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SUMMARY:Worcester: Japanese Hibakusha Delegation
DESCRIPTION:Engaging Hibakusha: An Evening with Japanese A-bomb Survivors (Hibanksha) \nJoin us for exchanges between Japanese A-bomb survivors (Hibakusha) Hiroshi Kanamoto and Yoshinori Ohmura\, and Gensuikyo Assistant General Secretary Yayoi Tsuchida. They are in the US to participate in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Review Conference at the U.N. They are leaders of the Nobel Peace Prize recipient organization Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- & H-Bomb Sufferers Organization.) Throughout the day\, they will be meeting with students\, faculty\, and community leaders.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/worcester-japanese-hibakusha-delegation/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Worcester\, 90 Main St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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SUMMARY:Bridgewater: Japanese Hibakusha Delegation
DESCRIPTION:Meeting and Engaging with Japanese A-Bomb Survivors: Nuclear Disarmament and Peace Movement Leaders \nJoin us for exchanges between Japanese A-bomb survivors (Hibakusha) Hiroshi Kanamoto and Yoshinori Ohmura\, and Gensuikyo Assistant General Secretary Yayoi Tsuchida. They are in the US to participate in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Review Conference at the U.N. They are leaders of the Nobel Peace Prize recipient organization Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- & H-Bomb Sufferers Organization.) \nThroughout the day\, they will be meeting with students\, faculty\, and community leaders\, and campaigning.  For schedule details\, contact Fran Jeffries c/o MAPA at info@masspeaceaction.org or call 617-354-2169.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/bridgewater-japanese-hibakusha-delegation/
LOCATION:Heritage Room\, Maxwell Library\, Bridgewater State University\, 131 Summer Street\, Bridgewater\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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SUMMARY:Cambridge: Japanese Hibakusha Delegation
DESCRIPTION:Disarmament and Peace Movement Exchange with Japanese A-Bomb Survivors \nJoin us for an exchange between Japanese A-bomb survivors (Hibakusha) and Boston area peace and nuclear disarmament activists. Hiroshi Kanamoto and Yoshinori Ohmura\, and Gensuikyo Assistant General Secretary Yayoi Tsuchida are in the US to participate in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Review Conference at the U.N. The are leaders of the Nobel Peace Prize recipient organization Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- & H-Bomb Sufferers Organization.) Join us and Boston area peace and justice movement leaders describe their commitments and campaigning. \nSee directions to the St James Church parish hall.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/japanese-hibakusha-delegation-in-massachusetts/
LOCATION:St James Episcopal Church – Parish Hall\, 1991 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T130000
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SUMMARY:The Rising Generation's Peace & Justice Priorities
DESCRIPTION:The Rising Generation’s Peace & Justice Priorities: With Leading U.S. & European Organizers & Advocates \nZohran Mamdani’s victory speech brought to mind the wisdom and oratory of an earlier inspiring justice and peace leader\, Martin Luther King. But he is not the only dreamer and organizer under 35 doing what he or she can do to make our country and world better. \nJoin rising generation organizers and peace advocates from US\, Germany\, and Serbia talk to learn what they see as the greatest challenges they and we face and their organizing and advocacy responses. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, November 18th. The webinar will begin at 1 p.m. EST to accommodate the time differences. \nSpeakers: \nMina Damnjanovic\, feminist peace activist from Belgrade Serbia. She was active in Women in Black\, Belgrade on Resolution 1325: Women\, peace and Security. She finished MA in Gender Studies\, University of Belgrade. \nLinus Lanfermann-Baumann is a PhD candidate in Contemporary History at Graz University\, Austria. His research focuses on peace activism in the 1980s within the transatlantic triangle of West Germany\, Central America\, and the United States. \nOwen Madaus is a Master’s student in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence with experience in peacebuilding\, advocacy\, and community-based development. Owen led organizing for Boston’s Hiroshima/Nagasaki 80th anniversary commemoration and served with Massachusetts Peace Action and is a CPDCS Board member. \nNick Rabb is a postdoctoral researcher at California State University\, Los Angeles. He is a thinker and organizer motivated to help people think critically about politics and social life\, and strategies for a just\, cooperative\, and life-giving society. Nick is a CPDCS Board member and participated in Gensuikyo’s World Conference against A- & H- Bombs in Japan. \nRegister below
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-rising-generations-peace-justice-priorities/
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SUMMARY:Some way out of here: Peace and Justice Movements and Priorities
DESCRIPTION:Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament and Common Security\, co-sponsored by MAPA\, will host a webinar on Thursday\, October 9 from 7-8:30pm. \nWe are living through an ugly and increasingly dangerous time. From the genocide in Gaza to the grinding Ukraine war\, the kidnapping of innocent immigrants on our streets to the assaults on our electoral system. people are killed and abused\, human rights and democracy under attack. Midst massive and disorienting geopolitical changes we are also in the midst of a new Cold War and escalating many sided arms races. \nBUT\, resistance is strong. Millions of people are joining rallies and standouts. Students and faculty resisting MAGA and corporate take overs of their universities. Nonviolent interventions to protect immigrants. A younger generation insisting on the end to genocide and respect for Palestinian rights. Opposition to increasing military spending\, support for the Back from the Brink disarmament campaign. Court case after court case. Base building for the 2026 elections. Nonviolent civil disobedience more… \nWhat are the states of and challenges to our movements? What are and should be their priorities? Join us on October 9\, 7 p.m. EDT. \nSpeakers: \nCole Harrison is Administrative Director of Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) and MAPA Education Fund (MAPAEF)\, taking responsibility for the organization’s finances and technology systems\, and was executive director for 2012 to 2024. \nAnn Wright will speak on the role of citizen activists and the hundreds who have participated in the Gaza flotillas over the past 17 years\, with a focus on the recent Gaza Sumud flotilla and the Gaza Freedom flotilla. \nNick Rabb (he/him) is a scholar and organizer based in Los Angeles\, and has been active with the climate justice and university anti-militarism movements. He is a postdoctoral researcher at California State University\, Los Angeles researching misinformation and STEM education. \nClick below to register
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/some-way-out-of-here-peace-and-justice-movements-and-priorities/
CATEGORIES:Strategy and Ideas
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SUMMARY:What in the World is Happening with Ukraine?
DESCRIPTION:A look at the immediate and big picture developments that combine to bring us to the present situation in Ukraine which clarifies the issues that need to be resolved to end the war. \nAn eye-opening analysis of the underlying causes of the war which\, if not addressed\, stand in the way of a stable diplomatic settlement: NATO expansion\, Kyiv’s repression of Russian speaking Ukrainians\, dismissal of Russia’s core security interests\, European and U.S. exclusion of Russia from the European security architecture. And on the other hand\, Ukraine’s legitimate security concerns and need to protect its territorial integrity. Interestingly\, George Beebe does not see the acquisition of Ukrainian territories as a Russia’s goal in fighting the war. Rather\, he claims\, the focus for Russia all along has been its security concerns as it understands them. \nThe presentation then turns to the issue of how to resolve these underlying causes in a way that leads to a diplomatic resolution of the war. Here the presentation opens us up to stretch our thinking about what compromises might be possible. Given the actual causes of the war\, Russia’s real goals in conducting it\, and Russia’s advances on the battlefield\, Mr. Beebe sees certain elements of a solution as essential while others might be susceptible to compromise. Essential ones would be no NATO membership for Ukraine\, an end to the exclusion of Russia from Europe\, guarantees for Ukraine’s Russian speakers to their culture and religion\, and negotiation of a new security architecture for Europe that includes Russia’s security concerns. This new security architecture based on the principle of common security would then open up the possibility of negotiations for nuclear and conventional arms control (which Putin brought up at the press conference after his Alaska meeting with Trump). \nAreas of possible compromise that benefit Ukraine might be Russian approval of Ukraine joining the European Union\, firm security guarantees from the countries of the U.N. security council (not NATO countries)\, which weapons and military training Ukraine could acquire\, and long term compromises over territories now controlled or annexed by Russia. \nIn the midst of this analysis George Beebe will provide a critique of Trump’s policies and goals.We all have a lot to learn from this webinar which will help us get a better understanding of a Ukrainian crisis which remains the most likely trigger for terminal nuclear war if not resolved. \n\nGeorge Beebe is Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute. He spent more than two decades in government as an intelligence analyst\, diplomat\, and policy advisor\, including as director of the CIA’s Russia analysis\, director of the CIA’s Open Source Center\, and as a staff advisor on Russia matters to Vice President Cheney. His book\, The Russia Trap: How Our Shadow War with Russia Could Spiral into Nuclear Catastrophe (St. Martin’s Press\, 2019)\, warned how the United States and Russia could stumble into a dangerous military confrontation. Prior to joining QI\, George was Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for the National Interest and before that he served as president of a technology company that measured the impact of events\, issues\, and advertising campaigns on audience views. He speaks Russian and German. \nRegister for this event: \n \nSponsored by the Ukraine Campaign of Massachusetts Peace Action and the Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament\, and Common Security.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-key-factors-shaping-present-developments-in-ukraine/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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SUMMARY:Europe in Crisis: Implications for Peace
DESCRIPTION:In the midst of tectonic and dangerous geopolitical change\, Europe and the NATO nations are becoming warfare\, not welfare states. This will be consolidated in this month’s NATO summit. \nCaught between Trump shocks\, the Ukraine War\, and the Russia/China quasi alliance\, Europe is in the midst of war\, turmoil\, and massive remilitarization. In addition to increasing the danger of war\, massive cuts in social welfare spending provide openings for renewed European fascism. France\, Germany\, Britain\, and Poland are pressing military collaboration and creation of a new European Union military within and potentially independent from NATO as anti-Russian fervor takes hold. Germany’s massive rearmament adds to anxiety in Paris as well as in Moscow. And incidents in the Baltic Sea could lead to escalating – even nuclear – conflict. To help our movements respond\, MAPA and Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament and Common Security (CPDCS) have organized this webinar featuring Kate Hudson and Reiner Braun. \nKate Hudson is a British political activist and academic and vice-president of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and co-national secretary of Left Unity. She has served as CND chair\, general secretary from 2010 to 2024\, and as an officer of the Stop the War Coalition. She is a board member of the International Peace Bureau. \nReiner Braun is a German journalist\, historian\, and peace activist. Until recently\, he was executive director of the International Peace Bureau and previously served as IPB president. Reiner has been involved in the peace movement since 1982. He worked for the Krefeld Appeal against nuclear weapons\, was a founding member of the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility and was executive director of the German section of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms. \nCosponsored by CPDCS \n \nRegister to attend
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/europe-in-crisis-and-its-implications-for-peace-the-u-s-peace-movement/
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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