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Fund Health Care Not Warfare 2023 Work Plan

April 28, 2023 Jonathan King

Fund Healthcare Not Warfare The FHCNW campaign has about 7 active monthly members who are working on efforts across the state and country for improving access to healthcare and increasing public health funding. The FHCNW group meets monthly to discuss progress on legislative campaigns, plan […]

Our Main Areas of Work

April 28, 2023 John MacDougall

WARHEADS TO WINDMILLS CAMPAIGN: This is both a local and national campaign. We support it by advocating for legislation and helping recruit supportive individuals and organizations. Within MAPA, we collaborate with: the Climate Action and Nuclear Disarmament United (CANDU) campaign; the nuclear disarmament working group; […]

Nuclear Disarmament 2023 Work Plan

April 28, 2023 Susan Mirsky

Nuclear Disarmament Working Group Summary: The Nuclear Disarmament Working Group is one of the longest functioning groups in MAPA, with about ~150 members on the listserv, and 15-25 regularly attending meetings. Many members are active in other organizations so that our purview is national rather […]

Middle East Wars 2023 Work Plan

April 28, 2023 Paul Shannon

Middle East Working Group Focuses on developments in the countries of the Middle East (including Afghanistan; excluding Israel/Palestine) and combatting U.S. intervention in those countries (whether by invasion, sanctions, covert action, weapons sales, military aid, “democracy promotion”, etc). Policy Goal: Educate the public about key developments […]

Boston George Floyd Protest, Washington St. Photo: GorillaWarfare

Racial Justice / Indigenous Solidarity 2023 Work Plan

April 28, 2023 Claire Gosselin

Racial Justice/ Indigenous Soliarity Working Group Decarceration, Support Building Thriving Communities White supremacy and settler colonialism are entrenched in the US. Our criminal-legal system embodies racism, including high rates of incarceration for Black, Brown, and Indigenous people. We follow the lead of activists rooted in […]

Latin America/Caribbean 2023 Work Plan

April 28, 2023 Derek Sexton

Solidarity with Latin American and Caribbean Progressive Movements Working Group Name: Latin America/Caribbean (LA/CWG) Summary: LA/CWG will continue its work of the last few years: to counter and reduce US military, political, and economic interference in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and […]

Tax dollars for Peace, No Money for War!

April 17, 2023 Merri Ansara

Remarks delivered by Merri Ansara at Tax Day protest, Greenfield, April 15. Hi, my name is Merri Ansara. I am here representing Massachusetts Peace Action, co sponsor of this event. I also am a member of W.M. Code Pink and the Raging Grannies. Thank you […]