Enas Alsaffadi, CODEPINK · [email protected]

November 6, 2019 at 8:20 PM

Investing in a brutal regime?

CODEPINK - Communications Jane Fonda and Jodie Evans arrested during "Fire Drill Friday" actions in D.C. to address climate change, November 1, 2019. Dear John, While CODEPINK has been joining Jane Fonda’s weekly actions for the climate, 11,000 scientists in 153 countries ha…

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  CODEPINK DC · [email protected]

October 31, 2019 at 8:00 PM

Upcoming CODEPINK DC events, Join Jane Fonda and more!

CODEPINK - Communications Hi John, Fire Drill Friday Upcoming Rallies What: Fire Drill Friday Rally When: November 1st and 8th at 11am Where: South East Lawn of the capitol building, near the intersection of 1st St. and Independence Ave SE RSVP Here for November 1! RSVP …

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  Ariel Gold, CODEPINK · [email protected]

October 31, 2019 at 6:04 PM

$91million investment in Israeli apartheid?

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, AXA, the second-largest insurer in the world, invests $91 million in companies which enable (and profit from) Israeli apartheid against Palestinians. This includes weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems, the top weapons supplier to the Israel…

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  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]

October 29, 2019 at 6:04 PM

Stop Creating More Baghdadis

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Over the weekend the news broke that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a US raid in Syria. The US might be good at killing terrorists, but we are even better at creating them. The US invasion of Iraq led to the creati…

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  CODEPINK · [email protected]

October 23, 2019 at 6:28 PM

Boycott PUMA, End Apartheid!

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Did you know that sportswear manufacturer PUMA is the main sponsor for the Israeli Football Association (IFA)? The IFA maintains football clubs in illegal Jewish-only Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The IFA is in belligerent breach o…

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  Michelle Ellner, CODEPINK · [email protected]

October 17, 2019 at 6:04 PM

Your tax dollars to a phony government?

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Our taxpayer money is being used to pay the salaries of Venezuelan politicians! USAID (the United States Agency for International Development) announced that it will divert $41.9 million in aid funds allocated to Central America and instea…

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  Jane Fonda, CODEPINK · [email protected]

October 11, 2019 at 1:03 PM

Hi, I’m Jane Fonda and let’s do this!

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Inspired by the Swedish student, Greta Thunberg, the student strikers and Naomi Klein's new book "On Fire: The Burning Case for the Green New Deal," I have decided to upend my life, leave my comfort zone and move to Washington, D.C. for fo…

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  Medea and Ariel, CODEPINK · [email protected]

October 7, 2019 at 5:44 PM

Will music stop the war in Yemen?

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Last week we asked you to take action to ask finance companies to pull out of the Saudi investment event, Davos in the Desert. But that isn’t the only upcoming venue to be hosted in the repressive murderous state of Saudi Arabia. This Dece…

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  Medea Benjamin · [email protected]

October 6, 2019 at 3:01 PM

Would you like to join me in Cuba this December?

CODEPINK - Communications November 20, 2018 Dear John, I want to personally invite you to travel with me to Cuba from December 14-21 (or December 14-18 if you can’t stay that long). We at CODEPINK set these dates to commemorate better times, when President Obama restored diplomatic rela…

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  Maya and the CODEPINK Divest team · [email protected]

October 4, 2019 at 4:00 PM

Divest from War Coalition October Digest

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Divest from the War Machine coalition, you make us proud! Read on to learn what our friends across the U.S. have been up to. Divesting from the war machine can happen anywhere our public and private dollars are invested in the companies wh…

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  Nancy and Medea, CODEPINK · [email protected]

October 2, 2019 at 4:06 PM

Did Jamal Khashoggi die in vain?

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Today marks one year since the brutal murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the hands of Saudi Arabia, and the brutal regime is showing no shame as they try to sweep Khashoggi’s memory under the rug. At the end of this mo…

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  CODEPINK, DC · [email protected]

September 30, 2019 at 6:30 PM

Vigil Marking the One Year Anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder

CODEPINK - Communications Hi John, At 1:14pm on October 2, 2018 Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul and was never seen alive again. Join CODEPINK, CAIR, American Muslims for Palestine and Nonviolence International as we mark the first …

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  Leonardo Flores, CODEPINK · [email protected]

September 30, 2019 at 6:00 PM

As the UK freezes gold, Venezuelans die

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, The Trump administration is seeking to pressure European countries to impose sanctions on Venezuela. While it is unclear what impact such sanctions could have – since the U.S. sanctions already target European companies doing business with…

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  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]

September 24, 2019 at 6:30 PM

Is France going to help Trump attack Iran?

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Trump is playing with fire in his escalating attacks on Iran—ratcheting up sanctions even further, sending more troops and weapons to the region, condemning Iran’s “blood lust” at the United Nations. We are dangerously close to war with Ir…

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  Medea and Jodie, CODEPINK · [email protected]

September 22, 2019 at 3:04 PM

CODEPINK is Setting Sail for Cuba!

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Community organizing is tough and sometimes you just need a break. Luckily, this December, CODEPINK is offering you the opportunity to witness the impacts of U.S. foreign policy and visit a Carribean island at the same time!  Get more info…

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  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]

September 16, 2019 at 6:22 PM

Did MBS just become the US Commander in Chief?

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, This feels like deja vu. Back in the early 1990s, during the first gulf war, our slogan was “No Blood for Oil.” Now Trump says the US is “locked and loaded,” prepared to carry out a military strike on Iran in retaliation for an attack on S…

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  Carley, CODEPINK · [email protected]

September 13, 2019 at 4:09 PM

My future depends on this

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, I’m 26 and I believe addressing climate change is one of the most important challenges of my generation. Did you know that the U.S. Military is the world’s largest consumer of carbon and causes more pollution than 140 countries combined? Y…

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  Ariel and Medea, CODEPINK · [email protected]

September 11, 2019 at 5:59 PM

No Amusement Parks for Starving Yemeni Children

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Six Flags, a US company that is the world’s largest theme park operator, has unveiled designs to open an amusement park in the Saudi Arabian city of Qiddiya. While the Saudi Six Flags park is scheduled to open in 2023, Saudi Arabia’s thril…

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  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]

September 10, 2019 at 6:26 PM

Today 5pm at the White House, Celebrate Bolton's Firing!

CODEPINK - Communications What: Celebrate Bolton's Firing & Rally for Diplomacy!When: Tuesday, September 10, 5pm-6pmWhere: White House, Washington DC, 10007 Dear John— Four months ago in May, we cajoled Donald Trump into sending out the email below about firing John Bolto…

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  Ariel and Ursula, CODEPINK · [email protected]

September 4, 2019 at 6:02 PM

Looking for one brave Congress member

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Every two years, The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) takes groups of newly elected members of Congress on a delegation to Israel to see a one-sided view of the political situation facing Israelis and Palestinians. These ju…

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  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]

September 3, 2019 at 6:25 PM

Do you have a moment? This is important

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Four Democrats in Congress are holding an enormous amount of power right now. Senator Jack Reed, Senator Chuck Schumer, Representative Adam Smith, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi will help determine which amendments make it into the final veto-pr…

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  Teri Mattson, CODEPINK · [email protected]

August 30, 2019 at 3:30 PM

What was Nancy Pelosi doing in Honduras?

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Since they swam to the Honduran shore as refugees from shipwrecked boats carrying kidnapped Africans to be forced into slavery, the Garifuna people have had a vibrant and resilient matriarchal culture. They have struggled for hundreds of y…

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  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]

August 28, 2019 at 5:30 PM

A surprise for Trump in France could be the start of...

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, This past weekend at the G7 summit in France, Donald Trump had quite the surprise. On Sunday, at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif flew in. He participated in a three-and-…

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  Ariel and Medea, CODEPINK · [email protected]

August 21, 2019 at 6:01 PM

She refused Saudi Arabia’s offer

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, It has been almost a year and a half now since Saudi women's rights activist Loujan al-Hathloul and other activists for women’s rights have been languishing in prison, enduring horrific conditions—beatings, waterboarding, electroshock, sex…

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  Ariel Gold, CODEPINK · [email protected]

August 19, 2019 at 6:02 PM

Welcome to Israel, check your free speech & dignity at the door

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Last week was political whiplash. After Israel’s Ambassador to the US has announced formally that Representatives Tlaib and Omar would not have trouble entering Israel, and as Rashida Tlaib's family in the West Bank village was busy prepar…

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  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]

August 15, 2019 at 5:36 PM

44 children, gone

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, This afternoon we were in the United States Senate holding a vigil. It’s been one year since a US-made bomb was dropped by Saudi Arabia on a school bus in Yemen, killing 44 children. The young children were on a field trip to celebrate gra…

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  CODEPINK DC · [email protected]

August 13, 2019 at 6:00 PM

DC August 15: Vigil for Peace in Yemen

CODEPINK - Communications Hi John, On the one year anniversary of the  infamous Yemen school bus bombing, join us to protest the US continued support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen. In August 2018, US-supplied bombs killed 40 Yemeni children on a summer outing in a school bus…

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  CODEPINK DC · [email protected]

August 9, 2019 at 9:12 PM

DC August 10: Denounce Full Blockade of Venezuela!

CODEPINK - Communications Hi John, What: Emergency Protest against Venezuela Blockade When: Saturday, August 10 at 12PM Where: The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. D.C. 20500 RSVP Here Contact: [email protected] EMERGENCY RESPONSE! Join CODEPINK at the Global Day of Pro…

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  Jodie Evans, CODEPINK · [email protected]

August 8, 2019 at 6:07 PM

Listen to the students

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Yesterday, Trump’s visits to El Paso and Dayton brought him face-to-face with protestors — common people who want common-sense gun reform rather than another round of thoughts and prayers. This latest mass shooting saw the deaths of 31 peo…

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  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]

August 7, 2019 at 6:09 PM

Did Saudi women just become free?

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, We applaud the recent breakthrough for Saudi Arabian women, who were finally granted the rights to obtain passports and travel (if 21 years of age or over), register births and deaths, and obtain family identification cards without the nee…

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  Ariel and Ursula, CODEPINK · [email protected]

August 1, 2019 at 6:31 PM

21 members of Congress

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, On Monday, the news came in from Canada: wine from grapes grown in illegal settlements — or any settlement products — will no longer be able to carry the label “made in Israel.” This is exciting news and follows a massive shift in the U.S.…

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  Medea, CODEPINK DC · [email protected]

July 31, 2019 at 12:15 PM

#DemDebates DC watch party LOCATION CHANGE

CODEPINK - Communications Hi John,  What: 2020 Democratic Debates Watch PartyWhen: TONIGHT Wednesday, July 31, 2019 8pm (come a few minutes early)Where: The Pink House, 1241 Evarts Street, NE LOCATION CHANGE -- no longer at Busboys and Poets -- join us tonight at the Pink Hou…

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  CODEPINK Divest Campaign · [email protected]

July 30, 2019 at 5:18 PM

Don’t take the money

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, As tens of thousands of migrants flee from war, poverty, and violence, General Dynamics is profiting from migrant private prisons. The sixth-largest weapons manufacturer has taken a government contract to provide “social services” to migra…

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  Ariel and Ursula, CODEPINK · [email protected]

July 25, 2019 at 6:13 PM

Where will they go?

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, On Monday, the world once again witnessed Israeli war crimes — this time in the East Jerusalem Wadi al-Hummus neighborhood of Sur Baher. Israeli construction crews, accompanied by hundreds of soldiers, demolished more than a dozen apartmen…

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  CODEPINK · [email protected]

July 24, 2019 at 11:23 PM

Thank you for following CODEPINK!

Dear John, Thank?you?for?following CODEPINK, a women-led peace organization that has been working (and playing, and traveling) since fall 2002 to end U.S. wars and?advocate?for a better world for all.? You?will receive a weekly national alert, and depending on which campaign and/or geographical?…

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