Massachusetts Peace Action
Massachusetts Peace Action is affiliated to Peace Action.
War Industry Resisters Network
Nicolas J.S. Davies, Dan Kovalik and Medea Benjamin took part in a webinar dated February 8, 2023 criticizing the United States efforts to help Ukraine in the wake of the invasion by Russia.
From an the Massachusetts Peace Action website:[1]
- "The war in Ukraine tragically goes on and on, creating enormous suffering, most intensely inside Ukraine, but also across Russia, and, with soaring energy prices and grain shortages, around the planet. The United States continues to send billions of dollars worth of military weapons to Ukraine, generating enormous profits for the war industry.
- This webinar will examine how US military contractors and the energy companies are benefiting from the war, their influence in government policies, and how we can oppose the war profiteers and politicians who are content to see this war drag on and on.
Massachusetts Peace Action
Sen. Ed Markey at January 10, 2020 press conference joined by Massachusetts Peace Action's Seung Hee Jeon, Jonathan King, Mike Burns, Cole Harrison, Brian Garvey, and Susan McLucas.
Staff, 2018
- Cole Harrison, Executive Director
- Shelagh Foreman, Program Director
- Carol Coakley, Office Coordinator
- Caitlin Forbes, Student Outreach Coordinator
- Michelle Cunha, Assistant Director[2]
Board 2018
- Rosalie Anders, Cambridge, Climate & Peace Co-Chair
- Maryellen Kurkulos, Fall River
- Jaime Babson, South Hadley
- Eva Moseley, Cambridge, Palestine/Israel co-chair, Music chair
- Carol Coakley, Millis, Legislative/Political Co-Chair, Metrowest Peace Action Chair
- Haleigh Copley-Cunningham, Peace Action Chapter at Tufts
- Guntram Mueller, Newton, Boston Downwinders Co-Chair
- Haleigh Copley-Cunningham, Peace Action Chapter at Tufts
- Shelagh Foreman, Cambridge, Program Director, Middle East Co-Chair
- Prasannan Parthasarathi, Newton, Middle East Co-Chair
- Micaela Fraccalossi, Emmanuel College Peace Action
- Remy Pontes, Brandeis Peace Action
- Bonnie Gorman, Quincy, Legislative/Political Co-Chair
- John Ratliff, Cambridge; Economic Justice Chair
- Salman Habib, Harvard College Peace Action
- Patricia Salomon, Monterey
- Jenny Horsburgh, Newton
- Rosemary Kean, Dorchester
- Denise Simmons, Cambridge
- Kimia Tabatabaei, Newton South High School
- Jonathan King, Cambridge; chair, Nuclear Disarmament Working Group
- Jeff Klein, Dorchester, Palestine/Israel Co-Chair[3]
Board 2014
Mass. Peace Action board: Rosalie Anders, James Babson, Kinga Boratyn, Carol Coakley (vice chair), Shelagh Foreman, Bonnie Gorman, Burton Glass, So Yeon Jeong, Jeff Klein, John Maher, Eva Moseley, Guntram Mueler (chair), Prasannan Parthasarathi, John Ratliff, Pat Salomon, Dan Solomon. Ed Fund board: Christie Dennis, Eva Moseley, Gary Goldstein, Rosalie Anders (chair), Shelagh Foreman. Staff: Cole Harrison, executive director; Carol Coakley, ofice cordinator; Alina Michelewicz, campus organizer. Interns: Richard Reichman, Isabel Yu, Igor Bolshakov.[4]
Peace Action lobbying
Six Massachusetts Peace Action leaders visited 9 Congressional offices in Washington June 23-24 to advocate for a nuclear deal with Iran, and for no U.S. miltary action in Iraq. They were John Ratliff, Alina Michelowicz, Shelagh Foreman, Rep. William Keating, Mike Pattberg, Cole Harrison, and Jeff Klein.
Delegations also visited Rep. Katherine Clark’s and Rep. John Tierney’s district offices.[5]