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MAPA Members Chart Path for 2022

May 5, 2022 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison and Brian Garvey Over 150 MAPA members gathered online to chart the organization’s path in 2022 in a two-part annual meeting on April 26 and May 3 Co-chair Jonathan King opened the meeting by requesting a moment of silence in memory of […]

Protesters are pictured holding signs in the SEC on Apr. 25, 2022. Chloe Courtney Bohl / The Tufts Daily

Manufacturing Dissent: Opposition to the war in Yemen in the face of Media Silence

May 5, 2022 Brian Garvey

By Brian Garvey The US-Saudi war in Yemen entered its 8th year this past March. Despite the United Nations declaring it the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis” and some 400,000 civilians killed in the conflict, its victims and its perpetrators have remained largely absent from the […]

Young America’s Dilemma: The Predatory Choice between Student Loan Debt and Military Enlistment

May 4, 2022 Elizabeth Walters

By Liz Walters This past January, student loan company Navient was made to cancel $1.7 billion in federal student debt in a federal settlement judged by Attorney General Maura Healey. The settlement, which also required Navient to distribute $95 million in restitution to approximately 350,000 […]

Perspective on the Middle East & Palestine from a Palestinian Student in Cuba

May 3, 2022 Abdallah Samid Allan

Presentation by Abdallah Samir Allan, April 7, 2022, Havana, Cuba The following presentation was made to the exploratory group from Massachusetts Peace Action that traveled to Cuba from April 2 to April 10, 2022. We asked to meet some of the international students in Cuba […]

Tribute to James A. Babson

May 3, 2022 Shirley Wang

by Shelagh Foreman and Yeva Khranovska Jamie Babson was an important member of Massachusetts Peace Action since the 1970s and a member of our Board of Directors since its inception. He was committed to building Massachusetts Peace Action and made a lasting impact on the […]

Tribute to Joan Ecklein

May 3, 2022 Mark Solomon

by Mark Solomon After retiring from a distinguished academic career that included co-authorship of a foundational book on community organizing, Joan Ecklein committed to full-time activism to advance peace and social justice. That activism was boundless; with combined determination and self-effacement, Joan rarely if ever […]

An antidote to the ‘split’ in US peace movement

May 3, 2022 John Walsh

By John V Walsh Anti-interventionism is the key to ‘making a difference’ in the quest for peace This piece was originally published in Asia Times and was written in response to “The Ukraine Crisis is Splitting the Peace Movement when it’s needed most,” by Brian […]