Category: Action Report - Page 2 - Massachusetts Peace Action

Pipeline Battles and Water Contamination in Massachusetts

December 18, 2024 Silas Rutherford

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 […]

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 […]

Action Report: Northampton Die-in

July 6, 2024 Soren Anderson-Flynn

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 […]

Action Report: Salem Community Encampment for Palestine

July 5, 2024 Joseph Fandrey

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 […]

Action Report: Red Line Protest Against Gaza Genocide in Washington DC

June 11, 2024 Joseph Fandrey

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 […]

Activists Demand U.S. Attorney Enforce Leahy Law

January 25, 2024 Nick Mottern

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 […]

“Books Not Bombs” Forum Explores Ongoing Struggles in Public Education

November 28, 2023 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King Throughout our nation’s history, access to a quality education has been a political battleground. This struggle continues today, both nationally and within Massachusetts. Though historically public schools were primarily financed through local property taxes, at present both state and federal governments make […]