CODEPINK women rocked out at the amazing PowerShift ’09 conference this past weekend in Washington and Capitol Power Plant action Monday, carrying bright pink “War Is Not Green” banners and spreading the word of the links among war, energy consumption, pollution and environmental destruction. Leslie Angeline and Blaine Clarke gave this great interview to a [...]
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Guest-blogger Patricia Foulkrod, an acclaimed director and producer based in Los Angeles, describes her experience last night attempting a citzens’ arrest of former Bush chief of staff Karl Rove at Loyola Marymount University. Her most recent documentary, “The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends,” follows Iraq soldiers from recruitment to basic training, from battlefield orders [...]
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
In honor of Betty Merle, the coordinator of CODEPINK Sacramento, who passed away Dec. 29: Betty “little ol’ Okie girl” Merle (b. March 13, 1938) launched CODEPINK in her adopted state’s capitol, Sacremento, with friend Jo Souvignier. At a celebration of Betty’s life on January 10, 2009, filled with tears, laughter and many good memories, [...]
Monday, January 12, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 12, 2008 New Yorkers host vigil TOMORROW outside U.N. Demand ceasefire to Gaza attacks, end to U.S. support for illegal Israel assault with U.S. weapons WHAT: Candlelight vigil demanding ceasefire in Gaza WHEN: 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 13 WHERE: Outside the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations [...]
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
In a follow-up to the counter-recruitment work at New York City high schools during the city’s Parent-Teacher Conference night last month (read the New York Times article about it here), last week I attended a Parent Teacher Association meeting at the Norman Thomas High School in Murray Hill to talk about the No Child Left [...]
Monday, October 27, 2008
Tons in the news this past week: Janine Boneparth, Rae Abileah, Keiko Schnelle, Nancy Mancias and Blaine Clarke of CODEPINK in San Francisco made headlines everywhere (!!) with their disruption of Karl Rove (and Janine’s attempted citizen’s arrest) at the Mortgage Banker Association’s conference. Here‘s one in the Wall Street Journal, two in the Times [...]
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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