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Good Friday for Ceasefire

Good Friday Public Worship & Action for Ceasefire

Fri Mar 29 4:00 pm EDT
Boston
Join us on Good Friday, March 29, at 4PM at Faneuil Hall Square to make it known: we demand a ...
Chelmsford for Gaza - Ceasefire Pilgrimage

Chelmsford for Gaza – Ceasefire Pilgrimage

Sat Mar 30 9:30 am EDT
Chelmsford
Chelmsford for Gaza - Ceasefire Pilgrimage  Saturday, March 30 at 9:30 am - Start at McCarthy Middle School Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/980620876862983 ...
China, Confucius: Philosophy in the Quest for Peace

China, Confucius: Philosophy in the Quest for Peace

Tue Apr 2 7:00 pm EDT
China, Confucius: Philosophy in the Quest for Peace April 2, 2024 - 7pm EST Presenter: Hanyue Zhang (Elaine), Beijing Runzeyuan ...
26th Commemorative Program Martin Luther King Jr. & Amilcar Cabral

26th Commemorative Program Martin Luther King Jr. & Amilcar Cabral

Thu Apr 4 4:30 pm EDT
Boston
Time to Break the Silence 26th Commemorative Program - Martin Luther King Jr. & Amilcar Cabral Thursday April 4th, 2024; ...
MAPA 2024 Annual Meeting

MAPA Annual Meeting 2024

Sat Apr 6 12:00 pm EDT
MAPA Annual Meeting 2024 Fascism, Liberalism, and the Assault on Gaza Support Human Needs at Home and Abroad; Not Militarism ...
More Teaching Less Testing - Virtual National Conference

More Teaching Less Testing – Virtual National Conference

Sat Apr 13 2:00 pm EDT
“More Teaching Less Testing” Virtual National Conference, Sat., April 13, 2:00 – 5:30 pm, 2024 Throughout our nation’s history, access ...
Music for Peace: Brahms Birthday Bash

Music for Peace: Brahms Birthday Bash

Sat May 11 7:30 pm EDT
Cambridge
This concert marks the third and final concert of the 2023-2024 Music for Peace series. For our third and final ...

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What is the Way Forward for the Russia-Ukraine War? Understanding our Differences and Potential Common Ground

What is the Way Forward for the Russia-Ukraine War? Understanding our Differences and Potential Common Ground

By Anicca Juraschka Sullivan “Negotiation is never a surrender,” Pope Francis stated in an interview on Saturday, March 9, calling on both Russia and Ukraine to “have the courage of raising the white flag” and to find a diplomatic solution to end the war in Ukraine. While he was applauded … Read More
The Biden Doctrine

The Biden Doctrine

by Hoffmann the Organizer In a recent lead editorial in the New York Times, Thomas Friedman boldly labels the governing philosophy of the era we’re living in: “The Biden Doctrine.”  In that piece he limits the scope of this doctrine to the Middle East, hailing a grand alliance among the … Read More
Poor People’s Campaign Marches on State Houses Across the Nation, Demanding an End to Poverty

Poor People’s Campaign Marches on State Houses Across the Nation, Demanding an End to Poverty

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by Jonathan King On March 2, hundreds of low-income residents, religious leaders and social justice advocates marched from the site of the Boston Massacre at the old State House to the 54th Regiment monument in front of the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill.  The march, ending in a rally, … Read More
CANDU/Twin Threats Campaign Report

CANDU/Twin Threats Campaign Report

by Rowan Sporte Ehn and Grace Sanford The fundamental goal of the “Twin Threats/CANDU” campaign is to unite the climate and nuclear disarmament movements within Massachusetts on behalf of a shared goal: saving life on the planet. Another goal of the CANDU campaign is to engage youth within our movement … Read More
Self-immolation is the most extreme form of nonviolent protest

Self-immolation is the most extreme form of nonviolent protest

By Rowan Sporte Ehn and Amna Saeed-Kothe Varying forms of political mass protest–including marches, strikes, rallies, walk-outs and sit-ins–have been used for centuries to express opposition to abhorrent ideologies and policies. However, a notable and extreme form of individual, nonviolent protest emerged more recently (for the Western world), due in … Read More
The Time for Peace in Ukraine is Now!

The Time for Peace in Ukraine is Now!

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by John Berkowitz At winter’s end, we’d like to offer an update on Paul Shannon’s article in the Peace Advocate (Winter ’24) titled: “2024: The Big Year in Ukraine”; and reiterate his urgent call for a ceasefire and negotiations to end the Ukraine War before it escalates into a much … Read More