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  Nancy Mancias, CODEPINK · [email protected]
September 12, 2020 at 10:00 AM

I was in Beirut to share our love & solidarity

CODEPINK - Communications Sarah, one of our Local Peace Economy partners, and me in Beirut. Dear John, I am back from Beirut, Lebanon, where I witnessed firsthand the devastation brought on by the August 4th port explosion, on top of a government that had already fai…
  Ariel Gold, CODEPINK · [email protected]
September 4, 2020 at 4:56 PM

Why are Trump and Bibi so afraid of the ICC?

CODEPINK - Communications Add your name now to our letter of apology to ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for the nefarious and shameful actions of the Trump administration. Once we collect 5,000 signatures, we will deliver the letter to attorney Bensouda. ADD …
  Leonardo, CODEPINK · [email protected]
September 3, 2020 at 2:04 PM

Tell Biden and Trump to bury the Monroe Doctrine

CODEPINK - Communications Join 100 organizations in calling on the next president, whether it’s Biden or Trump, to end the Monroe Doctrine and adopt a real Good Neighbor policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean! ACT NOW! Dear John, One thing we l…
  Ariel Gold, CODEPINK · [email protected]
August 30, 2020 at 12:56 PM

TODAY IN ONE HOUR, 10am EST, join the conversation live from Gaza—a COVID outbreak

CODEPINK - Communications John -- A COVID-19 outbreak is erupting in Gaza. Already, the besieged enclave is dealing with air strikes from Israeli warplanes, insufficient electricity, a lack of clean drinking water, and fragile healthcare system. Because of the blockade, Gaza o…
  Carley and the CODEPINK Divest team · [email protected]
August 29, 2020 at 1:01 PM

📣 Jane Fonda & Ben Cohen are divested from war!

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Did you hear? The City of San Luis Obispo voted unanimously to divest from weapons! Our movement is growing and we can help your city, school, and elected representatives divest from the war machine too! Sign up here and a CODE…
  Danaka Katovich, CODEPINK · [email protected]
August 25, 2020 at 6:08 PM

We’ll take a big tall glass of Yemen-aid, please.

CODEPINK - Communications Despite famine, pandemic, flooding, blockades, and brutal war, USAID hasn’t restored aid to Yemen. Contact Congress now and join me this Thursday at 5pm EST as I speak with Yemeni activist Dr. Shireen Al-Adeimi, and the founder and president of …
  Ariel and Carley, CODEPINK · [email protected]
August 19, 2020 at 6:02 PM

The fight to save the USPS is just starting!

CODEPINK - Communications The Postmaster general said they’ll postpone cuts to the USPS until after the election, all while Congress is considering handing the Pentagon another $30 billion. We can’t let them get away with trying to covertly defund one of our last remaini…
  Manal Tamimi, CODEPINK · [email protected]
August 18, 2020 at 6:02 PM

A bullet lodged next to my son’s heart

CODEPINK - Communications As an integral participant of the Palestinian resistance, I have been arrested and shot, lost family members, and had my sons kidnapped by soldiers in the middle of the night. Will you take a stand with me by supporting Rep. Betty McCollum’s ne…
  CODEPINK · [email protected]
August 14, 2020 at 5:01 PM

For Beirut with Love ❤️

CODEPINK - Communications Tell Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin: Don’t sanction Lebanon! Sign Our Petition Dear John, In the wake of the devastating, deadly explosion in Beirut, the Trump administration just announced it will be dealing another…
  Ariel Gold, CODEPINK · [email protected]
August 13, 2020 at 3:31 PM

We are winning but we need your help to keep it up

CODEPINK - Communications Fantastic news: Thanks to your pressure, Representative Brad Sherman — one of three candidates to replace Elliott Engel as chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — just flipped his stance and now supports conditioning US aid to Israel! The…
  Leonardo, CODEPINK · [email protected]
August 12, 2020 at 1:52 PM

Who watches Human Rights Watch?

CODEPINK - Communications Human Rights Watch published a misleading, error-filled report about Cuba’s medical missions that plays into the hands of the Trump administration’s campaign to label these brave doctors as slaves. Tell HRW to retract its report! ACT NOW…
  Leila and Ariel, CODEPINK · [email protected]
August 7, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Claim Your 🎥Movie Tickets 🍿— Let’s Learn About Iran

CODEPINK - Communications Dearest Peacemaker, COVID-19 has forced us to discover new ways to stay connected with one another. With Zoom dinners, birthdays, webinars, and concerts, we have adapted our abilities to connect. Now, join us on Zoom for an Iranian culture night a…
  Jodie Evans, CODEPINK · [email protected]
August 6, 2020 at 12:05 PM

⏰ 8:15 AM

CODEPINK - Communications On the 75th anniversary of the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, media like the New York Times and Washington Post are publishing hateful stories about China that could drive us towards a new Cold War. Join us in telling the New York Time…
  Carley, CODEPINK · [email protected]
August 4, 2020 at 5:37 PM

They’re doing it again, more💰for Raytheon!

CODEPINK - Communications 😡After approving a $741 billion Pentagon budget, Congress is now considering handing the Pentagon an estimated $30 billion in 💰EXTRA 💰 funding in the next COVID relief bill. Sign on to our petition to tell Congress: Bailout people NOT the Pentag…
  Ariel and Medea, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 30, 2020 at 2:13 PM

Loujain Turns 31 tonight — Join the #FreeLoujain party 🎂🎈🗣️

CODEPINK - Communications Tonight is Loujain al-Hathloul’s birthday – and we plan on celebrating! Help us flood social media with celebrations of Loujain’s life and work and demands for her freedom. Tweet and post #FreeLoujain on her birthday!   ACT NOW …
  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 30, 2020 at 2:01 PM

Tonight 5pm at the Saudi Embassy — #FreeLoujain

CODEPINK - Communications What: Drive-By the Saudi Embassy for Loujain al-Hathloul’s 31st Birthday #FreeLoujain When: Thursday, 5:00 - 7:00 PM ET Where: 601 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC Join the #FreeLoujain BDay social media Day of action  Dear John Tonight is Louja…
  Angela, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 28, 2020 at 7:34 PM

Thank you, and here's even more!

CODEPINK - Communications Dearest Peacemaker, Thank you for adding your name to the letter for Biden calling for a No First Use policy. Together we can stop the next Cold War and raise up that China is Not Our Enemy.  We will continue to create tools to help us all ta…
  Leonardo Flores and Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 27, 2020 at 1:38 PM

⚠️️URGENT time-sensitive opportunity to help alleviate Trump's cruel Cuba policy

CODEPINK - Communications This is exciting and we must act fast: We have a rare chance to hold — and win — two historic votes in Congress to roll back parts of U.S. sanctions on Cuba on food, medicines, and remittances. There will be a vote tomorrow, Tuesday to determine…
  Jodie Evans, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 23, 2020 at 1:10 PM

How 😨 Scary is this?

CODEPINK - Communications Join us in asking Presidential Candidate Joe Biden to commit to the No First Use of Nuclear Weapons Policy. ACT NOW Dear John, The same methods that were used to drive us to war in Iraq are right now being used to driv…
  Leonardo, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 22, 2020 at 8:42 PM

POSTPONED: DC Protest Against the Police State

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, Due to the flash flood warnings and thunderstorm, today's protest at the Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Washington, D.C. has been postponed until Saturday at 1 p.m. and relocated to the White House. What: March Against Tr…
  Leonardo, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 21, 2020 at 7:30 PM

Two protests in DC this week: Bolivia & the Police State!

CODEPINK - Communications   It’s been 8 months since the coup and massacres in Bolivia, let’s join local Bolivians today to demand new elections! And then on Wednesday, let’s fight the growing militarization of police here at home with a rally at the US CBP building! …
  Ariel and Carley, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 20, 2020 at 11:27 AM

😱 Sen. Schumer said WHAT?

CODEPINK - Communications Did you hear? Senator Schumer has announced his support for legislation to cut the Pentagon budget by 10% 💥👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿💥Contact your senators and representative and tell them to support these and other progressive amendments to the National Defense …
  Izzy Goldstein and Eli Green, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 18, 2020 at 3:05 PM

A request from Jewish teens

CODEPINK - Communications Palestinian youth activist Janna Jihad The Jewish-American community tried to hide the occupation from us, but thanks to the principled work of CODEPINK and other Palestinian rights organizations, the tide is turning and people now recognize tha…
  Ariel and Medea, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 15, 2020 at 1:05 PM

Yemen has a 20% COVID-19 death rate. Can you help?

CODEPINK - Communications Yemen has suffered five years of a bloody civil war. Now, the coronavirus pandemic threatens to overwhelm the country’s struggling healthcare system and claim even more innocent lives. The US has been careless toward the suffering of the Yemeni …
  Michelle Ellner, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 10, 2020 at 9:12 PM

Guess who’s blocking COVID-19 aid?

CODEPINK - Communications What if we told you there are billions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds available for countries in need and Congress is the only thing standing in the way of getting relief funds to people in need? Tell your senators and representatives to en…
  Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 7, 2020 at 3:55 PM

Israel just bombed Iran. How can we stop a war?

CODEPINK - Communications Last Thursday, Israel exploded a massive bomb at the Iranian Natanz nuclear site. It doesn’t get more dangerous than this and we have to act fast to prevent Israel from starting and dragging the U.S. into war. Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, July 8…
  Ariel and Medea, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 3, 2020 at 6:56 PM

💥BREAKING 💥Historic Congressional vote conditioning U.S. funds to Israel

CODEPINK - Communications We did it! We got Congress to introduce legislation conditioning U.S. military support to Israel so that it does not go to fund or support illegal Israeli annexation of the West Bank. It is expected to be voted on in the Senate as early as this m…
  Jodie Evans, CODEPINK · [email protected]
July 2, 2020 at 5:41 PM

😞 We’re not celebrating

CODEPINK - Communications This Saturday is “Independence Day” but as long as the U.S. remains armed to the teeth, engaged in endless wars, and with racist militarized police forces on its streets, we are anything but liberated. So, this weekend rather than celebrating, w…
  CODEPINK DC · [email protected]
July 1, 2020 at 8:49 PM

CODEPINK DC: ❌ Defund the Police, Refund the People ☮️

CODEPINK - Communications Dear John, The 4th of July has been a celebration of freedom and liberty in the United States which is why we choose to protest instead. According to Fannie Lou Hamer, there is no freedom to be celebrated because “No one is free until we are all fre…
  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…