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Ukrainian NU Student Helps Family and Country From Afar

Written by MARENA MOSHER Posted April 8, 2022 Filed Under: Interviews, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Helping her family and her country from afar

Filed Under: Interviews, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Interview, Massachusetts, Peace, Protest, Russia, student, Ukraine, usa, war

OPINION: BOSTON RALLY TO STOP THE WAR IN UKRAINE, 3/6, 1 P.M.

Written by MASSACHUSETTS PEACE ACTION Posted March 4, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

As part of a Global Day of Action to stop the war in Ukraine, Massachusetts activists will hold a rally to call for an end to war in Ukraine, the immediate withdrawal of all Russian troops, and an end to NATO expansion

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: action, Boston, demonstration, Massachusetts Peace Action, Peace, Politics, rally, Ukraine, usa, war

HOPING FOR A ‘HOT SPRING’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 21, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"Hoping for a Hot Spring." Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

If we want to live in a democracy, we all have to take to the streets … and stay there

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: abortion, anti-racism, Apparent Horizon, Attorney General Maura Healey, Boston, Column, contingent work, coronavirus, COVID19, debt, Democracy, Democratic Party, DoorDash, evangelical, gig work, Healthcare, Instacart, Jason Pramas, loan, Lyft, Massachusetts, Medicare for All, middle class, military, Peace, Politics, President Joe Biden, Protest, public health, racism, Republican Party, Russia, student, Uber, Ukraine, United States, voting rights, war, Women, worker, working class

EZMERAI AHMADI: A PERSONAL UPDATE ON AFGHANISTAN

Written by TRACY BINDEL Posted September 1, 2021 Filed Under: Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Photos

The coffins of Ezmerai Ahmadi and his family at their funeral. Photo by an Afghani present at the funeral.

An American mourns the life of a close friend taken by one of the final US drone strikes of a senseless 20-year war

Filed Under: Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Photos Tagged With: afghanistan, America, attack, blessing, death, drone, eulogy, Family, friend, Innocent, Kabul, memorial, military, Peace, revolution, Taliban, US, victim, war

A NOTE ON THE CURRENT ANTI-WAR PROTESTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 8, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Photo by Jonathan McIntosh, CC-BY-3.0

Following the US assassination of a high-ranking Iranian commander

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, Democracy, iran, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Peace, Politics, Protest, Qassem Suleimani, Trump, war

UNIVERSITIES MUST SEVER TIES WITH SAUDIS AND UAE

Written by Posted February 28, 2019 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Boston, boston university, MIT, Northeastern University, Peace, Protest, Raytheon, Saudi Arabia, student, UAE, United Arab Emirates, United States, war, weapons, Yemen

MEMORIAL DAY NOTES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 31, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Poor People's Campaign Memorial Day 2018 protest on Boston Common. Courtesy of the Poor People's Campaign.

 

Peace actions, Harvest Co-op needs help

 

So I’m writing on a holiday weekend that began with my joining DigBoston and Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism colleague Chris Faraone in having some fairly nasty ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coop, economy, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, military, news, nuclear weapons, Peace, Politics, Protest

DIGBOSTON JOINS MOVEMENT TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 30, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

nuclear fireball

 

News weekly feels the threat of cataclysmic war is grave enough to warrant direct action

 

DigBoston—and this should be obvious, but it bears stating plainly—is against the US or any nation, organization, or individual having nuclear weapons. Because the longer anyone has them, the more likely ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: abolish, arms control, Barack Obama, china, Democracy, DigBoston, disarmament, Donald Trump, editorial, ethics, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Kim Jong Un, North Korea, nuclear weapon, Peace, Russia, treaty, United States, war

ON MAKERSPACES AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 19, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Making can be cool, but conscious making is cooler

 

For many of us living in and around Boston in recent years, it has become common to see lots of communications from makerspaces around holiday time. Which is totally understandable. Such creative centers produce neat things year-round, so it’s only natural ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Art, Boston, Column, criticism, DARPA, drones, economy, holiday, Jason Pramas, maker, makerspace, making, Massachusetts, military, news, Peace, Pentagon, Politics, science, technology, war

DECLARING PEACE ON WAR: PEACE WITH AN ELECTRONIC TWIST ON NEW BELLE AND SEBASTIAN EFFORT

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted March 27, 2015 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

On their new album, Belle and Sebastian have gone electronic.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Belle and Sebastian, Boston, Dig, DigBoston, Electronic, Girls In Peacetime Want to Dance, house of blues, Indie Rock, Interview, live, Music, Nina Corcoran, Peace, Scotland, Scottish, stevie jackson, Twee, war

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