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MAGA Tide Rebuffed, but Gridlock Ahead

November 18, 2022 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison, Glen Cote, and Bonnie Gorman Progressive policy dodged a bullet on November 8 as the predicted “red wave” did not materialize. The collaboration between women, labor, people of color, liberal democrats and progressives out-organized and out-mobilized opposition in some significant ways. Nonetheless, […]

Fund Healthcare not Warfare Presents at American Public Health Association

November 18, 2022 Jonathan King

by Jonathan King In November, the American Public Health Association celebrated its 150th Anniversary at its national Conference in Boston. Every state in the union has a state Public Health Association, all chapters of APHA.The Massachusetts Public Health Association has joined MAPA’s Fund Healthcare not […]

Veterans Protest Chase Bank to Link Militarism and Climate Change

November 16, 2022 Maryellen Kurkulos

(Boston) Veterans For Peace and allies will be demonstrating at JP Morgan Chase at the Downtown Crossing location on November 16th 2022. During COP27, while world leaders gather to make commitments to slowing climate devastation, VFP aims to draw attention to the financial support for […]

Saudi Arabia and the Energy Crisis

November 15, 2022 Paul Shannon

by Paul Shannon In October a wave of rage went through the White House and members of Congress when Saudi Arabia joined other major oil producers to cut production, thereby driving the already high cost of oil even higher. Based on his earlier friendly visit […]

Save The Baby. Save all of us.

November 13, 2022 Louise Coleman

By Louise Coleman When I was eleven, my little sister, Leslie, almost died. We had just moved into a creaky old house without any central heating. In Western New York, the frigid January air would seep through every crack and settle down into our bones. […]

Protest against war with Russia, Topsham, ME, February 2022. Photo: Bob Klotz/ Maine Beacon

The Cuban Missile Crisis: Déjà Vu All Over Again?

November 11, 2022 Martin Halpern

by Martin Halpern originally published in Common Dreams Sixty years ago, the world was on the doorstep of a nuclear confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. The resort to nuclear weapons in the Cuban Missile Crisis would have led to a nuclear holocaust from […]

Veterans Gather for Reclaim Armistice Day Rally

November 11, 2022 Maryellen Kurkulos

(Boston) On Armistice Day, at 10:30AM on Friday, November 11th, the Boston Chapter of Veterans for Peace will gather at the Sam Adams Statue at Slave Trader’s Hall (formerly named Fanueil Hall) for a Peace Vigil, and at 11:00AM ring bells to commemorate the end […]