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Anti War Banner at Protest About Palestine. Photo: Seyma D./ Pexels

Together for an Inclusive Massachusetts

November 15, 2024 Cole Harrison

Together for an Inclusive Massachusetts is a group of Jewish, Muslim, Christian, labor, education, student, civil rights and other organizations and individuals advocating for justice and equity in the Commonwealth. Our steering committee includes representatives from Boston Workers Circle, Mass Peace Action, Jewish Voice for Peace […]

95 Massachusetts Organizations to Sens. Warren and Markey: Stop Arms to Israel Now

November 13, 2024 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison Update Nov. 14: Sen. Warren has committed to vote for the JRD’s! Let’s keep up the pressure on Sen. Markey! 95 Massachusetts organizations called on Senators Warren and Markey today to cut off weapons that are fueling Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Carried out […]

Dropping an “Arms Embargo Now” Banner on Nancy Pelosi

November 7, 2024 Katrina Tummino

By Katrina Tummino Our greatest asset in this fight relies on numbers and courage. The October 23 protest at First Church Cambridge required both. Nancy Pelosi arrived on Harvard’s campus to discuss her new book, “The Art of Power.” Her arrival, in my opinion, seemed […]

Jeffrey Parente of Vets for Peace and Mohammed Siddiqui, Randy Wurster, Dan McLaughlin and Kathie Malley-Morrison of MAPA brought the antiwar message to a military recruitment event in Braintree, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. MAPA photo/Randy Wurster

Educating Our Future Service Members on the Genocide in Palestine

October 29, 2024 Randy Wurster

On Sunday October 20th, MAPA activists engaged our next generation on the issue of U.S. complicity in violence during an information session organized by Representative Stephen Lynch in Braintree for local high school students interested in military service. We greeted students and their parents as […]

Still from livestream of Worcester city council meeting October 22, 2024 before audio and video were cut off by the city. Image courtesy of Bill Shaner.

Worcester Multi-Faith Activists Demand City Council Ceasefire Resolution

October 23, 2024 Claire Schaeffer-Duffy

By Claire Schaeffer-Duffy Over two hundred multifaith activists shut down Worcester City Council on Tuesday, October 22 after the city administration pulled a pro-Ceasefire resolution in a discriminatory application of procedural rules. The City Council adjourned rather than hear the petition at the meeting […]

Result of the General Assembly vote on the ICJ advisory opinion on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. UN Photo/Evan Schneider

UN General Assembly: Israel Must Exit Palestinian Territories within 12 months

October 7, 2024 Susan Nicholson

by Susan Nicholson Remarks presented at the Community Encampment for Palestine, Lynn, MA, September 28, 2024 Second of two articles. For the first article on the July World Court opinion, see https://masspeaceaction.org/world-court-israels-occupation-of-palestinian-territories-is-illegal/ Let’s turn now to the historic Resolution passed September 18 by the United […]

Palestine/Israel

Not Another Bomb!

October 7, 2024 Cole Harrison

A Year of Genocide in Gaza And Escalating Regional War After one year of genocide in Gaza, the Administration continues to pretend that the problem in the Middle East is “terrorism”, that a “ring of fire” surrounds poor Israel and that the United States must […]