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Testimony on MAPA’s State Divestment Bills – Paul Shannon

June 16, 2021 Paul Shannon

Good morning. My name is Paul Shannon. I’m one of those legions of part-time college instructors and a retired director of the national film library for the American Friends Service Committee. I come to speak in favor of H 2636 and S 1735, an act […]

Testimony on MAPA’s State Divestment Bills – Ira Helfand

June 16, 2021 Alec Neilly

Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony in support of S 1703 and H 2597 While we face many urgent problems today, two existential dangers—the climate crisis and the growing possibility of nuclear war—threaten the very survival of our civilization and possibly our species. […]

Testimony on MAPA’s State Divestment Bills – Frances Jeffries

June 16, 2021 Alec Neilly

Written testimony by Frances Jeffries regarding HB 2636 and Senate Bill 1735 to the meeting on June 9, 2021 of the Joint Committee on Public Service House Chair Gordon, Senate Chair Brady Every day each of us is inundated with an extraordinary amount of […]

Read-a-thon Action Report

June 16, 2021 Brian Garvey

On June 4th, Massachusetts Peace Action and Raytheon Anti-War Campaign gathered in Harvard Square for an open-air “Read-a-thon” to focus public attention on the urgent crisis, the threat to the lives of 400,000 Yemeni children, according to the UN’s World Food Program. Volunteers read poems, […]

End Repression of the Afro-Indigenous Garifuna People of Honduras Action Report

June 16, 2021 Yoav Elinevsky

Resisting slavery, colonialism, and neoliberalism, defending their livelihood and the environment. End Repression of the Afro-Indigenous Garifuna People of Honduras! Where are the kidnapped Garifuna Leaders? A Rally was held on Friday, June 4, 2021, 2-3 PM, outside the office of congressman McGovern’s office on […]

Forum Brings Frontline Healthcare Providers Together in the Call to Fund Healthcare Not Warfare

June 15, 2021 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King Massachusetts is a national center of medicine, medical research and health care. It is also the birthplace of Physicians for Social Responsibility, the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, and other nuclear disarmament advocacy groups. Mass Peace Action is one of the largest such […]

Climate Justice is Anti-Militarist

June 15, 2021 Nick Rabb

by Nick Rabb When considering the climate crisis and its numerous intersections with other movements for justice, one that is often overlooked is the role of militarism. At first glance, it may seem that the two are worlds away, but a deeper analysis reveals that […]