All of our messages are intertwined. While some may question the utility of staying in the streets without “unified demands,” the people of Occupy Wall Street understand that the only way to make real change is to challenge the system by standing up and being counted. In public. Watch Medea’s interview on #OccupyWallStreet with Oz [...]
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Tim Pawlenty, Friend or Foe?…Foe! By Nancy Mancias Former governor of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty officially throws his hat in the ring on May 23rd as the 2012 Republican presidential hopeful. Pawlenty is described as laid back and low key, but beware this Minnesota native is ready to squash first amendment rights. Months leading up to [...]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
I have spent nearly ten years of my life speaking, writing, protesting, organizing, even singing and dancing for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I could quote statistics: * 20% of Americans who die from suicide each year are veterans. * More than 4,000 troops have died in these wars. * There is documentation of more than 100,000 civilian deaths in Iraq -- a country we were told we were liberating. * The cost of these wars now totals more than $1 billion for North Dakota taxpayers alone. These statistics are not new information. The cry for peace is not a new movement. It occurs to me this morning that I have nothing new to add. So I'll tell you what others have said.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
By Cindy Thomas In 2005 my husband was severely wounded in Iraq and the Army labeled him “undeployable.” But, in 2007, they deployed him again. That is when I began to realize that I could no longer support the war and and started looking for the comfort and support of others who felt as I [...]
Saturday, August 1, 2009
July turned out to be a dramatic month for CODEPINK around the country, with several important developments as we spoke and acted against war, occupation, militarism and torture policies. Here is the mid-summer roseroots report: Independence Day: The 4th of July provided us with opportunities to show our red-white-blue-and-PINK selves in from Maine (with an [...]
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
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