Month: January 2025 - Page 2 - Massachusetts Peace Action

Boy sitting in the rubble of a destroyed UNRWA school in Nuseirat, Gaza. © 2024 UNRWA Photo

Ceasefire Agreement Promises End to Gaza Genocide

January 15, 2025 Cole Harrison

On the birthday of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) today welcomes the news that Israel and Hamas have agreed to end the devastating carnage in the Gaza Strip after 15 months of deadly Israeli attacks that killed tens of thousands of […]

The Persistence of Racial Discrimination Through the Prison Industrial Complex

January 15, 2025 Grace Cowell

By Grace Cowell As wildfires rage across Southern California, it’s time to give a closer look into the history and roots of systemic racism surrounding a key group on the front lines fighting what have become the most destructive blazes in Los Angeles history: incarcerated […]

UN Human Rights Office Details Israel’s Assault on Gaza’s Hospitals

January 8, 2025 Lila Li

By Lila Li On December 31, 2024, the U.N. Human Rights Office (OHCHR) released its fourth thematic report, titled “Attacks on Hospitals During the Escalation of Hostilities in Gaza.” The 23-page document challenges prevailing Israeli narratives used to justify Israeli military operations against Gazan hospitals. […]

Bah Humbug Begone!

January 7, 2025 Doe West

by Rev Dr Doe West A Rallying Cry for Gratitude from an Indigenous woman in the US of A, 2024 Scrooge! Grinch! Stakes of holly plunging into hearts across the land! The antithesis of visions of sugarplums dancing in our heads! Arrg! The weeping, the […]