PINKtank

Packing up the Pink House

Three years ago, on March 1, 2007, we opened the doors to a brick townhouse in the northeast quadrant of DC and decided to call it home.  Little did we know in the years to come this 5-bedroom house near Capitol Hill would become a ground zero for CODEPINK activism in the halls of Congress.  We not only brought a flash of hot pink to the sea of drab gray and black Congressional suits, but we broke through the inside-the-beltway politics with a refreshing dash of people power.  The costs of maintaining the house and paying the rent have become an overwhelming burden for CODEPINK and we must now move on from the house into the next course of action.  The Pink House will close at the end of February, but CODEPINK in DC will maintain a virbant presence and invites activists to join powerful actions in March in the beltway!

A British MP Makes a Case Against AHAVA

Excerpt from speech by Dr. Phillis Starkey, Minister of Parliament, made on 1/27/10 regarding labeling of Israeli settlement products. This section focuses on AHAVA Dead Sea Laboratories. Full transcript of the day’s debates in Parliament available here. The text below comes from a marginally edited version posted by the U.K. site Jews for Justice in Palestine. Excerpt: I [...]

In Memory of Howard Zinn

Heartbreaking news that Howard Zinn died today. He was in good spirits just days ago when I spoke to him about a dinner party we were planning. He was very proud of The People Speak and excited that it had played to the not left-leaning audience on the History Channel. When asked [...]

New International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Doubles Its Membership in One Year

by  Alice Slater Since 1995, at the Conference to Extend the Non-Proliferation Treaty, civil society has been calling for the establishment of an International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).  Recognizing the “inextricable link” between nuclear weapons and nuclear power, and urging a phase out of nuclear power, the Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear [...]

Gaza Digest

To subscribe to the Gaza Digest go to http://groups.google.com/group/gazadigest. Digest 199, 1/25/10 News Clips: The Goldstone Report, UN report on Israel’s 22-day offensive against Hamas-controlled Gaza, is anti-Semitic, an Israeli government minister said, as the Jewish state prepares to formally respond to its allegations of war crimes; Africa Israel Investments (Lev Leviev’s company) and Elbit Systems have [...]

Live from Port-au-Prince: Fear slows relief efforts

To our dear friends and supporters who have been so present through this difficult time. I feel like I have a wall of love and protection around me knowing that you are all holding Haiti in your thoughts and prayers. I apologize for not having written for the past few days, it is partly [...]