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 [...]
Friday, September 9, 2011
by Sharon Miller, CODEPINK San Francisco intern One of the things that I’ve been thinking, as we near the 10th anniversary of 9/11, is that it wasn’t long after the attacks that many Americans embraced the security state, perhaps under the impression that constant surveillance was the only thing standing between the United States and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Since coming to Washington, Barack Obama has won a Nobel Prize for Peace, but he hasn't been much of a peacemaker. Instead, he has doubled down on his predecessor's wars while launching blatantly illegal ones of his own. But, as his supporters would be quick to point out, at least he's standing by his pledge to bring the troops home from Iraq. Right?[...]
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
By Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis In this age of austerity, all the politicians are talking about the need for spending cuts. But when it comes to shared burdens and slashed budgets, don't expect the Pentagon to start holding bake sales, despite what you may have heard about reductions to its obscenely bloated funding[...]
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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