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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 […]

All Women are Wonder Women

March 4, 2021 Hayat Imam

Message delivered by Hayat Imam at Community Services of Greater Brockton, March 3, 2021 Good morning! Thank you very much for inviting me to join you today, through your colleague Nasreen, whom, by the way, we Bangladeshis affectionately call “Rumi”! You may know that, in […]

Peace Economy

February 21, 2021 Alec Neilly

A Moral Budget (S.1866 / H.2989) AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO REPORT ON THE MORAL BUDGET TO REVIVE, REPAIR AND REBUILD OUR ECONOMY This Act calls on Congress to pass a federal MORAL BUDGET that creates millions of jobs, invests in infrastructure, moves […]

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 […]

Donna Kelly-Williams, Gladys Vega, Savina Martin, Vaughn Goodwin, Julie Levison, and Pam Edelstein

“Fund Healthcare Not Warfare” Campaign Moves from Education to Action

December 1, 2020 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King and Amar Ahmad A statewide coalition of organizations is forming this fall to demand governmental action for expanded and quality healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic – with resources to be taken from the military budget. This campaign takes the unusual course of […]

Coronavirus and Other US Health Threats? Fund Public Health Not Foreign Wars

May 23, 2020 Jonathan King

by Heather Gray and Jonathan King Originally published in Counterpunch How is it that in the richest nation on Earth we don’t have enough masks, gowns, virus tests, and ventilators to serve our front-line healthcare providers in this coronavirus pandemic? Part of the answer is […]

Fund Healthcare, Not Warfare

April 1, 2020 Cole Harrison