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The Students Will Not Be Silenced

May 1, 2024 Rowan Sporte Ehn

by Rowan Sporte Ehn The first encounter I had with the student encampments was not actually in-person. I had been scrolling through TikTok when a live stream of the Columbia University encampment appeared on my feed. I stayed and watched for a while as the […]

For Muslims in America, McCarthyism Is Already Here

April 24, 2024 Hayat Imam

by Hayat Imam Remarks presented at MAPA’s Annual Meeting, April 6, 2024 As a Muslim American, I am very worried about the deep losses to our civil rights that I can see coming – for all of us, but particularly for the Muslim community. Just […]

War Party Unifies as Congress Funds Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan Militaries

April 24, 2024 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison April 24 – Congress this week overwhelmingly passed a $95 billion supplemental foreign military appropriation bill which had been stalled for six months. Despite differing priorities within the overall war drive that unites them, the leadership of both parties finally came together […]

Newton Gaza Protest Meets Pro-Israel Counter-Protest at Auchincloss’s Office

April 17, 2024 Attendee of the Newton rally

By an attendee of the Newton rally Amidst a sea of Israeli flags at Newton’s Gaza rally on April 11, Susan E.’s poignant sign stood out: ‘Another Jewish mother against the slaughter of Palestinian children — ceasefire yesterday!’ Despite our group being outnumbered nearly fourfold […]

We Will Never Stop Raising Our Voices for Gaza!

April 17, 2024 Grace Sanford

On Thursday April 11th, Massachusetts Peace Action held statewide “Stand with Gaza” rallies in seven out of nine Massachusetts congressional districts. Our demands, elaborated upon in a letter hand-delivered to Congressional district offices, continue to include supporting a permanent ceasefire and reinstatement of funding to […]

Ukrainian and Russian flags. Photo: Barks/ Shutterstock

Getting the Story Right: A Personal Journey Through 2+ Years of Russia’s War in Ukraine

April 17, 2024 Paul Shannon

By Paul Shannon “The researches of many commentators have already thrown much darkness on this subject, and it is probable that, if they continue, we shall soon know nothing at all about it” (Mark Twain as quoted by former U.S. ambassador Chas Freeman, “The Many […]

MA Cities and Towns Vote for Gaza Ceasefire Resolutions

April 17, 2024 Jackie Dee King

by Jackie King As the death toll climbs above 33,000 in the devastated Gaza Strip and famine takes hold among its captive population, residents in communities across Massachusetts have been rising up to protest our government’s complicity in Israel’s genocidal assault. One live current within […]