CODEPINK calls for end to violence against peaceful Iranian protesters Urges Obama administration to affirm promise for diplomacy, end sanctions WASHINGTON — In the midst of public unrest and outrage in Iran over the country’s recent election, CODEPINK stands with the people of Iran at this time of crisis and supports their right to free and [...]
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Marryam Haleem, a delegate of our 65-member delegation to Gaza through Rafah, just sent this email from Gaza, describing the lapses in electricity and other services there. It gives a good glimpse of how it feels to try to connect to the outside world with not only a physical, border blockade, but a technological blockade [...]
Friday, June 12, 2009
Jane Hamsher Wants YOU (to call Congress and tell \'em to stop funding war!)
Thursday, June 11, 2009
…to check out, by delegation Doug Tickner: http://gazasaga.wordpress.com/
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Worldwide military spending on arms hit an all-time high last year, according to a new report. In 2008, over $1.4 TRILLION was spent on weapons in 2008. The United States is responsible for 42% of the spending, which is more than the next 14 countries combined. Not coincidentally, the US Congress continues to debate Obama’s Supplemental [...]
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
CODEPINK hand-delivered a letter to Sex & The City star and Oxfam ambassador Kristin Davis at an Ahava beauty products promotional event at Lord & Taylor in New York City, June 10. Davis is a paid spokesperson for Ahava, which obtains and manufactures its products in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian West [...]
Thursday, June 18, 2009
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