by Janet Weil On Saturday, October 15, I gave this speech at Occupy Oakland, California: CODEPINK hella loves Occupy Oakland! Go Oaktown! Today we stand here in Frank Ogawa Plaza, also known as Oscar Grant Plaza, in solidarity with people around the world in more than 700 cities, against the 1% who control far too [...]
Thursday, October 13, 2011
One of the things that fascinates me most about Occupy Together is the use of consensus decision making. As a national and international board member of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), I experienced this decision-making process for eight years. And I’m sad to see that the essence of consensus does not seem [...]
Friday, October 7, 2011
I went to DC three weeks before my wedding because there are two things that matter to me right now: marrying the love of my life and ending the Afghanistan War. In her memoir, A Woman Among Warlords, Parliamentarian Malalai Joya reminds us that on July 6, 2008 the U.S. military bombed a wedding party [...]
Monday, October 17, 2011
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