Drones: Tragedy, Not Comedy! By Nancy Mancias U.S. drone warfare is the topic of an upcoming dark comedy for FX, focusing on drone pilots in Nevada who commute to war and “bomb the hell out of the Middle East”. Although the description doesn’t specifically name the air base, one can only assume the project is [...]
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
A to Z list of things you as a CODEPINKer can do at your local “Occupation” A: Action(s) – Take part in a daily or weekly action at your local “Occupy.” March, stand in vigil with a sign, speak out in a rally, etc. Don’t forget to make it fun: sing, dance, start a rhythmic chant at a march, as Molly Ivins urged us to. B: Bring Our War $$ Home – Take the anti-war message to your local occupation, it’s going to take all of us to end the US wars and occupations. C: Consensus – The occupy movement operates on a consensus model that emphasizes participation and inclusion. Watch this video to learn how the consensus process works to become an active participant in your occupy community.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
This Week in Accountability, October 22, 2011 During a visit to the state of Washington, Karl Rove was met with opposition from demonstrators protesting his intent to buy the 2012 election with corporate funds. Leading the charge at the demonstration was former U.S. ambassador Joe Wilson whose wife Valerie Plame was exposed as a C.I.A. [...]
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Drone Expansion in the U.S. by Nancy Mancias Headlines fill the news about U.S. expansion of secret drone bases in Africa, Middle East, Central Asia and beyond, but little is mentioned about the military land grab for expansion in southern Colorado, northern New Mexico. Labeled by the Not 1 More Acre campaign as the “largest [...]
Sunday, October 16, 2011
This Week in Accountability, October 16, 2011 Former Vice President Dick Cheney manages to stay in the news defending torture and insisting the intelligence to invade Iraq was correct. He has praised President Obama’s use of targeted assassination and felt the White House should apologize to former Bush administration officials for criticizing enhanced interrogation. President [...]
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Today, the second largest city in the country went on record in support of the OccupyTogether movement. The city council didn’t just vote in support of OccupyLA, they also called into question corporate personhood and the banking industry. They connected to people’s movement with their own inability to act on city-wide banking regulation. This caused [...]
Saturday, November 5, 2011
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