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Representative Stephen Lynch’s staffer, Nick Zaferakis, accepting a letter and petition from Mass Peace Action Executive Director Cole Harrison. Other demonstrators are also pictured. Peter Blandino/Daily Collegian.

Bay State peace activists protest U.S. escalations of conflict in Ukraine

September 21, 2022 Cole Harrison

Originally published in the Massachusetts Daily Collegian By Peter Blandino QUINCY – Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) held an anti-war demonstration the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 15 at Quincy Center. The demonstration was held just a block away from the local office of Rep. Stephen F. […]

Kyiv Must Lead the Charge for Peace

September 19, 2022 Roger Waters

Roger Waters Responds To Mrs. Olena Zelenska of Ukraine by Roger Waters Mrs. Zelenska’s Sept 5 tweet: It is Russia that invaded Ukraine, destroys cities and kills civilians. Ukrainians defend their land and their children’s future. If we give up – we will not exist […]

Beating Swords into Plowshares in Ukraine

September 19, 2022 Patricia Hynes

by Pat Hynes Originally published by LAProgressive Mainstream US and British media have all but eclipsed the record climate temperatures, drought, floods and fires of 2022 across the world with their preoccupation on militarizing Ukraine to defeat Russia. “They will beat their swords into plowshares…Nor will they train […]

Peace Activists Rally At Massachusetts Congressional Offices

September 15, 2022 Coleman Harrison

Sept 15 — Peace activists will rally today at Congressional offices to demand the United States pursue negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war and oppose increases in the Pentagon budget. The rallies will take place at the offices of three Democratic Representatives who have voted […]

In this image released by the Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, greets President Joe Biden with a fist bump after his arrival at Al-Salam palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, July 15, 2022. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)

Trips by Biden, Pelosi, and Markey are Bad Diplomacy

August 18, 2022 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey The July trip to Saudi Arabia and Israel by President Joe Biden and August trips to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a delegation led by Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey raise serious questions about US relations with both the Middle East […]

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen exchanges gift with U.S. Democrat Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts during a meeting at the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Photo: Taiwan Presidential Office

Sen. Markey’s Taiwan Visit is Unwise and Unhelpful

August 15, 2022 Cole Harrison

We are very disappointed to learn that Sen. Ed Markey has led a new Congressional delegation on an official visit to Taiwan, only 12 days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did the same. This delegation is unhelpful and unnecessary. The United States should not be […]

South Korean President Yoon Embraces Biden’s New Cold War

June 13, 2022 Seung Hee Jeon

by Seung Hee Jeon During his campaign, U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden pledged to end “forever wars.” After taking office, in January 2021, during his first State of the Union address, he explained that his administration would be committed to “engaging our adversaries and our […]