The alert had been out for three minutes when the phone rang. My assistant Mark answered, then turned to me and said, "The White House is calling."
Jodie Evans | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
Women's rights (which are, in fact, human rights) will never rise from a corrupt, fundamentalist government. We need to be supporting the voices of women to nurture change in Afghanistan.
Vivien Lesnik Weisman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact
Malalai Joya is the one-time youngest member of Parliament who has survived four assassination attempts on her life and routinely lambastes the Taliban, the Karzai government and President Obama.
Jodie Evans | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
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."
Jodie Evans | Posted 10.10.2009 | World
CODEPINK went to Afghanistan to hear what women there think about the push for more troops. And we found they want us to send doctors, teachers, engineers and business leaders, not more soldiers.
Jodie Evans | Posted 10.08.2009 | World
Militarism is a fire that is spreading across borders, and it will take the women of the world to force Obama and Congress to do the right thing and invest in the women instead.
Susan Sarandon | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics
This week, many of us took inspiration from Barbara Lee and used our own voices to speak out against our woefully misguided war in Afghanistan. As one woman, she spoke for many of us eight years ago.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
Regardless of which side of the religious and socio-political spectrum a child's parent or guardian is on, that child is innocent. Children are not billboards for hatred, malice and lies.
Ann Wright | Posted 09.11.2009 | World
For women who use cosmetic products, some companies provide a sharp reminder that we as citizens have a choice between supporting corporations that make products for war and occupation, or products for peace.
Jodie Evans | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics
Biden must invest his energy in calling for diplomacy, development, investment in infrastructure and accountability from the corrupt leaders in Afghanistan and Iraq that the US supports.
Medea Benjamin | Posted 08.07.2009 | World
"Can you believe this?" asked indigenous leader Berta Caceres. "Now they are killing our people. We need the international community to step in and stop the crazy people..."
Jodie Evans | Posted 07.25.2009 | World
An organized judicial and law enforcement system can provide people security and a sense that they are living in their own peaceful country and not in a jungle that has no rules.
Ann Wright | Posted 07.19.2009 | World
It is high time for the Obama administration to send US government officials to Gaza to figure out the mechanisms for getting the $300 million the US has allocated for reconstruction in Gaza to the people of Gaza.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 07.13.2009 | World
It was with enormous pleasure that I watched CODEPINK build a playground in Gaza, where children are spared the ravages of war to be as they should be: happy, joyous and free.
Jodie Evans | Posted 07.11.2009 | World
Money spent on military would be much better spent on infrastructure, jobs, and international partnerships. People don't have the tools the need to move toward a peaceful reality.
Medea Benjamin | Posted 07.05.2009 | World
The letter represents a significant development and an effort by Hamas to present a new face to the Western world.
Jodie Evans | Posted 06.25.2009 | World
Afghan women are calling on the Obama administration and Congress for a surge in doctors, teachers, and economic development for food security, job training and infrastructure.
Dawn Teo | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics
For the first time in decades (for many, the first time in their lives), a considerable number of peace activists trust the President of the United States.
Jodie Evans | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics
Mother's Day isn't really about Hallmark and Teleflora, but was a call for women to gather in "the great and general interests of peace."
Medea Benjamin | Posted 06.06.2009 | World
When is it too late to stop Israel from destroying itself? When is it too late to tell AIPAC attendees that more violence and hatred is not the answer?
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics
Larry Summers' address before the Economic Club in Washington D.C. on Thursday was interrupted for several minutes as a group of protesters jumped on ...
Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business
I started to ask my questions: "Why should taxpayers reward the failures of Wall Street? Why should we bailout Goldman Sachs?" but they cut off the stage mic.
Medea Benjamin | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics
Insulting someone in power is a legitimate form of non-violent resistance. The harm that could be inflicted by a shoe cannot be compared with harm inflicted by an unwarranted occupation that has resulted in the deaths and displacement of millions of Iraqis.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 04.09.2009 | World
Israel, which propagates its struggle for survival and its imminent danger as rationale for killing and imprisoning Palestinians, is promoted as a vacation oasis.
Medea Benjamin | Posted 03.21.2009 | World
When I traveled to Gaza last week, everywhere I went, a photo haunted me. I saw it in a brochure called "Gaza will not die" that Hamas gives out to vi...
Jodie Evans | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics