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Legislation and Policy
Mass Peace Activists Urge Congress to Stop Biden From Sending Cluster Munitions to Ukraine
(Cambridge) July 7 – The Biden administration announced today its decision to provide cluster munition to Ukraine. Cluster bombs are known to cause grievous injury to civilians, particularly children, and are internationally banned under the The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) established in 2008. A […]
Fund Healthcare Not Warfare
Fund Healthcare Not Warfare Forum Brings National Leaders Together
By Jonathan King At the June 11, 2023 Fund Healthcare Not Warfare Forum, attendees heard chilling descriptions of efforts by corporate forces to privatize and monetize health care, both in general hospitals and in the Veterans Administration system. These stories alternated with uplifting accounts of […]
Nuclear Disarmament
Time For A Serious National Campaign to Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons
By Ira Helfand The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the flood of nuclear threats that have accompanied that invasion have made it clear that the danger of nuclear war did not end with the Cold War but remains a real and imminent threat to human […]
Latin America
Biden Calls Cuba “Terrorist” While the People Demand an End to U.S. Terrorism against Cuba
By Calla Mairead Walsh This article was originally published in Hampton Think. On Tuesday, May 23rd, the State Department reported that Cuba — along with Iran, Syria, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and Venezuela — are not “not cooperating fully” in the United States’ […]
Legislation and Policy
Activists Start State Legislature Push for Peace
by Cole Harrison MAPA advocates and our allies are pressing the Massachusetts legislature for action this year, with activism around nuclear weapons issues taking the lead. We have filed six bills comprising the Commonwealth Peace and Justice Agenda and are opposing three more, in seven […]
Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity
Demilitarizing Civilian Life: Counter Recruitment at East Boston High School
By Nancy Goldner and Rosemary Kean Thousands of public high schools students are enrolled without their consent in Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp (JROTC) classes taught by military veterans, according to a recent New York Times investigation. JROTC enrollment data from more than 200 public […]