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Was Trump Hoping for a Coup?

January 7, 2021 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Originally published by Common Dreams There is so much that we don’t know about Wednesday’s assault on our national capital and our limited constitutional democracy. The new Congress should not only investigate why the Capital police and Homeland Security were missing in […]

Massachusetts Legislature Votes to Change the Flag and Seal!

January 6, 2021 David Detmold

by David Detmold After 36 years of delay, on January 6th, 2021, the Massachusetts legislature finally voted to change the state flag and seal. Now, it’s up to Gov. Charlie Baker to sign it. Send a message to Gov. Baker now! Since 1629, the official […]

Welcome to Where do we Go from Here: Preparing our Movements for the Next Four Years

December 18, 2020 Cole Harrison

Remarks Presented at Progressive Strategy Conference, December 5, 2020 We are in a very delicate moment. We’re kind of caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand we have gotten rid of Donald Trump. His faux-populist, openly racist, authoritarian politics were […]

Support Mass. Peace Action’s Holiday Food Drive for Chelsea!

December 15, 2020 Paul Shannon

MAPA members and supporters have donated $3,645 plus a large amount of packaged food. On Dec. 21, Paul Shannon delivered a check representing these donations to la Colaborativa. Thank you for your generosity. by Paul Shannon At the “Where do we Go from Here” conference […]

Call to Action! Celebrate Nuclear Ban Treaty’s Entry Into Force

December 15, 2020 Jerald Ross

by Jerald Ross and Peter Metz On January 22, 2021 the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force making nuclear weapons and everything to do with them illegal for the first 50+ nations that have now ratified it, and sets […]

Palestinian teenager Ali Abu Alia, killed by Israeli military forces December 4

Stop Sending Murder Weapons to Israel!

December 15, 2020 Jeff Klein

by Jeff Klein On December 4 this year, a Palestinian boy, Ali Abu Alia, was shot and killed by Israeli security forces as he watched a protest in his West Bank village of al-Mughayer. Unarmed villagers were demonstrating against the confiscation of their farm lands […]

Our Real Security: Preventing a New Cold War with China

December 14, 2020 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Originally published in Common Dreams Pressing for peaceful resolution of U.S.-China tensions in ways that provide mutual benefit for both sides and other Asia-Pacific nations needs to become a peace movement priority. Once again a self-defeating Washington consensus threaten the real security […]