During my recent trip to Afghanistan, I never heard Afghans calling for a runoff election. Yes, they were furious that the U.S.-sanctioned election in August was fraught with fraud, and they knew (with the current election commission) only fraud could again result. Their hopes had been dashed on the rocks...

Last week, a long-term CODEPINK supporter phoned to invite me to dinner with Obama. She said, "You went to a war zone to learn what the women of Afghanistan want to say to Obama -- I want to make sure he gets the message." She told me she spent $30,000...

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Returning from my 10-day trip to Afghanistan, I pause. The United States has spent a quarter of a trillion dollars in 8 years of military action: what have we achieved? Most of the country is in worse condition, the bordering countries are less stable and death fills...

This article was originally posted on the Women's Media Center.

With the eighth anniversary of our invasion of Afghanistan nearing and a leaked letter from our general in Afghanistan that he wants another 40,000 troops before the funding for the last request of 21,000 has really been fully voted...

Disruption of the health care town hall meetings has triggered some rich debate about free speech in the U.S. In these discussions, CODEPINK has been referenced several times as the group that has most often tested the boundaries of free speech. Over the years, we've been chided and insulted by...

Vice President Biden dusted off a pair of Bush administration pom-poms and trotted out its best cheer for war last week: continued military effort and occupation in Afghanistan, he told the BBC, are in the U.S. and U.K.'s best interests as they're the only way to prevent another terrorist attack...

As the media continues to shine its spotlight on the death of celebrity Michael Jackson this week, so many other profound losses go unreported -- like those Afghan and Pakistani civilians killed by unmanned U.S. drones operated via remote control in the Nevada desert. Since 2006, we are told drone...

Not long after the statue of Saddam fell in Firdos Square, several CODEPINK women and I returned to Iraq. We'd first visited in February during the time Bush proclaimed, "The game is over" and announced his plans for "shock and awe." We'd learned then how much Iraqis loved Americans and...

As part of its mission to highlight and promote the stories and perspectives of Afghan women, CODEPINK has launched an ongoing series of print, audio and video interviews "Afghan Women Speak Out," conversations with leading international women activists and policymakers.

As part of its mission to highlight and promote the stories and perspectives of Afghan women, CODEPINK has launched an ongoing series of print, audio and video interviews "Afghan Women Speak Out," conversations with leading international women activists and policymakers.

For eight years, many Americans have justified the war in Afghanistan as a moral battle to protect Afghan women. But Afghan women tell another story: more U.S. war will bear them more suffering.

Three decades...

Women know that war is SO over. We know it in our hearts, in our guts, in our wombs. We know that the madness in Iraq and Afghanistan has to end, that we cannot keep sending our children to kill the children of mothers across the globe. Last month at...

"Yes We Can-Can start talking with Iran-ran...." Aside from our snappy new song to be debuted at the Inauguration (with some hot dance moves) we just launched our "Let's Talk" campaign with a citizen-diplomacy trip to Iran in November 2008, where we held meetings with officials and the people...

It sounds like a little boys' toy gun fight, a scuffle that, when the dust cleared, left six Afghan police and one civilian killed yesterday at the hands of shamed U.S. troops.

U.S. Special Forces opened fire Wednesday on the police near a Afghan police checkpoint, according to a U.S....

How much of your tax payment this year would you like to allocate for waterboarding in Iraq or an invasion of Iran?

Around the world, people are puzzled as to why the U.S. public allows the Bush administration to wage illegal wars and usurp our power. Why...

Last night was the kick-off dinner of Camp Casey III in Austin, Texas. It was inspiring to see the passion, energy and love from a group of people who really haven't stopped since they were brought to Crawford, Texas 20 months ago by the action of one woman, Cindy...

Even suffering from sunburns, fire ants, severe heat and humidity, the camp continues with a beautiful and growing spirit. At the press conference this morning Cindy announced the plans for a Bring Them Home Now Tour from Crawford to Congress. Three buses will leave Crawford on Wednesday heading out in...

The day started with the hustle and bustle of getting Camp Casey ready for Cindy’s return, and all those who would be following her in. Rosie O’Donnell called to offer her support, “what did we need?” Buses for the rally Saturday and flights for more families and Vets to join...

Cindy has been away taking care of her mother since late Thursday, but Camp Casey has continued to grow and flourish. We are now in Camp Casey II as we call it. The Vietnam Vet, cousin of the man who shot at us, gave us his piece of land right...

The day started very early, Amy Goodman arrived to broadcast Democracy Now from 7-8am and a local Air America station pitched their rig nearby for an 8-11 broadcast. Generators to power their equipment woke the camp before 6 and coffee didn’t arrive until much later, if at all. We held...