Year: 2023 - Page 13 - Massachusetts Peace Action

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

Ukraine, the Deepening Euro-Atlantic Crisis, and Common Security Possibilities

May 21, 2023 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Originally published in Common Dreams Editor’s note: The following is based on a speech—entitled “17th Strategy Conference of the Cooperation for Peace: Our Security Can Only Work Together: Ukraine, Russia, and Europe in a Multipolar World”—delivered in Hamburg, Germany on April 28 to […]

Protesters are pictured holding signs in the SEC on Apr. 25, 2022. Chloe Courtney Bohl / The Tufts Daily

To Turn Back New Cold War, Peace Movement Must Work Across Borders

May 21, 2023 Maryellen Kurkulos

by Maryellen Kurkulos On Saturday, April 29th MAPA’s 2023 Annual Meeting was held as a virtual gathering, where our members met to affirm our values and set our path forward for the coming year. Our keynote speaker was the noted African-American historian, prolific author and […]

Public education, housing, and healthcare are key elements of a peace economy

Fund People, Not the Pentagon: MAPA Launches “Peace Economy” Campaign

May 20, 2023 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King Hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents are struggling just to get by. Patients are unable to pay their medical bills. Tenants are worried about eviction and future housing. Parents are still concerned about Covid-19 safety in dilapidated school buildings. T riders are […]

Twin Existential Threats Campaign

May 16, 2023 Kathie Malley-Morrison

by Kathleen Malley-Morrison The risks to life inherent in catastrophic climate devastation and nuclear weapons proliferation are increasingly recognized as intimately interconnected; indeed, organizations such as the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), and […]

My Path to Nuclear Disarmament Activism

May 16, 2023 Sue Entin

By Susan Entin, as told to Kathie Malley-Morrison Back in 1968, when I was a senior at Quincy High School in Quincy, MA, my high school guidance counsellor urged me to go to an ivy league college to please my parents (and keep the high […]

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

A Time for Peace: MAPA launches campaign to end Ukraine war

May 11, 2023 Paul Shannon

By Paul Shannon Every day United States’ involvement in the war increases. Every day the death toll and suffering mount. And every day the danger of terminal nuclear war remains ever present as one side or the other gains the upper hand. In response, many […]

Constituents Ask: Where is Rep. Jim McGovern on Venezuela and Cuba?

May 8, 2023 Celina della Croce

by Celina della Croce Solidarity activists continue to press US representatives to demand the end of deadly sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba. May 28, 2023 will mark exactly two years to the date of Rep. Jim McGovern’s letter imploring President Biden to “stop using the […]