Author: Claire Schaeffer-Duffy

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 […]