Never could I have imagined in my role as an online organizer for CODEPINK that I would land a free ticket to Burning Man and be able to connect the dots between this incredible cultural event and my anti-war activism. I entered an Antiwar Art Contest hosted by Fresh Juice Party, an action group demanding [...]
Monday, September 12, 2011
The 10th anniversary of 9/11 is behind us, and the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan is quickly approaching. Most of the news coverage relating to Afghanistan in the past couple of weeks has referenced these milestones in one way or another. The 10-year mark coincided with increased analysis of the relationship between 9/11 [...]
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
This post was written by Gayle Brandeis, CODEPINK’s wordsmith. I didn’t set out to write a post-9/11 novel. When I sat down to write during National Novel Writing Month in 2004, I just thought I was going to explore the world of storage auctions (something I had recently learned about during a conversation with a [...]
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
by Sharon Miller What’s your definition of “waste”? A recent bipartisan report revealed, among other things, that the amount of money wasted on war contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq amounted to at least $31 billion and as much as $60 billion. That is quite a lot of money. However, if your definition of “waste” is [...]
Friday, September 2, 2011
In European history, nationalism is a modern phenomenon. It was created to focus allegiance with secular leaders and push financial support away from the church. As a student of peace and justice studies in the 90s, I discovered this hidden history of patriotism and it turned my understanding of national affairs inside out. The problem [...]
Monday, August 29, 2011
As violence continued across Afghanistan over the past 2 weeks, the news broke that the US is planning to keep troops in Afghanistan until 2024, and possibly beyond then as well. The leaked news of secret talks between the US and Taliban representatives led to the end of those talks, and a new bipartisan report [...]
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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