“The System Isn’t Set Up for the Applicants”
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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 [...]
Monday, December 29, 2008
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 [...]
Monday, December 29, 2008
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. [...]
Sunday, December 28, 2008
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 [...]
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
“Yes We Can-Can start talking with Iran-ran….” Aside from our snappy new song to be debuted at the Inauguration (with some hot dance moves) we just launched our “Let’s Talk” campaign with a citizen-diplomacy trip to Iran in November 2008, where we held meetings with officials and the people of Iran to make human connections [...]
Thursday, December 11, 2008
I’m CODEPINK’s local groups coordinator, and I just returned Tuesday from a 10-day interfaith Fellowship of Reconciliation peace delegation to Iran, a group of 14 Americans. Here’s my diary of the last days of the trip!
Friday, December 5, 2008
I’m CODEPINK’s local groups coordinator, and for the past two weeks, I’ve been part of the eighth Fellowship of Reconciliation delegation to Iran, a group of 14 Americans. The delegation left the evening of Nov. 26 from New York City to Tehran, and will return December 7. (Join the virtual delegation by checking out [...]
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C — As President-Elect Obama continues to shift toward the right with Cabinet appointments, three American women returned from a ground-breaking citizen diplomacy trip to Iran this week calling for real policy change, including direct talks without preconditions and the lifting of economic sanctions. In the seven-day trip, Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans and Col. (retired) [...]
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Saturday, January 3, 2009
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