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I am so deeply grateful to CODEPINK for always being there on the frontlines — for refusing tyranny and oppression and for always reminding us that there are alternatives to war. I am grateful for their wild creative spirit and their courage in bringing truth to power.
—V (formerly Eve Ensler
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Dear John,
As 2020 draws to a close, we know there is light at the end of this dark tunnel and we can leave behind much of the stress and exhaustion brought on by the Trump administration. Though it has been a year where things that divide us threatened to overtake everything else, we know that the power of our community has never shone brighter, giving clarity to our vision and goals, and determination to clear the path ahead.
The coming year is full of opportunity, and CODEPINK is already leading with a full-throttle charge for the peace agenda. Preventing warhawk Michèle Flournoy from becoming Biden's Secretary of Defense was a big win for CODEPINK and our partner organizations. Now, we are moving on to Biden’s next potentially vile appointment: torture apologist Mike Morell for director of the CIA.
From CODEPINK Capitol Hill Calling Parties hosted on Tuesday nights to weekly actions that ramp up pressure on the Biden administration to stopping the arming of rogue regimes and pursuing diplomacy instead of war — we’re already taking on some of the biggest foreign policy decisions the Biden administration will face this year. None of this is possible without your help. Will you chip in to help supercharge CODEPINK’s work in 2021?
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Joe Biden has promised to return our country to “normal.” But does “normal” mean kowtowing to weapons manufacturers, retaining bloated Pentagon budgets, continuing support for Israeli apartheid, imposing neoliberal policies on Latin America, and creating a new conflict with China? Does it mean endlessly appointing vile candidates like Michèle Flournoy and Mike Morell through the military-industrial complex’s revolving door?
Absolutely not! We have to redefine “normal” as a country that stops arming human rights abusers, acts like a good neighbor to Latin America, stops the new cold war with China, and ends wars and weapons for profit. That’s why in the coming year, CODEPINK will pull out all the stops to dramatically cut the Pentagon budget and redirect those funds to the needs of our people and planet!
And we’re not just focusing on ending wars in the Middle East. Our brilliant team has put forward a vision for how the US should treat its neighbors in Latin America called the Good Neighbor policy. Even Senator Bernie Sanders' office has sent us positive feedback on it! Now we’re gearing up to make this common-sense policy a reality, starting with normalizing relations with Cuba and lifting the crippling sanctions on Venezuela.
Will you help us push the Biden administration in 2021?
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And we’re not just pressuring Biden and Congress. Our divestment team is cooking up a plan to go hard on BlackRock this year and to end the ties between the Girl Scouts of America and the destructive weapons manufacturer Raytheon.
Recognizing the stranglehold of the toxic, male-dominated, military-industrial complex, we spent the past year gathering thinkers, educators, activists, and leaders from around the world to illuminate what a feminist foreign policy could look like. In 2021, we will continue hosting thought-provoking webinars with inspirational, forward-looking thinkers, working directly with Women’s and Gender Studies Departments in universities, collecting teaching tools in our Feminist Foreign Policy digital library, and pushing these feminist policies through the Progressive Caucus in Congress.
We thank you for engaging with us to change the culture of this country from a culture of war to a culture of peace!
Deep gratitude for all you do and give,
Angela, Ann, Ariel, Carley, Cody, Danaka, Emily, Farida, Jodie, Kelsey, Leila, Leonardo, Maxine, Mary, Medea, Michelle, Nancy, Paki, and Teri
PS: Join us in opposing torture apologist Mike Morell for CIA director here <[link removed]>; tell Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn to delete her racist tweet here <[link removed]>; and RSVP for our Tuesday Evening Capitol Hill Calling Party with Hanieh, Marcy, Medea and former CIA analyst John Kiriakou here <[link removed]>.
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