Author: Cole Harrison - Page 13 - Massachusetts Peace Action

House Hikes Pentagon Budget, Rejects Most Pro-Peace Amendments

September 26, 2021 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison Militarism tightened its icy, bipartisan grip on Washington, as the House of Representatives Sept. 23 voted for a $778 billion Pentagon budget — $38 billion higher than Trump’s final budget, and $24 billion higher than the amount requested by President Biden. The […]

Learning the Lessons of Afghanistan

August 18, 2021 Cole Harrison

Massachusetts Peace Action is not a newcomer to the issues raised by the Afghanistan war. We helped organize our first of many protests against the Afghanstan war on September 12, 2001, before it started. U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan, though “covert”, began in 1978. The progressive, secular […]

RIP Jim Wallace, Antiwar and Solidarity Activist

August 13, 2021 Cole Harrison

James E. Wallace (Jim), 85 of Cambridge, Massachusetts, passed away on July 31, 2021 at his Houston residence, following a battle with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Born September 8, 1935 in Reidsville, North Carolina, son of the late Earl Francis Wallace and Virginia […]

Hiroshima/ Nagasaki Week in Massachusetts 2021

August 2, 2021 Cole Harrison

August 2-9, 2021 • Events Calendar Why observe Hiroshima/Nagasaki Week? Read our call to action!

No First Use: Decrease the Danger of Nuclear War

July 31, 2021 Cole Harrison

Ever since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the danger of nuclear war has remained alarmingly high. Part of the problem is that the US has a dangerous and short-sighted policy of making nuclear threats to achieve foreign policy objectives. Daniel Ellsberg lists 25 explicit […]

Activists hold signs in Northampton, MA, while protesting the US blockade on Cuba, June 23, 2021

Emergency Response to Economic and Political Crisis in Cuba

July 14, 2021 Cole Harrison

This week’s eruption of demonstrations in Cuba clearly represent the frustration of the Cuban people who have long suffered under the economic crisis brought on by the 60-year US blockade. The President, Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged this in a comprehensive nationally televised address on Sunday and […]

U.S. and Chinese flags - full-honors welcome ceremony 2014

No Cold War with China

June 16, 2021 Cole Harrison

Following is the statement of purpose for the No Cold War group initiated by Massachusetts Peace Action. The statement was approved in October 2020. Increasing tensions between the United States, China, and Russia threaten to drag the entire planet into a new Cold War. The […]