We know all too well that our government values war above the health of our communities. It's
up to us to take these rotten
apples and make apple
pie by looking within, acting locally, and finding ways
to feed our own communities with ripe opportunities for
education, jobs and healthcare while we continue to urge
our government to nourish our people.
Speaking of rotten apples -- the DC City
Council is poised to fork over a hefty $25m bite to the
war profiteers Northrop Grumman
(who, according to their own creepy promotional video,
receives $0.65 from every $1 spent on defense!) This is corporate
welfare at its most bitter! As Gloria Steinem said over a
decade ago, "We can tell our values
by looking at our checkbook stubs." This is true
on both a personal and a cultural level.
You can think globally/act locally and
push back on DC City Council Members by sending them a special version
of the postcard above! Do it today, in an
act of remembrance and rage for the upcoming 7th anniversary
of the war in Iraq.
After sending your no-more-war-pie-telegram, you
can join us by protesting the war on the 7th anniversary, either
in Washington, D.C. from Helvetica, sans-serif"">March 18-20
(including an evening with Eve Ensler and Amy Goodman!)
or in your own community. Together, we can walk our talk and bring
money for war back to our neighborhoods! What's
happening in DC is just the beginning!
To join a CODEPINK march near
you, click here,
or to search for a coalition peace event click here!
Eve Ensler, who will join us in DC to honor women creating peace writes "The Iraq war cost nearly $3 trillion/I can't even count that high/but I know/that money could have/would have/ended poverty in general/which would have canceled terrorism/How come we have money to kill/but no money to feed or heal?"
Serving up heaping portions of luscious peace,
Dana, Emily,
Farida, Gael, Gayle, Janna, Jodie, Medea, Nancy, Prerna,
Rae and Whitney
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i think code pink have so few successes because they spend so much time "making petitions."
Bush laughs and throws it away, goes on being Secrey Shadow President under Obama
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