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U.S. Army Captain talks with the Nurgaram district sub-governor in Nuristan, Afghanistan. Photo by Chief Master Sgt. Richard Simonsen/U.S. Air Force

Yes to Withdrawing U.S. Troops from Afghanistan and Iraq!

November 17, 2020 Valentine Moghadam

Massachusetts Peace Action welcomes the announcement that President Trump will withdraw significant numbers of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. Our attempt to impose our will on those countries has been a complete failure. We should go beyond what Trump has ordered; our military presence […]

Lessons from the Election and Demands for Joe Biden

November 12, 2020 Brian Garvey

We’re all happy that Donald Trump will be a one-term president. He is a divisive and impulsive figure who thoughtlessly threatens violence against foreign countries and citizens of the United States alike. He tore up international treaties and increased bombing and harmful economic sanctions. The risk of a second Trump […]

On November 11, the Best Way to Honor Veterans is Not to Sacrifice More of them in Senseless Wars

November 11, 2020 Jeff Klein

By Jeff Klein Accepted for publication in the Dorchester Reporter The holiday we mark as Veterans Day on November 11 was originally called “Armistice Day,” commemorating the end of the First World War on November 11, 1918. The slaughter of 1914-1918 was then called “the […]

Indian-American voters in Washington, DC celebrating removal of Trump on Nov. 7. DW.com photo

Defeat of Trump Is a Crucial Victory, but Our Work Has Just Begun

November 10, 2020 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison A broad-based, democratic people’s movement and voter turnout of historic proportions defeated Donald Trump’s bid for a second term and elected Joe Biden president and Kamala Harris vice-president in early November. The faux-populist, openly racist, authoritarian politics of Trumpism were beaten back, […]

MAPA Student Awards: Call for Policy Papers

November 9, 2020 Shaghayegh Christine Rostampour

The US agreed in February to withdraw its military forces from Afghanistan within one year, though implementation of the deal has been delayed. Mass. peace action supports a speedy withdrawal. But what other concerns should be integrated into an overall peace plan to move Afghanistan […]

Where do We Go from Here? Breakout Sessions

November 8, 2020 Cole Harrison

The following Breakout Sessions will be held at the Where do We Go from Here? Preparing our Movements for the Next Four Years conference, December 5-6, 2020, by Zoom. Breakout Session #1 – 11:05 am to 12:05 pm What’s the Matter with Massachusetts? A survey […]

Count Every Vote rally, Boston Common, Nov 4, 2020

The Uncertain Election: Defending Constitutional Democracy and Human Survival

November 5, 2020 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson first published by the International Peace Bureau In the run up to the U.S. election, Daniel Ellsberg, the courageous whistleblower who risked 115 years in prison in the early 1970s for revealing the Pentagon’s secret history of the Vietnam War in his […]