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Is the US Military Finished with Afghanistan?

August 17, 2021 Andrew Magee

by Andrew Magee After the sudden collapse of the Afghanistan government last week, the U.S. is momentarily off balance, but as we look down the road, it’s still not clear that the U.S. won’t continue intervening in Afghanistan through drone strikes, bombing, and special forces […]

Lewis Randa at Pacifist Memorial event, August 1, 2021. Photo by Jane O'Hara

The Pacifist Memorial Honors Peacemakers

August 17, 2021 Lewis Randa

Remarks delivered by Lewis Randa at the “History in the Making: Honoring Peace Champions” event at the Pacifist Memorial, Sherborn, on August 1, 2021 We gather before the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, its six walls of remembrance, surrounded by memorial stones to Unknown Civilians Killed […]

RIP Jim Wallace, Antiwar and Solidarity Activist

August 13, 2021 Cole Harrison

James E. Wallace (Jim), 85 of Cambridge, Massachusetts, passed away on July 31, 2021 at his Houston residence, following a battle with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Born September 8, 1935 in Reidsville, North Carolina, son of the late Earl Francis Wallace and Virginia […]

Joseph Gerson spoke at Watertown's Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemoration, Aug 8, 2021. Virginia Pratt photo

Nuclear Disarmament is More Urgent than Ever

August 9, 2021 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Remarks delivered at the Watertown Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration, August 8, 2021 (August 9 in Nagasaki) Friends, The A-bombings , 76 years ago, were crimes humanity. They were indiscriminate, unnecessary, and ushered in an era in which human survival is constantly threated by accident, […]

Paper Lanterns and Peace Cranes

August 3, 2021 Maryellen Kurkulos

by Gail Tipton In May 2018, I saw a documentary film called Paper Lanterns. It tells the story of Shigeaki Mori’s research to identify and honor 12 American soldiers who had died when the first atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima, Japan at 8:15 a.m., August 6, […]

Hiroshima/ Nagasaki Week in Massachusetts 2021

August 2, 2021 Cole Harrison

August 2-9, 2021 • Events Calendar Why observe Hiroshima/Nagasaki Week? Read our call to action!

No First Use: Decrease the Danger of Nuclear War

July 31, 2021 Cole Harrison

Ever since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the danger of nuclear war has remained alarmingly high. Part of the problem is that the US has a dangerous and short-sighted policy of making nuclear threats to achieve foreign policy objectives. Daniel Ellsberg lists 25 explicit […]