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 [...]
Monday, October 20, 2008
Hey, y’all. Just a quick recap of CODEPINK in the news this past week….
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 [...]
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Linda Milazzo, writer and CODEPINK member based in Los Angeles, wrote this column describing her experience at a Palin rally in Carson, California. She writes she attended the rally not to see Palin but Palin supporters… “I went to see the Palinettes — the supporters of this unspectacular woman who had so readily been won over. [...]
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
According to a new poll, white women fans of Obama are jumping ship to vote for McCain/Palin, because — of course! — Palin is a woman. Forget her positions on the war, abortion, drilling, evolution, health care, education for all — she’s XX! Has ovaries! She’s a mommy! By golly, that’s all women need to [...]
Thursday, September 4, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Medea Benjamin, 415-235-6517 Nancy Mancias, 415-342-6409 ST. PAUL — Two activists of the women’s peace group CODEPINK disrupted John McCain’s speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention, immediately following another activist of the anti-war veterans group, Iraq Veterans Against War. At the start of McCain’s speech, veteran Adam Kokesh of Washington, D.C. emerged from [...]
Saturday, August 30, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Nancy Mancias, CODEPINK RNC coordinator, 415-342-6409 Jodie Evans, co-founder, 310-621-5635 Jean Stevens, national media coordinator, 508-769-2138 CODEPINK to “raise a ruckus” at Republican National Convention in St. Paul! WHAT: CODEPINK to bring peace message, hard questions to RNC WHEN: Aug. 30 to Sept. 4 WHERE: Republican National Convention, St. Paul. CODEPINK meeting space: The Black Dog [...]
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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