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Alexandria Villaseñor, 13, speaks at the climate strike in City Hall Park, New York City, on March 15, 2019. Millions of students across the world walked out of class that day to protest climate change.

Strengthening the Climate and Peace Conversation

September 19, 2022 Rosalie Anders

by Rosalie Anders How can we work most effectively in our work for peace when it is so low on most voters’ priority lists, and the military/industrial juggernaut is so powerful? How can we make a dent in the greenhouse gas emissions that keep […]

Beating Swords into Plowshares in Ukraine

September 19, 2022 Patricia Hynes

by Pat Hynes Originally published by LAProgressive Mainstream US and British media have all but eclipsed the record climate temperatures, drought, floods and fires of 2022 across the world with their preoccupation on militarizing Ukraine to defeat Russia. “They will beat their swords into plowshares…Nor will they train […]

Mural on the wall separating Lebanon from northern Israel: “Gate of Return” depicting Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa seen through a hole blown in the wall, with the joined faces of Hezbollah and Palestinian fighters to its right. MAPA photo/ Jeff Klein

With Lebanon’s Shi’a: ”One foot in Heaven, One Foot in Resistance”

September 18, 2022 Jeff Klein

by Jeff Klein The border between Lebanon and Israel is perennially tense. Israel has invaded Lebanon at least three times and it occupied much of Lebanon’s south for eighteen years, until forced out by resistance fighters in 2000. Retaliatory missiles have flown from across the […]

Support our 2022 Fund Drive!

September 15, 2022 Cole Harrison

Massachusetts Peace Action runs on your contributions! As we reach MAPA’s 65th year of organizing, advocacy, and actions for a more just world, the MAPA community is stronger than ever! With your support, MAPA has completed a year of intense efforts for peace and justice. […]

Peace Activists Rally At Massachusetts Congressional Offices

September 15, 2022 Coleman Harrison

Sept 15 — Peace activists will rally today at Congressional offices to demand the United States pursue negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war and oppose increases in the Pentagon budget. The rallies will take place at the offices of three Democratic Representatives who have voted […]

Activists Protest Raytheon’s Nuclear Weapons

August 30, 2022 Maryellen Kurkulos

(Cambridge) Massachusetts Peace Action and the Raytheon Anti-war Campaign have joined forces to launch a new campaign focusing on how Raytheon Technologies, the weapons manufacturer with an extensive presence across Massachusetts, is playing an integral role in escalating the threat of nuclear war. As part of […]

2022 Congress and State Legislature Endorsements

August 26, 2022 Allana Knowles

Massachusetts Peace Action endorses these candidates in 2022. You can register to vote online or apply for an absentee ballot! What district am I in and where do I vote? House of Representatives Jim McGovern (District 2 — Worcester, Northampton, Greenfield, Leominster) One of Peace […]