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Withdrawing Troops from Afghanistan

March 1, 2021 Valentine Moghadam

This article was updated on April 14th, 2021 to reflect new developments by Val Moghadam and the Massachusetts Peace Action’s Middle East Working Group For nearly two decades, MAPA has called for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. We continue to call for a complete […]

Conference Forges Unity, Tackles Future After Trump

February 25, 2021 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison More than 300 Massachusetts progressives gathered for a two-day conference December 5-6, convened by Mass. Peace Action and joined by 15 other groups, to discuss how to build the people’s movement in the new political landscape of a Biden administration. The COVID […]

Peace Economy

February 21, 2021 Alec Neilly

A Moral Budget (S.1866 / H.2989) AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO REPORT ON THE MORAL BUDGET TO REVIVE, REPAIR AND REBUILD OUR ECONOMY This Act calls on Congress to pass a federal MORAL BUDGET that creates millions of jobs, invests in infrastructure, moves […]

Jodie Evans, Rev. William Barber Jr., and Larry Cohen at MIT Conference

“Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War” Conference Breaks New Ground

February 20, 2021 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King Three national movement leaders wrapped up our day-long conference “Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War” on Jan. 23 with calls for nuclear disarmament and abolition, cutting the Pentagon budget, and organizing for political power. “We musts challenge this war economy,” the Rev. […]

Biden’s First 100 Days: The New Terrain

February 20, 2021 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison and Jackie King After a tumultuous year of global pandemic, economic crisis, racial justice protests, and a violent insurrectionary attempt to overturn the American presidential election, President Biden’s first days in office offer some reason for hope. Progressives should be proud of […]

The Nuclear Ban Treaty Is Now In Force – What’s Next for Anti-Nuclear Activists

February 20, 2021 Maryellen Kurkulos

A Roundup of Events Commemorating the Entry into Force of the Nuclear Ban Treaty on January 22nd We are living in an auspicious moment – Prospects for the global anti-nuclear movement during the Biden administration: The Nuclear Ban Treaty entered into force on the heels […]

Cambridge Police Department deployed a Ford F-550 BearCat emergency response vehicle for a Black Lives Matter healing event in Lafayette Square on July 10. Community members organized a meeting last week to discuss what they believed to be an overly militarized response by the police. Courtesy photo/Black Lives Matter Cambridge

Demilitarize the Police, Abolish the 1033 Program

February 16, 2021 Rosemary Kean

Mass. Peace Action supports this key Black Alliance for Peace demand to the Biden Administration by Rosemary Kean Ajamu Baraka, the national organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP), describes the Biden administration’s plan to “alter” the 1033 program as “an affront.” This […]