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, 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 — [...]
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
CODEPINK women rocked out at the amazing PowerShift ‘09 conference this past weekend in Washington and Capitol Power Plant action Monday, carrying bright pink “War Is Not Green” banners and spreading the word of the links among war, energy consumption, pollution and environmental destruction. Leslie Angeline and Blaine Clarke gave this great interview to a CNS [...]
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Guest-blogger Patricia Foulkrod, an acclaimed director and producer based in Los Angeles, describes her experience last night attempting a citzens’ arrest of former Bush chief of staff Karl Rove at Loyola Marymount University. Her most recent documentary, “The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends,” follows Iraq soldiers from recruitment to basic training, from battlefield orders [...]
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
In honor of Betty Merle, the coordinator of CODEPINK Sacramento, who passed away Dec. 29: Betty “little ol’ Okie girl” Merle (b. March 13, 1938) launched CODEPINK in her adopted state’s capitol, Sacremento, with friend Jo Souvignier. At a celebration of Betty’s life on January 10, 2009, filled with tears, laughter and many good memories, [...]
Monday, January 12, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 12, 2008 New Yorkers host vigil TOMORROW outside U.N. Demand ceasefire to Gaza attacks, end to U.S. support for illegal Israel assault with U.S. weapons WHAT: Candlelight vigil demanding ceasefire in Gaza WHEN: 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 13 WHERE: Outside the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations (140 East 45th St. [...]
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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 [...]
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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