Veterans of the war on Afghanistan and their families are touring the U.S. right now, bringing out some of the truth that is said to be the first casualty of war. Widow Ashley Joppa-Hagemann electrified us with the story of her husband’s suicide. Army Staff Sargeant Jared August Hagemann killed himself in June “to free [...]
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
CODEPINK interview with filmmaker Sebastian Doggart: Accountability, Obama, Condoleezza Rice & Taking Action! By Nancy Mancias Sebastian Doggart is an independent filmmaker and director of the documentary American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi Why is it important to hold our elected officials accountable? We have a rule of law for our society and when our [...]
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Yesterday George W. Bush made a guest appearance as the keynote speaker at the 2011 MAILCOM conference held at the Washington Hilton Hotel, and we had totally forgotten about it. It's been a wild week for the CODEPINK DC office; Hillary was around the last few days, and yesterday morning we went to a House Appropriations Committee on Defense hearing with Robert Gates (Defense Secretary) and Mike Mullen (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), and then we dropped by a panel discussion about democracy in Egypt hosted by the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee. Bailing on the panel discussion, at the last minute Medea and I drove over to the Hilton Hotel, and I scoped out the situation while she parked the car. We had our signs folded up and hidden in our purses, they read BUSH: WAR CRIMINAL and BUSH LIED, THOUSANDS DIED.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
REPOST from Starhawk’s blog The morning after the elections—I keep thinking of Captain Hans Solo signature line in Star Wars: “I have a bad feeling about this.” Actually, I have some profoundly mixed feelings: California, rather than falling into the sea as Edgar Cayce predicted, has been uplifted by our own tectonic forces to perch [...]
Thursday, August 5, 2010
War Criminal of the Week: Dick Cheney by Nancy Mancias The U.S. invasion “was the right thing to do, and if we had to do it again, we would do exactly the same thing.” – Cheney, Meet the Press, Sept. 2006 Former Vice President Dick Cheney has long been one of the most influential architects [...]
Sunday, May 2, 2010
May1st Book signing for Karl Rove A quick summary of today’s citizen arrest by Josie Lenwell Hastings Book Store, Albuquerque, NM The store was filled with young, friendly employees, more than you could ever imagine. The smiling faces followed everyone as the undercover protesters and true admirers began to come in the door. Karl Rove [...]
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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