Month: April 2026 - Page 2 - Massachusetts Peace Action

MAPA Endorses 1st Round of Candidates

April 15, 2026 Sam Levine

Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA), the largest grassroots peace advocacy organization in the state, announces endorsements for six candidates running for Congress or the State Legislature. Each of these candidates have shown a commitment to building peace through supporting diplomacy over war, opposing ICE violence at […]

Can Prospects for Nuclear War Get Any Worse? Sure, We Can Put AI in Charge

April 14, 2026 Tom Valovic

How quickly is the Pentagon moving toward handing the nuclear keys over to AI systems and Big Tech? No one really knows. Can we possibly get away from AI’s ubiquitous presence in our lives? But as long as AI is now in our faces 24/7, […]

Rally to stop the US-Israeli war on Iran and Lebanon, Boston Common, April 8, 2026. Photo: MAPA/ Cole Harrison

End the US-Israeli War of Aggression against Iran and Lebanon

April 8, 2026 Cole Harrison

Remarks delivered by Cole Harrison at Sen. Ed Markey’s press conference at the Embrace statue, April 8, 2026 Massachusetts Peace Action calls for the immediate end to the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran and Lebanon. Trump’s war violates the Constitution, US law, and international […]

Maura Healey Embraces both War and Democracy on No King’s Day

April 8, 2026 Marty Blatt

On Saturday morning, March 28, 2026, MA Governor Maura Healey addressed a cheering crowd of thousands in South Boston at the christening of the nuclear powered, attack submarine, USS Massachusetts, which carries Tomahawk cruise missiles and torpedoes. “This is one heck of a boat,” Healey […]

Trump’s Iran War: And the Big Fool Says Push On

April 8, 2026 Joseph Gerson

Fact-checking the bald-face lies in a morally obscene address by the most criminally corrupt and morally bankrupt US president in the history of the nation. We were waist deep in the Big Muddy The big fool said to push on —Pete Seeger On April Fool’s […]

The Use and Abuse of Holy Week in Boston, Washington, and Rome

April 8, 2026 Jeannie Connerney

As Christians celebrated Holy Week around the world, messages from activists at Good Friday peace events and statements from Pope Leo contrasted starkly with the shamefully bizarre words coming out of the Trump administration. The imagery drawn from Christianity was used in a manner so […]

Nuestra America Convoy to Cuba

April 1, 2026 Merri Ansara

Amplifying the Narrative: Cuba deserves to live free of US strangulation and imposition “Nobody should have to be resilient just to be able to get to tomorrow” – Danny Valdes, Cuban Americans for Cuba Those were the words of Danny Valdes, prominent DSA member and […]