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Forcibly displaced people seek shelter in a destroyed UNRWA school in Gaza City, the Gaza Strip, June 2025. © 2025 UNRWA photo

Starvation in Gaza

June 24, 2025 Rosemary Kean

by Rosemary Kean Velva Spriggs, a lecturer in Social Work at Bowie State College in Maryland writes that, sometimes, when remembering that the people of Gaza are being “deliberately starved to death,” she is unable to eat. Likely many of us, especially when preparing dinner […]

Standout at MIT Conference: No Genocide in Healthcare

June 18, 2025 Addelyne Lilley

By Addey Lilley Yesterday, June 17th, while the MIT CEO conference was being held inside of the Koch Institute, the voices and chants of protestors outside could be heard from blocks away. The “not-to-be missed” networking event at the Koch Institute was co-hosted by MIT […]

Why Rep. Hakeem Jeffries was Targeted by Palestinian Activists

June 18, 2025 MAPA Roving Correspondent

By a MAPA member On Monday, June 16, members of MAPA and allied organizations called out Congressman Hakeem Jeffries at Harvard University for his complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Jeffries, a man of color with roots in Brooklyn, is the highest ranking Democrat […]

Antiwar Message Resonates at Boston No Kings/Pride Protest

June 17, 2025 Grace Cowell

By Grace Cowell On Saturday, June 14, MAPA joined millions nationwide, joining in one of over 2,000 “No Kings Day” protests. This national effort served to counter President Trump’s Washington, D.C. military parade on the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, which also happened to […]

Demonstrators gather to call for an end to Israel's war on Iran.

Israel’s Unprovoked War on Iran Threatens All of Us

June 16, 2025 Sam Levine

By Sam Levine Early in the morning of June 13th, Israel launched missiles at Iran in an unprovoked attack— targeting not only military targets but civilian infrastructure. Current numbers show hundreds have been killed in repeated Israeli attacks, the vast majority of them civilians. Israel’s […]

The Madleen sailing through the Mediterranean

Flotilla’s Capture Exposes Israel’s Starvation of Gaza

June 9, 2025 Sam Levine

By Sam Levine On the morning of June 8th, off the coast of Egypt, Israeli forces intercepted the Madleen; a vessel of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition carrying needed humanitarian supplies. Food, baby formula, and medicine are desperately needed by the people of Gaza who are […]

Procession to Let Aid into Gaza: Starvation Should Make You Uncomfortable

June 4, 2025 Owen Madaus

By Addey Lilley, Sam Levine, and Owen Madaus On Tuesday June 3rd, the Arise and Resist coalition, including MAPA in collaboration with Jewish Voice for Peace, Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine, CD8 for Palestine, Northshore for Palestine, Green-Rainbow Party, and a number of other […]