In the kitchen the other night, I was thinking about my nephew, the Marine lieutenant, and suddenly these words flashed through my mind: “I want him to come to my funeral. I don’t want to go to his funeral.” A few years ago, when my family gathered for my father’s funeral, the only thing that [...]
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The 2006 death of 14 year old Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi was shrouded in mystery due to a deeply corrupt military cover up. Dedicated journalists (like those at Women’s Media Center) have helped to keep this story and Abeer’s memory alive–read the latest here. As the last man accused stands trial, we learn more about [...]
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
(Retired) Col. Ann Wright gave an amazing interview to Laura Flanders on GRITtv this morning, describing her trip to Gaza last week with Medea Benjamin and LA activist Tighe Barry. She discusses waiting on the Egyptian border with engineers and doctors, meeting with aid groups there and witnessing the damage and the devastating effect of [...]
Sunday, February 1, 2009
John Tirman, executive director of MIT’s Center for International Studies, posted this piece Friday on The Nation.com on the human cost of war. It’s incredibly sobering: about one million dead, 4.5 million displaced, one to two million widows, and five million orphans. Tirman writes: “By any sensible measure, it would be difficult to describe this [...]
Monday, November 24, 2008
Linda Milazzo, author, journalist and friend to CODEPINK based in Los Angeles, posted this great piece on AlterNet this weekend about Jodie, Medea and Col. Ann Wright’s diplomacy visit to Iran this week, facilitated and arranged by interfaith group Fellowship for Reconcilliation. Iranian President Ahmadinejad assured them during a meeting with him last month in [...]
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Despite the charming image in the upper left corner, this blog Meaningful Distractions has an amazing, dead-on analysis of yesterday’s New York Times (at least, the analysis the creators hoped readers would make).The author writes: Yes, it’s a big, enormous, all-encompassing title, but it deserves it. I’d like to give everyone involved a big hug [...]
Thursday, May 21, 2009
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