Dear John,

On February 2nd, CODEPINK CONGRESS will feature US-Russia expert John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, and journalist Aaron Maté, host of the podcast Pushback for The Grayzone.

Feffer & Maté will join CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK CONGRESS coordinator Marcy Winograd, and Muslim Delegates and Allies president Hanieh Jodat Barnes. Join us Tuesday, February 2!

John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, is the author of Aftershock: A Journey into Eastern Europe’s Broken Dreams. Feffer has worked as an international affairs representative in Eastern Europe and East Asia for the American Friends Service Committee.

Aaron Maté is a NYC-based journalist and producer. He hosts the news show Pushback for The Grayzone and writes regularly for The Nation. Previously, he was a longtime producer at Democracy Now! and a producer at Al Jazeera English.

Following our guests’ presentations and Q & A, we will host our Capitol Hill Calling Party to urge President Biden to embrace a No First Strike nuclear policy and oppose the modernization of our nuclear arsenal. RSVP now!

Summary of our last meeting on January 26: We were joined by two Iran experts, Trita Parsi, an author and founder of the National Iranian American Council, and Negar Mortazavi, a journalist and political analyst. We discussed possibilities for US-Iran relations under Biden and how to ensure a speedy reentry into the Iran nuclear deal. Watch here, and contact the Biden administration demanding re-entry into the JCPOA and appointment of Rob Malley, a peace-minded Special Envoy to Iran!

Finally, we invite you to join our CODEPINK Congress Google Group, a space for sharing events and actions and having meaningful discussions. Request to be added here!

Onward toward peace and justice,
Medea, Marcy, Hanieh, and the entire CODEPINK team

P.S. CODEPINK is hiring! Check out our open positions!

P.P.S. Check out our weekly CODEPINK podcast on Spotify!