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Black Lives Matter protest in Portland, Oregon. People protesting police brutality and the deaths of several members of the Black community - sparked by the recent death of George Floyd. June 4, 2020. Tito Texidor III/Unsplash

Maybe You Thought “War at Home” Was Just a Metaphor?

June 6, 2020 Jeff Klein

I have told this story before, but in the present crisis it is worth repeating. Some years back Dorchester People for Peace was trying to build a coalition to cut the military budget, recruiting a variety of people-of-color-led organizations in Boston to work on a […]

Stop Militarizing Police and End Qualified Immunity

June 6, 2020 Cole Harrison

Hiroshima/ Nagasaki 75 Years: A Call to Action

June 3, 2020 Sofia Rose Wolman

This August, 75 years will have passed since the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Around the world we mark these anniversaries each year — remembering the lives lost and altered forever on August 6 and 9, 1945, raising awareness about the many […]

Justice for George Floyd Protest, Nubian Sq, May 31, 2020

Mass. Peace Action Condemns the Execution of George Floyd

June 1, 2020 Yoav Elinevsky

Massachusetts Peace Action condemns the lynching of George Floyd in broad daylight by the Minneapolis police. We demand that all officers involved in his murder be arrested and held accountable. Extra-judicial murders by police and police brutality must end now. We stand in solidarity with […]

Our Disaster: Why the United States bears responsibility for Yemen’s humanitarian crisis

June 1, 2020 Kathy Kelly

An entire generation of Yemeni children has suffered the traumas of war, many of them orphaned, maimed, malnourished, or displaced. The United Nations reports a death toll of 100,000 people in that nation’s ongoing war, with an additional 131,000 people dying from hunger, disease, and a lack of medical […]

Nuclear Priorities in the Pandemic Era

May 28, 2020 Steve Gallant

by Steve Gallant Where should we focus our activist energies as the COVID-19 pandemic kills hundreds of thousands, and the Trump administration threatens to tear up nuclear treaties and to restart nuclear testing? First, let’s assess the dangers and their timelines. COVID-19 has killed 300,000 […]

Mushroom cloud of 'Gadget' over Trinity, seconds after detonation

Stop the Nuclear Arms Race!

May 28, 2020 Jerald Ross

by Jerry Ross Today we face the gravest risks to peace since the run-up to either of the World Wars, and certainly as great a danger of nuclear holocaust as the darkest days of the Cold War. Yet too many people deny the reality of […]