Author: Richard Krushnic

Draper Brings Military Tech to Lowell

July 16, 2026 Richard Krushnic

The state of Massachusetts’ history of major participation in military industry is no secret. The US is spending around $3 trillion on a new generation of nuclear weapons, as well as huge amounts on new conventional weapons. Massachusetts, like other US states, seeks a share […]

The Multiplying Horror of Cluster Munitions Use in Ukraine

August 21, 2023 Richard Krushnic

by Richard Krushnic and Jacqueline King In a dismaying intensification of the Ukraine war, President Biden announced in early July that the US would begin sending cluster munitions to Ukraine. The decision met with widespread domestic and international opprobrium, including statements against cluster munitions by […]

Raytheon’s Ukraine War Missile Defense Footprint

March 6, 2023 Richard Krushnic

by Richard Krushnic NATO’s main preoccupation these days is determining how well it can arm Ukraine without driving Russia into using tactical nuclear weapons—and how many red lines does it dare to cross while trying to crush Russia. The major red line that hasn’t been […]

ADAZI, LATVIA, JUNE 2016 - U.S. M1 Abrams tanks fire during the "Saber Strike" NATO military exercise. Photo: Karlis Dambrans/Shutterstock

US Push for Heavy Arms to Ukraine is a Dangerous Escalation

January 27, 2023 Richard Krushnic

by Richard Krushnic Armored fighting vehicles, Patriot missiles, main battle tanks. The red lines keep whizzing by. Ukraine’s military is not faring well in the war with Russia, despite much Western propaganda to the contrary. As cracks are appearing in NATO’s façade of unity, Ukraine’s […]

Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely

September 19, 2022 Richard Krushnic

by Richard Krushnic Raytheon Technologies’ Paveway guided bomb has been the primary weapon used by the Saudis in Yemen since the expansion of the war early in 2015. With the targeting and refueling assistance of the US, the Raytheon bombs hit fields, flocks, irrigation pumps, […]

Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely

August 15, 2022 Richard Krushnic

by: Richard Krushnic, Kathleen Malley-Morrison Raytheon Technologies is even more horrifying than you thought. Its complicity in decades of the slaughter of innocent Yemeni men, women, and children by producing the guided bomb used more than any weapon by the Saudis in Yemen may be […]

Both Candidates Push Harmful Policies for Latin America

October 8, 2020 Richard Krushnic

by Richard Krushnic What will it matter to Latin America if Trump or Biden wins the presidency? The Mass. Peace Action Latin American Working Group has focused its activism during the Trump administration on campaigning for an end to economic sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba, […]