by Tom Huf Since April 2021, and after six rounds of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) negotiation in Vienna that started with optimism for a speedy agreement before the Iranian June 18 elections, progress has slowed. There is now speculation about possible failure to […]
by Jeff Klein There is some good, if tentative, news regarding the Biden administration’s changes in Middle East policy that may lead to a long-term decrease in the US military footprint and may lessen the threat of new armed conflicts in the region. (Unfortunately, it […]
![President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, kicks off the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2021. [White House photo by Adam Schultz/ Public Domain]](https://masspeaceaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/51133294486_6307772d2a_o-326x245.jpg)
by Maryellen Kurkulos This point cannot be overemphasized: The earth’s climate is changing irreversibly, while the window of opportunity to keep global heating to less than 1.5ºC is closing fast. Droughts, floods, wildfires, and storms are ever more frequent and more intense. Atmospheric CO2 levels […]
by Brian Garvey In an election that was a referendum on Donald Trump, over 81 million Americans voted for change. The Democratic Party’s platform showed promise, pledging to end ‘forever wars,’ put diplomacy before the use of force, abandon the policy of regime change, and […]
by Duncan McFarland Originally published in People’s World At the start of the Biden administration, the U.S. foreign policy of “American exceptionalism” so far appears to remain intact—it is imperialist, hegemonic, and anti-China. However, the new administration also recognizes certain realities that the previous White […]
by Cole Harrison More than 300 Massachusetts progressives gathered for a two-day conference December 5-6, convened by Mass. Peace Action and joined by 15 other groups, to discuss how to build the people’s movement in the new political landscape of a Biden administration. The COVID […]
by Cole Harrison and Jackie King After a tumultuous year of global pandemic, economic crisis, racial justice protests, and a violent insurrectionary attempt to overturn the American presidential election, President Biden’s first days in office offer some reason for hope. Progressives should be proud of […]
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