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58 Massachusetts Organizations Call for Investigation of Israel’s Human Rights Practices

January 12, 2024 Cole Harrison

58 Massachusetts organizations called for a State Department investigation of Israel’s human rights practices in connection with U.S. shipments of military aid to Israel. They sent a letter to Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren asking them to support Bernie Sanders’ S.Res.504, a privileged resolution […]

MAPA Responds to Rising Dangers, as US Engages in Proxy Wars

December 19, 2023 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison As the year draws to a close, Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) marks its passage by taking stock. How has the world changed in relation to this time last year and what are we doing to respond? How are we wrestling with the […]

Free Palestine march, Oct 22, 2023, Newbury St., Boston. Photo: Cole Harrison/MAPA

2023 Year End Report: MAPA Responds to Escalating U.S. Wars

December 18, 2023 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison MAPA had a busy year in 2023 as it worked in many directions to present a peaceful alternative to the nation’s increasingly warlike policies. The Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Gaza wars dominated the headlines as the two U.S. proxy wars reminded everyone that the […]

Gaza, August 2022. Photo: Mohammed Ibrahim/ unsplash

On the Conflict in Gaza and Israel

October 7, 2023 Cole Harrison

Massachusetts Peace Action is saddened by the loss of life on both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict. We condemn the use of violence against Israeli and Palestinian civilians. The escalating violence we are seeing today is unfortunate, but unsurprising. What is needed now is an […]

Music for Peace 2023-2024 Concert Series

September 25, 2023 Cole Harrison

Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund announces the MUSIC FOR PEACE 2023-2024 CONCERT SERIES Three evenings of chamber music to support our work for a more peaceful U.S. foreign policy Carol Ou, Music Director “Welcome to a new season of Music for Peace concerts! As we […]

MAPA Endorses Vernon K. Walker, Andrew King in Cambridge

September 13, 2023 Cole Harrison

Vernon K. Walker for City Council MAPA endorses Vernon K. Walker for Cambridge City Council. His mission is to address climate change and ensure the inclusion of marginalized voices in policymaking. As the climate justice program director for Clean Water Action, a climate justice organization, […]

Claire Schaeffer-Duffy addressed the Hiroshima memorial event in Worcester, August 6, 2023. Photo: Sam Bishop

Peace Activists Statewide Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Demand Nuclear Ban

August 21, 2023 Cole Harrison

Edited by Cole Harrison Peace activists in 14 locations across Massachusetts held commemorative events August 6-9 to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed 220,000 people, nearly all civilians, in 1945. The activists also demanded the United […]