Year: 2025 - Page 18 - Massachusetts Peace Action

President Trump and Premier Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit, Osaka, 2019. Photo: National Archives and Records Administration

US-China Relations under Trump

February 23, 2025 Marcus Breen

by Marcus Breen What will the relationship between the US and China be in this new Trump administration? The Trump Administration is engaged in policy experimentation aimed at long term transformations of liberal US policy, including Chinese containment. Still, anyone making definitive claims about China […]

Chasiv Yar (Donetsk region of Ukraine), March 30, 2024. The town was captured by Russia on January 29, 2025. Photo: National Police of Ukraine.

Ukraine: “Frozen Conflict” or a Lasting Peace?

February 23, 2025 Hoffmann the Organizer

by Hoffmann the Organizer With events related to Ukraine moving very quickly and the rapid development of momentum toward negotiations to end the war, it is important for the peace movement to be clear about where those negotiations should lead. International relations scholar John Mearsheimer […]

The 2025-26 Commonwealth Peace and Justice Agenda is Here!

February 17, 2025 Grace Cowell

by Grace Cowell MAPA’s 2025-26 Commonwealth Peace and Justice Agenda is a set of five bills that we filed in the state legislature, many in partnership with other progressive organizations. They address pressing issues facing our nation today, including immigration rights, genocide, weapons of mass […]

Navigating the Nuclear Landscape Under Trump

February 13, 2025 Zoe Curtaz

by Zoe Curtaz With just 89 seconds to midnight, the newly reinstated Trump administration poses a significant liability to addressing urgent global risks – including the ever-dangerous nuclear crisis. In his first term, Trump revealed his willingness to ignore international standards by pulling out of […]

World Balance Conference, Havana, Cuba, January 2025 Photo: Cuban Institute if Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP)

Sixth Conference for World Balance in Havana, Cuba: A Better World is Possible

February 12, 2025 Merri Ansara

by Merriam Ansara “I have lived in the belly of the beast and I know its entrails; mine is the sling of David…[my duty is] of preventing the United States from spreading through the Antilles as Cuba gains its independence, and from overpowering with that […]

MSF patient Hala Ismael Al Talla in a follow-up consultation at Rafah Indonesian Field Hospital. | Palestine 2024 © MSF

Changing the Narrative: Celebrating Palestine’s Real-Life Heroes

February 12, 2025 Randy Wurster

by Randy Wurster When Marvel announced in 2022 that the upcoming Captain America film would feature comic book superheroine Sabra, pro-Palestinian groups soon called for a boycott. Sabra, the alter-ego of Mossad agent Ruth Bat-Seraph, has a “long history in the comics of working for […]

Mexico leads Economic Progress in the Americas

February 12, 2025 Ellen Mass

by Ellen Mass This article is part one of a series on Mexico’s history and economic development — In Mexico astounding nation-wide changes are transforming the daily life of toiling workers and their families. Deeming this historic economic development as either inferior or unworthy of […]