Washington DC—Groups opposed to war rallied outside the White House to condemn the Administration’s role in a military buildup in Europe and warned war between superpowers would come at great cost. Speakers questioned why the U.S. is involved in yet another conflict less than a year after the end of […]
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Washington, DC – Peace activists, bands, music, art and community unity made a perfect recipe for a peace festival on Mothers Day weekend at the White House on Saturday. The theme was creating a society free of violence so families could thrive. Several hundred took part in the event hosted […]
At the Washington, D.C. office of Senator Elizabeth Warren members of the peace and social justice movement CODEPINK converged and protested recent statements made by the Senator. “Why is Senator Warren, who stands up for the ‘little guy’ in the face of big banks and corrupt corporations in America, siding with big […]
Manufacturers of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, also known as drones, visited members of Congress today on Capitol Hill. Corporate members of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) put on a drone expo for representatives from the House Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus. Protestors from CODEPINK were on hand to greet […]
An Egyptian court sentenced 529 supporters of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi to death on March 24 for killing a police officer. Today protestors from CODEPINK took their objections to the Egyptian Embassy in Washington, DC: “The trial was clearly a sham and your government, which has jailed over 16,000 […]
by John Zangas Activist Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK Women for Peace, says she was detained overnight at Cairo International Airport on her way to join an international delegation of women traveling to Gaza. She claims that she was confined in a frigid cell there and beaten before being deported to […]
Activists protested outside the AIPAC’s 2014 annual policy conference in Washington, DC. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is a lobbying group that advocates pro-Israel policies to the President and U.S. Congress. Photos by Ted Majdosz: AIPAC threatened to sue CODEPINK for posting this parody video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBsePXQmMGI
Civil liberties activists were outside the Department of Justice on January 17, 2014 while President Obama addressed the nation about NSA surveillance reforms.
Anti-drone activists from around the country paid a visit to Senator Chuck Schumer’s office today to protest drone strikes in the Mideast, plastering pictures of drone victims on the office doors. They contend that unmanned aerial vehicles or drones kill innocent civilians and terrorize people living in targeted areas in […]
by Cool Revolution Activists from CODEPINK set up “camp” on an Independence Avenue sidewalk on Friday evening, just a few steps from the U.S. Capitol building. They had to clear out just a few hours later, but they’ll be back Saturday morning when their permit kicks in. After that, they […]
Medea Benjamin of CODEPINK made waves when she interrupted President Obama during his policy address at the National Defense University on May 23. 2013. Even the President said, “That woman is worth paying attention to.” Benjamin spoke to Cool Revolution about Obama’s speech on drone strikes in the Mideast and […]