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Why Rep. Hakeem Jeffries was Targeted by Palestinian Activists

June 18, 2025 MAPA Roving Correspondent

By a MAPA member On Monday, June 16, members of MAPA and allied organizations called out Congressman Hakeem Jeffries at Harvard University for his complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Jeffries, a man of color with roots in Brooklyn, is the highest ranking Democrat […]

Antiwar Message Resonates at Boston No Kings/Pride Protest

June 17, 2025 Grace Cowell

By Grace Cowell On Saturday, June 14, MAPA joined millions nationwide, joining in one of over 2,000 “No Kings Day” protests. This national effort served to counter President Trump’s Washington, D.C. military parade on the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, which also happened to […]

Demonstrators gather to call for an end to Israel's war on Iran.

Israel’s Unprovoked War on Iran Threatens All of Us

June 16, 2025 Sam Levine

By Sam Levine Early in the morning of June 13th, Israel launched missiles at Iran in an unprovoked attack— targeting not only military targets but civilian infrastructure. Current numbers show hundreds have been killed in repeated Israeli attacks, the vast majority of them civilians. Israel’s […]

Action Report: Northampton Die-in

July 6, 2024 Soren Anderson-Flynn

by Soren Anderson-Flynn We take gravestones for granted. They’re a formality to most people in the Global North. When someone we care about dies, we don’t give a second thought to the fact that, in almost all cases, their burial will be dignified and something […]

ICJ: Israel committing genocide is ‘plausible’

June 5, 2024 Susan Nicholson

By Susan Nicholson THE BACKGROUND Since the landmark ruling by the International Court of Justice on January 26, 2024 that at least some of Israel’s actions in Gaza are plausibly described as genocide (South Africa v. Israel), South Africa has returned to the ICJ on […]

City of Boston Passes Ceasefire Resolution

May 2, 2024 Anicca Juraschka Sullivan

The Boston City Council called for a ceasefire on May 1 by an 11-2 vote. The resolution, which was introduced by councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, follows. RESOLUTION CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA WHEREAS, All life is precious, the Boston City Council calls on all […]

Newton Gaza Protest Meets Pro-Israel Counter-Protest at Auchincloss’s Office

April 17, 2024 Attendee of the Newton rally

By an attendee of the Newton rally Amidst a sea of Israeli flags at Newton’s Gaza rally on April 11, Susan E.’s poignant sign stood out: ‘Another Jewish mother against the slaughter of Palestinian children — ceasefire yesterday!’ Despite our group being outnumbered nearly fourfold […]