Author: Maryellen Kurkulos - Page 2 - Massachusetts Peace Action

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Mass. Peace Action Supports Rep. Pressley’s Call for Negotiations to end Ukraine War

October 24, 2022 Maryellen Kurkulos

Cambridge, October 24 – Massachusetts Peace Action applauded Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s decision to join a letter calling for a new strategy in the Ukraine war. Pressley joined a group of 30 House progressives is urging President Biden to dramatically shift his strategy on the Ukraine […]

60 Years After the Cuban Missile Crisis, Activists Rally at Congressional Offices to “Defuse Nuclear War”

October 14, 2022 Maryellen Kurkulos

From 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., local constituents will hold protests outside the district offices of Congressional Representatives Auchincloss, Clark, Lynch, McGovern, Moulton, and Trahan. The activists will call on their Congressmembers to step up and urgently work to reduce the mounting dangers of nuclear war. The Massachusetts […]

New Book Brings the Complexities of the Russia-Ukraine War to Massachusetts

September 30, 2022 Maryellen Kurkulos

Medea Benjamin discusses her newly released book, War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless War, at college campuses and community centers across Massachusetts. As we near the eighth month of the deadly, illegal war on Ukraine, the calls for peace and negotiations have never […]

Activists Protest Raytheon’s Nuclear Weapons

August 30, 2022 Maryellen Kurkulos

(Cambridge) Massachusetts Peace Action and the Raytheon Anti-war Campaign have joined forces to launch a new campaign focusing on how Raytheon Technologies, the weapons manufacturer with an extensive presence across Massachusetts, is playing an integral role in escalating the threat of nuclear war. As part of […]

Fund Health Care Not Warfare 2022 Work Plan

April 26, 2022 Maryellen Kurkulos

Campaign Name: Fund Healthcare Not Warfare Working Group Name: Fund Healthcare Not Warfare Executive Summary: The Fund Healthcare not Warfare Campaign developed in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, as an effort to forge alliances with health care workers impacted by the pandemic. These groups […]

Middle East and Forever Wars 2022 Work Plan

April 26, 2022 Maryellen Kurkulos

Working Group Name: Middle East and Forever Wars Executive Summary: The MAPA Middle East working group is focused on ending all forms of destructive U.S. military and political intervention in the Middle East, whether by military intervention, drone warfare, arms sales, sanctions or through proxies […]

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Racial Justice / Decolonization 2022 Work Plan

April 26, 2022 Maryellen Kurkulos

Campaign Name: Decarceration Working Group Name: Racial Justice and Decolonization Executive Summary: White supremacy and colonialism continue to operate in the US government and in our society. The incarceration rate in the US exposes the systemic racism in our criminal-legal system. Racialized slavery was outlawed […]