During the recent ruthless assault on the people of Gaza when so many people were injured or murdered, I lost my own sister; she had been ill for many years. The loss of this one person, whose death was anticipated, was such a blow, that when I considered the losses to the people of Gaza [...]
Thursday, February 19, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 19, 2009 CONTACT Jean Stevens, CODEPINK national media coordinator, 646-723-1781 CODEPINK heartbroken by Obama’s commitment to continued military aggression in Afghanistan: Calls for real change, humanitarian aid and reconstruction WASHINGTON — CODEPINK Women for Peace is heartbroken and discouraged by President Obama’s decision to deploy an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan, [...]
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
There is a LOT of information out there about the crisis in Afghanistan and how and what we (as citizens, activists, women, progressives, humans, etc) need to do to address this multi-faceted, complex issue. Here are some resources that we at CODEPINK have found helfpul in reenforcing the importance of opposing military escalation in Afghanistan [...]
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
I went to see (retired) Col. Ann Wright speak last night here in California on her recent trip to Gaza and the upcoming international aid delegation to Gaza in March — it was the first time I’ve had a chance to meet her, and of course it was so inspiring. The talk was held at [...]
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Obama’s promise fulfilled: more troops are on their way. However, according to Kavita Ramdas and Katrina Vanden Heuvel they are the wrong kind of troops.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
When I traveled to Gaza last week, everywhere I went, a photo haunted me. I saw it in a brochure called “Gaza will not die” that Hamas gives out to visitors at the border crossing. A poster-sized version was posted outside a makeshift memorial at the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. And now that I [...]
Thursday, February 19, 2009
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