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VIDEO: CODEPINK LA calls for Bybee’s Impeachment on Torture Accountability Day

A “Twittergasm” against war. Yes, please!

Alexander Cockburn’s “Twittergasms” piece today in the Nation slams much of the anti-war movement through the lens of Twitter — including CODEPINK — for failing to rally the world against Obama’s failed promises, war in Afghanistan, growing war in Pakistan, and still-not-over war in Iraq, and for joining in the conversation around the current civil [...]

Accountability for torture, says CODEPINKer’s letter to the NYTimes

Elsa Rassbach, a longtime CODEPINKer based in Berlin, penned this powerful letter to the New York Times last week calling for the Obama administration to root out and prosecute all those in the Bush administration who allowed torture. Dang, check out this last line: “We Americans, too, must cleanse our country and make a fresh [...]

No More Gitmos!

During his first days in office, we celebrated President Obama’s decision to swiftly fulfill his campaign promises as he signed an executive order to shut down Guantanamo Bay, close the CIA’s secret overseas prisons, and ban torture.   But in the government’s response to a federal court on Friday, President Obama’s team embraced the Bush [...]

Remind Obama to Keep His Promises for Peace

As Barack Obama is sworn in as President of the United States of America next week, we – as progressives, activists, and organizers – are more mindful than ever of the promises Obama made during his election campaign – as well as the great challenges he has ahead of him.  After nearly six years of [...]

Fasting to close Guantanamo

I’ve been fasting since Sunday, one of about 100 fasters nationwide (including 40 of us in D.C.), part of Witness Against Torture’s 100 Days Campaign to mark the seventh-anniversary of Guantanamo prison and call for Obama to close it within his first 100 days, as promised. We’ll break the fast on inauguration day. Here’s my [...]