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We Won an Eviction & Foreclosure Moratorium

Eviction & Foreclosure Moratorium Signed into Law

April 29, 2020 Mike Connolly

by Rep. Mike Connolly Massachusetts has been under a State of Emergency for over six weeks now — and April 20 marked an unprecedented Patriot’s Day with no Boston Marathon or late-morning baseball game at Fenway Park due to the ongoing (and still very necessary) […]

Protester’s sign decries sanctions, “a silent war”. Photo: Campaign for Peace and Democracy, 2013

Sanctions are War

April 29, 2020 Tanuja Joshi

by Tanuja Joshi Sanctions are often presented as valuable, non-violent tools of foreign policy. The argument goes: Sanctions allow countries to put pressure on other governments or individuals without engaging in military warfare or harming civilians. To the headline-skimming, casual observer, sanctions may seem like […]

Donna Kelly-Williams, Gladys Vega, Savina Martin, Vaughn Goodwin, Pam Adelstein, and Julie Levison

Healthcare Workers on the Front Lines

April 29, 2020 Jackie Dee King

by Jackie Dee King An elderly man with a 103-degree fever and other Covid-19 symptoms was told by his daughter and son-in-law he had to leave their crowded family house in Chelsea because they had a three-month-old baby. The man had been denied tests and […]

Israel cannot be allowed to annex West Bank land with impunity

April 28, 2020 Cole Harrison

For a World Free of Nuclear Weapons, Without Wars, with Global, Social, and Climate Justice

April 26, 2020 Cole Harrison

Statement of the Organizers of the “Online World Conference: No Nukes, Climate Justice, Peace“, April 25, 2020 On January 23, 2020 The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists set the hands of its iconic “Doomsday Clock” to 100 seconds to midnight, a dramatic warning from 13 Nobel Prize […]

“Elephant in the Room” Project Raises Awareness

April 25, 2020 Tony palomba

by Tony Palomba It was an idea born out of frustration with the Democratic presidential debates. Why are the hosts not asking more questions about our bloated military budget and why aren’t the candidates talking about it? This lack of attention to the most obvious […]

Skepticism is healthy, but Planet of the Humans is toxic

April 22, 2020 Timmon Wallis

Originally posted on Vote to Survive by Timmon Wallis It can be refreshing to watch a true believer taking a deeper look at their own sacred cows. But in his rush to be open-minded about his long-cherished environmental beliefs, Jeff Gibbs has thrown out the […]