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  Ariel Gold, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 1, 2020 at 7:38 PM

It’s AOC vs. AIPAC — which side are you on?

CODEPINK - Communications This is it: AOC, Sanders, Jayapal, Tlaib, Pressley, and eight other members of Congress have sent a letter — endorsed by CODEPINK — calling to cut U.S. military funding to Israel if the state moves forward with formal annexation/apartheid. Send a…
  Nancy Mancias, CODEPINK · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 1:01 PM

🛑 Tasers

CODEPINK - Communications Tell Blackrock: stop investing in Tasers that police have used to kill thousands of Americans! Email Blackrock CEO Dear John, BlackRock loves to make a killing on killing: Over a thousand Americans have been killed by Tasers — 3…
  Ariel Gold, CODEPINK · [email protected]
June 26, 2020 at 2:38 PM

What will annexation mean?

CODEPINK - Communications In only five days the Israeli government will begin de jour annexation of large parts of the West Bank. Leveraging U.S. military aid isn’t novel. We did it to Israel in 1956, 1975, 1977, 1982, and even in 1991 under George Bush. Since we can’t ex…
  Leonardo · [email protected]
June 24, 2020 at 7:11 PM

Venezuela sues the UK over its gold!

CODEPINK - Communications Venezuela is suing the Bank of England over $1.2 million in gold that was frozen in January 2019. New evidence reveals that this was a political decision - contradicting the Bank’s own policy! Tell the Bank of England to release Venezuela’s gold…
  Ariel Gold, CODEPINK · [email protected]
June 23, 2020 at 5:54 PM

Biden said what???

CODEPINK - Communications BREAKING: We have gathered over 100 organizations, representing millions of Americans, to pen the following letter to the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. We’re urging him to adopt a just and principled policy in support of …
  Medea Benjamin · [email protected]
June 17, 2020 at 7:24 PM

Sanctions for receiving aid from Cuban doctors?

CODEPINK - Communications Trump ally Senator Rick Scott is calling for sanctioning countries that request aid from Cuba’s medical missions, including the teams fighting COVID-19 around the world! For Trump & friends, spreading lies is more important than saving lives…
  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]
June 15, 2020 at 7:33 PM

👮 💰 Want to defund the police? Do this too!

CODEPINK - Communications Congresswomen Barbara Lee, Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez, and Jayapal listened to YOU and made history by introducing a bill to cut the Pentagon budget by $350 billion. Now, will you help them make history and ask your representative to support Barba…
  Medea and Ariel, CODEPINK · [email protected]
June 11, 2020 at 1:02 PM

Is Saudi Arabia going to free Loujain?

CODEPINK - Communications In solidarity with Loujain al-Hathloul and all Saudi women, this week, we are asking Irene Natividad, president of the GlobeWomen Research and Education Institute and a Women 20 (W20) delegate to the 2020 G20 summit being hosted by Saudi Arabia,…
  Carley and Medea, CODEPINK · [email protected]
June 9, 2020 at 4:53 PM

Yes, Senator Cotton, that’s right

CODEPINK - Communications Did you see what far-right Senator Tom Cotton tweeted over the weekend? “What is next—disband the military?,” he wrote, incredulous about the momentum to defund the police. We say, hell yeah! Check out the Poor People’s Campaign Moral Budget, wh…
  Ariel Gold, CODEPINK · [email protected]
June 6, 2020 at 7:30 PM

Israeli weapons in Minneapolis?

CODEPINK - Communications Remember the drones that flew over Minneapolis right after the murder of George Floyd? Were you surprised? Well, you shouldn’t have been as Minnesota holds over $1.2 million in investments in Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems—t…
  CODEPINK DC · [email protected]
June 5, 2020 at 7:03 PM

Keep protests peaceful: defund the DC police!

CODEPINK - Communications The DC Council just postponed its Metropolitan Police Department budget hearing to solicit public input. Support peaceful protesters in DC by pushing for one of the key demands: defund the DC police! Dear John, Peaceful protests are getting …
  Marion Gray-Hopkins, Coalition of Concerned Mothers & CODEPINK · [email protected]
June 2, 2020 at 1:02 PM

My 19-year-old son was killed by police

CODEPINK - Communications My 19-year-old son was shot and killed by two Maryland police officers 20 years ago and nothing has changed. Contact your Senators immediately and tell them to support Shatz’s amendment to end the transfer of weapons of war into the hands of pol…
  leonardo@codepink · [email protected]
May 30, 2020 at 1:18 PM

Stop ICE from spreading COVID-19

CODEPINK - Communications Latin America is becoming the new epicenter of the pandemic and ICE is deporting people with Covid-19! There are bills in Congress to suspend ICE deportations and release detainees. Join the chorus of voices denouncing ICE’s cruelty! Dear J…
  Ariel, Jodie and Medea, CODEPINK · [email protected]
May 29, 2020 at 10:37 PM

For George and ALL Black Lives

CODEPINK - Communications Share your outrage! Dear John, The obscene execution of George Floyd on Monday night by the Minneapolis police has sparked an uprising not only in Minneapolis but around the country.  In addition to joining protests in your area, here are…
  Paki Wieland, CODEPINK · [email protected]
May 29, 2020 at 6:01 PM

I was there

CODEPINK - Communications I was one of the people, back in 1968, who heeded the call from Dr. King to travel to D.C. for the original Poor People’s Campaign National March on Washington. Now, as violence against black and poor communities remains on full display, I am co…
  Cody, CODEPINK · [email protected]
May 24, 2020 at 6:25 PM

Will you join Ilhan Omar?

CODEPINK - Communications Boeing and Lockheed Martin want to sell $2 billion in weapons to the Duterte regime in the Philippines. Will you join Ilhan Omar in calling on Congress to reject a $2 billion weapons sale to the Philippines?   ADD MY NAME Dear Jo…
  CODEPINK DC · [email protected]
May 22, 2020 at 6:56 PM

CODEPINK DC: Join the Peace Caravan!

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Join us in DC as we pivot to Peace on Memorial Day! The idea is to stay safe and be visible for PEACE.   From the simple to the sublime: Donate to our work for peace and get a Support the Peacekeeper bumper sticker. Download and print our…
  Medea & Ariel, CODEPINK · [email protected]
May 22, 2020 at 4:34 PM

I haven’t forgotten about Ali al-Nimr. Have you?

CODEPINK - Communications Ali al-Nimr, Jailed Saudi Protester As of tomorrow, Ali al-Nimr—imprisoned since the tender age of 17—will have been in prison for eight years, six of those on death row. He is one of thousands of political prisoners in Saudi Arabia, many of whom…
  Medea & Jodie, CODEPINK · [email protected]
May 21, 2020 at 7:30 PM

Are you joining the caravan for peace this weekend?

CODEPINK - Communications This “Memorial Day” take action so there are no more deaths to memorialize from war. Join us to organize caravans for peace and disarmament—so that we can achieve a global ceasefire and move America’s priorities from warfare to healthcare. …
  ariel@codepink · [email protected]
May 20, 2020 at 1:06 PM

Two wars with one naval interception?

CODEPINK - Communications Iranian trading ships are en route to Venezuela, but the Trump administration threatened to take “measures” against them and has several warships in the Caribbean. If the US Navy intercepts the ships, it would be a blatant act of piracy and coul…
  Ariel Gold, CODEPINK · [email protected]
May 18, 2020 at 8:04 PM

Aparthied soccer teams?

CODEPINK - Communications Netanyahu affirmed yesterday his plan to annex the West Bank, so we have to kick the boycott movement into high gear. Sign the petition and tweet at football/soccer superstar Raheem Sterling asking him not to sign with Puma as long as they suppor…
  Medea, Jodie, and Ariel, CODEPINK · [email protected]
May 12, 2020 at 4:42 PM

Dear Joe Biden

CODEPINK - Communications BREAKING: More than 50 national progressive, anti-war, and faith organizations, representing millions of Americans, have penned the following letter to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, urging him to adopt a principled, peaceful foreign…
  Ariel and Medea, CODEPINK · [email protected]
May 11, 2020 at 9:19 PM

This Friday will mark two years

CODEPINK - Communications While we may be feeling claustrophobic in our living rooms these days, women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been holed up in a Saudi prison since May 2018. This Friday marks two years exactly since her arrest. We have a plan to secure…
  Michelle Ellner, CODEPINK · [email protected]
May 10, 2020 at 4:04 PM

My Mothers Day Wish

CODEPINK - Communications The pandemic has clarified what it means to keep my young daughter and our country safe, which is not to build more bombs and warplanes, but to provide universal healthcare and to heal our planet. That’s why, on Mother's Day, I’m asking you to a…
  Michelle Ellner, CODEPINK · [email protected]
May 8, 2020 at 7:20 PM

Was Trump involved in the Venezuela terror plot?

CODEPINK - Communications Trump’s unfolding war on Venezuela escalated this week with the capture of 2 American mercenaries who took part in a failed terror plot. We need to stop this war before it gets worse and the first step is getting Congress to ask hard questions. …
  Nancy Mancias, CODEPINK · [email protected]
May 6, 2020 at 1:00 PM

BlackRock

CODEPINK - Communications Tell BlackRock: Stop Investing in Weapons! Add your name to the call and CODEPINK will pull out all the stops to make sure BlackRock hears our call. Dear John, Dozens of small children were packed into a school bus, coming back from a so…
  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]
May 5, 2020 at 3:32 PM

Cuban doctors began to arrive, without asking for anything in return

CODEPINK - Communications Selflessness, solidarity and working for the common good characterize what the Nobel Peace Prize should be about. These traits aptly describe Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade, which has saved over 80,000 lives since 2005 and is c…
  Medea and Ariel, CODEPINK · [email protected]
May 4, 2020 at 6:59 PM

Are we winning on the Saudi front?

CODEPINK - Communications Ali al-Nimr, Jailed Saudi Protester Thanks to the hard work of activists like you, John, Saudi Arabia has ended floggings and the sentencing of minors to death. And thanks to our friends at Freedom Forward, we have another victory: the first woma…
  Medea and Jodie, CODEPINK · [email protected]
May 1, 2020 at 2:02 PM

Should your $$ bail out weapons companies?

CODEPINK - Communications Congress is meeting soon to discuss another COVID-19 stimulus package. Weapons manufacturers will have their lobbyists in the Capital requesting ‘billions and billions'.  Join with thousands of other voices on May Day to drown out the corporate …
  Leonardo Flores, CODEPINK · [email protected]
April 30, 2020 at 5:46 PM

A “medieval siege” in 2020?

CODEPINK - Communications According to UN special rapporteur Alfred De Zayas, the sanctions on Venezuela are “comparable with medieval sieges of towns.” That means they are cruel, deadly and completely immoral. Tell Congress to lift the sanctions on Venezuela! Dear …
  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]
April 29, 2020 at 6:58 PM

Detained by ICE because he is Iranian?

CODEPINK - Communications Arrested by the FBI in 2017 when he traveled legally to the U.S. to visit his daughters, Iranian scientist Dr. Asgari has now contracted COVID-19 in ICE custody. In addition to supporting an emergency lawsuit for him and 16 other medically vulne…
  Sima Shakhsari, CODEPINK · [email protected]
April 27, 2020 at 3:33 PM

Iranians will never forget this

CODEPINK - Communications As an Iranian-American, I worry every day about my family and the people of Iran. Will you help call on Congress to pressure Trump? Already, there is a lot of momentum. Senators Feinstein, Sanders, and Warren, and Reps Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley, O…
  Leonardo Flores, CODEPINK · [email protected]
April 23, 2020 at 1:43 PM

A new Good Neighbor Policy

CODEPINK - Communications Trump is beating the war drums with Venezuela and needlessly crippling Cuba with sanctions — more than ever we need to revive FDR’s Good Neighbor Policy to bring peace and cooperation with Latin America. Click to add your support — this will onl…
  Ariel Gold, CODEPINK · [email protected]
April 22, 2020 at 3:40 PM

He imprisoned a princess?

CODEPINK - Communications It’s been over a year now since Saudi Crown Prince, MbS, threw his cousin, Princess Basmah bint Saud, in prison for advocating for women’s rights and reforms in Saudi Arabia. Somehow, from the depths of the brutal Al-Ha'ir prison, Princess Basma…
  Nancy Mancias, CODEPINK · [email protected]
April 21, 2020 at 1:01 PM

Stop this Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

CODEPINK - Communications BlackRock is taking advantage of world economies suffering from the outcomes of the coronavirus to further consolidate global power. We must tell the Fed Chair Jerome Powell to stop BlackRock from exploiting taxpayer funds to its advantage!  …
  Jodie Evans, CODEPINK · [email protected]
April 20, 2020 at 7:52 PM

A second cold war?

CODEPINK - Communications Biden just released a disgusting video full of lies about China. His attempts to out-Trump Trump on China bashing are shameful and dangerous. Tell Biden to take down his hateful video and show us what a peace president would look like. Right now…
  Leonardo Flores, CODEPINK · [email protected]
April 16, 2020 at 1:01 PM

Is Congress fighting Venezuela instead of Covid-19?

CODEPINK - Communications Two weeks ago, Trump deployed dozens of Navy ships and aircraft, as well as thousands of troops, just off Venezuelan waters in the middle of a pandemic. Nobody in Congress has said a word about this dangerous maneuver! Tell Congress that the U.S…
  Jodie and Medea, CODEPINK · [email protected]
April 15, 2020 at 1:03 PM

80 million an HOUR for war?

CODEPINK - Communications We spend $740 billion on the Pentagon Budget. This Tax Day, tweet at your Congress person to tell them to #DivestFromWar and invest in social programs like universal healthcare! Tweet Now! Dear John, Here’s a startling statistic: since t…
  Ariel Gold, CODEPINK · [email protected]
April 10, 2020 at 6:01 PM

Did the U.S. just send 1M medical masks to Israel???

CODEPINK - Communications One million masks for Israel’s occupation rather than for U.S. healthcare workers on the frontlines??? Tell NY Governor Cuomo to investigate and join us on Monday, April 13 for a conversation live from Bethlehem with Palestinian activist, social…
  CODEPINK DC · [email protected]
April 9, 2020 at 1:01 PM

CODEPINK DC: Save Lives!

CODEPINK - Communications Hello Peacemakers, Here is a way to engage in action this morning, April 9, 10AM-11AM EST: Join with our global community to say #EndSanctionsSAVELIVES.  Below are some tweets. Make sure to include #EndSanctionsSaveLives and @codepink so we can retw…
  Leonardo Flores, CODEPINK · [email protected]
April 5, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Fake drug charges & $55M in bounties as Trump turns up heat on Venezuela

CODEPINK - Communications The Trump administration just indicted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and thirteen others on “narco-terrorism” charges and is offering $55 million in bounties for them. $55 million could buy a lot of ventilators, but Trump would rather spen…
  Leila Zand and Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]
April 3, 2020 at 4:02 PM

Are you available this Sunday?

CODEPINK - Communications Our appeals are having an impact. AOC, Sanders, and others in Congress have sent a letter to the Trump administration demanding the sanctions on Iran be lifted. Join me and other Iranian-Americans this Sunday for a discussion. RSVP now! RSVP N…
  Medea & Leonardo, CODEPINK · [email protected]
April 2, 2020 at 3:24 PM

EMERGENCY: Trump wants a war during COVID19!

CODEPINK - Communications Trump just hijacked a COVID19 press conference to announce he deployed the Navy to Venezuela to start a war. What does COVID19 have to do with Venezuela? Nothing, and it’s risking a horrific outcome for the Venezuelan people, U.S. troops, and th…
  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]
April 1, 2020 at 6:01 PM

Fight COVID-19, not each other

CODEPINK - Communications Never before has the rallying cry, “Healthcare Not Warfare,” been more critical than today. That’s why UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is pleading for a global ceasefire. “The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war,” Guterres said.…
  CODEPINK · [email protected]
March 31, 2020 at 7:50 PM

We’re trying something new...

CODEPINK - Communications Join us this week as we begin streaming CODEPINK webinars on YouTube Live!  SUBSCRIBE TO CODEPINK Dear John, The coronavirus knows no nationalities, ethnicities or borders. So why is the Trump administration dead set on isolating the U.S…
  CODEPINK Divest · [email protected]
March 30, 2020 at 10:18 PM

How can we eliminate the coronavirus & nuclear weapons?

CODEPINK - Communications The US spends $35.1 billion on nuclear weapons which can help pay for 35,000 ventilators. Sign the petition to end nuclear weapons: Dear John, The coronavirus has exposed a grossly underfunded healthcare system as being ill-equipped to figh…
  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]
March 26, 2020 at 2:20 PM

Let’s talk to Trita Parsi

CODEPINK - Communications Two important things: 1. Join the webinar discussion today at 2pm ET with Trita Parsi 2. Tell your Reps in Congress to join the AOC, Bernie Sanders letter calling for an immediate lifting of Iran sanctions to help ordinary Iranians fight the COV…
  Leonardo Flores, CODEPINK · [email protected]
March 25, 2020 at 5:25 PM

Why is Twitter undermining Venezuela’s COVID-19 response?

CODEPINK - Communications In the past week, Twitter has suspended the accounts of over 40 Venezuelan institutions, journalists and politicians, including the Health Ministry and the Vice President (pictured above). Can you imagine the uproar if Twitter had blocked the CD…
  Medea, Jodie, and Ariel, CODEPINK · [email protected]
March 24, 2020 at 2:08 PM

Boeing expects to rake in HOW MUCH from COVID-19???

CODEPINK - Communications An economic rescue package of close to $2 trillion sounds terrific, but do you know that who it might be bailing out? Tell the Senate only to vote for economic rescue packages that bail out people, not corporations. #NotDyingForWallStreet …
  Ariel Gold, CODEPINK · [email protected]
March 22, 2020 at 8:53 PM

EMERGENCY: The Coronavirus has entered Gaza

CODEPINK - Communications This is an emergency. The first two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the besieged Gaza Strip. Join the webinar tomorrow to hear from Palestinians on the ground and from Geri Haynes, who returned from Gaza two weeks ago. Tell Congress,…