Police state: bored
Yesterday’s arrest of CODEPINKer Alicia Forrest has stirred up many questions among reporters covering the convention protests. Are the police brutal? Their numbers disproportionately great? Do...
View ArticleThe Only Sanctioned Protester
A few days ago the Denver Post ran a piece on the parking-lot restricted and wholly sanctioned—yet totally ineffective—protest zone set up for the throngs at the DNC. As Lynne Gravel remarks in the...
View Article‘Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.’
A wonderful e-mail has been circulating today. It describes how Alice Paul, Lucy Burns and other women of the 1900s — two generations after Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton — were beaten,...
View ArticleOfficial release: Queens woman loses son in Iraq, her home to foreclosure...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Jean Stevens, CODEPINK media coordinator, 646-723-1781 Queens woman loses son in Iraq, now her home to foreclosure scam: where’s the bailout for Americans? WHAT: Press...
View ArticleTAKE ACTION: Tell Obama Peace is a Priority
Let Obama Know Peace is a Priority. The Obama Transition Team has once again opened up for questions on their official site, Change.gov. Questions can be voted up or down by members of the community...
View ArticleSTOLEN BEAUTY: The Struggle for a Just Peace in the Middle East Coming to a...
As the dust settled on the destroyed homes, schools and lives in the aftermath of Israel’s assault on Gaza earlier this year, mainstream human rights groups from Amnesty International to Physicians for...
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