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Indigenous America and the Pandemic Era: A Demographic Disaster

August 17, 2020 Nicholas Smaldone

This article is the first in a three part series on the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples across the Americas during the COVID-19 era. Read the second part here, and the third part here. From Alaska to Chile, North and South America have been […]

‘Magical Thinking’ has Always Guided the US Role in Afghanistan

August 15, 2020 Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould

Originally published in Counterpunch “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – The Queen of Hearts from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland The best way for us to understand Afghanistan is to look at the record of American involvement going […]

Robbie Goldstein for Congress

August 13, 2020 Cole Harrison

Massachusetts Peace Action endorses Dr. Robbie Goldstein for the Eighth Congressional district. Robbie is running against Stephen Lynch, who has too often supported our forever wars in the Middle East. Electing pro-peace candidates is a priority for Massachusetts Peace Action. Dr. Goldstein is an internist […]

Mass. Peace Action and Others Pressure Biden and Trump to Include Nuclear Disarmament in Campaign Platforms

August 13, 2020 Cole Harrison

by Jessica Corbett. Originally published in Common Dreams “The United States urgently needs a leader who will have the courage to look at, think hard about, and speak openly about the dire perils posed by our country’s vast nuclear arsenal.” A coalition of progressive groups […]

We Reaffirm our Support for Alex Morse

August 12, 2020 Cole Harrison

August 12, 2020 — Massachusetts Peace Action strongly reaffirms our support of Alex Morse. He will be a powerful voice for peace and progress in Congress from Massachusetts’ First District. We have recently seen criticisms of Alex Morse based on questions about his personal behavior, […]

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

Magical Thinking and the U.S. War in Afghanistan

August 12, 2020 Valentine Moghadam

by Valentine Moghadam Why is the U.S. still in Afghanistan? When did it first get involved, and why? What is the truth behind the so-called “Soviet invasion” of December 27, 1979? What have been the long-term consequences – for the Afghan people, the region, and […]

Minga Claggett-Borne of Cambridge Friends Meeting with protesters at Raytheon parking lot, August 6, 2020

Crowds Gather in Cambridge for Morning and Evening Programs on the 75th Anniversary Hiroshima Day Commemoration

August 7, 2020 Thea Paneth

by Thea Paneth and Sofia Wolman Community people came together in Cambridge for two events on Thursday, August 6, 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 9), 1945. In addition to the Peace and Social Justice […]