In a follow-up to the counter-recruitment work at New York City high schools during the city’s Parent-Teacher Conference night last month (read the New York Times article about it here), last week I attended a Parent Teacher Association meeting at the Norman Thomas High School in Murray Hill to talk about the No Child [...]
Monday, October 27, 2008
Tons in the news this past week: Janine Boneparth, Rae Abileah, Keiko Schnelle, Nancy Mancias and Blaine Clarke of CODEPINK in San Francisco made headlines everywhere (!!) with their disruption of Karl Rove (and Janine’s attempted citizen’s arrest) at the Mortgage Banker Association’s conference. Here’s one in the Wall Street Journal, two in the Times (this [...]
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
CODEPINK in Maine totally rocks. Just came across this story in the central Maine newspaper, the Kennebec Journal’s Morning Sentinel: SKOWHEGAN — Local members of the national peace activist organization Code Pink will stage an “I Miss America” pageant on Sunday beginning at noon on the Margaret Chase Smith bridges in downtown Skowhegan. Contestants wearing pink formal [...]
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
On October 3rd, a group of CodePink activists went to San Antonio to protest the arrival of Sarah Palin who was there to attend a high-end Republican fundraiser. When we arrived, there was already a large group of Palin fans standing in front of the hotel, holding signs and chanting her name. Our group, being [...]
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 21, 2008 CODEPINK Activists Stage Arrest of Karl Rove for Lying to Congress about the Iraq War at Mortgage Bankers Annual Convention
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Jean Stevens, CODEPINK national media coordinator, 646-723-1781 America demands a peace president! CODEPINK and other activist groups to rally TODAY outside presidential candidate debate at Hofstra WHAT: Pro-peace, pro-diplomacy, pro-America rally outside final presidential candidate debate WHEN: 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Weds. Oct. 15 WHERE: Corner of Hempstead Turnpike and Uniondale Ave, Hempstead, NY *Interviews available before [...]
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Gotta love tourists. What began as a relatively mild, 60-person crowd of CODEPINK women, Rainforest Action Network folks and others protesting the bailout today near the Wall St. charging bull statue boomed into an incredible brouhaha when tourists blanketing the area were totally tickled and bug-eyed by the action. They snapped photo after photo of [...]
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CODEPINK Demands the Presidential Candidates Reject Bailout Take thousands of signatures to their DC offices saying “Provide Leadership: Protect the Peace, Not Wall Street“ WHAT: CODEPINK march to D.C. offices of Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama with signatures demanding leadership, not bailout WHEN: 12:30 p.m. Weds., Oct. 1 WHERE: Begin at office of Sen. John [...]
Monday, September 29, 2008
TAXPAYERS SAY “OVER OUR DEAD BODIES” TO BAILOUT Call for a taxpayer revolt and ‘die-in’ on Capitol Hill WHEN: 12 p.m., Monday, September 29 WHERE: Outside Cannon Building, Independence and New Jersey Ave., House of Representatives, Washington DC Representatives of different sectors of society—health care workers, teachers, construction workers, professionals—will hold a press conference to denounce the bailout [...]
Thursday, September 25, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Angry crowd to pile their trash TODAY at Wall Street and demand “No Cash for Trash!” and “Bail out this, Mr. Paulson!” WHAT: “This bailout is bull sh*t” and “buy out OUR junk” protest! WHEN: 4 p.m. Thurs. Sept. 25 WHERE: Bowling Green Park (in the plaza area), at Broadway and Beaver Streets, New York [...]
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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