OFFICIAL RELEASE: CODEPINK declares Obama win a victory for the peace movement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Like the rest of the world, CODEPINK is emboldened by Sen. Barack Obama’s victory in a historic presidential election.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Like the rest of the world, CODEPINK is emboldened by Sen. Barack Obama’s victory in a historic presidential election.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Three years ago, an American soldier LaVena Johnson of Missouri bought candy, soda and lip balm one night near her base in Iraq. She went to meet friends to go jogging. But she never made it — her body was found the next day in a burning tent with a broken nose, black eye, and [...]
Thursday, September 4, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Medea Benjamin, 415-235-6517 Nancy Mancias, 415-342-6409 ST. PAUL — Two activists of the women’s peace group CODEPINK disrupted John McCain’s speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention, immediately following another activist of the anti-war veterans group, Iraq Veterans Against War. At the start of McCain’s speech, veteran Adam Kokesh of Washington, D.C. emerged from [...]
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Jodie Evans, co-founder, 310-913-4821 ST. PAUL — Two activists of the women’s peace group CODEPINK disrupted Sarah Palin’s speech tonight at the Republican National Convention when they approached the stage where Palin was speaking, adjusted their clothes to reveal pink slips that read “Palin is not a woman’s choice,” stood there at the [...]
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
A bright, shining moment in our “peace platform” action in Minneapolis this morning:
Monday, August 25, 2008
This morning’s AP report “CODEPINK Faces Tough Odds for Public’s Attention” smartly used CODEPINK as an excuse to talk about the media’s lack of attention on the antiwar movement: These are hard times for peace activists. Despite CodePink’s flashy costumes and willingness to disrupt campaign events and congressional hearings — sometimes facing arrest for it — [...]
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Down at the Denver capital right this minute, witnesses say the police have given protesters five minutes to disperse, and on the megaphone, said they will “move this crowd by any means necessary.” Stay tuned – For the past few hours, hundreds of officers have gathered in the streets as activists from CODEPINK, Iraq Veterans Against War, [...]
Friday, August 22, 2008
“Could Bike Lanes Cause Pollution?” wonders the Wall Street Journal in a piece apparently devoted to forwarding the crackpot theories of a Bay-Area “gadfly.”
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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