Nuclear Disarmament
Year: 2023
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National Call-In Urges Biden to Remove Cuba from Terrorism List
by Merri Ansara Members of some 150 national and local organizations, including Mass. Peace Action, called the White House on March 15 and 16 to urge President Biden to remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. The hundreds of callers encountered long waits […]
Raytheon Antiwar Campaign
Yemen Antiwar Activism Bearing Fruit as Negotiations Advance
By Brian Garvey Saudi negotiators arrived in Sana’a April 9 for negotiations with Houthi representatives on a deal that could end the Yemen war this month. In the wake of the Saudi/Iran deal brokered by China, the Saudis are reportedly agreeing to pay the wages […]
Fund the People, Not the Pentagon
Federal budget: Moral or immoral?
by Pat Hynes Originally published in the Greenfield Recorder April, the month tax filings are due, prompts us to ponder what our income taxes pay for. Are they used to provide all citizens sufficient resources and public goods for human security and well-being — the […]
Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity
Chief Vernon “Silent Drum” Lopez, RIP
Massachusetts Peace Action sends our love and Solidarity to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe with the loss of their beloved Chief Vernon “Silent Drum” Lopez, who died on April 3, 2023. Chief Lopez was a 100 year old elder who has led the tribe for many […]
Middle East Wars
SHOCKING! China shows that diplomacy can work in the Middle East
by Jeff Klein The Chinese-brokered peace deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia is causing shock waves in Washington and around the world. In contrast to the US policy of militarist hegemony, China has succeeded with old-fashioned diplomacy and the promotion of mutual respect between nations. […]
Nuclear Disarmament
Can Easter Enlighten the Nuclear Crisis?
by Peter Kakos According to one Biblical Easter account, when Jesus appeared to his followers- now frightened that Roman crucifixion would be their fate as well, his first word to them is one that is spoken to this day as a greeting across the world […]