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, June 10, 2009
Worldwide military spending on arms hit an all-time high last year, according to a new report. In 2008, over $1.4 TRILLION was spent on weapons in 2008. The United States is responsible for 42% of the spending, which is more than the next 14 countries combined. Not coincidentally, the US Congress continues to debate Obama’s Supplemental [...]
Thursday, May 21, 2009
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 [...]
Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Ariel Vegosen, a Jewish peace activist based in New York City and CODEPINKer, has been visiting Israel and Palestine for the past month and was there when Israel began its attack on Gaza. She wrote this piece on her experience from Tulkarem, Palestine: How do you stop a war? A genocide? A mass killing? First, [...]
Friday, January 2, 2009
On New Year’s Day, Deepak Chopra sends this letter to President-Elect Obama on how to create peace. Join CODEPINK in making a personal New Year’s Resolution for Peace here. 9 Steps To Peace for Obama in the New Year by Deepak Chopra You have been elected by the first anti-war constituency since 1952, when Dwight [...]
Friday, June 19, 2009
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