(Cambridge) June 12 – Peace activists will testify Monday and Tuesday on three bills relating to peace issues. The Joint Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Management will discuss the Nuclear Weapons & Climate Commission bill (H.738), Monday, June 12, 2023 at at 11:00 AM EST […]
The 2021-22 session of the Massachusetts Legislature brought some successes to peace and progressive activists and some disappointments. The Work and Family Mobility Act, which would give Massachusetts drivers’ licenses to residents without legal immigration status, passed both houses of the legislature. MAPA testified and joined […]
by Cate Henning Massachusetts Peace Action and Massachusetts Peace and Justice Network filed a set of 7 bills with the State legislature in 2021-22, and Massachusetts Peace Action stood in strong support of 12 additional bills. In a long overdue step towards immigration justice, the […]
The Massachusetts Peace & Justice Network is proposing a package of three bills to protect Massachusetts residents from the existential threat of nuclear weapons. The Back from the Bring Resolution supports those that have signed the treaty and calls on the federal government to pull […]
by Vernon K. Walker first published in Commonwealth Magazine “I am convinced that if we are to get on to the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, 1967 Dr. […]
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