Dear John,



You are invited to join our Tuesday CODEPINK CONGRESS Calling Party to mobilize for peace legislation! Chat with peacemakers and experts on November 2 at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET:



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Join CODEPINK Congress as we learn about the urgent campaigns to unfreeze Afghan and Venezuelan assets.



In the aftermath of the Taliban takeover, the U.S. has frozen nearly $10 billion in assets belonging to the Afghan central bank, the IMF has frozen the distribution of $450 million, and the World Bank has held back hundreds of millions in the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund. Afghan teachers have gone without pay since June, and hospitals are closing.



Simultaneously, U.S. sanctions have frozen billions in Venezuelan assets, and the country is struggling to obtain food, medicine, and space parts vital for electricity and water. The U.S. government recently kidnapped Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab after he attempted to circumvent deadly sanctions and appeal to Iran for help. We must call for the U.S. to unfreeze the assets!



Featuring



Medea Benjamin,co-founder of CODEPINK and founder of Unfreeze Afghanistan



Masuda Sultan, Afghan-American women’s rights activist and co-founder of All in Peace <[link removed]>, a coalition to bring the longest war in American history to a peaceful end



Leo Flores, CODEPINK’s Latin American coordinator, who served as the Senior Political Advisor in the Venezuelan embassy in Washington D.C. from 2017-2019 and more recently participated in Venezuela’s Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples, which brought together social movements from around the world



Take Action!



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Demand that the Biden administration and the World Bank release the funds to pay Afghan teachers & health workers!



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Google Group & Local Leaders



Join our CODEPINK Congress Google Group, a space for sharing events and actions. Request to be added here <[link removed]>!



Become a CODEPINK Congress liaison in your district to mobilize support for demilitarization and progressive foreign policy! Sign up here <[link removed]> as a volunteer organizer.



Finally, if you missed our last meeting, you can view it here <[link removed]> on YouTube. View the entire CODEPINK Congress archives here <[link removed]>.



Onward toward peace and justice,

Medea, Marcy, Hanieh, Shea, and the entire CODEPINK team















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