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CODEPINK activists interrupt Sarah Palin’s RNC speech at side of the stage!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     CONTACT Jodie Evans, co-founder, 310-913-4821 ST. PAUL — Two activists of the women’s peace group CODEPINK disrupted Sarah Palin’s speech tonight at the Republican National Convention when they approached the stage where Palin was speaking, adjusted their clothes to reveal pink slips that read “Palin is not a woman’s choice,” stood there [...]

Cheese! Peace platform

A bright, shining moment in our “peace platform” action in Minneapolis this morning:

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You Can’t Be Green and Be Pro-War

This morning’s AP report “CODEPINK Faces Tough Odds for Public’s Attention” smartly used CODEPINK as an excuse to talk about the media’s lack of attention on the antiwar movement: These are hard times for peace activists. Despite CodePink’s flashy costumes and willingness to disrupt campaign events and congressional hearings — sometimes facing arrest for it [...]

Police to “move the crowd” by “any means necessary” in Denver

Down at the Denver capital right this minute, witnesses say the police have given protesters five minutes to disperse, and on the megaphone, said they will “move this crowd by any means necessary.” Stay tuned – For the past few hours, hundreds of officers have gathered in the streets as activists from CODEPINK, Iraq Veterans [...]

Bikes are the Real Polluters

“Could Bike Lanes Cause Pollution?” wonders the Wall Street Journal in a piece apparently devoted to forwarding the crackpot theories of a Bay-Area “gadfly.”