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A “Twittergasm” against war. Yes, please!

Alexander Cockburn’s “Twittergasms” piece today in the Nation slams much of the anti-war movement through the lens of Twitter — including CODEPINK — for failing to rally the world against Obama’s failed promises, war in Afghanistan, growing war in Pakistan, and still-not-over war in Iraq, and for joining in the conversation around the current civil [...]

Accountability for torture, says CODEPINKer’s letter to the NYTimes

Elsa Rassbach, a longtime CODEPINKer based in Berlin, penned this powerful letter to the New York Times last week calling for the Obama administration to root out and prosecute all those in the Bush administration who allowed torture. Dang, check out this last line: “We Americans, too, must cleanse our country and make a fresh start. [...]

War Criminals everywhere!

Last week and this coming week are full of news about war criminals. Last week Obama met in a closed door meeting with human rights advocates to try to co-opt them into approving his shocking plan to extend Bush’s Military Commissions. Someone leaked the contents of the meeting to Michael Isikoff, whom Rachel Maddow interviews [...]

Open Letter on Accountability

GROUPS REQUEST SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR BUSH, CHENEY For Immediate Release February 24, 2009 Contact: David Swanson david@davidswanson.org Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials We urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation into the most serious alleged crimes of former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Richard B. [...]