CODEPINK Interview with FBI Whistleblower Coleen Rowley: Accountability, Bradley Manning, Thomas Drake & Taking Action! By Nancy Mancias Coleen Rowley is a former FBI agent and whistleblower. In 2002, she was awarded TIME “Person of the Year” along with two other female whistleblowers. Why is it important to hold our elected officials accountable? There can’t [...]
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Today, June 8, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a confirmation hearing to examine President Obama’s nomination of Ryan Crocker, to serve as the new U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. A retired diplomat and Dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, Crocker received strong praise from all present senators for his past ambassadorial work in Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait, and Lebanon. Before the pitch of their softball questions, senators vowed their support for a quick confirmation process.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
by Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis His lines may be better delivered, but Barack Obama is sounding – and acting – more like the heir to George W. Bush than the change-maker sold to the public in his award-winning ad campaign. Indeed, when not sending billions of dollars to repressive governments across the globe, the great liberal hope is authorizing deadly [...]
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
The Israeli Navy has killed and wounded dozens of brave humanitarian aid activists who were aboard ships that were carrying humanitarian aid to the 1.5 million people in Gaza who are living under an Israeli-imposed siege. Even after strong and widespread international condemnation, Israel still holds that it acted well within its rights and did [...]
Saturday, December 19, 2009
My almost annual list of ten good things about the waning year has never before posed such a tremendous challenge. In the face of this challenge, I decided to try a minimalist thought experiment, blocking out the many baneful events that colored 2009, and instead seeking out the small, yet powerfully bright notes to inspire [...]
Sunday, June 12, 2011
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