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Trump and Xi’s Beijing Summit: Hope for Progress?

June 3, 2026 Marcus Breen

Peace advocates should take positive vibes from the meetings in Beijing, May 13-15, between President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump. Put simply, the face-to-face meetings during the State Visit offered a welcome change to the belligerent, even bellicose, anti-China blatherings emanating from the Trump […]

We Say “Enough”: Let Cuba Live

June 2, 2026 Merri Ansara

Since the start of 2026, the Trump/Rubio administration has piled punitive measure after punitive measure on Cuba and the Cuban people: January 29: Imposition of an oil blockade on Cuba February: Interdiction of tankers trying to approach Cuba. March: Trump Cuba “in deep trouble”, threatening […]

Ukraine War Escalates, Nuclear Danger Grows

June 2, 2026 Jackie Dee King

The Ukraine War has escalated dangerously in recent days and threatens to balloon into a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO. Ukraine has sent hundreds of drones deep into the Russian homeland, attacking Moscow itself, military facilities, energy infrastructure, and civilian targets across a wide […]

Elect Jamie Belsito!

June 2, 2026 Sunny Robinson

Massachusetts Peace Action endorses Jamie Belsito for Congress in Congressional District 6. Belsito is far and away the most outstanding candidate on all the peace and justice issues that MAPA cares about and indeed holds the same positions and values that MAPA does. She is […]

What More Evidence Do We Need? Flotilla Activists Expose Israeli Prisons

May 28, 2026 Jeannie Connerney

People worldwide are reacting to a video released on X by the man who so proudly oversees the system of torture in Israel. Security Minister Ben-Gvir posted himself strutting through a detention facility in Ashdod, where activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla were taken after […]

MAPA Endorses 2nd Round of Candidates and Ballot Questions

May 20, 2026 Sam Levine

Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA), the largest grassroots peace advocacy organization in the state, announces endorsements for six candidates running for Congress or the State Legislature. Each of these candidates have shown a commitment to building peace through supporting diplomacy over war, opposing ICE violence at […]

Peace with Iran is Possible, Just Look at China

May 20, 2026 Jeanne Trubek

The United States and Israel are waging a misguided war on Iran. Meanwhile, China, who the US sees as its biggest geopolitical rival, seems to have stayed out of it. Judging from how this war has played out, the US could stand to learn from […]