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Occupy Corporations: How to Cut Corporate Power

Bill Quigley | Posted 02.07.2012 | Politics

Read More: Common Cause, Multinational Corporations, Constitutional Amendment, MoveOn.Org, Corporations, Occupy Wall Street, Mitt Romney, Codepink, Corporate Personhood, People for the American Way, Citizens United, Politics News

The legal fiction of corporate personhood and the constitutional rights taken by corporations must cease.

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Occupy Wall Street, Faces Of Zuccotti Park: The Woman In Pink

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 12.01.2011 | Business

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Aipac, Video, Occupy Wall Street Movement, Melanie Butler, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Jodie Evans, Medea Benjamin, Occupy Wall Street, Donald Rumsfeld, Codepink, Occupywallst, Zuccotti Park, Business News

Melanie Butler was watching a news clip about Occupy Wall Street in late September when she noticed that all of the demonstrators talking to the repor...

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Obama Must Condemn Egyptian Military

Jodie Evans | Posted 01.21.2012 | World

Read More: Egypt Protests, Codepink, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Barack Obama, Tahrir, Egypt Epections 2011, Egypt Elections, Egypt Military, Egypt Riots, Egypt News, World News

As during the Mubarak era, the administration appears to believe that U.S. interests, including Egypt's peace accord with Israel, are more important than the lives of the Egyptian people.

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Why Is CODEPINK Part of the Occupy Movement?

Jodie Evans | Posted 01.21.2012 | Politics

Read More: 99%, Codepink, Women Occupy, Ows, Politics News

Whether we're marching for Healthcare not Warfare, leading a teach-in on the cost of war, or helping to create safe spaces for women's participation, our fabulous PINK team has been at the heart of this beautiful, burgeoning movement.

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Holding Hands to Surround the White House: Environmental Leaders Speaking at Green Festival L.A. Urge Action

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 01.05.2012 | Green

This Sunday, people will have the chance to hold hands surrounding the White House, and to ask President Obama to live up to his campaign promise to "end the tyranny of oil," by saying no to Tar Sands.

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From Liberty Square to Freedom Plaza Demand War Dollars Home

Jodie Evans | Posted 11.29.2011 | New York

Read More: October 2011, Iraq, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, New York, Liberty Park, Occupywallstreet, Iraq War, Occupy Wall Street, Codepink, Afghanistan War, New York News

CODEPINK has been in Wall Street camping out with other activists in Liberty Plaza because we know real change begins with direct action to challenge corporate greed and endless war.

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It Takes a Woman to Lead the Way to Peace: Mayor Kitty Piercy Leading the Way to Bring Our War Dollars Home

Jodie Evans | Posted 07.27.2011 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, u.s. Mayors Conference, Congress, Foreclosure Crisis, Mayor, Budget Cuts, Budget, Bring Our War Dollars Home, War, Economic Crisis, Pentagon Budget, Kitty Piercy, Eugene, Housing Crisis, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, US Mayors, Wall Street Crisis, Military, Federal Budget Deficit, Code Pink, Codepink, Financial Crisis, Budget Deficit, Defense Spending, Oregon, Politics News

We understand Congress is addicted to the military dollars spent in every Congressional district, but an economy built on death and destruction does not create a thriving community.

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Instead of Bombing Dictators, Stop Selling Them Bombs

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Cost of War, Medea Benjamin, Congress, Gaddafi, Afghanistan, War, Obama, Weapons, Libyan, Libya, Military, Army, Airstrikes, Egypt, United Nations, Saudi Arabia, Protest, Code Pink, Codepink, Operation Odyssey Dawn, Arab League, Un, Iraq, Politics News

If protecting civilians from evil dictators were the goal, there's an easier, safer way than aerial bombardment for the U.S. and its allies to consider: Simply stop arming and propping up evil dictators.

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From 'Liberation' to Occupation: 10 Reasons Iraq Was No Cakewalk

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Troops, Military, Army, Private Contractors, Paul Wolfowitz, Bradley Manning, Afghanistan, War, Code Pink, Codepink, Obama Administration, Obama, Iraq, Politics News

March 19 marks the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. At the onset, Ken Adelman predicted that "liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk." Eight years on, it's time to look back at that "cakewalk."

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Activists Stand Up for Bradley Manning -- and PJ Crowley

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Rights, Dod, State Dept, Department of Defense, PJ Crowley, Crime, Whistleblower, War, Obama, Bradley Manning, Quantico, Wikileaks, Virginia, Dc, White House, Human Rights, P.J. Crowley, State Department, Activism, Code Pink, Protest, Codepink, Hacker, Leaks, Hacking, Torture, Politics News

When we heard that P.J. Crowley had resigned as spokesman for the State Department after criticizing the Pentagon's treatment of suspected whistleblower Army private Bradley Manning, my CODEPINK colleagues and I knew we had to respond.

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Under Obama, Better to Commit a War Crime Than Expose One

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Medea Benjamin, Bradley Manning, Whistleblower, War, Julian Assange, Obama, Quantico, Wikileaks, Peace, Video, Army, Military, Conflict, Iraq War, Charles Davis, Codepink, Collateral Murder, Leaks, Politics News

Committing war crimes is more likely to get a solider a medal than a prison term. Manning would be far better off today if he'd killed those men in Baghdad himself.

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From Cairo to Madison: Hope and Solidarity Are Alive

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Codepink, Wisconsin, Egypt, Egypt Protests, Wisconsin Egypt, Egypt Revolution, Wisconsin Protests, Wisconsin Union Protests, Politics News

My travels from Cairo to Madison seem like one seamless web. An Egyptian held a sign in Tahrir Square saying "Egypt Supports Wisconsin Workers -- One World, One Pain." Solidarity is, indeed, a beautiful thing.

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Mubarak Mobs and Street Vendors: Welcome to Egypt

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Egypt Protests, Jan 25, Egypt, jan25, Tahrir Square, Code Pink, Codepink, Mubarak, Jan28, Jan 28, Peace, Barack Obama, Egyptian, Egypt Revolution, Day of Departure, Egypt Conflict, American Activists Egypt, World News

I was in the middle of buying some mints from a street vendor on Cairo's Talat Harb Street when the rocks started flying. He gave me one pack of mints, and all hell broke loose. "Run, run," people yelled at me.

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Dodging Teargas Canisters Made in the USA: CODEPINK's Peace Delegation Reports from Cairo's Tahrir Square

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Nationalism, Egypt Protests, Populism, Cairo, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Egyptian Protests, Codepink, Hosni Mubarak, Muslim, World News

My friend had a big gash in his head. "Please, help us tell the world what is happening. Tell them how we were viciously attacked," he said. "Tell them we will die here if we have to, but we will not turn back."

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Koch Brothers To Host Gathering Of Right-Wing Billionaires At Palm Springs Resort

Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: Slidepollajax, Common Cause, Robert Reich, Van Jones, David Koch, Ruckus Society, Americans for Prosperity, Courage Campaign, Charles Koch, Koch Industries, Codepink, Koch Brothers, Tea Party, Los Angeles News

Billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch are hosting their bi-annual secret gathering of right-wing billionaires at the Rancho Mirage Resort in Pal...

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State of the Union: Is President Obama Making the Grade?

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Civil Liberties, State of the Union, Israeli Settlements, Military, Afghanistan, Sotu, Tucson, War, Middle East, Codepink, Obama, Fbi Raids, Israel, Iraq, Politics News

At my organization we decided to take the alphabet soup of the Obama Administration's major policy decisions, crunch the numbers, and calculate where President Obama is and isn't making the grade.

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Ten Good Things (and More) to Celebrate in a Bad Year

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Women Politics, Women, Inspirational Women, Prop 19, Codepink, 2010 News, 2010 Review, Hummer Discontinued, Hummer, Women News 2010, Women Politics 2010, Electric Cars, Marijuana, Politics News

As we go into what will be a very difficult new year, as long as people keep organizing and mobilizing, there will be victories to celebrate. Here is a list of victories to be thankful for, starting with three inspirational women.

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To the LGBT Community: Now That You Can Join the Military, Please Don't!

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Iraq War, Politics, US Military, Military, Dadt Repeal, Sexual Orientation, LGBT Rights, Dadt, Codepink, Discrimination, Peace, Afghanistan War, Politics News

As we struggle to find a more civilized way to treat each other in this world, let us recognize the commonalities in the fight for LGBT rights and the fight to end war.

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Protests at the Future Site of the George W. Bush Library

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Library, Dallas, George W. Bush, Texas, Antiwar, Activism, Protest, Codepink, Events, Peace, Politics News

Over 100 peace activists showed up to protest, including New York City artist Laurie Arbiter, who helped organize a March of the Dead and carried a sign asking "Does America Have a Conscience?"

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Move W.'s Decision Points to the Crime Section

Jodie Evans | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

Read More: Decision Points, Codepink, Codepink Contest, George Bush, Bush Decision Points, Comedy News

Join us in moving Bush's memoir to the bookstore section it belongs in... Fiction, Fantasy, Crime, you decide!

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Jon Stewart Rally Represents Elitism, Consumerism, and Disrespect for the Progressive Movement

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Medea Benjamin, Sit Down Strike, Martin Luther King, Efca, Honeywell, Sanity Bus, The Daily Show, Arianna Huffington, Rally for Sanitry, Jezebel, Jon Stewart, David Cote, Codepink, The American Prospect, Richard Trumka, Organized Labor, Afscme, Politics News

Stewart's rally is not a political event aimed at informing grassroots progressive activists such as union members. It is an "entertainment event," in the tradition of Glenn Beck, aimed at increasing ratings so Comedy Central can make bigger profits.

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Blair Should Take a Journey to Jail

Jodie Evans | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Politics, Wmd, Nyc, Activism, Foreign Affairs, Tony Blair, Katie Couric, Protest, Nyc Events, Codepink, Iraq, Politics News

Last night Tony Blair was in conversation with Katie Couric at the 92nd St Y. What was really frightening to me, beyond the fear of being kicked out or arrested, was to be in an audience eating up his every word.

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Blackwater vs. Pinkwater: The Wife of Erik Prince Picks a Fight With CODEPINK

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Erik Prince, Mercenaries, Blackwater, Medea Benjamin, War, Xe, Codepink, Iraq, Politics News

Is Erik Prince, Blackwater's sole owner, now taking his profits, trying to sell his company and running away to the Emirates, a country that has no extradition treaty with the United States?

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Santana Rocks the 80th Birthday Tribute to Human Rights Icon Dolores Huerta: Si Se Puede!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: United Farm Workers, Dolores Huerta Foundation, Zack De La Rocha, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Secretary Hilda Solis, Codepink, Congressman Raul Grijalva, Democracy Now!, Los Angeles News

For some, the proposition of going "door to door and person to person to get good people elected," may sound like a very lofty goal. But it's not too lofty for Dolores Huerta.

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We Can't Miss This Opportunity

Jodie Evans | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Iraqi Refugees, Jodie Evans, Afghanistan, Economic Crisis, George W. Bush, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Codepink, Iraq, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Politics News

We started CODEPINK in an attempt to stop the war in Iraq. We need your help getting out the truth that the war has left Iraq in tatters, drained our resources and must not be repeated for years to come in Afghanistan.

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