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Trump’s Looting of CITGO Punishes Low-Income People in Venezuela and US

October 4, 2020 Yoav Elinevsky

by Yoav Elinevsky The Trump administration’s deadly intent to bring down the elected government of Venezuela has been on full display in recent months, as it tightened already severe sanctions, placed a $15 million bounty on President Nicolas Maduro’s head, conducted provocative military maneuvers off […]

Cries from Every Corner standout, Newton, Sept 26

National Security, Covid, and Nuclear Weapons

September 29, 2020 Jerald Ross

by Jerald Ross Originally published in the Lowell Sun The loss of over 200,000 American lives to Covid 19 should make clear the time is long past to readjust our notions of national security. The lack of our government’s preparations for this catastrophe, despite a […]

Standout for Black Lives Matter, Dorchester, September 25, 2020. Madeline Marie photo/Dorchester People for Peace.

The fate of all peace-loving people in the world is linked

September 29, 2020 Hayat Imam

by Hayat Imam Remarks at the Standout for Black Lives organized by Dorchester People for Peace, September 25, 2020 This event has been organized by Dorchester People for Peace. We hold Black Lives Matter Standouts once a month, and, over the past years, we have […]

Far-right groups, including militias and white supremacists, rally Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, in Stone Mountain, Georgia, while a broad coalition of leftist anti-racist groups organized a counter-demonstration. (Jenni Girtman/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

Legal and Vigilante Repression of the Antiracism Movement

September 29, 2020 Rosemary Kean

by Rosemary Kean Last week several organizers in Colorado who have been organizing nearly daily protests over the summer demanding justice for Elijah McClain, murdered by police last year, were arrested and charged with felony kidnapping among other felony charges. The kidnapping charge was apparently […]

Black Lives Matter protesters at Peter's Park march, Boston, late May, 2020 (photo: Claire Gosselin/ MAPA)

Challenging Policing, Reimagining Safe Communities

September 29, 2020 Claire Gosselin

by Claire Gosselin Nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism remained strong over the summer, fueled by new instances of police violence and a widespread recognition that the time for the country’s reckoning with its legacy of slavery and Jim Crow has come due. […]

Rallies Across Massachusetts and the Nation Say: Ban Nuclear Weapons, Fund the People

September 27, 2020 Cole Harrison

In Amherst, Bedford, Boston, Bridgewater, Brookline, Cambridge, Easthampton, Newton, Northampton, Sherborn, Sunderland, Worcester — Massachusetts rallied yesterday to #EliminateNuclearWeapons and #FundHumanNeeds. San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Milwaukee, Chicago, Binghamton, and Malloy, IA, joined them in #CriesFromEveryCorner Were you there? What did […]

A History of Institutional Violence at the U.S. Border

September 25, 2020 Dévora González

by Dévora González and Azadeh Shahshahani Originally published in the CEC Journal of the Bartos Institute for the Constructive Engagement of Conflict. When it comes to the U.S. government, no one should confuse agency size for the likelihood of accountability. For example, U.S. Border Patrol […]