Month: March 2023 - Page 2 - Massachusetts Peace Action

Australia agreed to purchase four Virginia-class submarines similar to the USS Indiana, pictured at Groton, Connecticut, September 25, 2020. (U.S. Navy Photo by John Narewski)

AUKUS Nuclear Submarines: Accelerating the Sleepwalking to War With China

March 23, 2023 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson The March 13 Biden-Albanese-Sunak summit in San Diego to demonstrate alliance solidarity and to sign the multi-billion AUKUS (Australia, United Kingdom, US) nuclear submarine deal accelerated the pace of the U.S. and China sleepwalking toward catastrophic war. Compounding the dangers that came […]

Freedom Monument in Baghdad, commissioned after the 1958 revolution by General Abd al-Karim Qasim and designed by architect Jawad Salim. Photo: Hammody.90/ Openverse

Reflections on the 2003 US Invasion of Iraq

March 18, 2023 Hayat Imam

by Hayat Imam At the 2004 White House Correspondents Ball, President George W. Bush mimed a massive search for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), looking under tables and chairs and muttering to himself: “The WMD have got to be here somewhere…” The audience dutifully laughed, […]

Action Report: Activists Call on MA Reps to End the US war in Yemen

March 7, 2023 Brian Garvey

By Brian Garvey As part of a nationwide day of protests, backed by dozens of U.S. antiwar, youth, women’s, religious, Libertarian, progressive, and other groups, MAPA rallied in two locations on Wednesday March 1st, the Quincy office of Congressman Stephen Lynch and the Newton office […]

Raytheon’s Ukraine War Missile Defense Footprint

March 6, 2023 Richard Krushnic

by Richard Krushnic NATO’s main preoccupation these days is determining how well it can arm Ukraine without driving Russia into using tactical nuclear weapons—and how many red lines does it dare to cross while trying to crush Russia. The major red line that hasn’t been […]

Arming Israel: Will the US Demand Accountability?

March 4, 2023 Eva Moseley

by Eva Moseley and Jeff Klein Every year, US taxpayers finance the Israeli military to the tune of $3.8 billion. In 2022 Congress piled on an additional $1 billion for Israel to replenish rockets it had used in its latest attack on Gaza. Only a handful of […]

Peace in Ukraine protest on Shrewsbury St, Worcester, MA, near Rep. Jim McGovern's office. MAPA photo

The Path to Peace: Ceasefire and Negotiations, Not More Weapons to Ukraine

March 4, 2023 Jackie Dee King

by Jackie Dee King As the Ukraine war entered its second year, the leaders of the world’s two most heavily armed nuclear powers doubled down on their vows to carry the conflict through to victory. President Biden publicly reaffirmed his previous claims that the US […]

Condemning Israel’s Actions is Not Anti-Semitism

March 3, 2023 Megan Lee

By Megan Lee As the tension between Palestinians and the Israeli government increases, political institutions, governments, and advocates are identifying the injustices that Israeli institutions continue to commit against Palestinians. Israel stands as the only established Jewish nation in the world, and considering the past […]