CodePink steps on Hillary's cookies (updated)
On May 8th, Jes Richardson, Leslie Angeline and Medea Benjamin of CodePink crashed a Hillary fundraiser and managed to unfurl a banner protesting her remarks about "obliterating" Iran. Clinton's...
View ArticleMy letter to Conyers addressing his "5 points against impeachment" - and how...
On Thursday, June 5th, several members of CodePink's NYC and DC chapters attended a meeting with John Conyers on the subject of impeachment. Nancy Kricorian, the CodePink NYC coordinator, returned with...
View ArticleIn which Verizon discovers it is not immune to Thor
While our rights are steadily eroded in the halls of Congress, the minions of fascism have been very busy this month on my local suburban streets. Their little trucks have been everywhere,...
View ArticleLive Blog #3 Addington & Yoo hearing
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on detainee treatment will feature David Addington and John Yoo (under subpoena to appear) at 10:00 am...
View ArticleBREAKING: Bush heckled at Monticello by CodePink!
Sorry for the short diary...Early this morning I found an unusual email from Medea Benjamin waiting for me in my inbox. It seems that last week when she was arrested in Florida, they confiscated her...
View ArticleCodePink protests Gary Ackerman's proposed naval blockade on Iran in NYC and DC
Hopefully this won't get missed in all the FISA/Obama fallout.Today, members of Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives, Pax Christi, Veterans for Peace and of course... CodePink descended en...
View ArticleIt's come to this: Arrest Rove TODAY - OR ELSE!
Eight days ago, I saw the video of the second meeting Veterans for Peace held with Congressman John Conyers and ran completely out of patience.The wrongdoing of this administration is clear. We have...
View ArticleBREAKING: pre-impeachment hearing activist meeting in DC - photo diary!
CodePink in DC hosted tonight's pre-impeachment hearing meeting to coordinate substance, logistics and planned official responses. In attendance were David Swanson of AfterDowningStreet.org, Susan...
View ArticleImpeachment Hearing - photo diary - UPDATED from inside!
This morning approximately 110 people lined up outside Rayburn 2141 hoping to get into the hearing. We were initially told that there were 40 seats available to the public, but ultimately only SIXTEEN...
View ArticleWarning: the "Global Peace Festival"... ISN'T
On Saturday the 26th, CodePink was asked to cosponsor and/or participate in the "Global Peace Festival", which will be held on August 9th in Washington DC.At the time, I was a bit alarmed by the...
View ArticleA request for an explanation
OK, I am not trying to step on toes here, or flirt with proscribed subject matter. It's just that I've asked this question several times here and have never received a straight answer.Frequently when a...
View ArticleScandal bomb? Learn to deal with it!
As our civil liberties erode, the most obvious targets for related harassment are going to be Democratic politicians. We already see how the Bush administration is abusing it's abilities to perform...
View ArticleThe anniversary
I hate this time of year, and I have good reason. I start getting ready around now - I turn off the phone. I avoid the news. I take a long walk in the big blue and green room away from the computer,...
View ArticlePolice brutality & violent arrest of CodePink activist in Denver
Rocky Mountain News has the video provided by George Kochaniec Jr. of an unidentified Denver... "cop", and I use that word as lightly as it applies, brutalizing 24-year-old Alicia Forrest of CodePink...
View ArticleThe religious right's counterfeit Gettysburg Address
Recently someone on one of the lists I belong to sent along one of those generally mindless "support the troops" emails with the following subject line:Dedicated to all our VETS for what they mean to...
View ArticleShe shoots, she SCORES! CodePink at the RNC - UPDATED with video!
Jodie Evans disrupts Palin's speech at the RNC. In this photo by Paul Sancya of the AP, she unconsciously evokes another famous political image. However, "Vive le difference", as they say... CodePink...
View ArticleI couldn't find my keys
I had a meeting that morning, and I was going to be late. I frantically ran around the house until I found my keys, and managed to get out the door about half an hour after I planned to. I jumped on...
View ArticleAmy Goodman speaking in Long Island Thurs Sept 18th
The and the present:AMY GOODMAN Journalist and Host of Pacifica Radio’s Democracy Now!Thursday, September 18, 2008, 7:30 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock48 Shelter Rock Road,...
View ArticleGut N' Run: Lehman hired Jeb Bush as financial advisor
Sorry for the short and not-so-sweet diary. Just in case anyone was wondering why no one else on Wall Street stepped forward when the Federal Reserve demanded that someone bail out Lehman....Lehman...
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