Category: Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity - Page 7

Cambridge Police Department deployed a Ford F-550 BearCat emergency response vehicle for a Black Lives Matter healing event in Lafayette Square on July 10. Community members organized a meeting last week to discuss what they believed to be an overly militarized response by the police. Courtesy photo/Black Lives Matter Cambridge

Demilitarize the Police, Abolish the 1033 Program

February 16, 2021 Rosemary Kean

Mass. Peace Action supports this key Black Alliance for Peace demand to the Biden Administration by Rosemary Kean Ajamu Baraka, the national organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP), describes the Biden administration’s plan to “alter” the 1033 program as “an affront.” This […]

Members and supporters of Black Lives Matter Cambridge march through Central Square, following a community meeting July 29, 2016. Wicked Local Staff Photo / Sam Goresh.

The Cambridge Police Department Should Demilitarize

February 16, 2021 Andrew King

In the wake of nationwide protests last year of police violence against communities of color, some municipalities in Massachusetts have begun to tackle police reform. Two Cambridge city councilors, Quinton Zondervan and Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, have led hearings about militarization of the city’s police department. The […]

Massachusetts Moves to Change its Racist State Flag

February 15, 2021 David Detmold

by David Detmold After 36 years of delay, the Massachusetts legislature has finally taken a significant step toward changing the racist, insulting imagery and wording of the state’s flag and seal. Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill into law on January 11 that paves […]

More than 1,000 people gathered in front of Cambridge City Hall for a Black Lives Matter protest, organized by Defend Black Lives Cambridge, June 20, 2020. Erin Clark/Boston Globe Photo

The Cambridge Police Department Should Demilitarize

January 9, 2021 Cole Harrison

An updated version of this post can be found here: https://masspeaceaction.org/demilitarize-cambridge-police-department/ by Andrew King Testimony Presented at the Police Militarization Hearing, Cambridge City Council, January 6, 2021. View the video My name is Andrew King and I live at 40 Essex St. Cambridge, MA. I’m […]

Protesters scuffle with police officers at 52nd and Market on the second day of protests after the fatal shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. Wallace was shot and killed by police officers at the 6100 block of Locust Street in West Philadelphia on Monday, Oct. 26. HEATHER KHALIFA / Philadelphia Inquirer

Another Black Man Shot by Police in Philadelphia, October 2020

October 28, 2020 Hayat Imam

by Hayat Imam I join all my friends in the fury and outrage we feel at the killing of yet another Black man at the hands of the police. I come to two conclusions, both pointing to conditions that are unacceptable and must be challenged. […]

On Saturday, October 10th, Chali'Naru Dones of the United Confederation of Taino People, stands atop the plinth where the decapitated statue of Christopher Columbus once stood, on the Boston waterfront. The crowd responded, "City by city, town by town, Christopher Columbus must come down!" photo: Claire Gosselin / Mass Peace Action

Indigenous Peoples Day Now!

October 12, 2020 David Detmold

On Saturday, October 10th, approximately 400 people marched from the Boston Common to the North End park where a statue of Christopher Columbus once stood. Beheaded in June amid a nationwide uproar over structural racism following the brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands […]

Black Lives Matter protesters face off against NYPD officers after George Floyd's death last May. picture-alliance/newscom/C.Sipkin.

A Second Trump Term Would Make War on People of Color and the Racial Justice Movement

October 8, 2020 Rosemary Kean

Racial Justice Would Be Under Fire by Rosemary Kean What would another four years of Trump mean for the cause of racial justice in this country? Trump has done more to foment and feast on racism than any previous president. As a New York developer […]