vigil on Saturday, August 6, at the Greenfield Town Common, 11 AM to noon, to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and call for rapid nuclear disarmament worldwide.

How Can the Peace Movement Be More Effective?

January 27, 2023 Tom Valovic

by Tom Valovic I’m probably not your typical peace activist. Over the last 15 years or so, I’ve been involved in a variety of volunteer and activist work in environmentalism, healthcare, and the best use of emerging technology. As a relative newcomer, I’ve found that […]

“Diplomacy for Ukraine” Rallies to be held at Congressional Offices in Massachusetts

January 25, 2023 Evelyn Miller

(Cambridge) Jan. 25 — Massachusetts Peace Action today denounced President Biden’s plan to send tanks to arm Ukraine, and announced that rallies would be held at six Congressional offices in Massachusetts, Thursday Jan. 26 at noon, to call for diplomacy, not escalation in the Ukraine […]

Mandy Carter: Women’s Peace Walk, 1983

January 23, 2023 C.R. Spicer

By C.R. Spicer The Seneca Women’s Peace Camp was formed in 1983 to protest the scheduled deployment of Cruise and Pershing II missiles before their suspected shipment from the Seneca, NY Army Depot to Europe. Women organized feeder marches from Boston, and as far away […]

Cambridge Rally to Support the U.N. Nuclear Ban Treaty

January 20, 2023 Maryellen Kurkulos

(Cambridge) Today at 3:30 PM at Fresh Pond Shopping Center, Alewife Brook Parkway, residents of Greater Boston will hold a public standout to mark the second anniversary of the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The protesters will call for the urgent elimination […]

Soldiers dressed in army camouflage march in formation

Militarized Japan and the Biden-Kishida Summit Signal Moment in the New Cold War

January 18, 2023 Joseph Gerson

By Joseph Gerson This article was originally published in Common Dreams. Across the Indo-Pacific, as well as in the escalating Ukraine War, humanity stands an accident or miscalculation away from the calamity of nuclear war. “Japan in December adopted a set of three security and […]

dove flying peace nuclear disarmament Sunguk Kim Unsplash

Envisioning a world without nuclear weapons

January 17, 2023 Patricia Hynes

by Pat Hynes This article was originally published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Jan. 22 marks the second anniversary of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a global lifeboat supported by 70% of the world’s countries. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Energy’s […]

Very Rev. Amy McCreath, dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Episcopal), speaks for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine, St. Paul's steps, Dec. 19, 2022 / MAPA photo

Zelensky, Biden and Congress should Seize This Chance for Peace in Ukraine

January 5, 2023 Cole Harrison

Massachusetts Peace Action joined Massachusetts faith leaders today in calling on President Zelinsky, President Biden, and members of Congress to support a ceasefire in the Ukraine war that could pave the way for a diplomatic settlement. President’ Putin’s announcement of a 36-hour truce followed his […]