Author: Paul Shannon - Page 4 - Massachusetts Peace Action

It’s Time to Take our Country Back from the War Companies!

March 28, 2022 Paul Shannon

by Paul Shannon Big Campaign contributions. 700 lobbyists. Militaristic think tanks. Government advisory boards. Hiring 1700 former Pentagon officials and stacking the government with their own people. These military contractors have numerous ways to determine Pentagon budgets, shape our foreign policy, create war fever, and […]

Raytheon Campaign calls for Whistleblowers

January 18, 2022 Paul Shannon

By Paul Shannon and Brian Garvey On Thursday January the 13th members of the Raytheon Antiwar Campaign joined with local activists in Andover Massachusetts to call for employees at the Missiles & Defense facility to step forward and become whistleblowers. It was the second time […]

Airmen from the 90th Maintenance Group maintain and repair Minuteman III ICBMs on alert status Dec. 18, 2019, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, WY. Photo: Senior Airman Abbigayle Williams, 90th Missile Wing Public Affairs

“Progressives” Split as Most Democrats Support Massive Pentagon Budget Hike

December 14, 2021 Paul Shannon

by Paul Shannon and Cole Harrison The 363-70 House vote Dec. 7, and 88-11 Senate vote Dec. 15, in favor of a massive $778 billion Pentagon budget, shows clearly that the only thing most Democrats and Republicans can agree on is to bring ruin to […]

Action Report: Raytheon’s Hypocrisy on Display at the Run to Home Base

September 27, 2021 Paul Shannon

By Paul Shannon and Brian Garvey On Saturday, September 25th at Fenway Park, a Raytheon Antiwar Campaign demonstration highlighted Raytheon’s hypocritical sponsorship of the Run to Home Base. A project of the Red Sox Foundation in partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital, the Run to Home […]

Testimony on MAPA’s State Divestment Bills – Paul Shannon

June 16, 2021 Paul Shannon

Good morning. My name is Paul Shannon. I’m one of those legions of part-time college instructors and a retired director of the national film library for the American Friends Service Committee. I come to speak in favor of H 2636 and S 1735, an act […]

May 17, 2021: A Tax Day Like No Other

March 17, 2021 Paul Shannon

by Paul Shannon At the end of a year we will never forget, it is time to take a hard look at the budget priorities we will fund with the taxes we pay on May 17 (the IRS changed the date this year). The Pandemic […]

Support Mass. Peace Action’s Holiday Food Drive for Chelsea!

December 15, 2020 Paul Shannon

MAPA members and supporters have donated $3,645 plus a large amount of packaged food. On Dec. 21, Paul Shannon delivered a check representing these donations to la Colaborativa. Thank you for your generosity. by Paul Shannon At the “Where do we Go from Here” conference […]