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VOTE to End the War in Iraq!

That’s right!  You can Vote to End the War in Iraq.  Change.org is taking Ideas for Change in America, and you can vote here: http://www.change.org/ideas/view/leave_iraq_now From the War in Iraq to the violence in Gaza to Afghanistan and even a bloated military budget, War is SO Over! So vote to make leaving Iraq one of the [...]

“The System Isn’t Set Up for the Applicants”

Deepak Chopra sends New Year message of peace to Obama

On New Year’s Day, Deepak Chopra sends this letter to President-Elect Obama on how to create peace.  Join CODEPINK in making a personal New Year’s Resolution for Peace here. 9 Steps To Peace for Obama in the New Year by Deepak Chopra You have been elected by the first anti-war constituency since 1952, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was [...]

Thoughts (and action) on Gaza from Starhawk

Starhawk, writer, earth activist, feminist visionary and all around amazingly Witchy woman, who wrote CODEPINK’s original call to action just sent around her heartsick meditation on her time spent in Palestine and how we can all stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers during this dark time.  Action ideas are from US Campaign to [...]

Amman, Part II: Washing the Heart with Tears; or, Najlaa, Teach Us How to Heal People

Have you ever realized, after a particularly bitter fight or an angry encounter, that you’ve flat out broken your relationship with someone, whether they’re a friend or a stranger? You know that sinking feeling you get, realizing how much work it will take to repair the trust? This morning we met with Najlaa, a former teacher [...]

TAKE ACTION: Tell Obama Peace is a Priority

Let Obama Know Peace is a Priority.  The Obama Transition Team has once again opened up for questions on their official site, Change.gov.  Questions can be voted up or down by members of the community and the Obama Team will answer the most popular questions after the New Year.  Let Obama know that peace, including [...]

Iranians Ponder Future U.S.-Iranian Relations in an Obama Administration

Note from the Editor:  Col. Ann Wright is  a 29 year US Army/Army Reserves veteran  and a former US diplomat, who resigned in March 2003 in opposition to the war on Iraq.  She recently spent two weeks in Iran meeting with Iranian officials and civilians with two other CODEPINK women, Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans. [...]

Flight to Amman

Hello everyone, Sally writing from Amman, Jordan. I’m wearing a couple hats here - I’m a very active member and at times spokeswoman for Code Pink, but I’m also a law student, and I’m traveling with Yale Law School’s Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP). IRAP helps displaced Iraqis get official refugee status from the UN [...]

OFFICIAL RELEASE: AL-ZEIDI RALLY, DEC. 29TH IN DC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A rally calling on the Iraqi Government to free Muntadhar Al-Zeidi, the man who threw his shoes at George W. Bush, will be held Monday, December 29 at noon in front of the Iraqi consulate to the United States, located at 1801 P Street NW in Washington, DC. The rally is timed to immediately [...]

Iran attempts to silence human rights activists (VIDEO, PETITION)

TAKE ACTION HERE In our recent visit to Iran, we saw among the young university women what an important role model Shirin Ebadi is to them. As a female law student told us, “Shirin is our hero. That’s why many of us decided to study law. We want to be like her and help the women [...]