By Craig Simpson The Federal Parole Commission has denied Leonard Peltier parole. Tuesday July 2 the FPC dismissed the evidence of his declining health- Diabetes, hypertension, partial blindness from a stroke, despite his nonviolent record in the prison, and bouts of COVID, his age- 80; […]
by Craig Simpson Three days after the Oscar sweep of the Oppenheimer bio movie, Massachusetts Peace Action held a webinar with another side of the story. Oppenheimer the film is not an anti-nuclear weapons film. It is a film about a White male scientist who, […]
by Craig Simpson Indigenous Peoples Day has become one of the busiest times of the year, as Indigenous activists work toward the end of the celebration of colonialist and mass murder Cristobal Colon. More and more people are learning that this navigator in the late […]
Massachusetts Peace Action sends our love and Solidarity to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe with the loss of their beloved Chief Vernon “Silent Drum” Lopez, who died on April 3, 2023. Chief Lopez was a 100 year old elder who has led the tribe for many […]
by Craig Simpson This year’s Indigenous Peoples Day was much different than last. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boston Marathon was moved from its usual date in April to so-called “Columbus Day.” Indigenous people, including the Massachusett tribe and allies in Newton, stood their […]
by Craig Simpson In Northern Minnesota one of the most important struggles around Indigenous Rights and environmental justice has been going on for almost seven years. It involves Anishinaabe tribes and one of the largest fossil fuel companies in the world–Enbridge Corporation. The stakes are […]
2020 is the 400th Anniversary of the Landing of the Mayflower and is also one of the largest pandemics in our history. The Department of Interior (DOI) chose this time of hardship and confusion to attack the very Native American tribe that helped the Mayflower […]
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