We know you’ve been waiting with bated breath to find out who this week’s pick of Men We ♥ will be. Wait no more, here’s the second installment of our special edition: Van Jones is the voice of justice in the environmental movement, and since resigning from the White House Council on Environmental Quality last [...]
Friday, February 26, 2010
The 2010 Oscars are ripe with visionary, talented women poised to take over the world! Ok, maybe not the world, but these women are reshaping the way we tell our stories, revealing the depths of our hearts and in general rocking our socks off. CODEPINK’s own Jodie Evans has been nominated for her role in [...]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Drones: Made Locally, Killing Globally by Carol Jahnkow & Nancy Mancias San Diego is home to defense contractors General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Northrop Grumman, the world’s largest and leading manufacturers of drones. General Atomics builds the Predator and Reaper drones. Northrop Grumman provides the software for a similar aircraft, the Global Hawk spy drone. [...]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
WATCH THE VIDEO! February 24, 2010 Contact: Medea Benjamin, 415-235-6517 Former Blackwater Employee Threatens to Kill CODEPINK Activist in Senate Hearing Room CODEPINK calls on Congress to support the Schakowsky/Sanders ‘Stop Outsourcing Security’ Act On Wednesday, February 24, at the Senate Armed Services hearing on Blackwater, a former Blackwater employee known as Johnnie Walker threatened [...]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
After 13 months of compiling the Gaza Digest, I have decided that it’s time for me to stop. The annotated list below provides information on alternative news sources and advocacy groups that have been important resources for The Gaza Digest and for Palestine solidarity work. I hope you will find this list useful. RESOURCES ON [...]
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
by Medea Benjamin U.S. Corporal Gregory S. Stultz, 22, of Brazil, Indiana, died on February 19, 2010 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. According to icasualties.org, Stultz’s death marks the grim milestone of 1,000 American soldiers killed in Operation Enduring Freedom. This week has also been a grim one for civilian casualties as [...]
Friday, February 26, 2010
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