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SUMMARY:Dire Healthcare Situation in Gaza
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Perlmutter\, Dr. Syed and Dr. Sidhwa will talk about their most recent experiences working in the remaining hospitals in Gaza where they witnessed severe injuries and the impact of starvation and displacement on the Palestinians struggling to survive. \nDr. Mark Perlmutter is a hand and upper extremity orthopedic surgeon in North Carolina. During his second trip to Gaza\, he worked in Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah and the Nasser Medical Complex in the south of the territory in March 2025 as part of a WHO program. Perlmutter was working at Nasser hospital when the second floor of the building was targeted in an airstrike. The president of the World Surgical Foundation\, he has worked in dozens of disaster zones worldwide for decades\, including the 9/11 attack in Manhattan\, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Shreveport\, Louisiana\, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. \nDr. Mimi Syed DO\, MBA\, FACEP\, a board-certified emergency medicine physician\, is an assistant clinical professor at University of Washington and Washington State University. She is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Syed served in Gaza from August 8 to September 5\, 2024\, and December 3 to December 31\, 2024\, at both al-Aqsa Hospital and Nasser Hospital. \nDr. Feroze Sidhwa is a general\, trauma\, and critical care surgeon in Stockton\, California who has worked in conflict zones worldwide. He has had extensive experience working with patients in Gaza in March-April 2024 and again from March 3-April 1\, 2025 with the American NGO MedGlobal. In collaboration with other healthcare professionals\, Dr. Sidhwa published the New York Times October 9\, 2024 review “65 Doctors\, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza“. \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/dire-healthcare-situation-in-gaza/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T190000
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SUMMARY:The US and El Salvador: Parallels on Political Persecution and Mass Incarceration
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, September 8th\, 7pm EST\n \nPresidents Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele are running parallel authoritarian projects that use national security to justify human rights abuses via mass incarceration. Platforms like MAGA and Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas party cloak their abuses of power as concern for public safety\, scapegoating immigrants or weaponizing fears of gang violence to further their agendas. The truth is\, facilities like Alligator Alcatraz in Florida and CECOT in El Salvador don’t exist to protect the public — they seek to terrorize marginalized communities and set a precedent for indefinite detention with no hope of due process. \nJoin Lourdes Palacios\, a popular movement leader and former senior government official in El Salvador\, in discussing her work to free political prisoners and support their families. \nHear from Mneesha Gellman\, associate professor and director of the Emerson Prison Initiative\, who recently visited El Salvador and spent time interviewing families of prisoners at CECOT and other Salvadorian facilities. \nWe will also learn from our cosponsor CISPES (The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador) who will share details about their upcoming week of action\, beginning September 15th\, providing us with specific ways that the audience can get involved! \nWe won’t stand by as civilians permanently disappear into state-sanctioned prison camps. Learn about the connections between U.S. and Salvadoran carceral regimes\, and how you can take action. Live interpretation will be provided in both English and Spanish. \n \nImage credits: \nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_of_CECOT.png \nhttps://www.heute.at/i/wie-im-huehnerstall-italiener-klagen-ueber-zustaende-120120945/doc-1j0rglmlh4 \n  \n \nLunes\, 8 de septiembre\, de 7:00 p.m. a 8:30 p.m. EDT\nInscríbase aquí \nLos presidentes Donald Trump y Nayib Bukele están ejecutando proyectos autoritarios paralelos que utilizan la seguridad nacional para justificar los abusos contra los derechos humanos mediante el encarcelamiento masivo. Plataformas como MAGA y el partido Nuevas Ideas de Bukele disfrazan sus abusos de poder como preocupaciones por la seguridad pública\, utilizando a las personas inmigrantes como chivos expiatorios o aprovechando el miedo a la violencia de las pandillas para promover sus agendas. La verdad es que instalaciones como Alligator Alcatraz en Florida y CECOT en El Salvador no existen para proteger a la gente\, sino que buscan aterrorizar a las comunidades marginalizadas y sentar un precedente para la detención indefinida sin esperanza de un proceso justo. \nÚnase a Lourdes Palacios\, líder de un movimiento popular y ex alta funcionaria del gobierno de El Salvador\, para conocer su trabajo para liberar a los presos políticos y apoyar a sus familias. \nEscuche a Mneesha Gellman\, profesora asociada y directora de la Iniciativa Penitenciaria de Emerson [Emerson Prison Initiative]\, que recientemente visitó El Salvador y pasó un tiempo entrevistando a presos en CECOT y otras cárceles salvadoreñas. \nTambién aprenderemos de nuestro copatrocinador CISPES (Comité en Solidaridad con el Pueblo de El Salvador)\, que compartirá detalles sobre su próxima semana de acción\, que comenzará el 15 de septiembre\, y nos proporcionará formas específicas en las que el público puede participar. \nNo nos quedaremos de brazos cruzados mientras las personas siguen desapareciendo de forma permanente en campos de prisioneros sancionados por el Estado. Conozca las conexiones entre los regímenes carcelarios de Estados Unidos y El Salvador\, y cómo puede tomar acción. Tendremos interpretación en vivo tanto en inglés como en español. \nInscríbase aquí \nCréditos de las imágenes: \nhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_of_CECOT.png \nhttps://www.heute.at/i/wie-im-huehnerstall-italiener-klagen-ueber-zustaende-120120945/doc-1j0rglmlh4
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-us-and-el-salvador-parallels-in-rising-fascism/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250813T110000
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SUMMARY:Keep Space for Peace not War (a WIRN webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Roy Jones is a former musician who was part of the Post Punk scene in London in the late 70’s and early 80s with his band Red Beat. During this time he was active in the movement to stop Cruise Missiles with nuclear warheads being deployed in Western Europe. He later toured the States in 1987 as a keyboard player with the Howard Jones band. In the early 90s he was a founder member and fund raiser for the peace group PARC – Pembrokeshire Against the Radar Campaign who successfully fought US military plans to build a massive Over the Horizon Radar installation in a similar location to Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC)\, a proposal originating from President Trump’s US Space Force now in planning. A long standing Buddhist and member of the lay Buddhist group SGI\, Roy has continued to use his music to fight against nuclear weapons as a supporter of the International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). \nRegister for this event: \n \nAs a kind of trailer for this upcoming webinar\, check out this great 2-minute video done by the PARC against DARC campaign to stop a military radar in a Welsh National Park. \nKeep the Space above us for peace and science not war and profit! \nMusician Roy Jones outside of Welsh Parliament. (credit: Roy Jones)\n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/keeping-space-for-peace-not-war-a-wirn-webinar/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:No War with China,Nuclear Disarmament
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250812T190000
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SUMMARY:Gaza Apocalypse
DESCRIPTION:Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani will talk about the current situation in Gaza\, including the U.S.-Israeli Gaza Humanitarian Foundation which has been killing people searching for food\, the ability of the international community to uphold International Court of Justice (ICJ) decisions and international law\, and the “Israelization of America.” \nMouin Rabbani is a Dutch-Palestinian researcher\, analyst\, and commentator specializing in the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian affairs. He is the co-editor of Jadaliyya\, an independent e-zine and webinar producer that covers the Arab World and the broader Middle East.  Previously\, Mr. Rabbani was a Senior Analyst for the International Crisis Group and the Palestine Director of the Palestine American Research Center. \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/gaza-apocalypse/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250728T190000
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SUMMARY:Building for the 80th Commemoration of Hiroshima/Nagasaki
DESCRIPTION:The Boston-Hiroshima 80th Anniversary Coalition and others across the country are organizing to commemorate the catastrophic A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to build from the Hibakusha wise warning that “Human beings and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.” \nJoin us as Dr. Ira Helfand and Mari Inoue help us understand the importance of this anniversary and actions you can take to eliminate these omnicidal weapons. \nIra Helfand\, MD is a member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon\, ICAN\, the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize\, and Past President of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War\, which was the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. He is also co-Founder and Past President of Physicians for Social Responsibility. \nMari Inoue\, Esq. was born and raised in Tokyo\, Japan. While working as an immigration attorney in New York since 2001\, she has been active in grassroots movements to educate policy makers and elected officials of the costs\, risks\, and humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. She is a co-founder of the Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World\, board member of Peace Action NYS\, and an active member of Affected Communities and Allies Working Group.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/why-were-building-for-the-80th-year-hiroshima-nagasaki-commemoration-and-beyond-webinar-with-dr-ira-helfand-and-mari-inoue/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250710T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250710T213000
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SUMMARY:Warning! Graphic Content!
DESCRIPTION:An event with award-winning cartoonist Dwayne Booth.\n  \n \nWhat is the future of political cartooning\, protest art\, and visual satire? How can pictures rendered in celebration of the precious vulnerability of the human experience make crystal clear the toxic barbarity of the military and retail industrial complexes\, both built on the hideous notion that the commodification of people everywhere and the willful disenfranchisement of their natural inclination towards peace\, love\, and understanding is better for business – better business being predatory capitalism and capitulation to hierarchy? What can be done to assert the importance and indispensability of the artist’s unique role in a free society as both a witness and predictor and\, in some circumstances\, instigator of all the comedy and tragedy that motivates our politics\, shapes our cultural identities\, and informs\, for better or worse\, the internal voice that shames\, praises\, and confounds our tenuous relationship with truth\, beauty\, and treachery every moment of everyday? \nMr. Fish \nDwayne Booth has been a freelance writer and cartoonist for twenty-five years\, publishing under both his real name and the pen name of Mr. Fish with many of the nation’s most reputable and prestigious magazines\, journals and newspapers.  His work has appeared in Harper’s Magazine\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Village Voice\, the LA Weekly\, the Atlantic\, The Nation\, Vanity Fair\, Mother Jones\, the Advocate\, Slate\, Truthdig\, ScheerPost\, and The Chris Hedges Report.  He has also published with Information for Social Change (British journal)\, Internazionale (Italian magazine)\, and Umanita Nova (Italian newspaper). \nHis awards include the Los Angeles Press Club for editorial cartooning\, the Grambs Aronson Award for Cartooning with a Conscience and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Editorial Cartooning.  He has curated exhibits exploring the history of political cartooning for the University of Southern California\, the University of Pennsylvania\, and the University of Connecticut. \n \nRegister for this event \n \nBooth’s most recent book is Nobody Left: Conversations with Famous Radicals\, Progressives and Cultural Icons About the End of Dissent\, Revolution and Liberalism in America\, Fantagraphics Books. \n  \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/warning-graphic-content/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T190000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
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SUMMARY:MA Medicaid Defenders Phonebank
DESCRIPTION:ASK VOTERS TO TELL CONGRESS:\n#SAVEMEDICAID #SAVESNAP\n \nWe are calling voters in the most critical states to urge them to contact their Senator and tell them to vote against the largest cuts to healthcare and food nutrition benefits in US history! If they are willing\, we can immediately patch them through to their Senator to deliver a clear message: Medicaid and SNAP Save Lives and you should NOT vote to cut it! \nPlease read this important information. \nWe are calling voters in the most critical states to urge them to contact their Senator and tell them to vote against the largest cuts to healthcare and food nutrition benefits in US history! If they are willing\, we can immediately patch them through to their Senator to deliver a clear message: Medicaid and SNAP Save Lives and you should NOT vote to cut it! \n \nFOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW TO MAKE CALLS \n\n\n\n5:00 – 7:00PM (Eastern)\nCALL INTO [Maine/COLLINS]Click HERE to make callsClick HERE for Maine Fact Sheet\n\n\n\n\nClick here to RSVP for more shifts. \nMore information about calls and the auto-dialer system is provided below \nTable of Contents \n\n\nPhone Banking Overview: Who? What? Why? How?\n\nUsing the Dialer\n\nPhone Banking Overview: Who? What? Why? How?\nWhy are we making calls today?\nCongress is advancing a budget proposal that would gut Medicaid and SNAP benefits for no other reason than to fund more tax breaks for billionaires. Instead of addressing the real culprits—the ultra-rich and corporations who are driving up costs and prioritizing profits over people—these cuts target working families and communities already struggling to get by. Any cuts to Medicaid and food nutrition benefits put millions of people at risk and will result in people losing access to healthcare and food. \nWho are we talking to?\nWe are calling constituents who are most impacted and most likely to oppose these cuts and may be willing to contact their Senator\, especially those whose Senators have not committed to fully protecting Medicaid and SNAP.\n \nWhat are we talking about?\nWe are making sure constituents understand that their Senator has not committed to fully protecting Medicaid or SNAP benefits. We will offer to patch them through to their representative’s office to deliver a brief but urgent message: Any cuts to Medicaid or food nutrition benefits put millions of people at risk and will result in people losing their healthcare and reliable access to food.  \nUsing the Dialer\nSCALE TO WIN DIALER REFRESHER  \nShort Deck on Scale to Win \nScale to Win: How to Make Calls in Detail \nInteractive Training Course \nStep 1: Click the URL of the phone bank we’re currently dialing into\, linked to at the top of this doc.  \nStep 2: Click “Preview Script” to walk through the structure of the conversation as it will flow through the dialer.  If you’d like additional talking points\, any available documents will be available here\, linked to in the corresponding state in the Table of Contents on page 1. \nStep 3: When you feel ready to dial\, select Call on this Device to make calls using the phone or computer you’re viewing the link on. Your device may prompt you for permissions to use your microphone\, Allow permissions. \nStep 4: Press the blue Start Calling button when you are ready to being dialing. \nStep 5: If you prefer to call on your phone and use the laptop to read the script\, select Call Another Way to connect your \nStep 6: Follow the prompts and dial in to the phonebank using the number generated by Scale to Win \n \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ma-medicaid-defenders-phonebank/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Fund Healthcare Not Warfare
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T120000
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SUMMARY:GLOBAL ECO-RESTORATION AND POWER DYNAMICS: Critical Ecosystems in Brazil\, Senegal and the US
DESCRIPTION:Climate disruption is increasing and with it so is polarization\, both within the US as well as among nation states. Now more than ever it is incumbent upon us to highlight successful efforts to create a more sustainable\, just\, and peaceful world. \nImportant initiatives in regenerative agriculture\, agroforestry\, soil restoration\, and related practices are making significant contributions to climate adaptation\, often contributing to the resilience of communities and international collaboration. \nThis webinar\, a joint project of the MAPA Peace & Climate group and of Biodiversity for a Livable Climate (Bio4Climate)\, will focus on locations outside the US where regenerative practices largely based on local initiatives have been successful on a significant scale. \nOur panelists will address a number of issues including the following: \n\nWhat aspects of these projects worked well and less well?\nHow were local communities engaged\, especially those from marginalized groups?\nWere there any significant collaborations with organizations in the Global North—and if so\, are these collaborations continuing during the second Trump administration?\nAre there any impacts within these regions of US foreign/military policy\, e.g. local US military bases?\n\nSpeakers: \nBeck Mordini (moderator)\, Executive Director of Bio4Climate. She has worked on protecting biodiversity at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and protecting undocumented workers in Washington State. \nJohn Leary\, Founder and Executive Director of Mother Trees\, is an advocate for sustainable agriculture with 20+ years experience in the field. He has dedicated his life to helping communities around the world and designing and implementing landscape restoration programs that rehabilitate farms and restore forest ecosystems. \nOusmane Aly Pame\, PhD\, is distinguished professor of literature at the Université of Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar\, Senegal and the founder and President of REDES (Réseau pour l’Emergence et le Dévelopement des Ecovillages au Sahel). A respected regional community leader and former mayor of the eco-town of Guede Chantier\, Dr. Pame has been instrumental in fostering sustainable development in the Sahel region. \nRob de Laet\, is a Dutch entrepreneur\, climate strategist and project lead at Cooling the Climate. Together with Peter Bunyard and others\, Rob is developing the Cooling Climate Chaos project aimed at rapid restoration of the earth’s water cycles and regeneration of the biosphere. Their book Cooling the Climate: How to Revive the Biosphere and Cool the Earth Within 20 Years was published in November 2024. \n \nRegister for this event.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/global-eco-restoration-and-power-dynamics-critical-ecosystems-in-brazil-senegal-and-the-us/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Peace and Climate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250603T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250603T203000
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SUMMARY:Ukrainian Professor: Will Ukraine's Far-Right Accept or Derail a Negotiated Peace with Russia?
DESCRIPTION:Professor Marta Havryshko\, a Ukrainian History Professor specializing in Holocaust Studies and gender and sexual violence toward women during and after WWII in Ukraine\, now teaches at Clark University in Massachusetts. She will speak about the origins of the Ukraine War prior to the Russian invasion of 2022\, including the influence of ultra-nationalist factions; the current military and political situation in Ukraine; and the prospects for a negotiated settlement of the war. \nRegister to attend. \n\n\nOf special interest may be her views on: \n1. The long history of Ukrainian ultra-nationalists: their founding by Stepan Bandera and support for the Nazis during WWII\, including the murder of an estimated 100\,000 Jews\, Poles\, and others; fighting the Soviets after the war and receiving major support from the U.S. CIA to undermine Soviet control of Ukraine; and their being welcomed as exiles in the U.S.\, Canada\, and elsewhere.  In 2024 in the Ukrainian city of Lviv\, neo-Nazi Ukrainians openly hosted an international conference of far-right proponents of racism and anti-semitism. \n2. The longstanding division in Ukraine between those who want to align with the West and those who want to remain close with Russia for linguistic\, cultural\, religious\, economic\, and political reasons. This division came to a head during the Maidan protests of 2014\, the unconstitutional ouster of the elected government\, and the war in Eastern Ukraine for the last 11 years that led in part to the Russian invasion of 2022. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ukrainian-professor-will-ukraines-far-right-accept-or-derail-a-negotiated-peace-with-russia/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250602T120000
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SUMMARY:The Militarization of Europe and The Workers' Fightback: Lessons and Connections for the US
DESCRIPTION:As Europe is increasingly drawn into the expansion of NATO and into the Ukraine war\, workers are increasingly rebelling\, seeing evaporate not just the peace they’ve experienced since the end of WWII begin but also the Cold War creep back\, while their economies increasingly falter. Organized and unorganized they are beginning to fight back\, while at the same time right wing forces are gaining some foothold in Europe as in the US. \nWorkers in the US have not known peace now for many decades\, with the US involved in endless wars all over the globe\, endless billions of tax dollars flowing into production and export of weapons\, and real wealth continuing to flowing into fewer and fewer hands. US workers rage against the government\, the true nature of their wealth decline obscured by rightwing rhetoric and misinformation. \nAre there lessons we can learn from the workers’ fightback in Europe? Are there experience to he shared from our own increasing fight back? Can workers’ rage be channeled more constructively? How? Working together\, can the workers in Europe and in the US create an effective front against the militarization of their economies and the ongoing march forward of NATO and the Right?” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister to Attend \nPeter Mertens  is a Belgian statesman and activist who led the Workers’ Party of Belgium from 2008 to 2021 and continues to lead the party as General Secretary. He has served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives since 2019\, and as a municipal councilor in Antwerp since 2013. He is the author of a number of articles and books\, the most recent of which\, available in English\, are: They Have Forgotten Us (2021) and Mutiny: How Our World is Tilting (2024) as well as numerous articles. \nCarlos Aramayo is the President of UNITE HERE Local 26\, the Union for hospitality workers in the greater Boston area and Rhode Island. He is also a Vice President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO\, an International Vice President of UNITE HERE and a trustee of UNITE HERE Health and the Greater Boston Hospitality Employers Trust. In addition to his work in the Union\, he is a member of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s Board of Directors and a member of Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy’s Advisory Council on Latino Empowerment. During his eighteen years with UNITE HERE\, he has organized casino gaming\, hotel\, and industrial food service workers in Connecticut\, Nevada\, Florida\, Massachusetts\, and Rhode Island. \nHarris Gruman (moderator) is 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. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Massachusetts Peace Action\, the Ukraine Committee\, and of the Peace and the Working Class Working Group sponsoring this webinar.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-militarization-of-europe-and-the-workers-fightback-lessons-and-connections-for-the-us/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Peace and Working Class,Strategy and Ideas
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250524T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250524T170000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
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SUMMARY:Protecting Federal Investment in Public Education - Books Not Bombs
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nProtecting Federal Investment in Public Education – Books Not Bombs \nThe threats to federal education programs have become acute. Funds for PELL grants\, title I and disability programs are at risk in the Trump/Musk Administration. The proposed termination of the Dept of Education will weaken other school programs. Though organizations representing teachers and educators\, including NEA\, AFT and AAUP\, have come together to resist the proposed cuts\, it remains difficult to reach parents\, who generally lack statewide organizations. Their local school district organizations rarely address the federal budget. Following up on our earlier Oct 26\, 2024 Conference we will be gathering on Saturday May 24th\, 2:00 – 5:00 pm to explore paths to protect the federal budget supporting public schools\, and continuing to try to reach out to parents and grandparents among our Peace Action affiliates and their local allies. \n  \n2:05: Panel  1 – The Emerging Federal Public Education Budget\nChair – Prof. Jonathan King (MIT & Mass Peace Action Education Fund);\nCivilian versus Pentagon Budget Allocations – Deborah Weinstein (Coalition for Human Needs);\nImpacts on the Young – Denisha Jones (Defending the Early Years);\nImpacts on Graduate Students – Evan MacKay (Harvard UAW Local). \n2:45: Panel 2 – Choices in Federal and State Budgets:\nChair- Deb McCarthy (V-P of Mass Teachers Association)\nTax Cuts and Related Fallacies – Karen Dolan (Institute for Policy Studies);\nRoles for State Legislatures – Rep. Mike Connolly (Mass State Legislature);\nMinds Not Missiles – Defunding the Sentinel ICBM Program – David Borris (Chicago Area Peace Action);\nCutting Funds for Foreign Wars – Merrie Najimy (Past MTA President\, MTA Rank & File for Palestine). \n3:45 Break \n4:00 – Closing Panel – Fighting Back\nChair: Vatsady Sivongxay (Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance);\nPressing State Legislatures – Max Page – (Mass Teachers Association);\nOrganizing Low Wealth Constituencies – Shailly Barnes (Kairos Institute & Poor People’s Campaign);\nLeading Role of Union Educators – Jessica Tang (Pres. of AFT Mass)\nActions Today – Cole Harrison (Mass Peace Action). \n  \nCo-Sponsors: Mass Peace Action Education Fund; American Federation of Teachers Mass; Defending the Early Years; Massachusetts Teachers Association; UAW Region 9A. \nRegistration: options are – Registration free\, small donation/ $12\, or large donation/$75) \n\nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/protecting-federal-investment-in-public-education-books-not-bombs/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Books Not Bombs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T143000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
CREATED:20250416T170530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250416T170530Z
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SUMMARY:The Russo-Ukrainian War\, Diplomacy\, and the Peace Movement
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nSo much for President Trump’s boast that he would end the Ukraine War in a day! Despite what passes for diplomacy in Riyadh\, Moscow\, and Kyiv to end the war and create a new European security order in Europe\, the war\, its killing\, and destruction go on. 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. \nProfessor Richard Sakwa of Kent University in Britain was an Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House (2002-20)\, a Senior Research Fellow at the National Research University-Higher School of Economics in Moscow (2014-2024)\, and a member of Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences (2002-2022). His books include Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands. \nCosponsored by MAPA Education Fund.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-russo-ukrainian-war-diplomacy-and-the-peace-movement/
LOCATION:Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250508T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250508T200000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
CREATED:20250417T185507Z
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SUMMARY:Rematriating Stolen Land and Bringing History and Culture Forward: Indigenous Reparations 2025
DESCRIPTION:What can indigenous solidarity allies and activists do to help redress centuries of injury and loss to tribal peoples? Giving voice to Indigenous speakers and groups from here in Massachusetts\, this webinar will explore the current forms of reparative justice and specific actions people can take in support. Resources and places to donate will be provided. \nRegister to attend. \n \nMelissa Ferretti is proudly on her second term as the elected Chairwoman of the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe located in Plymouth MA. She is also a licensed realtor and notary public\, currently associated with Jack Conway & Company. As chairwoman\, Melissa has worked tirelessly on the many initiatives and challenges that indigenous communities face on an everyday basis. She is passionate about educating the non-native public about the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe and its rich\, well documented history. \nTia M. Pocknett grew up in the Mashpee Wampanoag Community and works at the Weetumuw School. Tia teaches students Wôpanâôt8âôk (Wampanoag Language) and cultural practices.  Tia focuses on both culture-based education and Montessori pedagogy. Tia has been one of the founding teachers of Weetumuw School since its opening in 2016. She will discuss the importance of using language\, teaching cultural practices\, and why being on the land is an integral part of learning at Weetumuw School. Learning about cultural practices and having students learn about the land ensures that the next generation will understand the importance of land\, language\, and culture.  \nKatherine Harrelson is an Environmental Analyst with Community Land and Water Coalition. In her role with the organization\, she reviews technical documents and is most proud of her work providing the public with the resources and information to make an impact on the local level. She holds a masters degree in Applied GeoSciences and a professional certification in wetlands delineations\, with her areas of expertise including environmental monitoring\, groundwater chemistry\, and wetlands assessments. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/rematriating-stolen-land-and-bringing-history-and-culture-forward-indigenous-reparations-2025/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250505T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250505T213000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
CREATED:20250422T203129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250427T145002Z
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SUMMARY:War Intellectuals\, Democracy\, and Hans Speier (a WIRN webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, May 5\, 2025 8:00 PM –  9:30 PM ET \n\nAn interview of Professor Daniel Bessner\, author of the book Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual. Who was Hans Speier anyway\, and why is he important? Who determines U.S. foreign policy? Is there much democratic input? We cover the role of expertise in crafting U.S. foreign policy\, and what today’s warfare state looks like. We will explore what a humane foreign policy might consist of (and more!) in this timely webinar.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/war-intellectuals-democracy-and-hans-speier-a-wirn-webinar/
LOCATION:Online Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T203000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
CREATED:20250422T174055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T175457Z
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SUMMARY:Sorting Through the Confusion Around Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nWhat on earth is going on in Ukraine and in Trump’s negotiations with Russia and Ukraine? What is the current military and political situation in Ukraine? What should we know about the origins of the Ukraine War prior to the Russian invasion in 2022? What are the prospects for a negotiated settlement of the war? And what does all this mean for the U.S. peace movement? \nTed Snider\, long-time independent journalist and commentator on Antiwar.com\, Libertarian Institute\, Responsible Statecraft\, and American Conservative\, will speak about the military and political situation in Ukraine in the Spring of 2025\, and the prospects for a negotiated settlement. \nTed Snider is a regular columnist on U.S. foreign policy and history at Antiwar.com and The Libertarian Institute. He is also a frequent contributor to Responsible Statecraft and The American Conservative as well as other outlets. His most recent articles can be found here on Antiwar.com including his article from March 12th\, “Will the U.S. Push Zelensky Out?” \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ending-the-ukraine-war-with-ted-snider/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T203000
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CREATED:20250408T215927Z
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SUMMARY:Ukraine War at a Critical Threshold\, with Scott Horton
DESCRIPTION:Ukraine War at a Critical Threshold\, with Scott Horton\nCan US Policy will Promote Peace?\nThursday\, April 17\, 7pm EDT\n \nScott Horton\, author of Provoked: How Washington Started The New Cold War with Russia and Brought Catastrophe to Ukraine (2024)\, will speak on the origins of the war\, and the urgency of continued negotiations to end the war without further escalations that could lead to a far more dangerous war between the US/NATO and Russia. \n \nScott Horton is director of The Libertarian Institute\, editorial director of the online written publication Antiwar and host of the Scott Horton Show podcast. He has conducted more than 6\,000 interviews since 2003. He is the author of Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War With Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine (2024)\, Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism (2021)\, Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan (2017) and editor of The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019 (2019) and Hotter than the Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (2022). He lives in Austin\, Texas with his wife\, Larisa Alexandrovna Horton.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ukraine-war-at-a-critical-threshold-with-scott-horton/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250416T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250416T203000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T185307Z
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SUMMARY:To Win Our Survival: Building the Next Era of our Movements
DESCRIPTION:In this interactive workshop\, facilitators Daisy Carter and Rebecca Harris from The Climate Mobilization Project will invite participants to reflect on the moment we’re in\, and where movements for peace and climate justice can go from here. Building on Climate Mobilization Project’s work with food sovereignty\, mutual aid\, climate justice and anti-war groups in Kentucky and Virginia\, we will share tools for participants to explore their role in supporting survival programs that expand access to climate disaster preparedness\, food\, care\, and more while growing movements for climate\, economic\, and racial justice. \nSurvival programs are a bold new approach to growing movements that have enough people power to fight back.Groups across the U.S. have come together to build a mass grassroots movement with the power and resources to win our survival. We are growing this movement by organizing people into grassroots projects that grow a regenerative economy and culture; expand food\, energy\, water\, and land access and sovereignty; and fight back together against the systems that threaten our lives and communities. \n \n  \nDaisy Carter (she/they) is a New Orleans native\, queer multi-disciplinary artist\, yogi and climate justice organizer working at the intersections of mutual aid\, disaster resiliency\, African-American herbalism\, and grassroots organizing. Daisy is inspired by the black radical movements of the so-called U.S and African diaspora\, reimagining what healing + self-determination look like for frontline\, BIPOC (black\, brown\, and people of color) communities who are most vulnerable to climate disaster. For the past few years\, they have been organizing around mutual aid\, environmental + climate justice\, and building BIPOC and marginalized leadership throughout Kentucky. In 2021\, they founded Rise and Shine\, a community-led mutual aid organization building power and solidarity with low-income\, BIPOC\, LGBTQ+\, and other marginalized communities in Bowling Green\, Kentucky and beyond. She has also led numerous political campaigns\, direct actions\, and led outreach + communications strategy for organizations such as The Sierra Club\, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth\, and the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival. At the Climate Mobilization\, she is supporting programming\, the development of the Movement Incubation Program\, and the creation of climate survival projects. \nRebecca Harris (she/her) is Resource Organizing Director and Co-Leader at Climate Mobilization Project. She first began organizing at age 16 during the movement to end the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. After years of organizing for economic justice and housing rights\, she joined Climate Mobilization Project as Organizing Director\, a role in which she coached dozens of local climate groups\, launched the campaign for a national Climate Emergency Declaration\, and supported the organization in its increasing focus on racial and economic justice and anti-militarism. Rebecca previously worked as a journalist covering equity in Chicago public schools and as the Development and Communications Manager at Latino Union of Chicago\, an immigrants’ and workers’ rights organization. She is a 2017 graduate of the Reframe Mentorship in strategic communications. \n \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/to-win-our-survival-building-the-next-era-of-our-movements/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Peace and Climate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250402T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250403T193000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
CREATED:20250317T173721Z
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SUMMARY:Ceasefire NOW Grassroots Lobby Days Training
DESCRIPTION:MAPA is coordinating the Massachusetts delegation for the Ceasefire NOW Grassroots Advocacy Days in Washington\, DC. We will be lobbying in-person on Capitol Hill on April 8th\, 9th\, and 10th\, demanding our members of Congress advocate for peace and justice in Palestine and support important legislation\, including an enduring ceasefire\, cutting U.S. weapons sales to Israel\, and restoring funding for UNRWA. Prior lobbying experience is not required. \nFor those interested in attending lobby days\, please register through the national Peace Action link here. \n \nThen\, fill out MAPA’s logistics questionnaire. \nOnce you have registered to lobby\, sign-up for ONLY ONE of the training sessions below\, which will both be held at 7:30 pm EST. \nCeasefire NOW Advocacy training session\, Wednesday\, April 2nd – REGISTER HERE \nCeasefire NOW Advocacy training session\, Thursday\, April 3rd – REGISTER HERE
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ceasefire-now-grassroots-lobby-days-training/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T200000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
CREATED:20250310T210206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250310T210431Z
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SUMMARY:Divesting from Israel's Genocide
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nJoin us on April 1 to learn about: \n1. The specific weapons that Israel is employing to maintain its apartheid system and for its assault on Gaza\, the West Bank\, Lebanon and Syria. \n2. The military contractors who produce and provide these weapons to Israel – especially those here in Massachusetts. \n3. How divestment campaigns work and how they can function to push for an end to U.S. war aid to Israel. \n4. The Bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (H.D.3630) to divest the Mass. State Pension Plan from companies selling weapons to Israel and Mass. Peace Action’s divestment campaign focused on pressuring the Mass. State Pension Fund and Massachusetts Universities to divest their holding in companies that provide these weapons to Israel. \nNoam Perry is AFSC’s Economic Activism associate and one of the creators of Investigate\, AFSC’s project that aims to expose corporate involvement in oppressive state violence structures and to promote standards for corporate social responsibility and respect for human rights. Its research efforts focus on corporations involved in incarceration and immigrant detention\, the Israeli occupation\, and the border industries. These are AFSC program focus areas\, where there is an identified lack of available resources\, coupled with explicit requests for such resources from the movements we work with. The Investigate project reaches out to the responsible investment community\, to community activists\, and to interfaith partners with information and tools for corporate engagement\, corporate accountability\, and divestment initiatives\, to support the building of wide movements that can influence\, limit\, and monitor corporate abuse. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/divesting-from-israels-genocide/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel,Raytheon Antiwar Campaign
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T204500
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
CREATED:20250201T165408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250308T143724Z
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SUMMARY:A New Generation of Nuclear Lies: Small Modular Reactors and Nuclear Plant Reopenings/ Relicensing
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nBring your questions to Professor M.V. Ramana\, author of Nuclear is not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change (2024) and Paul Gunter\, spokesman on nuclear reactor hazards and security concerns for Beyond Nuclear.  They will explore the industry and government’s arguments for nuclear power as reliable “green” energy while heavily subsidizing a nuclear power comeback at the taxpayers’ expense. Would the rebound of nuclear power be an environmental disaster at the expense of truly renewable sources of energy that are available to us today? Linda Pentz Gunter of Beyond Nuclear will moderate. \nM.V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security and Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia\, Vancouver\, Canada. Ramana is the author of “The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India” (Penguin Books\, 2012)\, co?editor of “Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream” (Orient Longman\, 2003) and the author of “Nuclear is not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change” (Verso books\, 2024). He is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM)\, the International Nuclear Risk Assessment Group (INRAG)\, the Canadian Pugwash Group\, and the team that produces the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Leo Szilard Award from the American Physical Society. \nPaul Gunter is a longtime environmental activist\,  energy policy analyst and spokesperson with Beyond Nuclear on nuclear reactor hazards and security. He serves as Beyond Nuclear’s regulatory watchdog on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the commercial nuclear power industry. He is a 2008 recipient of the Jane Bagley Lehman Award from the Tides Foundation for environmental activism  on the nuclear power and climate change issue. He has widely appeared in print and electronic media including Amy Goodman’s “Democracy Now.” He was a cofounder of the antinuclear Clamshell Alliance in 1976 to oppose the construction of the Seabrook (NH) nuclear power plant through public education\, mobilization and non violent direct action that helped launch the U.S. antinuclear movement. Prior to joining Beyond Nuclear he served for 16 years as the Director of the Reactor Watchdog Project for Nuclear Information and Resource Service in Washington\, DC. \n\n\n\n\n\nSponsored by MAPA and Peace Action Maine. Cosponsored by Beyond Nuclear\, Clamshell Alliance\, Veterans for Peace national\, VFP Golden Rule project\, Nuclear Energy Information Service\, Nuclear Information and Resource Service\, Citizens Awareness Network\, Cape Downwinders\, Pax Christi MA\, United American Indians of New England\, North American Indian Center of Boston\, Winona LaDuke\, Tara Houska\, Diné No Nukes\, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safely\, No TMI Restart\, Dorchester People for Peace\, New Hampshire Peace Action\, New Jersey Peace Action\, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom\, Massachusetts State Warheads to Windmills\, MA Catholics for Indigenous Rights.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/a-new-generation-of-nuclear-lies/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament,Peace and Climate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250323T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250323T150000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
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SUMMARY:Pro-Palestinian Activism: The Road Ahead Amid Political Upheaval
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to register for this powerful and timely webinar with co-presenters Rabbi Alissa Wise and Huwaida Arraf. \nRabbi Alissa Wise is a community organizer\, educator\, organizational consultant\, and ritual leader with over two decades of movement-building experience. She is the Lead Organizer of Rabbis for Ceasefire which she founded in October 2023. She is co-author of Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing (Haymarket\, 2024). You may read more about her here: https://rabbiwise.org/about-me/ \nHuwaida Arraf is a Palestinian American activist and lawyer who co-founded the International Solidarity Movement (ISM)\, a Palestinian-led organization using non-violent protests and international pressure to support Palestinians. You may read more about her here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huwaida_Arraf \nRegister to attend. \n \nCosponsored by Center for Nonviolent Solutions and Massachusetts Peace Action.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/pro-palestinian-activism-the-road-ahead-amid-political-upheaval/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T170000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
CREATED:20250311T213807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T141020Z
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SUMMARY:The Racket\, with Matt Kennard (a WIRN webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, Matt Kennard has told us he must reschedule his webinar with us. We’ll make arrangements with him asap and let you know when he’ll be with us. \nBut\, in the meantime… We have an alternative webinar for you tomorrow.  WIRN activists Ken Jones and Melody Shank recently returned from a 2-week trip to Hebron in the West Bank of Palestine\, part of a Community Peacemaker Team (CPT) delegation. They recorded a conversation with CPT member Mona El-Zuhairi about the trip and the realities in Hebron. So\, instead of having Matt\, they’ll do a webinar showing that recorded conversation\, followed by a Q&A with Melody and Ken about their trip to Palestine. The program will be held at 8pm! \nIf you’ve already registered for the Kennard webinar\, you needn’t do anything. An updated link has been sent your way! If you’d like to register for the program on the West Bank\, click here!
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-racket-with-matt-kennard-a-wirn-webinar/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Raytheon Antiwar Campaign
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T120000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
CREATED:20250213T154202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T154202Z
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SUMMARY:Women in Conflict Zones
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nOn March 19 at 12pm ET\, an important event will take place to amplify the voices of women who have been affected by conflict in various parts of the world. The Women in Conflict Zones webinar aims to shed light on the profound impacts of war on women and children and to discuss measures being taken to mitigate these effects. \nThe webinar will feature speakers from a diverse array of countries\, including Belarus\, Cameroon\, the Democratic Republic of the Congo\, Gaza\, Lebanon\, Mozambique\, Nigeria\, South Korea\, Sudan\, and Syria. Each speaker will have five minutes to share their experiences and insights regarding the unique challenges faced by women and children in their respective regions due to ongoing conflict. This platform not only serves as a means to share stories but also as a call to action for global solidarity and support in ending violence and fostering peace. \nWomen from various conflict zones will provide firsthand accounts of the struggles and resilience of those living amidst war. Their testimonies will highlight the physical\, emotional\, and social tolls that armed conflicts impose on women and children\, who are often among the most vulnerable populations during such crises. The speakers will also discuss initiatives and efforts being undertaken within their communities to promote safety\, healing\, and long-term peace. \nThis webinar takes place during the second UN Decade for People of African Descent (2025-2034)\, which focuses on “Recognition\, Justice\, Development.” The over-representation of African countries in the list of conflict zones underscores the critical need for targeted efforts and interventions to address the systemic issues that perpetuate violence and instability in these regions. The webinar aims to bring attention to these issues and to mobilize support for African women and children who bear the brunt of wars and conflicts. \nRegister to attend. \n \nSpeakers \nOlga Karatch (Belarus); Cyrille Rolande Bechon (Cameroon); Raissa Kasongo and Yvette Mushigo (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Hanan Awwad (Gaza/Palestine); Hala Kilani Hala and Shirine Jurdi (Lebanon); Namatama Sakabilo (Mozambique); Zullaihat Muhammad Ohiare (Nigeria); Cho Young-mi (South Korea); Reem Abbas (Sudan); Oula Ahmad (Syria) \nSponsored by World BEYOND War\, Southern Anti-Racism Network\, International Peace Bureau\, Convention for Pan-Africanism and Progress (CPP)\, and CODEPINK \nCo-sponsored by MAPA
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/women-in-conflict-zones/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Africa,Middle East Wars,Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T203000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
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SUMMARY:Babies\, Children and Health Care Workers: The Impact of the Occupation and Assault on Gaza
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nDr. Ali travelled to Gaza\, Palestine in February 2024 to provide humanitarian aid where he primarily worked in the largest functioning Neonatal intensive care unit at the time.  He will talk about his experience working in the NICU\, about the hostages and unlawful imprisonment including Palestinian children in Israeli prisons\, and the torture and abuse of healthcare staff. \nDr. Arham Ali is an Assistant Professor and a Pediatric Intensivist at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital. He attended medical school internationally in Karachi\, Pakistan. Thereafter\, he completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in Pediatric Burns at the University of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Hospital in Galveston\, TX.  Ali then went on to complete his intern year of residency at Crozer Chester Medical Center\, in Philadelphia. The remainder of this Pediatrics residency was completed at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Chicago. Finally\, his fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care was completed in 2021 at UCLA/Mattel Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles. Ali was honored with an opportunity to travel to Gaza\, Palestine in February 2024 to provide humanitarian aid where he primarily worked in the largest functioning Neonatal intensive care unit at the time.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/pediatric-critical-care-in-gaza/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250310T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250310T160000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
CREATED:20250228T224313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250228T224737Z
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SUMMARY:Political Repression\, Then and Now
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nHistorians for Peace and Democracy and Convergence Magazine are pleased to present “Political Repression\, Then and Now\,” live on YouTube at 3 pm Eastern on Monday\, March 10\, 2025. \nThe webinar will discuss the history of political repression in the United States. The speakers will draw on their research and experiences to explore topics such as Jim Crow’s repression against Black people\, attacks on civil liberties\, FBI surveillance\, and the various Red Scares\, linking these past examples to current attacks on social movements and civil rights. \nFeaturing: \n\nRobin D.G. Kelley\, Chair in US History\, UCLA\nEllen Schrecker\, Professor of History\, Yeshiva University\nBeverly Gage\, Professor of History\, Yale University\nDavid Cole\, Professor of Law & Public Policy\, Georgetown Law Center\n\nModerated by Margaret Power\, co-chair of Historians for Peace & Democracy \nWe hope you will attend this important event so please click HERE to RSVP to ensure you will receive the link to view the teach-in. \nBrought to you by: Historians for Peace & Democracy\, Convergence Magazine\, Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Education\, Massachusetts Peace Action\, Coalition for Action in Higher Education\, and Brooklyn for Peace
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/political-repression-then-and-now/
LOCATION:Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T203000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
CREATED:20250207T210847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250302T203842Z
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SUMMARY:War is Not Justified by Party Politics
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nWhy have our movements for peace\, justice and the environment let party politics lead us into a pro-war position? Why does party politics lead us to support wars\, or at least not oppose them\, purely on the basis of which party is conducting them? This growing polarization is leading us to support or oppose other critical policies as well\, purely on the basis of what party those policies are identifies with — rather than a rational and moral assessment of the issue at hand.  \nThis webinar looks at the contrast between the bi-partisan militarism of the United States\, on the one hand\, and the starkly different governing philosophies of the two parties\, on the other.  A critique of the Labor Movement’s relationship to this problem offers a long-term case-study\, but one also increasingly relevant to the environmental movement\, and even the peace movement.  The current setback for the Democrats offers us a chance to reflect on what our core values are and how we navigate our relations with party politics going forward. \nDon’t miss it. \nRegister to attend. \n \nHarris Gruman is the Executive Director of the Service Employees International Union Massachusetts State Council.  In that role he has helped lead campaigns to win union rights for child care providers and rideshare drivers.  In 2013\, he founded and has since helped lead the Raise Up Massachusetts coalition of labor\, community and faith organizations\, which has nearly doubled the minimum wage to $15-per-hour\, created the most extensive paid family and medical leave program in the United States\, and won a constitutional amendment to raise tax rates on the top One Percent. In 2024 Harris joined the board of directors of Mass. Peace Action. \nThis webinar is cosponsored by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 509.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/war-is-not-justified-by-party-politics/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Fund the People, Not the Pentagon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T213000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032004
CREATED:20250211T174920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T175749Z
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SUMMARY:War and the Economic System with Malaika Jabali (a WIRN webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nWhat is our economic system? What are its defining features? What does it have to do with war? Christian Sorensen will interview author and attorney Malaika Jabali. \nMalaika Jabali is the Senior News and Politics Editor at Essence Magazine. She is the 2024 New Arizona Fellow at New America. Her writings have appeared in such outlets as the Guardian\, Jacobin\, Teen Vogue\, The Intercept\, and Current Affairs Magazine. Malaika is a graduate of Columbia Law School and a licensed attorney. Her debut book — It’s Not You\, It’s Capitalism: Why It’s Time to Break Up and How to Move On — centers revolutionaries of color and guides the reader through how to dump the economic system that we live under.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/war-and-the-economic-system-with-malaika-jabali-a-wirn-webinar/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Fund the People, Not the Pentagon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T193000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032005
CREATED:20250201T164211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T192609Z
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SUMMARY:Eradicating Gaza: How to Remember and Forget Genocide
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nA discussion with Prof. Omer Bartov. As we’ve been witnessing a genocide in Gaza for the past 15 months\, it’s timely to reflect on the politics of the use of the word “genocide”\, and the use and misuse of the memory of the Holocaust in WW2. \nProf. Bartov will also expand our thinking about the development of Zionism over time: as a settler colonization effort\, as a mechanism for helping Jewish refugees and as an ideological national movement. \nOmer Bartov is an Israeli-American historian. He is the Samuel Pisar Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University\, where he has taught since 2000. Bartov is a historian of the Holocaust and is considered a leading authority on genocide.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/eradication-gaza-how-to-remember-and-forget-genocide/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250219T203000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032005
CREATED:20250207T215725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250214T223842Z
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SUMMARY:U.S.-China Nuclear Rivalry and the Taiwan Question
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nIn the last five years\, nuclear tensions between the U.S. and China have accelerated dramatically driven by a series of factors\, including the severe deterioration of cross-Strait relations. This presentation will summarize thinking on both sides of the Pacific regarding the current state of this nuclear rivalry and its relationship to the Taiwan issue. Prof. Goldstein will also answer questions about his Asia trip during the winter holiday that took him to northeast China\, Kazakhstan\, the Philippines\, and also South Korea. \nLyle J. Goldstein is the Director of the China Initiative and Visiting Professor at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. At Brown\, he is investigating the costs of great power competition with both China and Russia in association with the Costs of War Project at Watson.  Goldstein serves concurrently as Director of Asia Engagement at the Washington think-tank Defense Priorities\, which advocates for realism and restraint in U.S. defense policy.  He has a PhD from Princeton\, is fluent in both Chinese and Russian\, and tweets at @lylegoldstein. \nSponsored by MAPA Education Fund\, cosponsored by Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament\, and Common Security. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/u-s-china-nuclear-rivalry-and-the-taiwan-question/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Northeast Asia,Nuclear Disarmament
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T203000
DTSTAMP:20260602T032005
CREATED:20250204T192343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T192343Z
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SUMMARY:The Urgency of Peace Negotiations to End the Ukraine War
DESCRIPTION:This webinar on the Ukraine/Russia war takes place only days before the war’s third anniversary. Retired Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis will discuss the urgency of peace negotiations before Ukraine loses even more territory and soldiers to Russia\, and to prevent the risk of the war escalating into a far more dangerous one — even nuclear war — between the US/NATO and Russia. \nLt. Col. Daniel L. Davis (retired) is a senior fellow and military expert at Defense Priorities and host of the Daniel Davis Deep Dive show on YouTube.  He served for 21 years\, including deployments to combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan.   He is the author of The Eleventh Hour in 2020 America. Colonel Davis gained some national notoriety in 2012 when he returned from Afghanistan and published a report detailing how senior U.S. military and civilian leaders misled the public and Congress into believing the war was going well while\, in reality\, it was headed toward defeat. His work on defense and foreign affairs has been published in The Washington Post\, The New York Times\, and other major media outlets\, and he is a frequent guest commentator on NBC News\, BBC\, Fox News\, Fox Business News\, CNN\, and other television networks. \nRegister to Attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-urgency-of-peace-negotiations-to-end-the-ukraine-war/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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