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PROTECT Act Hearing at Massachusetts State House, March 18, 2026. MAPA photo/ Abigail Greenblatt

Why We Need the PROTECT Act Now More Than Ever

March 19, 2026 Abigail Greenblatt

By Abigail Greenblatt and Cambel Shim On Wednesday, March 18th, the Massachusetts Legislature heard public testimony on the PROTECT Act. Filed by the Black and Latino Legislative Caucus, the PROTECT Act (HD.5608) seeks to codify protections from federal immigration enforcement in Massachusetts into law. In […]

Paki Wieland, Cherished Activist, Friend, and MAPA Member Dies

March 19, 2026 Merri Ansara

Paki Wieland was the soul and conscience of peace and social justice. She was there to protest the Gulf and Iraq Wars, she was there to stand by Haiti and for its sovereignty free from intervention, she was there to stand by Cuba and against […]

Protest, Dublin. MAPA photo/ Jeannie Connerney

Saint Patrick’s Day Bootlicking at the White House

March 19, 2026 Jeannie Connerney

by Jeannie Connerney “What we have witnessed in recent days in the Middle East, and beyond, are not political disputes. They are deliberate assaults on international law, the international laws that have underpinned global peace for eighty years. We must name them as such, without […]

Scenes from the "Mobilizing Against the New Face of Genocide and War" conference, March 7, 2026, in Cambridge. Photos by Skip Schiel, copyright 2026 © teeksaphoto.org, skipschiel.wordpress.com, skipschiel@gmail.com.

Conference Mobilizes Movement Against New Face of Genocide and War

March 18, 2026 Cambel Shim

by Cambel Shim On Saturday, March 7, 2026, members of Massachusetts Peace Action convened for an all-day conference bringing together activists, scholars, journalists, and community members to confront what the movement is calling “the new face of genocide,” as well as the Iran war that […]

After Killing Little Girls, We Strut and Preen

March 11, 2026 Matt Bivens

Hegseth: “This was never meant to be a fair fight. And it is not a fair fight. We are punching them while they’re down, which is exactly how it should be.” by Matt Bivens, M.D. This article was originally published by the author on Substack, […]

The Iran War is an Affordability Disaster for American Families

March 6, 2026 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey We are one week into Trump’s war on Iran. Gas prices are already up more than 11%. The Dow Jones has erased all of its 2026 gains. These are the real, immediate costs of a new war of choice. Wars in the […]

Brian Garvey speaks at the "Stop the War on Iran Rally", Boston, March 2, 2026, a freezing day. Source: Cole Harrison, Randy Wurster

Our Tax Dollars Should Build Schools, Not Bomb Them

March 4, 2026 Brian Garvey

By Brian Garvey People across the US, and around the world, are already rising up against the new illegal war on Iran. Demonstrators are filling the streets in opposition to another war in the Middle East. The speed of the response is striking, but so […]