Year: 2026

Jonathan Paz for Congress!

June 5, 2026 Coleman Harrison

Massachusetts Peace Action endorses Jonathan Paz for Congress in Congressional District 5. Jonathan Paz is a former Waltham City Councilor, immigrant rights organizer, and son of immigrants, running for Congress in MA-05 against Katherine Clark. Clark is the House Minority Whip, making her one of […]

Let’s Get this Done!

June 5, 2026 David Detmold

By David Detmold, Montague It has been six months now since the last meeting of the Massachusetts Seal, Flag and Motto Advisory Commission. Call me naïve, but has the political will to accomplish this long-awaited change vanished from the statehouse and the governor’s office in […]

Elect Jeromie Whalen to Congress!

June 3, 2026 Merri Ansara

Massachusetts Peace Action endorses Jeromie Whalen for Congress in Congressional District 1 over incumbent Richard Neal. Jeromie Whalen has proven himself to be both a fierce advocate of the same values and policies that MAPA fights for, and also a skilled communicator and campaigner, ready […]

Andrea James for Governor!

June 3, 2026 Brian Garvey

Massachusetts Peace Action endorses Andrea James for Governor of Massachusetts. Andrea James has spent decades organizing for criminal justice reform, racial justice, economic justice, and the rights of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in Massachusetts. Through her leadership of Families for Justice as Healing and […]

Trump and Xi’s Beijing Summit: Hope for Progress?

June 3, 2026 Marcus Breen

Peace advocates should take positive vibes from the meetings in Beijing, May 13-15, between President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump. Put simply, the face-to-face meetings during the State Visit offered a welcome change to the belligerent, even bellicose, anti-China blatherings emanating from the Trump […]

We Say “Enough”: Let Cuba Live

June 2, 2026 Merri Ansara

Since the start of 2026, the Trump/Rubio administration has piled punitive measure after punitive measure on Cuba and the Cuban people: January 29: Imposition of an oil blockade on Cuba February: Interdiction of tankers trying to approach Cuba. March: Trump Cuba “in deep trouble”, threatening […]

Ukraine War Escalates, Nuclear Danger Grows

June 2, 2026 Jackie Dee King

The Ukraine War has escalated dangerously in recent days and threatens to balloon into a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO. Ukraine has sent hundreds of drones deep into the Russian homeland, attacking Moscow itself, military facilities, energy infrastructure, and civilian targets across a wide […]