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Canadian Voice of Women for Peace members at the International Summit for Peace in Ukraine, Vienna, June 10-11, 2023. MAPA photo/ Jeanne Trubek

Report from the Vienna Summit for Peace in Ukraine

June 24, 2023 Jeanne Trubek

by Jeanne Trubek Over 300 representatives from peace organizations from 32 countries around the world convened in Vienna June 10-11 to discuss an international approach to bringing peace to Ukraine. The conference took place despite the last minute cancellation of the promised venue by the […]

Anti-War Activists Publish Ceasefire Petition

May 24, 2023 Evelyn Miller

(Cambridge) May 24 – Massachusetts Peace Action joins the Peace in Ukraine Coalition to fan out across congressional home district offices today, to deliver a petition in The Hill that urges Presidents Biden, Putin and Zelensky to support peace talks and a ceasefire in Ukraine. Members will […]

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Photo: Ralf1969

Reportback from Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, Ukraine

May 22, 2023 Claire Schaeffer-Duffy

by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Built in the 1980’s, it provided one fifth of the country’s electrical supply pre-war. Once a source of local pride, the plant, now under Russian control, looms large […]

Very Rev. Amy McCreath, dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Episcopal), speaks for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine, St. Paul's steps, Dec. 19, 2022 / MAPA photo

Ukraine, the Deepening Euro-Atlantic Crisis, and Common Security Possibilities

May 21, 2023 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Originally published in Common Dreams Editor’s note: The following is based on a speech—entitled “17th Strategy Conference of the Cooperation for Peace: Our Security Can Only Work Together: Ukraine, Russia, and Europe in a Multipolar World”—delivered in Hamburg, Germany on April 28 to […]

Peace in Ukraine protest on Shrewsbury St, Worcester, MA, near Rep. Jim McGovern's office. MAPA photo

A Time for Peace: MAPA launches campaign to end Ukraine war

May 11, 2023 Paul Shannon

By Paul Shannon Every day United States’ involvement in the war increases. Every day the death toll and suffering mount. And every day the danger of terminal nuclear war remains ever present as one side or the other gains the upper hand. In response, many […]

Peace in Ukraine Campaign

April 28, 2023 Paul Shannon

Peace in Ukraine Campaign An 8 month MAPA wide campaign (May through December 2023) to call for ceasefire and negotiations to end the Ukraine war. Goal: mobilize available MAPA resources for an all out effort to give visibility and organization to what may be a […]

The Nord Stream Pipeline Explosions: Cold War vs. “Common Sense” Perspectives

April 14, 2023 Stephen Ingle

by Stephen Ingle On September 26 of last year, we were presented with some shocking news: several major underwater explosions occurred in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Bornholm Island, Denmark, disrupting three of the four Nord Stream 1 & 2 pipelines carrying natural […]