By Starhawk Repost from Newsweek Q: In the wake of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal’s dismissal as chief commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Congress is evaluating our policy and presence there. Is it time for the U.S. to get out of Afghanistan? Do we have a moral responsibility to stay or to leave? [...]
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
What a spring! From the beginning of April through the Summer Solstice, CODEPINK local groups and the national team have been walking our talk through several campaigns: fighting war profiteers and oil corporations; boycotting Ahava as part of the international BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions of Israel) campaign; pressuring Congress to vote no on war funding; [...]
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
By Linda Milazzo, originally posted on Huffpo There are some things we humans have just one of. We have one heart, one liver, one tongue, one nose… Of course, there are probable anomalies to even these similarities. I’m sure in the annals of medicine there are cases of individuals with multiples of even these, although [...]
Monday, June 28, 2010
By working together, our CODEPINK team in Detroit brought a lot of smiles, creativity, and solidarity to the USSF. We made it happen, from carrying banners to speaking at workshops to circulating petitions and flyers and tabling to shuttling folks to jail solidarity to pitching in for whatever was needed at the moment, together. And there was a magical element working with us too, which was especially present when the skies were clear on the day it was supposed to rain during our Hummer Burial, and when the full moon arose over the river as we did a spiral dance, and when we secured an indoor table to share with National Assembly, and so many other little bright moments throughout.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
What’s even more needed, however, is to work together not only to mourn the dead, repair the damage done as much as humanly possible, and to seek justice for those whose livelihoods have been stolen, but to move from Big Problems to Begin the Phase Out from a fossil fuel economy. This is a political task that has been left undone for decades. It entails mustering us as citizens, not only consumers, to demand that serious governmental and corporate investment go to building the sustainable energy economy that we have talked about, but never really committed to.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
By Alice Slater, June 8, 2010 Reposted from Foreign Policy in Focus President Eisenhower is well-remembered for warning the public in his final address to the nation to “guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence . . . by the military-industrial complex.” But it is little known that Eisenhower, in that same speech further cautioned [...]
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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