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SUMMARY:U.S. Policy of Regime Change in Cuba
DESCRIPTION:Peace & Justice Conversations \n \nJoin us to review the history of hostility and potential in U.S.-Cuba relations. Peter Kornbluh and William LeoGrande will help us to better understand Washington’s current economic warfare that has created a dire humanitarian crisis for the Cuban people and how it may evolve into more direct U.S. military attacks against the island nation. \nPeter Kornbluh is a senior analyst at the National Security Archive and the director of the Archive’s Cuba Documentation Project. He is a contributor to The Nation\, Foreign Policy\, Responsible Statecraft\, Cigar Aficionado and other media outlets. He is a co-author\, with William M. LeoGrande\, of Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana. Kornbluh is also the author of The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability. \nWilliam M. LeoGrande is a professor emeritus of government and former dean of the American University School of Public Affairs. He is a specialist in Latin American politics and U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America and has been a frequent adviser to government and private sector agencies. Professor LeoGrande previously worked on staff for the Democratic Policy Committee of the U.S. Senate. His articles have appeared in various international and national journals\, magazines and newspapers. He has written five books\, the latest being Back Channel to Cuba. \nSponsored by New Hampshire Peace Action\, cosponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action \nEmail doreen@nhpeaceaction.org if you don’t receive the Zoom link after RSVP’ing. \nAbout NHPA’s bi-weekly Zoom Peace & Justice Conversation Series: 2020’s upheavals brought us to a new moment of reckoning and possibility. How do we want to live in the world? What do we value? How can we make the changes we’ve been yearning for? NH Peace Action has been engaged in working for change for decades. We’d like to bring you into these conversations about issues and options for the future. There is no charge to attend\, but your contributions in any amount are greatly appreciated.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/u-s-policy-of-regime-change-in-cuba/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T120000
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SUMMARY:The Deep Roots of the Ukraine War\, with Richard Sakwa
DESCRIPTION:While all eyes are focused elsewhere\, the war in Ukraine rages on. And the distortion of the war and its causes continue to lead the U.S. and the west down a road that has led to catastrophe for Ukraine and that continues to feed the danger of nuclear war. Professor Richard Sakwa helps us break through this distorted narrative about the war to a deeper understanding of this tragic conflict that is wreaking such human\, physical and ecological damage in Ukraine. \nOn May 19 at noon join Professor Richard Sakwa\, among the leading authorities on Ukraine and Russia\, to delve deeper into understanding the war\, diplomacy\, and peace movement priorities in this continuing dangerous time. Richard Sakwa is a professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent and is widely recognized as the leading Russia scholar in Europe. The webinar begins at noon eastern time because of the difference in time zones in the U.S. from those in Europe. \nProfessor Sakwa will be discussing the subject of his new book\, The Russo-Ukrainian War: Follies of Empire. The number of casualties in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war is rapidly approaching 1.5 million\, with no resolution in sight … a staggering reality. Seeking to make what sense is possible of this catastrophic conflict\, Richard Sakwa meticulously explores the origins\, course\, and consequences of the war in the sweeping context of global and domestic politics since 1945. \nSakwa’s balanced analysis centers on what he perceives as the five levels of the conflict: the dynamics of Ukrainian politics\, the evolution of Russo-Ukrainian relations\, the relationship between Russia and the West\, broad changes in international politics\, and the prospects for a viable and sustainable peace. In explaining—without endorsing—the logic behind actions on all sides\, his goal is to contribute to a path toward that peace. \n \nRichard Sakwa is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Kent at Canterbury\, UK. After graduating in History from the London School of Economics\, he took a PhD from the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham. He held lectureships at the Universities of Essex and California\, Santa Cruz\, before joining the University of Kent in 1987. He has written widely on comparative politics\, international relations and political philosophy\, with a focus on Russian and European affairs. His latest books are The Putin Paradox (Bloomsbury\, 2020)\, Deception: Russiagate and the New Cold War (Lexington Books\, 2022)\, The Russia Scare: Fake News and Genuine Threat (Routledge\, 2022)\, The Lost Peace: How the West Failed to Prevent a Second Cold War (Yale University Press\, 2023) and The Culture of the Second Cold War (Anthem Press\, 2025). His book The Russo-Ukrainian War: Follies of Empire was published by Lynne Rienner Publishers in March 2026. \n \n \nSponsored by MAPA’s Ukraine: A Time for Peace Campaign.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-deep-roots-of-the-ukraine-war-with-richard-sakwa/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T190000
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SUMMARY:Iran\, the United States\, and Why this War Matters
DESCRIPTION:Why is the US at war with Iran?  \nDid Iranians come into existence in 1979 and start shouting “Death to America”?  \nIran is one of the most consistently demonized nations in U.S. discourse. U.S. officials\, and media\, frequently use obscene\, dehumanizing\, and misleading language with regards to Iran.  \nThis consistent dehumanization helps manufacture consent for policies that have devastated the lives of ordinary Iranians in both Iran and the U.S. U.S. policy towards Iran over the past 47 years has consisted of economic warfare\, sabotage\, and overt and covert war\, with brief interludes of diplomacy.  \nHowever\, the history of U.S.-Iran interactions is longer than that.   \nHow did we get here? What is the responsibility of those of us living in the U.S. towards ordinary Iranians and how does endless war affect us?  \nWe will briefly review the history of U.S.-Iran relations in the context of the broader history of the Iranian struggle for sovereignty and attempt to address these questions. \nOur main presenter\, Bahar Sharafi\, is an Iranian-American activist\, born in Tehran with family there.   Now living in Dorchester\, she is a MAPA board member and co-chair of the MAPA-initiated Stop the US War on Iran committee.  Bahar is a volunteer leader with the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Iranian American Council\, and a co-founder of CD8 for Palestine. She spoke on the US-Iran war to 130\,000 people at the “No Kings III” rally on Boston Common\, March 30.  A second presenter will explain actions you can take and how to get involved. \nBahar is the narrator of the short film “A Glimpse of Iran“\, which shares sights\, sounds and reflections from her last trip to Iran\, and describes what it feels like to live in America while it wages an illegal war on her homeland.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/iran-the-united-states-and-why-this-war-matters/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T200000
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SUMMARY:¡Cuba Sî\, Bloqueo No! (a WIRN webinar)
DESCRIPTION:¡Cuba Sí\, Bloqueo No! (a WIRN webinar) \nOur next War Industry Resisters Network  webinar on Wednesday\, April 22\, 8 pm ET will be about Cuba\, featuring Medea Benjamin and Danny Valdes. Please see below for information. You can register here: \n \nThe US has been sanctioning the people of Cuba for well over 60 years now. It has been an illegal\, unwarranted\, and immoral act of war and has crippled the Cuban economy with deadly results. Now\, with the fuel blockade\, conditions have worsened considerably\, with severe shortages in fuel\, food\, medicines\, and electricity. \nRecently\, CODEPINK’s Nuestra América Convoy delegation of 170 people delivered 6\,300 pounds of urgently needed medicines and medical supplies\, including neonatal equipment\, analgesics\, catheters\, and other critical hospital materials. The supplies\, valued at $433\,000\, were collected by Global Health Partners. \nThis webinar will address the nature of the US war on Cuba and the humanitarian efforts now happening on behalf of the Cuban people. It will be a call to action to stand with and speak out for our brothers and sisters in this beautiful neighboring nation. The presenters were organizers and participants for the recent delegation. \n \nPresenters: \nMedea Benjamin is a co-founder of CODEPINK and a prominent peace activist\, author\, and organizer focused on anti-war and human rights advocacy. \nDanny Valdes is a Cuban American organizer with Cuban Americans for Cuba and DSA leading national advocacy efforts to end the U.S. blockade and build solidarity.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/cuba-si-bloqueo-no-a-wirn-webinar/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Raytheon Antiwar Campaign
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T203000
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SUMMARY:Ukraine War: Its End-Game Could End Up in Nuclear War
DESCRIPTION:Our guest speaker is Prof. Peter Kuznick of American University\, founder of the Nuclear Studies Institute and longtime advocate for nuclear disarmament. He will discuss how the Ukraine War is the most likely international flashpoint that could lead to WWIII between the US/NATO and Russia\, which would probably mean a catastrophic nuclear war. \nNow in its fifth year\, Prof. Kuznick will discuss the growing possibility of a Ukrainian military defeat later this year after Russia mounts an anticipated major offensive this spring or summer. Russian forces not only could push Ukrainian troops entirely out of the eastern region of the Donbas\, but also continue advancing west to the Dnieper River\, effectively occupying half of Ukraine’s territory and threatening major cities like Kharkiv and Odessa. \nThe US/NATO might choose to help Ukraine avoid such a defeat by escalating and sending in EU troops; airpower to set up a no-fly-zone; long-range missiles like the Tomahawk that could reach deep into Russia’s heartland; and drone/missile attacks as they have done in the past two years on Russian strategic early-warning radar systems\, airbases with nuclear-capable bombers\, and even to assassinate Putin in one of his residences near Moscow. These are red lines that Russia has said could lead to the use of nuclear weapons. \nProf. Kuznick will also discuss the very dangerous mistake made by both Biden and Trump to let the START nuclear arms limitation treaty to expire on Feb. 5. To avoid a hugely expensive and even more destabilizing nuclear arms race\, Trump should accept Putin’s offer of a 1-year extension of START while negotiating a new and even more effective treaty. Trump should also save billions of U.S. tax dollars by stopping development of the Golden Dome missile defense program. \nHe will also discuss the greatly exaggerated threat of Russia attacking European countries after it conquers Ukraine. This fear of Russia is driving EU governments to increase military spending and prepare for a major war with Russia by 2030\, while slashing their budgets for human service and environmental priorities. \nPeter Kuznick is Professor of History and founder and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University. A longtime advocate for nuclear disarmament\, he has written extensively about science and politics\, nuclear history\, and Cold War culture. He is the author of Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in 1930s America (2019); the co-author of Rethinking the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with Akira Kimura; and Rethinking Cold War Culture (2010) with James Gilbert. He and Oliver Stone co-authored the 10 part Showtime documentary film series and book both titled The Untold History of the United States. You can follow Professor Kuznick on his substack: https://substack.com/@peterkuznick. \nRegister to attend: \n \nSponsored by Ukraine: A Time for Peace Campaign\, cosponsored by MAPA’s Nuclear Disarmament Working Group.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ukraine-war-its-end-game-could-end-up-in-nuclear-war/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament,Ukraine/Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T190000
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SUMMARY:No to Nuclear
DESCRIPTION:…Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives\, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War \n \nJoin us for a discussion of Linda Pentz Gunter’s newly published book  No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives\, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War in a webinar moderated by Chris Nord of the C-10 Research and Education Foundation.  \nThe nuclear power industry wants us to believe that theirs is the only technical fix for our deliverance from the climate crisis. While the public\, politicians and the media have been easily swayed\, Gunter blasts aside the industry’s claims that it is safe and green. In No to Nuclear\, she compellingly argues that nuclear power is too slow\, too expensive\, too dangerous and too integrally connected to the nuclear weapons complex to serve as a rational energy choice.  She reveals how the nuclear sector not only fundamentally harms the lives of Indigenous peoples and communities of color but also devalues nature and the environment. In short\, the nuclear power industry is costing us the chance of a genuinely just energy transition. \nLinda Pentz Gunter is the founder and executive director of the US-based non-profit Beyond Nuclear. The organization works to educate the public\, media and decision-makers about the necessity to abolish nuclear power and nuclear weapons and the inextricable link between the two. Previously\, she was a journalist at USA Network\, Reuters\, and The Times. She launched\, and writes for Beyond Nuclear’s online magazine\, Beyond Nuclear International. \nChris Nord is the co-founder and Board member of the C-10 Research and Education Foundation – whose mission includes real-time radiological monitoring near the Seabrook atomic reactor\, as well as education the public about safe and sustainable energy a alternatives.  He is Vice-President of the Citizens Awareness Network and founding member and non-violence trainer of the Clamshell Alliance.  He is the creator of the presentation “Nuclear Spent Fuel and Homeland Security: The Case for Hardened Storage.” and also co-producer of “Circles Around the Fire”\, a 30-minute slide/video program on nuclear power in New England. \nRegister to attend: \n \nSponsored by MAPA Nuclear Disarmament Working Group\, New Hampshire Peace Action\, Peace Action Maine\, and New Jersey Peace Action. Cosponsored by Commonwealth Coalition for Democracy & Safe Energy\, Clamshell Aliance\, and MAPA Indigenous Solidarity. \nTo purchase a copy of Linda’s book\, click the linked title here: No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives\, Derails Climate Progress And Provokes War  \nTo pay in US dollars\, click the tab at the top (that defaults to UK pounds) and choose North America (US$) and fill out the form (choosing United States as your country).  Receive 40% off the cover price through April 14\, 2026.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-to-nuclear/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T213000
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SUMMARY:Venezuela: What Really Happened January 3? What is Happening Now?
DESCRIPTION:Two leading activists and former members of the Bolivarian government will speak to these questions\, and then answer yours as we continue to build a movement to support the Bolivarian Revolution\, the Venezuelan people\, and the President of that country\, kidnapped and held for ransom. \nMicaela Ovelar\, former political advisor to President Hugo Chavez and currently professor of Political Studies\, Government and International Relations at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela\, as well as a member of the “State and Social Protests” Study Group at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela; the “Social Movements and Rural and Urban Education” Study and Research Group at the State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB)\, Brazil; and serves on the Editorial Board of the journal *Práticas Educativas\, Memórias e Oralidades* (Revpemo) at the Federal University of Ceará (UECE)\, Fortaleza\, Brazil. \nLeonardo Flores\, Venezuelan-American political analyst and activist with CODEPINK. He is a founding member of the Venezuela Solidarity Network and worked as a consultant with the Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect. His articles have been published in CounterPunch\, Common Dreams\, and Peoples Dispatch\, among others. Leonardo’s media appearances include Democracy Now\, Telesur\, RT and Pacifica Network radio stations. \nRegister to attend: \n \nSponsored by MAPA Education Fund; cosponsored by CODEPINK
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/venezuela-what-happened-january-3/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T210000
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SUMMARY:Cuba Under Siege:  What Happens Next?
DESCRIPTION:Rafael Hernández\, leading scholar of both Cuban politics and Cuba-US relations takes on the question of the outlook and options for Cuba in the face of the US all out siege and oil blockade.  How long can Cuba hold out?  What is the nature of the crisis internally?  What are the plans and prospects for the Cuban government in the face of this dire situation? \nHernández is a Cuban writer\, scholar and political analyst. He is the editor of Revista Temas\, the leading Cuban magazine in the social sciences and the humanities\, temas.cult.cu\, with its blog Catelejo\, a space for other well known Cuban intellectuals\, with articles such as the recent\, Is Cuba Collapsing\, by Marta Nuñez. He leads a monthly gathering\, Ultimo Jueves\, which brings together intellectuals\, academics and ordinary Cubans to discuss and debate the pressing issues of the day.  His publications include several books and essays on Cuban and U.S. policies\, inter-American relations\, international security\, migration\, Cuban culture\, civil society and politics\, including Looking at Cuba: Essays on Culture and Civil Society (2001)\, The Other War: Studies on Strategy and International Security (2000)\, The History of Havana (2006) and Shall We Play Ball? Debating U.S.-Cuban Relations (2011). \n \nMerri Ansara\, moderator\, is the coordinator of the Cuba Subcommittee in MAPA’s Latin America/Caribbean Working Group (LA/CWG) . She has just returned from the Nuestra America convoy to Cuba. \nSponsored by MAPA Education Fund\, cosponsored by CodePink and by HotHouse: the Center for International Exhibition and Performance. \n \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/cuba-under-siege-what-happens-next/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T170000
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SUMMARY:Defending Campus and Schools Expression
DESCRIPTION:The AAUP and AFT have organized a national campaign resisting the Trump attacks on our campuses\, to engage faculty\, staffs\, students and alumni The call is for teach-ins on the first Fridays of the month leading up to a national event on Friday May 1\, 2026. Many college and university campuses lack active AAUP chapters or AFT locals. However\, many Peace and Justice advocacy groups have members or supporters on local campuses. To advance the Days of Action Campaign the Books Not Bombs Committee is hosting a series of Zoom Teach-ins. The fifth in our Zoom Teach-ins will be Friday April 3\, 4-5 pm. \n– Welcome and Our Tasks- Owen Madaus (Books Not Bombs Committee); \n– Plans for May Day in Mass\, Friday May 1\, 2026 – Jeremy Shenk & Liz Eng (AFTMA); \n– Protecting Campus Speech – Prof. Isaac Kamola (AAUP Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom);  \n– Pressing Urban School Budget Issues – Erik Berg (Pres. Boston Teachers Union); \n– Ongoing Student Organizing on Campuses – Hannah Markel\, Jessica Valatka (UMass\, Amherst); \n– Promoting Free Speech in Mass Public Schools – Dr. Aaron Shakow (Concerned Jewish Faculty and Staff); \n– Key Budget & Education debates in the MA State Legislature\, Including Proposed Referenda – Harris Gruman (SEIU1199); \n– Opposing Supplementary Funding for War –Jonathan King (Mass Peace Action Ed Fund and MIT AAUP)); \n –  Publicity and Outreach for May Day events.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/defending-campus-and-schools-expression-apr/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Books Not Bombs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T200000
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SUMMARY:US-Israeli Aggression against Iran: Escalation Risks and the Path to Wider War
DESCRIPTION:Dr. John Mearsheimer and Dr. Trita Parsi will present. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/us-israeli-aggression-against-iran-escalation-risks-and-the-path-to-wider-war/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T143000
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SUMMARY:The Real Origins of the Ukraine War and Why It Matters Today
DESCRIPTION:Swiss Col. Jacques Baud (retired) is a military and international affairs analyst who will speak about his first-hand knowledge of the Donbass area of Ukraine. From 2012-2017\, he was seconded to NATO by the Swiss government to head NATO Counterproliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons Unit (SALW) in Brussels\, as well as of programs against landmines. In that capacity\, he monitored the SALW situation in the Donbass from 2014 to 2017 and designed de-mining projects in Ukraine.\nAdditionally\, as a UN expert in the Rule of Law and Reform of Security Institutions\, he contributed to projects related to the reform of the Ukrainian army at the end of 2014.\nHe has been outspoken in his views that the Ukrainian government\, aided by the U.S. and EU\, did not abide by the Minsk treaty\, but instead conducted lethal military shelling of Donbass cities\, called an anti-terrorism campaign\, aimed at an armed insurgency of ethnic Russian Ukrainians whose religious\, cultural\, linguistic\, economic\, and political rights were being increasingly restricted by the central government in Kiev.\nBaud has recently been severely sanctioned by the EU for his views. He will share his perspective not only on the origins of the civil war in Ukraine\, but on the current military and political situation and the prospects for a negotiated settlement of the war. \nSwiss Col. Jacques Baud (retired) holds a Master’s in Econometrics and Postgrade Diplomas in International Security and International Relations from the Graduate Institute for International Relations in Geneva.  He worked several years in the Swiss Strategic Intelligence Service. He was trained in US and British intelligence. \nHis extensive expertise in strategic analysis\, conflict mediation and international security spans decades. At the United Nations headquarters in New York\, he was the Head of Policy and Doctrine in the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (2009-11) where his team worked on the protection of civilians in war. He is member of the UN Expert Group on the Rule of Law and Security Sector Reform. He authored several books on weapons\, intelligence\, asymmetric warfare and terrorism. He is currently retired and lives in Brussels (Belgium). \nBaud is the author of many books including Covert Wars in Ukraine (2025)\, The Russian Art of War: How the West Led Ukraine to Defeat (2024)\, Operation Z: The Hidden Truth of the Ukraine War (2022)\, and Putin: Master of the Game (2019). \nRegister to attend: \n \nSponsored by MAPA’s Ukraine: A Time for Peace Campaign.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-real-origins-of-the-ukraine-war-and-why-it-matters-today/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T200000
DTSTAMP:20260602T004744
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SUMMARY:Unions and Women's Health Justice
DESCRIPTION:Seeking Women’s Health Justice\, a subcommittee of Massachusetts Peace Action’s Fund Healthcare Not Warfare campaign\, examines women’s health from the perspective of justice – with the awareness that peace is a fundamental issue of health. The cost of U.S. militarism drains economic resources at the expense of health and lives. Through awareness and understanding of the culture that promotes war\, we examine the intersection of peace and women’s health\, which is justice. Our work offers paths of action that can be taken to oppose militarism and to nurture health and enhance justice. \nTo commemorate International Women’s Day\, originally organized by the union movement\, this webinar explores how unions have played a role in shaping women’s health and health services. \nUnions have influenced women’s health and health services by improving working conditions\, securing maternity and reproductive rights\, expanding access to healthcare\, strengthening health services\, and challenging gender inequality. Union activism has helped transform women’s health from a private concern into a social and workplace issue\, benefiting both women as workers and women as healthcare users. \nSpeakers: \nKatie Murphy is President of the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA)\, the largest union and professional association for registered nurses and healthcare professionals in Massachusetts\, across hospitals and other care settings. She represents nurses and healthcare professionals across Massachusetts\, and is active in advocating for safe staffing as well as equitable healthcare policy. She served on the MNA Board of Directors for over a decade\, helping shape organizational strategy and representation. \nShe is a strong proponent for healthcare workers\, patients\, and women on multiple fronts. \nElizabeth Pellerito is Director of the Labor Education Program at the University of Massachusetts/ Lowell. She is a labor educator known for her work in labor studies and union organizing. As a labor educator\, she focuses on training and organizing all university employees on leading labor issues. She is also active on the boards of the Bread & Roses Heritage Festival\, the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts and the Women’s Institute for Leadership Development. \nShe combines labor studies with issues that intersect public health and worker well-being\, especially regarding health\, safety\, and workplace risk topics for a gendered workforce. She is particularly interested in how unions can combat sexual assault\, sexual harassment\, and intimate partner violence. \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/seeking-womens-health-justice-26/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Fund Healthcare Not Warfare
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T170000
DTSTAMP:20260602T004744
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SUMMARY:Defending Campus and Schools Expression
DESCRIPTION:The AAUP and AFT have organized a national campaign resisting the Trump attacks on our campuses\, to engage faculty\, staffs\, students and alumni The call is for teach-ins on the first Fridays of the month leading up to a national event on Friday May 1\, 2026. Many college and university campuses lack active AAUP chapters or AFT locals. However\, many Peace and Justice advocacy groups have members or supporters on local campuses. To advance the Days of Action Campaign the Books Not Bombs Committee is hosting a series of Zoom Teach-ins. The fourth in our Zoom Teach-ins will be Friday March 6\, 4-5 pm. \nProgram for March 6: \n– Plans for May Day\, Friday May 1\, 2026 – Lukas Moe (national AAUP/AFT); \n– Fund Education and Human Needs\, Not Foreign Wars – Owen Madaus and Jonathan King (Books Not Bombs Committee); \n– Resisting Efforts to Censure Faculty in Virgina: Prof. Bethany LeTiecq (George Mason U. AAUP\, Virginia); \n– Student Expulsion for Expression at MIT – Prof. Haynes Miller (MIT AAUP); \n– Mass Teacher’s Association Concerns and Priorities – Deb McCarthy (V-P\, MTA); \n– Ongoing Student Organizing on Campuses – Hannah Markel\, Jessica Valatka\, (UMass\, Amherst); \n– Need to protect international students among us – Prof Lou Kruger (Northeastern University); \n– Publicizing Program and Outreach for April Teach-in\, Friday April 3.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/defending-campus-and-schools-expression/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Books Not Bombs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T183000
DTSTAMP:20260602T004744
CREATED:20260211T183529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T151419Z
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SUMMARY:While Iran Boils\, Trump’s “Peace Plan” Threatens Palestinian Existence
DESCRIPTION:US imperial intervention has denied Iranians and Palestinians self-determination for 75 years. \nCoupled with an examination of the U.S./Israel/Iran crisis\, Jeremy Scahill and Rami Khouri reveal how the president’s “board of peace” promises a new\, dangerous and unaccountable stage of U.S./European/Israeli policy in the Middle East.  \nAt this moment when Palestinian national existence hangs in the balance\, there could be no better opportunity to understand the significance of stunning events now taking place in Gaza and the West Bank than hearing from these two expert journalists. Media coverage of the Palestinian crisis has dramatically shrunk since Trump announced his “Peace Plan” for Gaza\, but every day Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are killed\, driven off their land\, or die in large numbers when denied sufficient food\, medical care and supplies needed to survive malnutrition and the elements. They will explain not just what is happening in Palestine but will examine the frightening realities of Israeli and U.S. policy that lay behind this next phase of the genocide.  \nOf special interest\, they will examine President Trump’s “peace agreement” and the Board of Peace\, headed by Trump himself\, that his plan establishes. If the present is harsh\, the future laid out in this peace agreement is truly ominous. Scahill and Khouri will examine in detail not just how this bizarre Trump agreement came about but the threat it poses to the very possibility of a Palestinian state. But you will also learn of the complex battle the Palestinian resistance is playing to keep Palestinian national rights alive. Jeremy Scahill has conducted extensive interviews for Drop Site News with Hamas officials and we will all benefit from his unique insights on how the Palestinian resistance views the present situation\, what parts of the Trump plan they have agreed to and which they have not\, and their strategies for addressing the threats Palestinians face in the present moment. \nWith the new understanding gained about the U.S./Israeli/Iran crisis\, Palestinian realities\,  and Israeli and U.S. policies \, viewers will become more confident in their understanding of what needs to be done in order to effectively step up the fight to prevent/stop war with Iran and their mobilization against genocide and in support of Palestinian human and national rights.   \nJeremy Scahill\, an award-winning journalist and expert on warfare\, is co-founder of the investigative news organization Drop Site News. His investigative prowess has led to multiple recognitions\, including the George Polk Award and the Izzy Award for Independent Media. Scahill is widely respected for his writing\, particularly in areas related to war\, security\, and U.S. foreign policy. His extensive reporting from conflict zones such as Afghanistan\, Iraq\, Somalia\, and Yemen has provided him with a wealth of real-world insight. These experiences strengthen his standing as one of the most knowledgeable speakers on war\, security\, and journalism in the country.  \nRami George Khouri is a Palestinian-American journalist and editor. He was executive editor of the Beirut Daily Star newspaper from 2003 to 2005\, and before that had been editor-in-chief of the Jordan Times for seven years\, when he also wrote for many years from Amman\, Jordan\, for leading international publications\, including the Financial Times\, the Boston Globe\, and the Washington Post. Rami was the founding director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) from 2006 to 2014. He has served on the advisory boards of the International Committee of the Red Cross\, Harvard Divinity School\, and Northwestern University in Qatar. His 50 years of journalism in the Arab region include writing books and an internationally syndicated column. He continues to author books and write analyses and op-eds for the international media.  \n \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/iran-palestine-peace-plan/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T203000
DTSTAMP:20260602T004744
CREATED:20260129T172120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260201T203404Z
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SUMMARY:Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:On this\, the fourth anniversary of the Ukraine war\, award winning author and foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer brings to light the roots of the conflict and the U.S. role in helping to instigate the war. He will examine the Russian invasion\, the continuing dangerous U.S. and European Ukraine policies\, and prospects for ending the war in 2026. \nStephen Kinzer is an award-winning author and foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. His articles and books have led the Washington Post to place him “among the best in popular foreign policy storytelling.” He was Latin America correspondent for The Boston Globe\, and then spent more than 20 years working for the New York Times\, with extended postings in Nicaragua\, Germany\, and Turkey. He is a visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. His numerous books include Overthrow\, All the Shah’s Men\, The Brothers: John Foster Dulles\, Allen Dulles and Their Secret World War; The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt\, Mark Twain and the Birth of American Empire and Poisoner in Chief. His latest book (to be released this fall is Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine. Hence\, the title of this webinar. He is now a Boston Globe columnist\, providing deep insight into U.S. foreign policy. \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/boiling-point-how-america-brought-us-to-war-in-ukraine/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260223T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260223T153000
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CREATED:20260220T174549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T175409Z
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SUMMARY:No War with Iran action hour
DESCRIPTION:BREAKING: The latest report indicates a massive U.S. military buildup in the Middle East\, with “a 90% chance” of war on Iran breaking out soon\, according to one Trump advisor. Now is the critical moment to stop war with Iran.  \nJoin NIAC Action Monday\, February 23rd at 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT for a virtual “No War with Iran” action hour where we’ll mobilize together to demand Congress stop another unauthorized war before it starts. \nRepresentatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie and Senators Rand Paul and Tim Kaine have introduced bipartisan war powers resolutions to block unauthorized war\, they’ll be up for a vote soon\, we need every lawmaker to support them. \nThis event willl equip you with immediate action you can take to urge lawmakers to oppose war another unauthorized war. We will also be offering a brief “How to Advocate” 101 training to empower you to get face-to-face meetings with your lawmaker offices. \n RSVP now to receive the Zoom link and join volunteer leaders nationwide demanding organized solidarity\, not bombs. \nOnly registered guests who have RSVP’d and follow our Community Code of Conduct will be granted entry.  \nCo-sponsored by Peace Action\, Doctors Against Genocide\, MPower Action\, American Friends Service Committee\, Peace Action New York State\, Roots Action\, Hindus for Human Rights Action\, Brooklyn for Peace & World Beyond War
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-war-with-iran-action-hour/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T200000
DTSTAMP:20260602T004744
CREATED:20260205T183852Z
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SUMMARY:Inside the Anti-China Warmaking Machine
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a panel discussion moderated by Kenneth Yee where our speakers\, Marcus Breen\, Duncan McFarland\, and Ting Huang\, will provide an overview of the ways in which the U.S. government generates negative media coverage about China in order to manufacture consent for war. Our speakers will discuss examples of recent US Government programs that have used media to reflect poorly on Chinese economic and social development\, and reinforce negative impressions of China. \nOur pannelists will discuss the China-focused Committees in the U.S. House and explain how the activities of these Congressional China Committees shape public perception about China. This webinar will also provide context on U.S.-China relations more broadly and analyze the Trump administration’s foreign policy directives and how they fit into the recent National Security Strategy. \n \nSponsoring Group: No Cold War – MAPA
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/inside-the-anti-china-warmaking-machine/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:No War with China
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T133000
DTSTAMP:20260602T004744
CREATED:20260122T152517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260201T230452Z
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SUMMARY:Violence\, Love and Hope in Israel-Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Sari Bashi\, internationally renowned human rights lawyer and the executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel. Sari lives in a mixed Israeli-Palestinian family\, which is the subject of her new memoir\, Upside-Down Love. Sari will share her perspective on the ceasefire in Gaza\, the escalating violence in the West Bank\, and the opportunities emerging for transformative change. \nSari is the executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and the co-founder and former executive director of Gisha-Legal Center for Freedom of Movement\, the Israeli human rights organization promoting freedom of movement for Palestinians in Gaza. She previously served as program director for Human Rights Watch\, leading the organization’s global research\, and as research director at Democracy for the Arab World Now\, where she’s currently a fellow. She’s an expert in international humanitarian law and writes a blog about raising her children in the West Bank. Her book\, a love story in two voices\, describes how she and her Palestinian spouse met\, fell in love and made it work\, against the odds and against Israeli law. \n \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/violence-love-and-hope-in-israel-palestine/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T203000
DTSTAMP:20260602T004744
CREATED:20260116T044600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T173607Z
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SUMMARY:4th Anniversary of Ukraine War: End it Now\, or It Could End Up in a Nuclear War!
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Ivana Nikolic´ Hughes will discuss the urgent need for a negotiated end to the Ukraine War\, even with significant concessions to the Russians given the increasingly dire military situation facing the Ukrainians.  This would prevent the US or NATO from escalating with new long-range missiles\, troops\, or attacks on Russian shipping and other targets– such as the alleged Ukrainian 90-drone ‘decapitation’ attack in late December on one of Russian President Putin’s homes– to try to avoid a total Ukrainian defeat.   Such escalation could trigger WWIII\, and a catastrophic nuclear war. \nShe will also discuss the increasing danger of nuclear war between the US and Russia because both the Biden and Trump administrations failed to negotiate with Russia to renew the START treaty (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty).  It has been the most effective treaty over the past forty years to limit nuclear weapons.  It expires on Feb. 6th\, and she will discuss the importance of a groundswell of public support for Trump to agree to Putin’s offer to extend the treaty while beginning new negotiations to renew and even expand it. \nDr. Ivana Nikolic´ Hughes is President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and a Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Chemistry at Columbia University. She holds a BS with Honors from Caltech\, and a PhD from Stanford University. She has been a faculty member at Columbia University since 2008 and currently serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Group to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Her writing has appeared in The Nation\, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\, The Hill\, Scientific American\, Truthout\, Common Dreams\, Transcend Media Service\, The Diplomat\, and elsewhere. \nCosponsored by Ukraine: A Time for Peace Campaign and the Nuclear Disarmament Working Group of MAPA. \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/4th-anniversary-of-ukraine-war-end-it-now-or-it-could-end-up-in-a-nuclear-war/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament,Ukraine/Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T133000
DTSTAMP:20260602T004744
CREATED:20260203T194212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T194249Z
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SUMMARY:Hands Off Iran Action Hour
DESCRIPTION:https://secure.everyaction.com/p3KgFwur4UWVhn_KO_6dzQ2\nJoin to urge congress to pass Iran War Power Resolutions
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/hands-off-iran-action-hour/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T210000
DTSTAMP:20260602T004744
CREATED:20260202T175622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T175622Z
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SUMMARY:ICE Wars: Violence\, Compassion\, and Resistance
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will describe the scope of the federal presence in Minnesota\, what it feels like to be the subjects to an armed intervention by your own government\, the impact on immigrant neighbors\, and the myriad ways people are responding and resisting. It will include some lessons that may be helpful for other communities.\nPresenter:\n\nPam Costain lives in Minneapolis. She has been a lifelong peace and social justice activist\, a founder of Women Against Military Madness\, the Executive Director of the Resource Center of the Americas for 14 years\, and a founder and Training Director of Wellstone Action for five years. She is currently active with Twin Cities Indivisible.\n\nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ice-wars-violence-compassion-and-resistance/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Uncategorized
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260131T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260131T173000
DTSTAMP:20260602T004744
CREATED:20260106T200420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260219T144228Z
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SUMMARY:Invest in Minds not Missiles
DESCRIPTION:Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War 2026 \nInvest in Minds Not Missiles \nVirtual National Conference \n \nOur nation and world are in a period of continuing danger and difficulty: The recently passed Pentagon budget is higher than ever and is funding a new generation of nuclear weapons; The tragic Israel/Gaza Conflict continues; The Russia/Ukraine conflict remains a source of increased danger of nuclear war;  The attacks on Venezuela opens a new front of “forever wars”. The egregious costs of the weapons buildups is draining our tax dollars from critical civilian needs\, among which are K-12 public schools and higher education. This Conference continues the tradition of trying to increase cooperation and collaboration among those advocating for nuclear disarmament and social and economic justice. \n3:00 pm Welcome: Prof. Robert Redwine (MIT); \n3:05 pm Continuing Threats: \n\nThe Military/Industrial/Nuclear Weapons Complex- William Hartung (Quincy Institute);\nFallacies of the Golden Dome Project – Prof. Ted Postol (MIT);\nDangers from the New Sentinel ICBM – David Borris (Chicago Area Peace Action).\n\n3:45 pm Unacceptable Costs:  \nChair: Jonathan King (MIT & Mass Peace Action): \n\nCivilian vs Military Components of the Federal Budget – Debbie Weinstein (Coalition for Human Needs);\nResisting Attacks on Higher Education – Mia McIver (AAUP);\nProtecting K-12 Public Schools – TBA (American Federation of Teachers);\n\n4:25 pm Congressional Efforts to Cut Nuclear Weapons Spending and Extend the START Treaty: \nChair: Maryellen Kurkulos (Mass Peace Action Education Fund): \n\nBack from the Brink Campaign – Daniel Hall (Back from the Brink)\nU.S. House Opportunities – Larry Cohen (Our Revolution);\nU.S. Senate and Extending the New START Treaty – Joseph Gerson (Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament\, and Common Security);\n\n4:55 Protecting our Future: \nChair: Susan Mirsky (Nuclear Disarmament Working Group): \n\nOrganizing from the Bottom – Shailly Gupta Barnes (Kairos Center\, NYC);\nCutting Weapons Budgets – Ben Cohen (Up in Arms Campaign);\nMobilizing for Jobs and Peace – Hon. Nina Turner (We Are Somebody).\n\n5:30 Adjourn \nSponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund; MIT Radius; Our Revolution; Institute for People’s Engagement; Up in Arms; Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament\, and Common Security. \nProgram Committee: David Borris\, Ed Erikson\, Keith Harvey\, Jonathan King\, Susan Mirsky\, Robert Redwine \n \nAttendance free.  Register to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/invest-in-minds-not-missiles/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Books Not Bombs,Nuclear Disarmament
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260130T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260130T170000
DTSTAMP:20260602T004744
CREATED:20251230T194114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T185034Z
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SUMMARY:Iran\, the US\, and Israel: How did we get here?
DESCRIPTION:The threat of war continues to loom over Iran. After more than two weeks of nationwide unrest that rocked the country\, the protest movement appears temporarily contained following an intense and coordinated security crackdown. Meanwhile\, outside actors openly brag about exploiting the situation for their ends\, and reports suggest a military strike by the Trump Administration might be imminent.  \nOn Friday\, Jan. 30th at 3 pm\, NIAC President\, Jamal Abdi\, will join journalist and analyst Negar Mortazavi and award-winning foreign affairs correspondent and author of All the Shah’s Men\, Stephen Kinzer\, in conversation. The panel will unpack the current situation inside Iran and the geopolitical landscape\, including U.S. and Israeli calculations following the 12-day war last June that killed hundreds of Iranian civilians\, and where we go from here.  \nNegar Mortazavi is an award-winning journalist and commentator\, editor and host of the Iran Podcast\, Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy (CIP)\, and Nonresident Scholar at the Middle East Policy Council in Washington DC. She has been covering Iranian and Middle Eastern affairs as well as US foreign policy towards the Middle East for over a decade. She is a regular commentator for US and global media including CNN\, NBC\, NPR\, BBC\, France24\, Aljazeera\, among others. She has written for Foreign Policy magazine\, Politico\, The Intercept\, and The Independent. She holds a Master’s degree from Brandeis University and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston.  \nJamal Abdi is the President of the National Iranian American Council and the executive director of NIAC Action. He has served in this role since 2018. Prior to joining NIAC as Policy Director in 2009\, he was a Policy Advisor on foreign policy\, national security\, and immigration issues in Congress. Jamal holds a B.A. from the University of Washington in Seattle\, majoring in Political Science with a focus on International Relations. He has written for The New York Times\, CNN\, Foreign Policy\, The Hill\, and USA Today and blogs at The Huffington Post.  He is a frequent guest contributor in print\, radio\, and television\, including appearances on Al Jazeera\, NPR\, BBC Radio\, and VOA. \nStephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents.  He was a New York Times foreign correspondent for 20 years and is now Senior Fellow at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs of Brown University and a Boston Globe opinion columnist.  His books include All the Shan’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (2003). \nThe event will be online and presentations will be recorded.  Sponsored by NIAC and Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund\, cosponsored by Veterans for Peace\, Just Foreign Policy\, About Face Northeast\, Center for International Policy\, Friends Committee on National Legislation\, and Military Families Speak Out. \n Register to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/iran-the-us-and-israel-how-did-we-get-here/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T190000
DTSTAMP:20260602T004744
CREATED:20260126T185055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T172538Z
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SUMMARY:Power Hour: Support the Israel Divestment Bill
DESCRIPTION:Join MAPA’s Power Hour on Jan. 29 at 6pm to make calls in support of the Israel Divestment Bill. \nDespite the supposed “ceasefire” in Gaza\, Israel has continued its genocide of Palestinians through airstrikes\, gunfire\, blocking aid\, and destroying homes. The Israel Divestment Bill is as relevant now as it was before the ceasefire was announced. \nThis bill is currently in the Public Service Committee in the MA House. We will be making calls to the two chairs of the committee to pressure them to vote the bill out favorably. If it does go forward\, it can then eventually be voted on by the full state legislature.  Read more about the bill. \nTake this step to make the State of Massachusetts divest from genocide.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/power-hour/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260126T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260126T193000
DTSTAMP:20260602T004744
CREATED:20260101T033914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260102T174307Z
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SUMMARY:Militarism vs the Care Economy and Degrowth
DESCRIPTION:At this critical time\, when climate change and war are devastating the planet and causing tremendous suffering\, the current political climate is taking everything in the wrong direction. The system of endless growth and accumulation of wealth in fewer and fewer hands at the expense of everyone else and the earth cannot be sustained. How can we do more than hold back the most extreme antidemocratic and environmentally destructive measures and work together to realize a common vision of a livable world? Speakers Harrris Gruman\, Juan Jose De Blas and Anna Prouty will address how we can transition from the current disaster/militarist economy to a peace\, climate\, and justice-oriented care and degrowth economy. They will lay out some of the principles and benefits of a care economy and degrowth and talk about practical steps we can take here in the US to bring about the world we want to see. \nSpeakers: \nHarris Gruman – Executive Director of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) State Council. He is co-founder and co-chair of Raise Up Massachusetts\, a coalition of 150 organizations which successfully campaigned to raise the minimum wage to $15\, enact paid family and medical leave\, and pass the Fair Share Amendment\, aka millionaire’s tax. A veteran of decades of successful issue and electoral work in community and labor organizing\, he is an astute political strategist. A former executive director of the Neighbor to Neighbor Education Fund\, he studied at Johns Hopkins University. At MAPA\, he  is a member of the Board of Directors\, the Ukraine Committee\, and of the Peace and the Working Class Working Group. \nJuan Jose Deblas is an active member of the International Degrowth Network as well as the Spanish member group Red Decrecer para Vivir. He sees degrowth as an opportunity to rethink the world’s economic and social systems\, address the imbalance between the Global North and South\, and protect humanity’s most vulnerable. He is Coordinator of the IDN practice circle\, Secretary of organizing and general circles\, and helping with European newsletter. He helped organize the September 2025 Beyond Growth conference in the Spanish parliament. \nAnna Prouty\, Media + Outreach Coordinator at the Degrowth Institute\, is a writer\, artist and community organizer living in Cascadia. She is the media and outreach coordinator for DGI\, and coordinates the Policy Working Group. She was also a co-founder of DegrowUS. When not at DGI\, she works for the Center for Rural Livelihoods in Oregon\, and organizes around economic democracy\, land restoration and bioregionalism. Her debut novel\, Genesis\, will be released in summer 2026 by Vine Leaves Press. \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/militarism-vs-the-care-economy-and-degrowth/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Peace and Climate,Peace and Working Class
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SUMMARY:Matthew Hoh: Ukraine War\, End it Now or Lose Much More Later
DESCRIPTION:Attendees of this webinar will hear Matthew Hoh discuss the military\, economic and political state of the Ukraine War as it nears its 4th anniversary.  He will discuss the ongoing negotiations to end the Ukraine War and why ending the war is an imperative for all sides. He will summarize the current military\, economic and political realities for Ukraine and Russia\, as well as Europe and the US\, and provide his thoughts on what a successful negotiated settlement may look like. He will also discuss the potential consequences if a political settlement to the war is not reached and it continues into its fifth year. Finally\, he will discuss the dangers that will continue even if there is a peace agreement and why demilitarization and a renewed effort to rebuild a wrecked United Nations system are urgently needed. \nMatthew Hoh is a disabled Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq War and former Afghan War State Department Officer. In 2009\, after being appointed to the Foreign Service\, Hoh resigned his post in Afghanistan over the Obama administration’s escalation of the Afghan War. He is now an analyst and commentator on foreign and military policy issues as a senior fellow with the Eisenhower Media Network. He serves on the advisory boards of many peace organizations\, including Veterans for Peace and World Beyond War\, and is an associate member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ukraine-war-end-it-now-or-lose-much-more-later/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260114T200000
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SUMMARY:US Aggression towards Venezuela and its Repercussions for Latin America (a WIRN webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Wedenesday January 14th @ 8PM\n \nThe recent U.S. military attacks and threats on Venezuela are just its latest acts of war on its southern neighbor. Since the rise of Hugo Chavez\, there have been coup attempts\, sanctions\, subversive support of the right-wing opposition\, theft of financial assets\, and the widespread dissemination of lies and propaganda portraying Venezuela as a threat to the U.S. But now\, the Trump regime appears more determined than ever to bring about regime change in this country that has the largest proven reserves of oil in the world. \nThe danger of this U.S aggression is not just to the people of Venezuela\, but to the rest of Latin America as well\, especially to the targeted nations of Cuba\, Nicaragua\, and Colombia. The U.S.\, under the banner of the Monroe Doctrine\, considers all of Latin America its sphere of influence and means to reinvigorate its dominance and exploitation of natural resources there. Capturing Venezuela would be a jewel in the imperial crown\, but it would also inevitably lead to more and more neo-colonization throughout the hemisphere. \n \nSpeakers: \nJohn Perry\, based in Nicaragua\, is with the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition and writes for the Grayzone\, London Review of Books\, FAIR\, Covert Action and elsewhere \nRoger Harris taught political science at a Historically Black College in Mississippi in the late 1960s and was involved in the civil rights movement and community organizing in East Harlem\, New York City. He is a co-founder of the Venezuela Solidarity Network and was an election accompanier for the last presidential election in Venezuela. Roger is on the state central committee of the California Peace and Freedom Party and on the board of the human rights organization\, the Task Force on the Americas. He is on the program committee of the Marxist Forum and on the secretariat of the US Peace Council. He is active in the SanctionsKill campaign and the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition. His political writings may be regularly found at Counterpunch\, LA Progressive\, Antiwar.com\, Venezuelanalysis\, and the Orinoco Tribune.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/us-aggression-towards-venezuela-and-its-repercussions-for-latin-america-a-wirn-webinar/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Latin America,Raytheon Antiwar Campaign
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260113T190000
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SUMMARY:What’s going on in Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Trump’s “Peace Proposal”\, the UN Security Council resolution and their significance for the future of Gaza \nPhyllis Bennis and Richard Falk will focus on the developments on the ground in Gaza\, the US role and Trump’s “peace” plan\, the consequences of the latest UN Security Council resolution\, and what the UN has done and failed to do regarding the genocide.  They will also talk about the current situation in the West Bank. \nPhyllis Bennis is Program Director at the Institute for Policy Studies; in 2001 helped found the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights\, served 6 Years on the board of Jewish Voice for Peace.  She is author of the 2025 Understanding Palestine and Israel (Interlink Books). \nRichard Falk is former UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Territories for the UN Human Rights Council 2008-2014. He is Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University.   \nSponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund; cosponsored by the International Peace Bureau and Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament\, and Common Security. \n \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/calling-it-what-it-is-whats-going-on-in-palestine/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260105T190000
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SUMMARY:What is Trump’s Golden Dome? Are We Paying for Ineffective Missile Defense and a Spiraling Nuclear Arms Race?
DESCRIPTION:Missile Defense\, as the term implies\, is defending against enemy missiles carrying an explosive payload. The origin of these anti-missile systems dates back to the Cold War space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union\, an era when intercontinental ballistic missiles could be deployed in space to launch satellites to orbit or travel thousands of miles carrying nuclear weapons. Missile defense systems were deployed by both superpowers in the 1960s\, but proved to be technically infeasible and prohibitively expensive. They were ultimately abandoned. \nFeasibility and cost notwithstanding\, the U.S. military and weapons contractors succeeded in pursuing these systems during the Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush administrations. Now\, Donald Trump has launched the ambitious Golden Dome project\, yet another missile defense program based on technologies and space-based interceptors proven to be unworkable. \nIn this webinar\, we will hear three experts discuss the technical and policy aspects of Golden Dome. \nTed Postol\, professor emeritus at MIT\, is an internationally known analyst and long-time critic of the missile defense program. He has held positions at the Argonne National Laboratory\, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment\, and the Pentagon\, where he functioned as scientific advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations and technical and policy advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. At Stanford\, he helped build a weapons technology training program for development and arms control policy. His awards include the 1995 Hilliard Roderick Prize in Science\, Arms Control\, and International Security from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) which lauded him as “by-far the strongest\, technically-trained\, independent arms control analyst of his generation” and the mentor of “a whole generation of independent arms control policy analysts.” He has been awarded for whistle-blowing about governmental false claims about missile defenses like the Patriot system in the 1991 Gulf War. He is a member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations\, a board member of The Committee for the Republic\, and a former editor of the journal International Security. \nDaryl Kimball is the Executive Director of the Arms Control Association (ACA)\, Washington\, DC\, where since 2001 he has led the organization’s advocacy campaigns on major issues including cancellation of new nuclear weapons programs\, the 2010 New START agreement\, the 2015 P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran\, the entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty\, and strengthening the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. He is publisher of the organization’s monthly journal\, Arms Control Today\, a frequent expert source for reporters and policymakers\, and has written and spoken extensively about all matters related to nuclear arms control. Previously\, he was the executive director of the Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers\, and the Director of Security Programs for Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR). There\, he helped to expose and accelerate the cleanup of a toxic\, Cold War-era nuclear weapons production site in his hometown of Oxford\, Ohio\, led the advocacy for the 1992 nuclear test moratorium in Congress and for the U.N.’s endorsement of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. \nSubrata Ghoshroy\, a former Senior Defense Analyst for the Government Accountability Office (GAO)\, was the lead Technical Evaluator for its investigation into allegations of fraud in the missile defense program. When the GAO tried to cover up his discovery that contractors were lying about a $100-million test\, he blew the whistle and quit the GAO shortly afterwards. He then joined MIT as a Research Affiliate with the Program in Science\, Technology\, and Society. \nLinda Pentz Gunter\, moderator\, is the curator and editor of Beyond Nuclear International and the international specialist at Beyond Nuclear. Prior to her work in anti-nuclear advocacy\, she was a journalist for 20 years in print and broadcast\, working for USA Network\, Reuters\, The Times (UK) and other US and international outlets. \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/trumps-golden-dome/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251216T180000
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SUMMARY:Trump's Foreign Policy Doctrine
DESCRIPTION:We will evaluate the Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy\, which is a break from the post-1945 bipartisan foreign policy consensus and a formal codification of Trumpism’s imperialist\, white nationalist\, transactionalist agenda. \nJoseph Gerson is president of the Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament and Common Security\, vice-president of the International Peace Bureau\, and a board member of Massachusetts Peace Action. He formerly headed the Peace and Economic Security Program of the American Friends Service Committee.   He is author of Empire and the Bomb: How the US Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World  (2007) and With Hiroshima Eyes: Atomic War\, Nuclear Extortion\, and Moral Imagination (1995). \nKhury Petersen-Smith is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow and the Co-Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). He researches U.S. empire\, borders\, and migration and strategizes with activists to work against the violence that the U.S. carries out and supports around the world. Khury focuses especially on U.S. militarism in the Middle East and in the Pacific\, and movements that resist it. He graduated from the Clark University Graduate School of Geography in Massachusetts\, after completing a dissertation on U.S. military bases in the Pacific. He is one of the co-authors and organizers of the 2023 Black Voices for Ceasefire statement\, which was signed by over 6\,000 Black activists\, artists\, and scholars. \nSponsored by MAPA Education Fund\, the Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament\, and Common Security\, and the IPS New Internationalism Project. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/trumps-foreign-policy-doctrine/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Strategy and Ideas
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