Claire Schaeffer-Duffy – Massachusetts Peace Action

Still from livestream of Worcester city council meeting October 22, 2024 before audio and video were cut off by the city. Image courtesy of Bill Shaner.

Worcester Multi-Faith Activists Demand City Council Ceasefire Resolution

October 23, 2024 Claire Schaeffer-Duffy

By Claire Schaeffer-Duffy Over two hundred multifaith activists shut down Worcester City Council on Tuesday, October 22 after the city administration pulled a pro-Ceasefire resolution in a discriminatory application of procedural rules. The City Council adjourned rather than hear the petition at the meeting […]

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Photo: Ralf1969

Reportback from Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, Ukraine

May 22, 2023 Claire Schaeffer-Duffy

by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Built in the 1980’s, it provided one fifth of the country’s electrical supply pre-war. Once a source of local pride, the plant, now under Russian control, looms large […]