At a women’s meeting last evening in D.C., women from all over the country gathered together to determine actions and priorities from now until our Senate and House shutdown the madman who is steering our country and the world over the falls. The message pure and simple is threefold: NO IRAN WAR DEFUND THE WAR […]
Multi-Banner Drop in the Hart Bldg. after talking with Gabby's staff.
29 JANUARY 2007 NOTES FROM GABBY’S folks.Marched from the Pink House to Cannon. Actually I was supposed to go with the Pinkers to Rayburn & the Shoe distribution. My shoe has Ashref Katjhem Gasem name attached. She was 5. Got to 502 Cannon after navigating the corridors, construction and —- and —— were already there. […]
Wire Services ContinueTowing the Govt Line
Don’t believe the wire reports from the Washington D.C. march– their tens of thousands should read 100s of thousands. The entire Mall was packed from Third Street to the Washigton monument. Once the march started and encircled the Capitol on all four sides before the last marchers had even started, you know that it was […]
The First Night of a Month of Peace Activism in D.C>
Arrived at the Pink House in D.C. around 8:30 p.m. So now I’m posting what I wrote earlier in the day. Greetings Friends and Foes, I’m writing as I fly toward D.C. I am unsure what sort of connection to the internet I will have for the next several days, So I will do what […]
Woot! Woot!
Couldn’t get into my dashboard for the longest time! I’m finally back on Blogger and will be posting up a storm! Why? Because I’m headed to D.C. — again — for a month of civic participation as a CODEPINK Activist. Just got a $200 roundtrip fair via Priceline. Will be staying at a CODEPINK house […]
They’d rather die: brief lives of the Afghan slave wives
The Sunday Times November 05, 2006 They’d rather die: brief lives of the Afghan slave wives Christina Lamb THE first thing one notices about 16-year-old Gul Zam is her eyes, pretty and dark yet as watchful as a hunted animal’s. But then the scarf covering her head shifts slightly, exposing a livid red scar on […]