What Would Jesus Buy? A fantastic film from Reverend Billy who heads up the Church of Stop Shopping. It will be in Tucson at the Loft on December 7th. At the Loft. Be there or be square. The Loft Cinema3233 E Speedway Blvd, Tuscon AZ 885716520-795-7777 Organize a trip to see it with friends. You’ll […]
CODEPINK Human Rights Delegation to Pakistan
CODEPINK & Global Exchange cofounder Medea Benjamin, and LA and DC CODEPINK activist Tighe Barry are traveling to Pakistan as a CODEPINK human rights delegation to Pakistan. A letter from Medea per this delegation and its mission follow. Codepinkalert.og will have blogs and reports from Medea and Tighe on the site as they are received. […]
UN SECURITY COUNCIL MUST LISTEN TO IRAQ'S PEOPLE AND PARLIAMENT
Please forward this letter widely and ask that recipients take action. The signers of this letter are some of the most involved and informed individuals in the Progressive community. Take a moment to consider that pressure must begin to come from the global community to get the U.S. out of Iraq. Our supposed leaders in […]
Pakistan, societal dissociation, and Sapir-Whorf
Okay… do you get it now? We’ve supported a military dictatorship in Pakistan since 1999 and enabled this rogue dictatorship’s development and ownership (and thus USE) of nuclear weaponry. Yes — we — not our government… not our administration, not any other euphamistic term that downplays our individual responsibility for allowing this to happen. Listen […]
Phoenix CODEPINKER Kept in D.C. Jail Overnight
UPDATE on Liz’s condition (from a Phoenix friend): “I just got off the phone with Dana in Washington. She says that she’s heard that Liz is fine, although the Capitol Police broke her glasses and her head was cut in the scuffle. She apparently did not go to the hospital. She, Medea, and Lori will […]
Cops out of control in case you needed any more evidence
Thanks to the Sonoran Progressives for making me aware of this gross abuse of power by out of control Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpio. Seems the owners of the Phoenix New Times, a weekly newspaper, were arrested yesterday on charges of revealing Grand Jury information. The New Times, a Village Voice company, has had its executives, […]