Jodie Evans

Saki Knafo

Where Does Gov. Jerry Brown Stand On Occupy Wall Street?

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: California, Governor Jerry Brown, Pepper Spray, Occupy Oakland, Jerry Brown Occupy, Occupy Sacramento, Occupy Movement, Robert Cruishank, California Budget, Occupy Berkeley, Jodie Evans, Occupy Wall Street, Jerry Brown, Ted Lieu, UC Davis, California Taxes, San Francisco News

In mid-November, a group of demonstrators aligned with the Occupy movement held a rally outside a Sacramento loft building in an attempt to capture th...

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Saki Knafo

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 12.01.2011

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

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: White House, Bill Mckibben, Sustainable Food, David Korten, Alison Rose Levy, Amy Goodman, John Perkins, Green Living, Green Energy, Green Food, Green America, Tar Sands, Codepink, Dolores Huerta, Green Festival, Xl-Keystone-Pipeline, Jodie Evans, Sustainability, Climate Change, Fair Trade, Hill Harper, Atossa Soltani, Marianne Williamson, Jesse Carmichael, Nutiva, Green News
Alison Rose Levy

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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Art for Social Justice: re:FORM Art Event in Los Angeles

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art, Social Change, Drug War, Ed Ruscha, Artists, Drugs, Kenny Scharf, Civil Rights, Drug Policy Alliance, Jodie Evans, Code Pink, Marijuana, Los Angeles News
Anthony Papa

Few public policies have undermined social justice for so long and to such an extent as the drug war. The re:FORM event is inspired by artists who have used art as a vehicle for social change.

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We Can't Miss This Opportunity

Jodie Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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Thank the President for Waking the Sleeping Giant

Jodie Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama, Afghanistan, Codepink, Jodie Evans, Politics News
Jodie Evans

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."

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Delivering a Message to Obama -- from the Women of Afghanistan

Jodie Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Codepink, Women, Obama, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Jodie Evans, Code Pink, Politics News
Jodie Evans

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."

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The Most Famous Woman in Afghanistan

Vivien Lesnik Weisman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Malalai Joya, Afghan Warlords, Obama, Cia Afghan Warlords, Afghanistan War, A Woman Among Warlords, Obama-US-Troops-Afghanistan, Jodie Evans, Drug Lords, Codepink, Afghan Occupation, The New Great Game, Rawa, Impact News
Vivien Lesnik Weisman

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.

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No Stone Unturned

Jodie Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Codepink, Gaza Freedom March, Jodie Evans, World News
Jodie Evans

I went to Mrs. Mubarak's offices at the Women's International Peace Movement to ask for her help again in opening the border of Gaza for our delegation.

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Stop U.S. Meddling; Support Afghan Women at the Table

Jodie Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Codepink, Democracy, Afghanistan, Peace, Jodie Evans, US Afghanistan, Malalai Joya, Hamid Karzai, Women's Rights, Afghanistan-Parliament, John Kerry, Politics News
Jodie Evans

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.

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US Citizen Diplomats Arrive In Iran, Invited By Ahmadinejad

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, War, George W. Bush, Medea Benjamin, United Nations, Iraq, Foreign Service, Peace, Iraq War, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Colonel Ann Wright, Jodie Evans, Peace and Social Justice Groups, Codepink, President of Iran, Citizen Diplomats, Iranians, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

President-elect Obama, Iranians are wonderful people. They don't deserve harm.

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McCain's Misogyny & Fear Keep Palin On Tight Leash!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, John McCain, Acceptancs Speech, Convention, Democrat, Acceptance Speech, Submission, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Mile High Stadium, Rnc, Jodie Evans, Codepink, Taliban, Invesco Stadium, Sarah Palin Vice President, Dnc, Enough, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

I've seen rampant militarism bankrupt every sector of this nation - from its tangible infrastructure to its intangible soul.

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Pelosi Gets "Booked" & Confronts Her Own Past

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Impeachment, Know Your Power, George W. Bush, Section 2, Speaker of the House, Marcy Winograd, Cindy Sheehan, Dick Cheney, Article 1, Jodie Evans, Nancy Pelosi, Jerry Brown, Codepink, Iraq, The Constitution, American Jewish University, Vincent Bugliosi, The Way of the World, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Ron Suskind, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

For a woman who was once at the cutting edge of social progressivism, Nancy Pelosi has lost her way. She has strayed from her former social consciousness into the malaise of power.

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