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Legislature to Tackle Three Peace Issues at June Hearings

June 12, 2023 Evelyn Miller

(Cambridge) June 12 – Peace activists will testify Monday and Tuesday on three bills relating to peace issues. The Joint Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Management will discuss the Nuclear Weapons & Climate Commission bill (H.738), Monday, June 12, 2023 at at 11:00 AM EST […]

MAPA's three strategy areas: preventing great power war; end US wars, occupations, and sanctions; peace economy/ just society.

What is MAPA’s New Priority Campaign Strategy?

June 2, 2023 Cole Harrison

Mass Peace Action Priority Campaign Strategy Massachusetts Peace Action works in Three Major Strategy Areas: The great powers / geopolitical area includes nuclear disarmament, the threat of great power war, and specifically the Ukraine war, no cold war, the US competitions with Russia and China, […]

Anti-War Activists Publish Ceasefire Petition

May 24, 2023 Evelyn Miller

(Cambridge) May 24 – Massachusetts Peace Action joins the Peace in Ukraine Coalition to fan out across congressional home district offices today, to deliver a petition in The Hill that urges Presidents Biden, Putin and Zelensky to support peace talks and a ceasefire in Ukraine. Members will […]

Consistency and Vision Needed in US-Iran Policy

May 23, 2023 Tom Huf

By Tom Huf Since the pause or more likely the permanent demise of the Iran nuclear deal and the upsurge of protests over the past year for women’s rights and freedom of speech, the issues surrounding Iran and the whole Gulf region have multiplied. The […]

The Language of Peace with China

May 23, 2023 Marcus Breen

By Marcus Breen In the sixth paragraph of the May 4, 2023 Boston Globe obituary for Major General Vincent Stewart, he was remembered as someone who said that China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are “long-term existential threats” to the United States. As Director of […]

The Challenges of Mexico’s State Affairs and United States Interference

May 22, 2023 Megan Lee

by Megan Lee Mexico is essential for relations between the United States and all other Latin American countries. The current state of affairs in Mexico is turbulent due to a rise in cartel control and coyote smugglers that have presented dangers to both migrants trying […]

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Photo: Ralf1969

Reportback from Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, Ukraine

May 22, 2023 Claire Schaeffer-Duffy

by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Built in the 1980’s, it provided one fifth of the country’s electrical supply pre-war. Once a source of local pride, the plant, now under Russian control, looms large […]