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Authoritarianism or Democracy?

July 25, 2020 Jackie Dee King

Federal troops are sent to Portland, Oregon, without the consent of the the mayor or the governor. Refusing to identify themselves, the troops pull peaceful protesters off the streets and into unmarked vehicles and spirit them away. They fire rubber bullets and tear gas cannisters […]

Four Crises and the Fate of Human Society

July 25, 2020 Euan Harlow-Lawrence

Presentation by Noam Chomsky at a webinar “Authoritarianism and Democracy“, June 29, 2020. Watch video of the presentation and discussion This [webinar] is focusing on an issue that arises against a complex and threatening background. We happen to be living at a moment of human history […]

Essential Workers Strike for Black Lives

July 24, 2020 Andrew King

by Andrew King Nearly 200 essential workers and their allies rallied at the State House on July 20 to demand racial and economic justice as part of a national Strike for Black Lives that took place in many cities across the country. The rally was […]

Climate Change: A Feminist Issue

July 22, 2020 Juliana DeSimone

By Juliana DeSimone This post is part one in a series about the intersection between peace issues and gender. This series is meant to push people to think critically about the ways in which women are distinctly impacted by peace issues. Issues of peace impact […]

Bruce Blair: In Memoriam

July 22, 2020 Elaine Scarry

Mass. Peace Action mourns the loss of Bruce Blair, a man as fierce in his call for “global zero” as he was gentle and kind to all around him. As a former missile launch officer, Bruce Blair traveled down into the heart of darkness. Then […]

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 […]