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Cuba in the Valley Film Series

October 29, 2025 Merri Ansara

by Merri Ansara Massachusetts Peace Action and the Easthampton Library are running a monthly film series called Cuba in the Valley. The series is part of the work of MAPA’s Cuba Subcommittee, a standing committee of the Latin America/Caribbean Working Group. The goal of the […]

World Balance Conference, Havana, Cuba, January 2025 Photo: Cuban Institute if Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP)

Sixth Conference for World Balance in Havana, Cuba: A Better World is Possible

February 12, 2025 Merri Ansara

by Merriam Ansara “I have lived in the belly of the beast and I know its entrails; mine is the sling of David…[my duty is] of preventing the United States from spreading through the Antilles as Cuba gains its independence, and from overpowering with that […]

Holyoke anti nuclear weapon protest Dec 14, 2024. Photo: Merri Ansara/MAPA

Holyoke Residents Call for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

December 18, 2024 Merri Ansara

by Merri Ansara On Saturday, Dec. 14, around 35 people marched a mile and a half through Holyoke to City Hall calling for the elimination of all nuclear weapons and the nuclear threat. Called by residents of Holyoke, people from a number of nearby towns […]

This Winter is a Great Time to Travel to Cuba

December 18, 2024 Merri Ansara

By Merri Ansara You have an invitation to join me at the International Conference for World Balance, January 28 to 31st in Havana Cuba. This will be an extraordinary conference for peace activists and an opportunity for them to get to know what the rest […]

Najla Said’s Story is the Palestinian-American Story

August 20, 2024 Merri Ansara

By Merri Ansara MAPA cosponsored Najla Said’s one-woman play “Palestine” at Easthampton CitySpace on August 7. Merri Ansara presented the following introduction and ending statement at the event. When I saw Najla Said perform her play Palestine in Boston in March, my overwhelming thought as […]

Mass. Lawmakers Urge President Biden to Take Cuba off Terrorism List

January 22, 2024 Merri Ansara

by Merriam Ansara We in Massachusetts are pleased and grateful that our Representatives and Senators in Congress have written to President Biden asking that he remove Cuba from the list of so-called State Sponsors of Terrorism, the SSOT, re-engage with Cuba and move towards full […]

Connecticut River Defenders rally; Dodi Melnicoff at left, Northfield, May 27. MAPA photos/Merri Ansara.

Connecticut River Defenders Rally to Stop Destruction by FirstLight Power

June 24, 2023 Merri Ansara

by Merri Ansara On a beautiful warm and sunny day, May 27, some 90 people gathered at a rally called by the Connecticut River Defenders at the Riverview Picnic Area in Northfield, MA, adjacent to FirstLight Power Corporation’s Pumped Storage Station (NMPS) to learn about […]