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Voices from Mother’s Day DC 2009: Jenna Lennon, 19

Thursday, May 14, 2009

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Jenna Lennon, 19, of Chicago, and her mother Elizabeth joined us for our 24-hour vigil in Lafayette Park, their first CODEPINK event ever. They were both psyched and deeply passionate about our mission, and we were thrilled to have them! Jenna penned this beautiful, loving piece of her thoughts on the weekend for us. Enjoy!

“War is not green!” at Capitol Plant mass action in Washington!

Monday, March 2, 2009

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Today I joined Medea Benjamin, Blaine Clark, Leslie Angeline, Jay Marx, David Swanson, Cindy Sheehan and Bev Rice at the incredible Capitol Power Plant mass action today at the Capitol Plant in Washington, protesting its “clean coal,” timed with the incredible PowerShift 2009 Conference that began Friday night. (Here’s me, Desiree, Leslie, and Medea with [...]

Official release: On day of Obama’s Union speech, CODEPINK tells Obama his war funding check has bounced

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE        CONTACT Jean Stevens, media coordinator, 646-723-1781. On day of Obama’s Union speech, CODEPINK tells Obama his war funding check has bounced Urges him to reduce deficit by defunding war WHAT: CODEPINK delivers giant check of war spending marked “insufficient funds” before Obama speech WHEN: 1 p.m. Feb. 24 - TODAY WHERE: East side of Capitol Building (where [...]

The view of Gaza from Arish…

Monday, January 12, 2009

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Kathy Kelly, a co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence (kathy@vcnv.org), writes on her view of Gaza from Arish, a town near the Rafah border between Egypt and Gaza. As I write, we can hear the dull thud of explosions in the distance. Israeli airstrikes continue to blast targets in southern Gaza. Merciless bombing of the [...]

The view from Jenin, Palestine…

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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Ariel Vegosen, a Jewish peace activist based in New York City and friend to CODEPINK, has been visiting Israel and Palestine for the past month and was there when Israel began its attack on Gaza. She wrote this piece on her experience from her temporary home in Jenin, Palestine. As Israel invaded Gaza I sat with both [...]

Deepak Chopra sends New Year message of peace to Obama

Friday, January 2, 2009

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On New Year’s Day, Deepak Chopra sends this letter to President-Elect Obama on how to create peace.  Join CODEPINK in making a personal New Year’s Resolution for Peace here. 9 Steps To Peace for Obama in the New Year by Deepak Chopra You have been elected by the first anti-war constituency since 1952, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was [...]

Iranians Ponder Future U.S.-Iranian Relations in an Obama Administration

Monday, December 29, 2008

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Note from the Editor:  Col. Ann Wright is  a 29 year US Army/Army Reserves veteran  and a former US diplomat, who resigned in March 2003 in opposition to the war on Iraq.  She recently spent two weeks in Iran meeting with Iranian officials and civilians with two other CODEPINK women, Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans. [...]

More troops for no-good war

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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It’s official: the U.S. is sending at least three brigades of troops to Afghanistan by summer. Defense Secretary Gates arrived in Afghanistan today and met with a lead U.S. commander David McKiernana, who has requested four additional brigades, including the one scheduled for January deployment, or 14,000 and 20,000 troops. The U.S. military has [...]

All the news we hope to print! - War is SO over party in Times Square!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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The Iraq War is SO over!!!! Time to celebrate!!!! We got the “news” this morning along with the rest of New York City (and Los Angeles, D.C., Chicago…) in a special edition of The New York Times today!!! Hundreds of people distributed them in New York Times black smocks in subways and on street corners [...]

OFFICIAL RELEASE: CODEPINK declares Obama win a victory for the peace movement

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Like the rest of the world, CODEPINK is emboldened by Sen. Barack Obama’s victory in a historic presidential election.

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