Year: 2026

Elect Craig Swallow to Congress!

July 17, 2026 Coleman Harrison

Massachusetts Peace Action endorses Craig Swallow for Congress in Congressional District 9. Craig Swallow resides with his husband and two adopted rescue dogs in New Bedford. He is the grandson of Portuguese immigrants who escaped Portugal’s fascist dictatorship. He shares that the intergenerational impact of […]

Draper Brings Military Tech to Lowell

July 16, 2026 Richard Krushnic

The state of Massachusetts’ history of major participation in military industry is no secret. The US is spending around $3 trillion on a new generation of nuclear weapons, as well as huge amounts on new conventional weapons. Massachusetts, like other US states, seeks a share […]

Thousands of Nurses and Home Care Clinicians on Strike for Massachusetts Health Care

July 9, 2026 Sandy Eaton

On Wednesday morning, July 8th, at seven o’clock, 4000 RNs launched a twenty-four-hour strike at Boston’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital, part of the Mass General Brigham conglomerate (MGB), the largest private-sector employer in Massachusetts. And at eight o’clock, 450 home-care clinicians employed by MGB began […]

Re-Elect Rep. Mike Connolly, the “People’s Champion”

July 9, 2026 Jackie Dee King

Massachusetts Peace Action proudly endorses State Rep. Mike Connolly for reelection in the 26th Middlesex District, which covers parts of Cambridge and Somerville. Connolly has held the seat for the past five legislative terms; this year, he faces a challenger. In an increasingly anti-democratic and […]

Peace activists delivered letters and petitions on July 7. Mid-left is Amelia Cechetto, deputy state director for Sen. Warren, and immediately to left of banner is Innocent Wozufia, staff for Sen. Markey, both hold ing stacks of petitions. Photo: Lauren Martin/ MAPA

57 Organizations Call on Sens. Markey and Warren: Stop the Iran War

July 8, 2026 Coleman Harrison

by Cole Harrison 48 Massachusetts organizations joined by 9 national and other organizations met presented a letter to Senators Ed Markeyand Elizabeth Warren July 7, calling for an end to the US war on Iran, end to US military support for Israel, and investigation into […]

Make Peace with Iran letter delivery, July 7, 2026, Boston. Joseph Gerson is at right in red baseball cap. Photo: Lauren Martin/ MAPA

Senators Markey and Warren, Be Courageous

July 8, 2026 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Remarks Presented by Joseph Gerson of the Campaign for Peace, Democracy, and Common Security, at the “Make Peace with Iran” Event at Senators Markey’s and Warren’s Boston Offices; July 7, 2026 Donald Trump’s decision to join Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in waging […]

Johnny Odom, Iraq and Afghanistan combat veteran and father of deployed soldier, spoke in Philadelphia, July 4, 2026. Photo: Nancy Lessin/ MFSO

Our safety here cannot be achieved through brutality

July 8, 2026 Nancy Lessin

by Nancy Lessin Remarks Presented by Nancy Lessin, Co-founder, Military Families Speak Out, at “Make Peace with Iran” Event at Senators Markey’s and Warren’s Boston Offices; July 7, 2026 I’m Nancy Lessin, co-founder of Military Families Speak Out, a national organization of military families founded in […]