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Cambridge Rally to Support the U.N. Nuclear Ban Treaty

January 20, 2023 Maryellen Kurkulos

(Cambridge) Today at 3:30 PM at Fresh Pond Shopping Center, Alewife Brook Parkway, residents of Greater Boston will hold a public standout to mark the second anniversary of the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The protesters will call for the urgent elimination […]

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Militarized Japan and the Biden-Kishida Summit Signal Moment in the New Cold War

January 18, 2023 Joseph Gerson

By Joseph Gerson This article was originally published in Common Dreams. Across the Indo-Pacific, as well as in the escalating Ukraine War, humanity stands an accident or miscalculation away from the calamity of nuclear war. “Japan in December adopted a set of three security and […]

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Envisioning a world without nuclear weapons

January 17, 2023 Patricia Hynes

by Pat Hynes This article was originally published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Jan. 22 marks the second anniversary of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a global lifeboat supported by 70% of the world’s countries. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Energy’s […]

Very Rev. Amy McCreath, dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Episcopal), speaks for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine, St. Paul's steps, Dec. 19, 2022 / MAPA photo

Zelensky, Biden and Congress should Seize This Chance for Peace in Ukraine

January 5, 2023 Cole Harrison

Massachusetts Peace Action joined Massachusetts faith leaders today in calling on President Zelinsky, President Biden, and members of Congress to support a ceasefire in the Ukraine war that could pave the way for a diplomatic settlement. President’ Putin’s announcement of a 36-hour truce followed his […]

JFK’s Trailblazing Speech and Current Day Implications

December 15, 2022 Molly McGinty

By Molly McGinty Based on remarks at 21 November event, which can be found here. It was an honor and privilege to join Most Reverend John Wester and the Mass Peace Action team on 21 November for President Kennedy’s Trailblazing Vision of World Peace: […]

The Golden Rule Sails Again for a Nuclear-Free World!

December 15, 2022 Helen Jaccard

Watch webinar on the Golden Rule here! By Helen Jaccard In 1958 four Quaker peace activists sailed the Golden Rule toward the Marshall Islands in an attempt to halt nuclear weapons testing. The US Coast Guard boarded her in Honolulu and arrested her crew, causing […]

Where do we go from here: Cooperation or Catastrophe

December 15, 2022 Rodney Petersen

Watch webinar on the Golden Rule here! By Rev. Rodney Petersen As the good ship Golden Rule sets forth on a new voyage on behalf of nuclear disarmament, let’s acknowledge three nautical realities: 1) life in a boat requires knowing who else is in the […]