Massachusetts Peace Action-Eastern Massachusetts Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival December 4 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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Eastern Massachusetts Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival December 4 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Northeastern Crossing, 101 International Village, 1175 Tremont St Roxbury,  MA  02120 United States + Google Map Our nation needs a moral revival. Systemic racism. Poverty. A war economy. Ecological destruction. A distorted national morality. These enmeshed evils are tearing apart the country’s social fabric. That’s why today, poor and disenfranchised people, clergy and moral leaders nationwide are launching the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Will you join us? Fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King and others called for the original Poor People’s Campaign to foster a revolution of values in America.… Find out more »

Steven Kinzer on The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire December 4 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Brookline Public Library, Hunneman Hall, 361 Washington St Brookline,  MA  02445 United States + Google Map   JOIN US FOR an Evening with Stephen KINZER   What do Jimmy Kimmel and Mark Twain have in common? In addition to being very funny men, both challenged a leading politician on some of the most pressing issues of their day. Award-winning foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer will take us back to Twain's and Roosevelt's time to show us how the power of the press and "fake news" shaped our past as it does the present. Our community bookstore, Brookline Booksmith, will be on hand… Find out more »

Muslim Bans, Refugee Bans, Ending DACA: How did we get here? What can we do? December 5 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm Harvard Law School, Hauser Hall Cambridge,  MA  02138 United States + Google Map The Muslim and Refugee bans are discriminatory and unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson, in Honolulu, wrote that the Muslim Ban 3.0 Executive Order "plainly discriminates based on nationality" and would be “detrimental to the interests of the United States." The Trump Administration wants to negotiate DACA protections for building the Wall. These legislation attempts are part of a continuum of exclusionary, xenophobic and racist policies that promote white supremacy and discrimination on the basis of faith, national origin, and… Find out more »

Rally: Somehow this Madness must cease December 6 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm South Station, 700 Atlantic Ave Boston,  MA  02110 United States + Google Map Time to show up for the kids of Yemen, as they cower in fear of American bombs, dropped by U.S. trained Saudi pilots flying U.S. made jet bombers fueled in mid-air by our military. We provide this criminal Saudi bombing campaign logistical support, intelligence sharing and targets to bomb. If we do not stop this destruction of Yemen’s infrastructure the cholera epidemic and the famine that aid officials warn is right around the corner will swallow up millions of Yeminis.… Find out more »

From North Korea to Roxbury: Confronting War, Struggling for Peace and Justice December 6 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Egleston Branch Library, 2044 Columbus Ave Roxbury,  MA  02119 + Google Map A presentation by Ajamu Baraka Judith Roderick, respondent The Trump Administration is doubling down on war policies which have developed during the Bush and Obama administrations.  We now have international crises in Syria, Korea, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Niger, Palestine and more.  The military budget and nuclear weapons spending are increasing, as is US military intervention in Africa. Militarization of the police is affecting Black and other communities at home.  In this context, Ajamu Baraka will address the relationship of the… Find out more »

Congressional District 3 – Peace Organizing Meeting December 7 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm UMass Lowell, Dugan 204, 883 Broadway St Lowell,  MA  United States + Google Map As you know Rep. Tsongas is retiring and there is a race on for her Congressional seat.  Peace activists need to come together and strategize how to bring peace issues into the upcoming election campaign.   We also want to connect with groups and individuals across the state to organize activists on MAPA issues including: Stop the $1t Nuclear Weapons Escalation End War Without End in the Middle East A New Day for US policy on Israel/Palestine People's Budget Please join… Find out more »

Yemen: Reasons for Poverty and War December 8 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Walker Center, 144 Hancock St Newton,  MA  United States + Google Map   Friday, December 8, 7pm at the Walker Center, 144 Hancock St. in Newton, a short walk from the Riverside Green line of the MBTA. Why has Saudi Arabia, the richest Arab country, launched a devastating war against Yemen, the poorest Arab country? Why has the US been complicit? What are the external and internal factors and forces that historically have kept Yemen poor and dominated? Val Moghadam will address these questions and more in her presentation. Jean Miller will… Find out more »

Winona LaDuke: Honor our Earth December 8 @ 7:30 pm - 11:30 pm The First Church – Jamaica Plain, 6 Eliot St Jamaica Plain,  Massachusetts  + Google Map $10 The Jamaica Plain Forum is 10 years old! Join us as at "Celebrating a Decade of Community Conversations" on Friday, December 8th, featuring Winona LaDuke of Honor Our Earth as keynote speaker. Winona LaDuke is an internationally renowned activist working on issues of sustainable development renewable energy and food systems. She lives and works on the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, and is a two time vice presidential candidate for the Green Party. This timely event celebrates the ten years of the… Find out more »

Celebrate International Human Rights and Global Migrants Days in honor of Rosa Parks and Berta Cáceres December 9 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Encuentro 5, 9 Hamilton Place Boston,  MA  02108 + Google Map Please join encuentro5 community and friends to commemorate, celebrate and observe International Human Rights and Global Migrants Days (declared by the United Nations) in honor of Rosa Parks and Berta Cáceres. /Únete a la comunidad de encuentros5 y sus amistades para conmemorar, celebrar y observar los Días Internacionales de Derechos Humanos y Migrantes (declarados por las Naciones Unidas) en honor a Rosa Parks y Berta Cáceres. el sábado 7 de diciembre de 2017 7: pm hasta tarde. 9A Hamilton Pl. acruzar de la estación de Park St. (líneas verdes /… Find out more »

In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power with Alfred McCoy December 10 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St Boston, 02116 + Google Map Alfred W. McCoy will draw upon his recent book “In the Shadows of the American Century,” to analyze the dynamics of the U.S. rise to global power, and the unique way Washington has exercised that global hegemony for the past 70 years, particularly the covert dimension. He will then analyze the geopolitical changes in the vast Eurasian land mass that are eroding US dominion, and the political manifestations of a US world order in crisis, including populism and hyper-nationalism. Alfred… Find out more »

Decolonize Puerto Rico: March and Rally December 17 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Plaza Betances, Villa Victoria, 100 West Dedham St Boston,  MA  02118 United States + Google Map Join ‘Raíces Borikén Collective’ on Saturday, December 17th at 1:00 P.M., to continue the movement to decolonize Puerto Rico. We will start in Betances Plaza, located in South End’s Villa Victoria neighborhood, to share stories, healing, art, and education before marching (con political paranda y mas) to Copley Square. We are hoping to end with a community bomba, dance and a healing space. We will build beloved community and gather to connect, share music, and learn from each other. Que… Find out more »

Massachusetts Peace Action’s Holiday Party with Hassan El-Tayyab December 23 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Private Home, near Roslindale Square Roslindale,  MA  02131 United States + Google Map $15 Help Massachusetts Peace Action celebrate the holidays with a house party concert presented by Hassan El-Tayyab.   Help us raise money to support our work for peace and justice, and enjoy some great music while you're doing it!  Hassan El-Tayyab is a native of Plymouth, Mass. and is the Policy and Organizing Director with our sister organization, Chicago Area Peace Action. Read about Hassan and listen to his tunes at the American Nomad website. Max of 50 people can be accommodated… Find out more »

Music for Peace: Schubert Birthday Concert January 27, 2018 @ 7:30 pm Harvard-Epworth Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge,  MA  United States + Google Map $10 - $35 Victor Rosenbaum, piano  Junko Watanabe, soprano Klaudia Szlachta, violin Nathaniel Farny, viola Hyun-ji Kwon, cello Program: Schubert, Piano Quintet in A major (“Trout”), D. 667 Schubert, Rondo Brilliante for Violin and Piano, D. 895 and selected Schubert songs In the second concert of our 2017- 2018 Music for Peace series, we present an All-Schubert Concert featuring the dazzling Rondo Brilliante for Violin and Piano, some of his best-loved songs, and the beloved "Trout" Quintet.  The program, anchored by pianist, noted… Find out more »

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Trump Administration Attacks Our Public Lands

Gregl -

Many of us who served overseas in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and other troubled lands saw the devastation to the countryside by societies whose economies were extraction based or who were victims of neocolonial assault. Flying low and fast over Iraq and in Afghanistan, I saw some of the most abused terrain I have ever seen. Somalia was no better.

My one sustaining thought was that my country protected its public lands thanks to our Antiquities Act of 1906, established by President Teddy Roosevelt, and our national and state park systems.

But today, our public lands are under attack and the most recent assault is Secretary Zinke's Monuments Review, just signed by President Trump. Two of the targets are Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments with a Trump imposed terrain reduction of 80-90 percent and 40-60 percent respectively. It appears these size reductions are designed to benefit the coal, oil and uranium extraction industries.

"The winners in the president's decision are the fossil fuels industry, giant international coal companies and the pollution industry, " said Utah State Senator Jim Dabakis. "The losers are Utah families, outdoor enthusiasts, hunters, campers, climbers and all who appreciate the unspeakable beauty of our state."

Which is say nothing of the failure to protect Native American heritage so important in the designation of the Bears Ears National Monument.

Make no mistake - if we walk past THIS mistake the assaults on our public lands will continue.

Stand up for the preservation of our public lands and the monuments under attack today by the Trump Administration by co-signing the Vet Voice Foundation message below to President Trump.

Co-sign our message to President Trump to protect the public lands we have all fought for:

"We, the undersigned, call on President Trump to cease and desist in his attack on our public lands and our heritage in order to give yet another boost to the extraction economy. Coal was a great fuel source in the 19th Century. Oil will soon be obsolete. Uranium based energy is the genie we can't put back in the bottle. Protect our public lands and preserve them for all Ameri-cans for recreation and for our veterans to walk off America's wars."

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