The House Appropriations Committee approved the annual military spending bill today, sending it to the full House for approval. They lamented having to shave $9 billion off of Obama’s request, but they still managed to find $17 billion more than last year’s budget for endless war. For those keeping track at home, the numbers publicized [...]
Sunday, June 12, 2011
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 [...]
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Representative Dennis Kucinich and two cosponsors (Rep Burton and Rep Capuano) have introduced House Concurrent Resolution 51. It is a very simple law – it calls on the US military to withdraw from Libya within 15 days of the adoption of the resolution. It was originally scheduled for a vote on June 1, but Republicans [...]
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
We’re in the midst of an Afghanistan Week of Action and we need your help to give a pink slip to the military industrial complex. The House is starting to discuss the annual military spending bill, giving us the best chance yet to end the Afghanistan War. 1. Call Congress using FCNL’s toll-free number, 1-888-231-9276 [...]
Friday, May 20, 2011
This post was written by Sharon Miller, San Francisco intern for CODEPINK On May 11, 2011, the House Armed Services Committee voted to approve the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This bill includes, among other things, an expansion of the legal basis for the so-called War on Terror. It passed the committee [...]
Monday, May 2, 2011
For us, the death of Osama Bin Laden is a time of profound reflection. With his death, we remember and mourn all the lives lost on September 11. We remember and mourn all the lives lost in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan. We remember and mourn the death of our soldiers. <strong>And we say, as we have been saying for the past nine years, “Enough.” As an organization led by women, our hearts go out to all the women who are living with the ravages of war and violence. And we say, “Enough.”
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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