by Lewis M. Randa Fellow Conscientious Objectors, Whether you voiced your opposition to war before draft boards, stood your ground before military tribunals, or declared your conscientious objection to war in the face of societal pressure, your courage and conviction have shaped the moral fabric […]
by Ben Grosscup This opinion piece was originally published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. On April 5, people in western Massachusetts and throughout the U.S. demonstrated against the Trump Administration’s escalating attacks on what’s left of our tattered social safety net and personal rights. Rallying […]
by Carrie Hou On Thursday, February 13, over 100,000 people in Belgium took to the streets of Brussels to protest the new coalition government austerity plans. Led by unions, who called for a general strike, the protest was one of the biggest in Belgium’s history, […]
by Brian Garvey and Cole Harrison Donald Trump has launched his second term with a blizzard of executive orders and policy changes that have bamboozled the Democratic opposition and portrayed himself as a man of action to his supporters. Firing watchdogs, putting the world’s richest […]
By Randy Wurster For 13 months, Palestinians have broadcast their most tragic and vulnerable moments. Every day, there is a new wave of heartrending videos of Palestinians suffering unimaginably violent deaths while their loved ones experience devastating grief. Yet, rarely does the butchery in Gaza […]
by Nancy Goldner and Rosemary Kean When the No Child Left Behind Act was passed in 2002, US military recruiters gained access to American high schools on a basis equivalent to recruiters for colleges and civilian employers. The Act also mandated that the contact information […]
by Jonathan King When the Covid 19 pandemic engulfed our country, many couldn’t understand how the richest, most scientifically advanced nation in the world could be so unprepared. Our Fund Healthcare Not Warfare working group understood that, in addition to the lack of a coherent […]
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