This past rainy Sunday in New York City, the clouds parted for a few hours so that a group of bikini-clad CODEPINKers could shine their light upon a dark issue: Israel’s abuse and war crimes toward the people of Palestine.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
This past weekend Mother’s Day was powerfully and boldly reclaimed by CODEPINK local groups around the US as a day for women to gather to end war. In over twenty cities around the country CODEPINK groups held events and actions in honor of this special day, and in DC we held a heartfelt and moving [...]
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
A hundred peace loving women, a thousand long stemmed roses and what seemed like a MILLION hand knitted squares from all over the world created an amazing scene of beauty and peace–and all done with love and hope. We have hope for the end of war, for the preservation of community, for the survival of [...]
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
WHAT: Local taxpayers to gather outside of AIG New York offices, demand their fair $80 million share of sale WHEN: 12 p.m. TODAY (April 15) WHERE: AIG headquarters @ 70 Pine St., New York, NY NEW YORK CITY — AIG is selling its Manhattan offices here — and local taxpayers want their fair share of the deal! Members of [...]
Monday, April 6, 2009
We felt pretty dismal, the dozen or so of us CODEPINK women gathered at Franklin and Lafayette Streets in lower Manhattan around 11:30 a.m. Saturday for United for Peace and Justice’s “Beyond War” mass mobilization on to Wall Street, designed to link poverty, the economic crisis, and racism with war and occupation. We were frozen, [...]
Monday, March 23, 2009
CODEPINK holds overnight vigil for a People’s Bailout on eve of second AIG hearing Will represent public outrage when Geithner and Bernake testify WHAT: CODEPINK to camp/vigil outside House building, attend second AIG hearing WHEN: MIDNIGHT TONIGHT (camp-out/vigil) through 10 a.m. March 24 (hearing) WHERE: Outside Rayburn House Office Building (camp-out/vigil); 2128 Rayburn House Office Building (hearing), Washington WASHINGTON — [...]
Friday, March 20, 2009
CODEPINK LA rallied outside of AIG headquarters last night and it was awesome — we had banners that said “AIG - Jail Not Bail” “FAILOUT” and called for Geithner to be fired, an end to government bailouts and an end to WAR bailouts. Check out photos here!
Monday, March 9, 2009
On International Women’s Day, March 8, about 50 LA activists gathered at the entrance to the Universal Hilton Hotel where the annual AIPAC fundraiser was being held. We arrived about 30 minutes early to eight cop cars lined up in wait. The press outreach had been effective as three local cameras were arriving along with [...]
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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