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SHOCKING! China shows that diplomacy can work in the Middle East

April 7, 2023 Jeff Klein

by Jeff Klein The Chinese-brokered peace deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia is causing shock waves in Washington and around the world. In contrast to the US policy of militarist hegemony, China has succeeded with old-fashioned diplomacy and the promotion of mutual respect between nations. […]

Freedom Monument in Baghdad, commissioned after the 1958 revolution by General Abd al-Karim Qasim and designed by architect Jawad Salim. Photo: Hammody.90/ Openverse

Reflections on the 2003 US Invasion of Iraq

March 18, 2023 Hayat Imam

by Hayat Imam At the 2004 White House Correspondents Ball, President George W. Bush mimed a massive search for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), looking under tables and chairs and muttering to himself: “The WMD have got to be here somewhere…” The audience dutifully laughed, […]

Action Report: Activists Call on MA Reps to End the US war in Yemen

March 7, 2023 Brian Garvey

By Brian Garvey As part of a nationwide day of protests, backed by dozens of U.S. antiwar, youth, women’s, religious, Libertarian, progressive, and other groups, MAPA rallied in two locations on Wednesday March 1st, the Quincy office of Congressman Stephen Lynch and the Newton office […]

Local Activists to Prepare to Rally for War in Yemen

March 1, 2023 Evelyn Miller

(Newton) March 1 – Local peace activists and humanitarians are gathering for March 1st rallies to end U.S. support for the war in Yemen. WHEN: March 1, 2023 12PM WHERE: Rep. Jake Auchincloss‘ office, 29 Crafts Street, Newton, Rep. Stephen Lynch‘s office, 1245 Hancock Street, […]

Massive devastation caused by the earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey, leaving tens of thousands dead and injured. Aleppo, Syria February 8, 2023. Photo: Mohammad Bash/Shutterstock

Time to End the Cruel US Sanctions on Syria — and Everywhere Else

February 18, 2023 Jeff Klein

by Jeff Klein The horrific February 6 earthquake in Southern Turkey and northern Syria has shined a spotlight on the broad-based economic sanctions that the US has imposed on countries with supposedly “hostile” governments. It is not a pretty picture. In Syria, the US has […]

Cambridge Rally to Support the U.N. Nuclear Ban Treaty

January 20, 2023 Maryellen Kurkulos

(Cambridge) Today at 3:30 PM at Fresh Pond Shopping Center, Alewife Brook Parkway, residents of Greater Boston will hold a public standout to mark the second anniversary of the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The protesters will call for the urgent elimination […]

Afghanistan: A failed humanitarian effort in wake of protracted militarism

November 18, 2022 Alison Cedarbaum

By Alison Cedarbaum In January of this past year, Massachusetts Peace Action posted an article by Jean Athey, Vice Chair of the Board of Maryland Peace Action, detailing the destruction that has overcome Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover. Athey discussed the economic war waged by […]