After yesterday’s rain and violent arrests, I’m afraid of what to expect as I approach Liberty Plaza for the fifth day of Occupy Wall Street. Mainstream media report that numbers have dwindled; our own media’s livestream was shut down yesterday while people were arrested for trying to cover the equipment with tarps. I am bracing [...]
Monday, September 19, 2011
By Sharon Miller, CODEPINK San Francisco intern This morning, President Obama made some remarks on economic growth and deficit reduction. His remarks could have been worse, but they also could have been much, much better. I am glad that Obama acknowledged that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have cost US taxpayers lots and lots [...]
Friday, June 10, 2011
Personally, I think all federal budget debates are connected. Specifically, the Republicans want to slash spending for domestic priorities – that feels to me like the second half of the statement “Bring Our War $$ Home.” Our platform is not simply cut the military budget: we want money re-appropriated to human needs. Regardless of your [...]
Friday, June 19, 2009
In President Obama’s much-praised, criticized and analyzed speech in Cairo, he condescended at one point to lecture the Palestinians on their use of violence, contrasting it with the nonviolent strategy and tactics of African-American for their civil rights: “Palestinians must abandon violence. Resistance through violence and killing is wrong and does not succeed. For centuries, [...]
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
WHAT: Local taxpayers to gather outside of AIG New York offices, demand their fair $80 million share of sale WHEN: 12 p.m. TODAY (April 15) WHERE: AIG headquarters @ 70 Pine St., New York, NY NEW YORK CITY — AIG is selling its Manhattan offices here — and local taxpayers want their fair share of [...]
Friday, April 10, 2009
WASHINGTON — Representing the voice of millions of Americans and those worldwide, CODEPINK calls on Congress to reject President Obama’s outrageous request for an additional $83.4 billion to be spent on ineffectual, destabilizing, immoral wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite Obama’s campaign promise never to ask for war funding as a supplemental bill as opposed [...]
Thursday, September 22, 2011
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