by Carrie Hou On Thursday, February 13, over 100,000 people in Belgium took to the streets of Brussels to protest the new coalition government austerity plans. Led by unions, who called for a general strike, the protest was one of the biggest in Belgium’s history, […]
In the United States, relatively well-off people embedded in the capitalist system do not face housing insecurity, pressing financial struggles, and debt, and are able to live entire lifetimes without truly ruminating on the immense human cost of limitless industrial expansion and colonization. Maintaining comfort […]
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 […]
by Soren Anderson-Flynn We take gravestones for granted. They’re a formality to most people in the Global North. When someone we care about dies, we don’t give a second thought to the fact that, in almost all cases, their burial will be dignified and something […]
From June 29-30, Activists from across Massachusetts convened in historic Salem for the first Community Encampment for Palestine. The event followed and channeled the energy of the student-led campus encampments that swept the country last spring. Activists set up a dozen tents and canopies and […]
By Joseph Fandrey On Saturday June 8th, 75,000 demonstrators from across the country descended on Washington DC to protest the US’ support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. In early May, Biden drew a red line for invading Israeli forces saying: “if [IDF forces] go into […]
by Nick Mottern On Tuesday, January 23rd, rallies took place at federal courthouses in Worcester, Springfield, and Boston to employ Massachusetts representatives to enforce the Leahy Law, which refers to U.S. law stating that the U.S. government cannot use funds to aid foreign entities engaging in […]
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