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NATO Enlargement Map. The Economist, Jan 8th 2022

No War with Russia! No NATO Expansion!

January 27, 2022 Brian Garvey

President Biden just ordered 8,500 members of the US military on high alert in Eastern Europe. The president is sending more airplanes and warships to the area, and heavy weapons from NATO states are arriving in Ukraine today. This is the opposite of what is needed […]

Holding Stephen Lynch Accountable on Yemen

January 27, 2022 Brian Garvey

For Immediate Release Contact: Brian Garvey, brian@masspeaceaction.org Where: Office of Congressman Stephen Lynch, One Harbor St. Boston (South Entrance on Drydock Ave near the corner of 6th Street), MA 02210 On Thursday, January 27th, 12pm-1pm the Raytheon Antiwar Campaign will hold a rally in Boston outside of the […]

Ethnolinguistic map of Ukraine (Image by Yerevanci on wikimedia commons)

Common Security Approaches to Resolve the Ukraine and European Crises

January 24, 2022 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson This article was first published January 23, 2022 by Abolition 2000 and has not been updated to reflect recent developments — Editor, Feb. 24, 2022 We have been bombarded by news reports and announcements from President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken […]

Twin Existential Threats

January 19, 2022 Ira Helfand

By Ira Helfand and Asha Asokan Today, the world lives in the shadow of two grave and deeply related existential threats. There is a growing awareness of the danger posed by the climate crisis and the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit […]

Raytheon Campaign calls for Whistleblowers

January 18, 2022 Paul Shannon

By Paul Shannon and Brian Garvey On Thursday January the 13th members of the Raytheon Antiwar Campaign joined with local activists in Andover Massachusetts to call for employees at the Missiles & Defense facility to step forward and become whistleblowers. It was the second time […]

Three musicians perfumed the air with what made everyone enjoy their day a tiny bit more. Havana, Ban Yido, 2018 / unsplash

114 Members of Congress Urge Re-engagement with Cuba

January 18, 2022 Merri Ansara

By Merriam Ansara Led by Representatives Jim McGovern (MA), Barbara Lee (CA), Bobby Rush (IL) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks (NY), 114 members of Congress sent a letter to President Biden on December 16th. It calls on the president to advance a […]

Youth Mental Health is a Crisis

January 18, 2022 Elizabeth Walters

by Susan Mirsky, David Mirsky, and Liz Walters How has the pandemic affected adolescent mental health, and what resources do adolescents have and lack during this time? On December 16th, 2021, Mass. Peace Action’s Fund Healthcare Not Warfare Campaign held its first in a series […]