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Why New US Military Bases in the Philippines Are a Bad Idea

February 7, 2023 Overseas Base Realignment and Closure Coalition

What Happened? On February 1, the governments of the United States and the Philippines announced the US military will have access to four new military bases in the Philippines as part of an “Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement” signed in 2014. Five bases that already host US troops […]

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Militarized Japan and the Biden-Kishida Summit Signal Moment in the New Cold War

January 18, 2023 Joseph Gerson

By Joseph Gerson This article was originally published in Common Dreams. Across the Indo-Pacific, as well as in the escalating Ukraine War, humanity stands an accident or miscalculation away from the calamity of nuclear war. “Japan in December adopted a set of three security and […]

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) conducts routine operations May 18, 2021, in the Taiwan Strait. (MC3 Zenaida Roth/Navy)

Pushing Back Against Pro-War Narratives in the Media

December 9, 2022 Tom Valovic

by Tom Valovic One of the biggest challenges for peace activists at Mass Peace Action and in other organizations is countering the seemingly endless stream of pro-war narratives put out by the mainstream media. During the Vietnam war, the mainstream press did a good job […]

Local to Global: Letter to President Joe Biden

December 5, 2022 Patricia Hynes

Originally published in the Greenfield Recorder by Patricia Hynes Dear Joe, Remember the mid-March snowball fight with some boys in our 8th grade class at St Helena’s School in Wilmington, Delaware? The wet snow made for hard, icy snowballs, so I hid my young sister […]

Veterans Gather for Reclaim Armistice Day Rally

November 11, 2022 Maryellen Kurkulos

(Boston) On Armistice Day, at 10:30AM on Friday, November 11th, the Boston Chapter of Veterans for Peace will gather at the Sam Adams Statue at Slave Trader’s Hall (formerly named Fanueil Hall) for a Peace Vigil, and at 11:00AM ring bells to commemorate the end […]

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the House Progressive Caucus, at the US Capitol on July 28. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP

Ukraine Conflict Intensifies as Progressives Abandon Diplomacy Call

November 1, 2022 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison The Russia-Ukraine war continued to intensify in the past weeks, as both Russia and Ukraine, supported by the US and NATO, are escalating their efforts to gain the upper hand. No longer a conflict between two neighbors, it is now a global […]

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Mass. Peace Action Supports Rep. Pressley’s Call for Negotiations to end Ukraine War

October 24, 2022 Maryellen Kurkulos

Cambridge, October 24 – Massachusetts Peace Action applauded Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s decision to join a letter calling for a new strategy in the Ukraine war. Pressley joined a group of 30 House progressives is urging President Biden to dramatically shift his strategy on the Ukraine […]