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Lawless Strikes off Venezuela also Threaten Justice at Home

December 9, 2025 Brian Garvey

By Brian Garvey The “double-tap” attacks on Caribbean vessels paired with the pardon of a top-level convicted Honduran trafficker reveal a disturbing drift, where presidential will determines justice, not the rule of law. Precedents like these are already influencing domestic law enforcement, from ICE raids […]

Denazification of Ukraine and the World

December 9, 2025 Anatol Zukerman

by Anatol Zukerman I was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, but lived most of my Soviet life in the Moscow, Russian Federation. My mother was born in Kremenchug, which, like Kharkov, is now in the center of a raging war. She survived Jewish pogroms in imperial […]

The winter effects on those living in tents in Deir El Balah © November 2025 UNRWA photo

Palestine: The Genocide Continues

December 9, 2025 Paul Shannon

by Paul Shannon Don’t be fooled: The Trump “peace plan” is just genocide under a different name. The very idea of an independent Palestine is under existential attack with the acquiescence of the international community. Implications for our movement against genocide in Palestine The Trump […]

Peace Advocates Rally Against War in Venezuela

December 3, 2025 Jeanne Trubek

by Jeanne Trubek On Saturday, Nov. 22, over 75 protesters rallied at Park Street Station in downtown Boston, to declare that we do not want the United States to attack Venezuela, bringing us into yet another endless and futile war. This rally and march were […]

Boston Activists Mark Day of Solidarity with Palestine as “Ceasefire” Violations by Israel Continue

December 3, 2025 Jeannie Connerney

by Jeannie Connerney On Saturday, Nov. 29, events around the world marked the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Started in 1978, the day commemorates United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181. This partition plan, which was adopted by the U.N. in 1947, intended […]

The Legislature has Heard the People. Now It Must Pass the Safe Communities Act.

December 3, 2025 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey On November 25th, inside Gardner Auditorium, Massachusetts residents did something their government has not yet done: They told the full, unfiltered truth about what ICE is doing to their communities. For hours, the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security listened […]

Correlation is Not Causation: Debunking Trump’s Tylenol Myth

November 19, 2025 Janira Skrbkova

by Jeanne Trubek Does Tylenol cause autism? Do vaccines? Do they really prevent diseases? Is melatonin bad for your heart? All of these questions have been in the news, whether last week or years ago. How do we make sense of them? The gold standard […]