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Peace in Ukraine protest on Shrewsbury St, Worcester, MA, near Rep. Jim McGovern's office. MAPA photo

“Tanks? No Thanks”, say Rallies Across Massachusetts, as Biden Escalates War

January 27, 2023 Cole Harrison

About eighty people rallied at six Massachusetts Congressional offices Thursday, January 26, to protest President Biden’s decision to send US Abrams battle tanks to join the fight in Ukraine. At four of the six offices they met with Congressional staff and turned in letters and […]

ADAZI, LATVIA, JUNE 2016 - U.S. M1 Abrams tanks fire during the "Saber Strike" NATO military exercise. Photo: Karlis Dambrans/Shutterstock

US Push for Heavy Arms to Ukraine is a Dangerous Escalation

January 27, 2023 Richard Krushnic

by Richard Krushnic Armored fighting vehicles, Patriot missiles, main battle tanks. The red lines keep whizzing by. Ukraine’s military is not faring well in the war with Russia, despite much Western propaganda to the contrary. As cracks are appearing in NATO’s façade of unity, Ukraine’s […]

Very Rev. Amy McCreath, dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Episcopal), speaks for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine, St. Paul's steps, Dec. 19, 2022 / MAPA photo

Zelensky, Biden and Congress should Seize This Chance for Peace in Ukraine

January 5, 2023 Cole Harrison

Massachusetts Peace Action joined Massachusetts faith leaders today in calling on President Zelinsky, President Biden, and members of Congress to support a ceasefire in the Ukraine war that could pave the way for a diplomatic settlement. President’ Putin’s announcement of a 36-hour truce followed his […]

Local to Global: Letter to President Joe Biden

December 5, 2022 Patricia Hynes

Originally published in the Greenfield Recorder by Patricia Hynes Dear Joe, Remember the mid-March snowball fight with some boys in our 8th grade class at St Helena’s School in Wilmington, Delaware? The wet snow made for hard, icy snowballs, so I hid my young sister […]

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the House Progressive Caucus, at the US Capitol on July 28. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP

Ukraine Conflict Intensifies as Progressives Abandon Diplomacy Call

November 1, 2022 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison The Russia-Ukraine war continued to intensify in the past weeks, as both Russia and Ukraine, supported by the US and NATO, are escalating their efforts to gain the upper hand. No longer a conflict between two neighbors, it is now a global […]

No Cold War Working Group Statement on the War in Ukraine

October 10, 2022 No Cold War Working Group

The United States, its NATO allies, and Ukraine have termed the current military conflict in Ukraine an “illegal act of aggression by Russia against Ukraine”. Russia has termed it a “legal special military operation” aimed at securing the safety of the people of the Donbas, […]

Representative Stephen Lynch’s staffer, Nick Zaferakis, accepting a letter and petition from Mass Peace Action Executive Director Cole Harrison. Other demonstrators are also pictured. Peter Blandino/Daily Collegian.

Bay State peace activists protest U.S. escalations of conflict in Ukraine

September 21, 2022 Cole Harrison

Originally published in the Massachusetts Daily Collegian By Peter Blandino QUINCY – Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) held an anti-war demonstration the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 15 at Quincy Center. The demonstration was held just a block away from the local office of Rep. Stephen F. […]