Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) is an organization dedicated to peace and social justice for all, with programs and campaigns on nuclear disarmament, a peace economy, healthcare over warfare, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. We oppose war, sanctions, and violations of popular and […]
The war in Ukraine is a disaster for the people of Ukraine and Russia, and a grave threat to every person on the planet. Massachusetts Peace Action condemns the Russian invasion and calls for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire, the speedy withdrawal of all Russian […]
As the Ukraine crisis has intensified, a confrontation between the world’s two most heavily armed nuclear powers has become an actual possibility. The Biden administration has put 8500 troops on high alert for possible deployment in Eastern Europe, and threatened to deploy 50,000 more troops […]
“I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today — my own government.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967 When, and […]
The US continues to occupy Syrian territory, stealing its oil resources and blockading grain imports. This has had the effect of starving and freezing Syrians as well as impeding initiatives to unite and rebuild the country. We note that US, Turkish, and Israeli bombing of […]
This article was updated on April 14th, 2021 to reflect new developments by Val Moghadam and the Massachusetts Peace Action’s Middle East Working Group For nearly two decades, MAPA has called for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. We continue to call for a complete […]
Statement by Massachusetts Peace Action on the Green New Deal The Green New Deal (GND), a concept that has been discussed for some years, is now the subject of a non-binding Congressional Resolution (H.Res.109) introduced by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Senator Ed Markey introduced it in […]
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