A A
RSS

Tag Archive | "Congress"

Why The 2012 NDAA Is Bad News

Thursday, December 15, 2011

0 Comments

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 [...]

Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

0 Comments

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. [...]

Won’t Somebody Please Think of the War Profiteers?

Thursday, September 22, 2011

0 Comments

Posted by Sharon Miller, CODEPINK San Francisco intern As the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan approaches, and as the deficit-cutting debate heats up, the rich and powerful in the US have taken an opportunity to throw themselves a massive pity party. Jon Stewart of The Daily Show has documented a small fragment [...]

MLK Warned Us, But Are We Listening?

Friday, August 26, 2011

0 Comments

When a frack-quake cracks the Washington monument just as a memorial for civil rights and anti-war organizer Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is about to be unveiled in the nation's capital, we hope vacationing members of Congress take note.

Does Your Congressperson Represent You – or Israel?

Monday, August 8, 2011

1 Comment

In this time of economic austerity, when jobs are being slashed and Americans are fearful about their future, the Congressional recess is the time for our elected representatives to be home in their districts, reaching out to their constituents and servicing the people they are paid to represent. Instead, this August one out of every five representatives will be taking a junket to Israel, compliments of an affiliate of the Israel lobby AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) but still clocked in on the taxpayer’s dime[...]

Do you call Congress more than you call your mom?

Thursday, July 7, 2011

0 Comments

Written by CODEPINK Maine Coordinator Lisa Savage Sometimes we activists ask ourselves: how many times do we need to contact our elected representatives to let them know how we feel about out of control spending on the military?  When we call their offices, are they even listening? The staffers who answer their office phones are [...]

Petitions by Change.org|Start a Petition »
Latest Flickr photos
DSCF1138DSCF1179DSCF1146DSCF1165Ozzie Guillen Free Speech ProtestOccupy SF International Women's Day MarchOccupy SF International Women's Day MarchOccupy SF International Women's Day MarchOccupy SF International Women's Day March

Lifestream

  • Great pic of Medea Benjamin in the NYT at a protest in front of Rahm Emanuels h...
    11h ago via Facebook
  • Video of CODEPINK at the No NATO rally in Chicago this weekend!! http://youtu.be...
    13h ago via Facebook
  • Liked 3 videos.
    14h ago via YouTube
  • Medea Benjamin along with others from CODEPINK 4 #SolidaritySunday (Rally Again...
    1d ago via Facebook
  • Join CODEPINK, NoNATO & Occupy activists to create an aerial image of Bust Up NA...
    May 20th via Facebook
  • Join CODEPINK, NoNATO & Occupy activists to create an aerial image of Bust Up NA...
    May 19th via Facebook
  • Join CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin and author of the new book "Drone Warfare...
    May 16th via Facebook
  • CODEPINKs Medea Benjamin marches in a No Foreclosures action in Chicago! We hop...
    May 16th via Facebook
  • CODEPINK & Friends talking Drones
    May 15th via Facebook