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Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

July 21, 2020 Nicholas Smaldone

People all over the world will commemorate the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day, carrying forward the legacy of hibakusha – survivors – who remember the first A-bombed cities. By the end of 1945, around 213,000 people had died from radioactive blasts hotter than the surface of […]

Moving Towards “Illiberal Democracy”

July 21, 2020 Cole Harrison

Presentation by Van Gosse at a webinar “Authoritarianism and Democracy“, June 29, 2020. Watch video of the presentation and discussion We should be clear at the outset: the U.S. has never lived up to the core premises of liberal or parliamentary democracy, which are: the rule […]

#BlackLivesMatter and the Third Reconstruction

July 21, 2020 Ty dePass

Presentation by Ty dePass at a webinar “Authoritarianism and Democracy“, June 29, 2020. Watch video of the presentation and discussion On an early morning in July 1980, 14-year-old Levi Hart was shot and killed by Boston police officer Richard Borque, Jr., following a police chase […]

Antiracism and Peace Webinar Series

July 20, 2020 Nicholas Smaldone

Events of the past few months have exposed deep racist inequities with life and death consequences. COVID-19’s disproportionate death tolls in communities of color and the continued blatant police and extrajudicial killings of black people reached a tipping point with the murder of George Floyd […]

Reflection on the Upcoming 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

July 19, 2020 Thea Paneth

This article originally appeared on Common Dreams It is one hundred seconds to midnight by the Doomsday Clock. For seventy-five years the world has lived on the edge of nuclear terror, the horrific knowledge that in a time frame as short as one hour, life […]

It’s Time to Address Racial Justice for Native Americans: Change the MA State Flag-Seal and Ban the Use of Native American Sports Mascots

July 16, 2020 Nicholas Smaldone

Native American advocates, legislators, and supporters called for the Massachusetts Legislature to pass legislation important to Native Americans at a press conference held on the steps of the State House on Thursday, July 16 at 11 AM. The 3 bills are: 1. Resolve […]

Nuclear Disarmament

Scientists Join Sen. Markey to Oppose Resumption of Nuclear Testing

July 16, 2020 Jerald Ross

by Jerry Ross and Jonathan Alan King On the 75th anniversary of the first nuclear test explosion in the New Mexico desert, leading scientists from across the country joined Senator Edward J. Markey at a virtual press conference to express their strong opposition to the […]