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Hondurans Call Out for Help from the International Community

Our emergency international delegation to Honduras, organized from the United States by CODEPINK, Global Exchange and Non-Violence International, began its fact-finding mission in the wake of the June 28 coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya. We started out with a briefing by the Network of Sustainable Development (Red de Desarrollo Sostenible) a 15-year-old organization devoted to [...]

Gaza Digest

If you would like to add your name to the mailing list to receive 3-5 posts per week, send a note to Nancy K at codepinknyc@gmail.com. Gaza Digest 97, 7/2/09 News Clips: Israel will not impose a complete halt on settlement construction on occupied Palestinian land as demanded by the United States, a senior official said Thursday; [...]

Who are the Taliban? A talk from Anand Gopal (part I)

Last night a few CODEPINKers from L.A. attended a talk by journalist Anand Gopal at the Brave New Foundation studio, connected through his help on the BNF film, “Rethink Afghanistan.” HIs story mirrors that of many New Yorkers in some ways. Gopal watched the Twin Towers collapse as he ran from his apartment [...]

OFFICIAL RELEASE: CODEPINK calls for women worldwide to support Iranian women’s fight for justice, rights

WASHINGTON — Inspired by Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi’s brave promise last week to represent in court the family of Neda Agha-Soltan, murdered by Iranian militia during last weekend’s demonstrations in a rally in Tehran, the peace group CODEPINK has created a letter addressed to Ebadi for women worldwide to sign, a pledge of [...]

NOBODY’S RECRUITS: Whose kids are they anyway?

Who controls access to minors when it comes to recruiting them? Is it their parents, school administrators, or international law? International law forbids the recruitment of those under the age of 15, while the 1989 UN Child Convention defines a minor as under 18. Into that gap fall a million advertisements delivered by mass media. Plus several [...]

Women Lead the Way in Iran

In case you missed it, the New York Times featured an Op-Ed piece last week celebrating the strength of women’s voices in the movement in Iran - both in 1979 and now today.  An excerpt: From Day 1, Iran’s women stood in the vanguard. Their voices from rooftops were loudest, and their defiance in the streets [...]