Medea Benjamin While lawmakers in Washington DC are debating how to solve the fiscal cliff, a group of Americans found a hidden treasure in the Caribbean that could go a long way toward balancing the budget: the billions of dollars US companies and individuals have stashed away in the Cayman Islands. On Thursday, December 13, [...]
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Medea Benjamin When CODEPINK, MoveOn and representatives of other organizations marched into Senator Harry Reid’s DC office on Tuesday, December 18, they wanted a simple answer to a simple question: Does the Senator support a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity clips, such as the legislation proposed by Senator Dianne Feinstein and supported by President [...]
Thursday, April 5, 2012
by Tamara Cushway I recently watched the movie J. Edgar, a biography of the J. Edgar Hoover/FBI story. The most memorable moment was the scene of Hoover addressing a crowd after the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby. After Hoover gives a rousing speech about the lack of any competent tracking system for criminals in the [...]
Thursday, December 15, 2011
posted by Sharon Miller, CODEPINK San Francisco intern Do you remember the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act? It’s a nasty piece of legislation which allows for indefinite detention, without a trial, of anyone suspected of aiding terrorists anywhere in the world—including US citizens. The House of Representatives passed the revised version of the [...]
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
For those who follow political news, you’ll recognize the title of this post as a quote from Obama’s speech to the Congressional Black Caucus annual awards dinner on Saturday. His speech has gotten attention from across the media spectrum. According to Rachel Maddow, the mainstream press unfairly focused on the critical points in his speech. [...]
Monday, August 1, 2011
The "compromise" approved by the House today and expected to pass the Senate tomorrow is an atrocity. It is a rich man's coup of our democracy. Consider this: absolutely no tax increases are included in the bill. It creates a "super Congress," with authority to slash social services when the country is still reeling from
Friday, December 21, 2012
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