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Cries from Every Corner: Abolish Nuclear Weapons

October 7, 2020 Susan Mirsky

by Susan Mirsky From leafy town commons to crowded urban shopping centers, cries rang out in 17 municipalities across the Commonwealth September 26th, as people raised their voices, signs, and banners in a call for the government to abolish nuclear weapons and invest in meeting […]

Cries from Every Corner standout, Newton, Sept 26

National Security, Covid, and Nuclear Weapons

September 29, 2020 Jerald Ross

by Jerald Ross Originally published in the Lowell Sun The loss of over 200,000 American lives to Covid 19 should make clear the time is long past to readjust our notions of national security. The lack of our government’s preparations for this catastrophe, despite a […]

Rallies Across Massachusetts and the Nation Say: Ban Nuclear Weapons, Fund the People

September 27, 2020 Cole Harrison

In Amherst, Bedford, Boston, Bridgewater, Brookline, Cambridge, Easthampton, Newton, Northampton, Sherborn, Sunderland, Worcester — Massachusetts rallied yesterday to #EliminateNuclearWeapons and #FundHumanNeeds. San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Milwaukee, Chicago, Binghamton, and Malloy, IA, joined them in #CriesFromEveryCorner Were you there? What did […]

The Arab World’s First Nuclear Plant Goes Online

August 20, 2020 Euan Harlow-Lawrence

by Euan Harlow-Lawrence At the beginning of August the United Arab Emirates announced it had commenced operations at the Barakah nuclear facility, the first nuclear power plant in the Arab world, raising a myriad of concerns and adding pressure to already tense regional ties. Over […]

Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75th Anniversary Report

August 19, 2020 Nicholas Smaldone

From August 6th to 9th, groups of peace activists gathered across the commonwealth, in person and online, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At over 22 events in over 12 towns, we made our voices clear: no more nuclear […]

Mass. Peace Action and Others Pressure Biden and Trump to Include Nuclear Disarmament in Campaign Platforms

August 13, 2020 Cole Harrison

by Jessica Corbett. Originally published in Common Dreams “The United States urgently needs a leader who will have the courage to look at, think hard about, and speak openly about the dire perils posed by our country’s vast nuclear arsenal.” A coalition of progressive groups […]

Nuclear Danger Grows

July 27, 2020 Euan Harlow-Lawrence

Scientists Join Sen. Markey to Oppose Resumption of Nuclear Testing by Jerry Ross and Jonathan Alan King On the 75th anniversary of the first nuclear test explosion in the New Mexico desert, leading scientists from across the country joined Senator Edward J. Markey at a […]