Stopping US military intervention in Syria, pushing
negotiations with Iran, putting the spotlight
on drone strikes. Thanks to your help, CODEPINK
and the peace movement have gained tremendous
momentum this year. Please keep the momentum going
with a generous donation.
Killer Drones
Our
international drone conference had over 400
enthusiastic attendees from around the globe,
and formed the basis of a global antidrones
network.
Medea toured with her book, Drone Warfare:
Killing by Remote Control, to over 100 cities.
We derailed the confirmation hearing of John
Brennan to head the CIA—making national
news about Brennan’s infamous role in targeted
killings.
Syria
We
set up a 24/7 “peaceful insurrection”
encampment outside Congress to prevent a US
war on Syria, (our “bloody” hands
waving over John Kerry’s head in Congress
went viral).
We teamed up with MADRE to raise money for
women in Syrian refugee camps and sent 1,000
solar lamps to combat the rampant rapes at night
(thanks to your contributions!).
Iran & Palestine
We
delivered over 20,000 signatures, including
prominent women, to many top staffers inside
the White House calling for negotiations with
Iran.
We exposed AIPAC with exciting and creative
actions inside and outside their annual conference,
while hosting a counterconference of our own
about peace and human rights, attended by 300+
people.
With our Stolen Beauty and Stop SodaStream
Boycott campaigns, we have continued our coalition
work with national and international partners
helping to take the profit out of occupation
and to hold Israel accountable for its violations
of international law.
Arms Are for Hugging
After
the Sandyhook massacre we partnered with Mayors
across the country to say Arms Are for Hugging,
end the sale of assault weapons.
Joining with other national groups, we successfully
pushed for the military not to be exempt from
the national budget cuts.
VDay & Women’s Reproductive
Rights
CODEPINKers across the country danced in solidarity
with Eve Ensler and millions of others across
the world for One Billion Rising on VDay to
call for an end to violence against women.
CODEPINKers from all over the US stood in
solidarity with Wendy Davis from Texas to support
women’s reproductive rights.
Human Rights & Racial Profiling
We held protests in solidarity with human
rights activists jailed all over the world,
from Bahrain’s human rights leader Nabeel
Rajab to Qatari poet Muhammad AlAjami.
We joined memorials for Trayvon Martin, and
protested racial profiling by law enforcement
in the US.
Guantanamo Bay
We
journeyed to Yemen to meet with the families
of drone strike victims and Guantanamo Bay prisoners,
bringing their stories back home.
We took dramatic actions in solidarity with
the hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay prison
to demand its closure—Diane Wilson even
hopped the White House fence and Medea Benjamin
questioned President Obama directly during his
national security speech!
Whistleblowers
We
attended the trial and verdict of brave whistleblower
Chelsea Manning, and set up the CODEPINK Chelsea
Manning Support Network to support her during
her incarceration.
We protested NSA mass surveillance (our oversized
“Stop spying” glasses in Congressional
hearings were an important part of the story)
and supported whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Our messages spread far and wide from photospreads
in TIME Magazine, stories on NPR, to frontpage
New York Times coverage.
War Criminals
We
refused to let war criminals go on speaking
tours without being held accountable.
We teamed up with Iraqi mother Sundus Shaker
Saleh to sue George Bush and five members of
his administration for crimes of aggression
against Iraqi civilians. The lawsuit is based
on the Nuremberg trial legal precedent that
convicted Nazi leaders.
We converged in Dallas, Texas, to protest
the shameful opening of the George W. Bush Library
and Policy Center.
Looking Ahead...
We
will build on our success campaign against killer
drones in the US to build an international movement
against killer and spy drones. Working with family
members of current and former Guantanamo prisoners,
we will pressure the Obama administration to finally
shut down the facility. We will honor the sacrifices
of heroic whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning
and Edward Snowden by mobilizing against government
intrusion into our private lives. We will work
in our communities to spend money on human needs,
not the war machine, and spread the message that
Arms are for Hugging.
Your tax deductible year-end
donation will help CODEPINK continue to speak
truth to power in the most creative and effective
ways. Please give today.
Yours,
Alli, Amanda, Kelleen, Janet,
Jeremy, Jodie, Linda, Lisa, Medea, Nancy K, Nancy
M, Natasha, Noor, Roqayah, and Tighe
