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Senate and Biden approve $650 million in Raytheon Missiles to Saudi Arabia

December 16, 2021 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey Joe Biden said he would stop selling weapons to Saudi Arabia. He didn’t. On December 7th the entire US Senate weighed in, exposing their positions on the US-Saudi alliance and the war in Yemen. Considering a privileged Joint Resolution of Disapproval (SJRes31) […]

Tell the Congress: $3/4 Trillion for the Pentagon is Unacceptable!

November 16, 2021 Brian Garvey

McGovern Files Major National Security Reform Bill in Congress

October 30, 2021 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey On September 30th Chairman of the House Rules Committee Jim McGovern of Worcester introduced the National Security Reform and Accountability Act with Congressman Peter Meijer, Republican of Michigan. The bill addresses three issues that are crucial for peace and justice: Reform of […]

How the Mass. Reps voted on the Pentagon – Take Action!

September 30, 2021 Brian Garvey

Read a more detailed analysis of the votes here.

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Last US strike in Afghanistan an Analogy for the War itself

September 27, 2021 Brian Garvey

By Brian Garvey Hayat, 2, Malika, 3, Somaya, 3, Benyamin, 6, Arwin, 7, Farzad, 10, Faisal, 16, Zamir, 20, Naser, 30, and Zemarai, 43. These are the innocent victims of the last US airstrike on Afghanistan. After over two weeks of denials and obfuscations, the […]

Congress Must Act to End U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen

July 19, 2021 Brian Garvey

Civil society groups rallied at U.S. legislators’ offices in New York, Boston, and San Francisco on Friday, July 16th as part of a National Day of Action for Yemen. They called for U.S. senators & representatives to introduce a new War Powers Resolution to end […]

Read-a-thon Action Report

June 16, 2021 Brian Garvey

On June 4th, Massachusetts Peace Action and Raytheon Anti-War Campaign gathered in Harvard Square for an open-air “Read-a-thon” to focus public attention on the urgent crisis, the threat to the lives of 400,000 Yemeni children, according to the UN’s World Food Program. Volunteers read poems, […]