Category: Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity - Page 3

Organizing and Why It Works: The Civil Rights Movement

June 26, 2024 Katrina Tummino

by Katrina Tummino We need not look far to quell any doubts about the efficacy of grassroots organizing, protests, and resistance. In the first of a four-part series on organizing history (globally and domestically), this article will focus on the Civil Rights Movement which stands […]

Settler Colonialism and Genocide

June 12, 2024 Jeanne Trubek

By Jeanne Trubek In December 1948, the United Nations General Assembly, by unanimous vote, affirmed that genocide is a crime under international law. It is a crime whether committed in times of peace or war. What do they mean by genocide? According to the United […]

Massachusetts Senate Approves Amendment to Change the Flag and Seal

May 28, 2024 David Detmold

by David Detmold The Massachusetts Senate voted 30 – 9 on Thursday, May 23rd to require Governor Maura Healey to take the next step in the historic process of replacing the violent imagery of the Massachusetts flag and seal. The vote came in the form […]

Oppenheimer: Sins of Omission

April 2, 2024 Craig Simpson

by Craig Simpson Three days after the Oscar sweep of the Oppenheimer bio movie, Massachusetts Peace Action held a webinar with another side of the story. Oppenheimer the film is not an anti-nuclear weapons film. It is a film about a White male scientist who, […]

Indigenous People's Day rally at Park Street, Boston, October 7, 2023

Massachusetts Observes Indigenous People’s Day

October 25, 2023 Craig Simpson

by Craig Simpson Indigenous Peoples Day has become one of the busiest times of the year, as Indigenous activists work toward the end of the celebration of colonialist and mass murder Cristobal Colon. More and more people are learning that this navigator in the late […]

Pictured: A scenic view of Hawaiian nature. Photo by Claudy Boy, a friend of the author's, December 2022.

Maui is Speaking— and We Had Better Listen

September 26, 2023 Hayat Imam

By Hayat Imam Fear turned to relief when my friend’s son, a teacher in Maui, sent a Facebook message: he was safe. I was particularly distressed by this situation as I had known him since he was a little boy, but also because my friend […]

Signs of militarism at East Boston High School: sign at school entrance advertising the JROTC Military Ball; cadets distributing literature at commencement, June 16, 2023; Mayor Michelle Wu greeting students wearing the schools' F-15 insignia during her visit, 2022.

Demilitarizing Civilian Life: Counter Recruitment at East Boston High School

June 24, 2023 Nancy Goldner

By Nancy Goldner and Rosemary Kean Thousands of public high schools students are enrolled without their consent in Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp (JROTC) classes taught by military veterans, according to a recent New York Times investigation. JROTC enrollment data from more than 200 public […]