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What Would Four More Years of Trump Bring?

October 8, 2020 Jackie Dee King

We asked the Mass. Peace Action working groups to describe what they believed four more years of a Trump presidency would mean for the issues they work on. While the range of issues was broad – climate change, nuclear disarmament, racial justice, Latin America, immigration, […]

California wildfire. Photo by Naveen Nkadalaveni, Wikimedia Commons

Ten Years to Save the Planet: Defeat Trump!

October 8, 2020 Rosalie Anders

by Rosalie Anders Defeating Donald Trump is essential if we are to have any chance of avoiding worldwide climate catastrophe. The scientific consensus is that we have about ten years to do that, and it means taking extreme measures. It means starting now. With Trump, […]

Both Candidates Push Harmful Policies for Latin America

October 8, 2020 Richard Krushnic

by Richard Krushnic What will it matter to Latin America if Trump or Biden wins the presidency? The Mass. Peace Action Latin American Working Group has focused its activism during the Trump administration on campaigning for an end to economic sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba, […]

Authoritarianism on the Rise

October 8, 2020 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson The Authoritarianism Working Group has shared and discussed readings and organized two excellent webinars featuring Noam Chomsky, Van Gosse, Ty dePass, Mic Krenshaw and Col. Lawrence Wilkerson. Among the lessons from the readings has been the central role of middle classes in […]

Black Lives Matter protesters face off against NYPD officers after George Floyd's death last May. picture-alliance/newscom/C.Sipkin.

A Second Trump Term Would Make War on People of Color and the Racial Justice Movement

October 8, 2020 Rosemary Kean

Racial Justice Would Be Under Fire by Rosemary Kean What would another four years of Trump mean for the cause of racial justice in this country? Trump has done more to foment and feast on racism than any previous president. As a New York developer […]

A doctor warns those in the refugee camp in Matamoros, Mexico, about the dangers of Covid-19 on March 18, 2020. Photo by Ivan Flores for Foreign Policy.

Cruel Policies Will Only Worsen with Another Four Years

October 8, 2020 Sunny Robinson

by Sunny Robinson The election of Donald Trump for a second term would be a continued unmitigated disaster for migrants attempting to enter the United States. We are likely to see cruel policies get much worse, total disregard for those forced to flee from violence […]

Four More Years – a Grim Prospect for Latin America

October 8, 2020 Ellen Mass

by Ellen Mass What would a Trump victory in November mean for the future of US policies in Latin America? In short, the results would be devastating. Most assuredly, the practices of the 21st century version of the Monroe Doctrine, which enforce US corporate capitalism […]