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Passover, Pocketbooks, and PACs that Hurt

This year on Land Day people around the world are coordinating actions to boycott Israeli products that are made illegally in the Occupied Territories. Refusing to buy products that break international law is one way we can put our money where our values are - in justice and in tikkun olam, repairing the world, rather than destroying it.

AIPAC May Be Punks But We Punked Them Twice In A Day

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee occupied the Washington Convention Center this past weekend importing a culture of uncertainty and paranoia into the Capitol. Most AIPAC attendees came to the conference uncertain about American-Israeli relations. Besides condemnation from Vice-President Joe Biden, even General Petraeus testified a couple weeks ago that Israeli actions put American troops [...]

CODEPINK: U.S. Out of Iraq, Out of Afghanistan and Pakistan

Last Friday, NPR prematurely declared that the 7th anniversary of the Iraq war passed without little notice. A few hundred tea party activists and the HCR reconciliation bill hogged the headlines. Yet, thousands of protesters turned out all across the country to protest the wars and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, calling on the White [...]

AIPAC: Reflections Of An Inside Protest

On December 15th I participated in my first direct action. I have been organizing against the US’ blunt force approach to foreign policy since 2005, but had never taken part in civil disobedience. Community organizing, fundraising for social change, writing to congress and working for a grassroots foreign policy lobby had sufficed until recently. With [...]

Who Will Stop the AIPAC Jews Before it is Too Late?

While I was being tackled by security guards at Washington’s Convention Center during the AIPAC conference for unfurling a banner that asked “What about Gaza?,” my heart was aching. I wasn’t bothered so much by the burly guards who were yanking my arms behind by back and dragging me-along with 5 other CODEPINK members-out of [...]

Official release: CODEPINK Interrupts Israeli President at AIPAC Conference

WASHINGTON — During Israeli Pres. Shimon Peres’ speech today at the annual AIPAC (American Israeli Political Action Committee) policy conference at the Washington Convention Center, CODEPINK members raised banners saying “Want Peace? End the Occupation,” “What About Gaza?,” and “No Money for War Crimes.” As the six activists were forcibly dragged away from the stage, [...]