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Iraqi Women Depart US; Call for a Debate TODAY! CODEPINK's Iraqi Women's Tour is coming to a close. As part of our Women Say No to
War campaign, six courageous Iraqi women traveled to the US to speak about the
realities of the war and occupation of Iraq. In the nearly four weeks that have
passed since the women arrived, they participated in events in over 75 cities in
over 20 states....
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 11:04am PDT
Homeland Security Official Arrested For Luring Minors On the Internet 
Homeland Security official caught in child porn sting....a.k.a. It's Times Like These I Especially Appreciate The Police and Prisons!! Yet another reason why we need a system of firm checks and balances in all forms of government. Kudos to this Police Dept. that was not intimidated to take on Homeland Security: the President's personal security force who have the guts to issue "security memos" even though they always seem to have their head up their ass. According to many account...
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 12:45am PDT
Duke University Rape Case Raises Issues of Race and Class in Durham We look at the latest in the Duke University rape case. A black female student from North Carolina Central University says she was beaten, raped and choked by three white members of Duke's Lacrosse team last month. The case is stirring racial and class tensions in North Carolina....
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 5:20pm PDT
Young, Female and Guarding Detainees in Iraq A guard at a prison in southern Iraq describes life behind the walls to reporter Angelika "Keke" Gomez, 22, an editor at YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia....
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 5:12pm PDT
GABRIELA Member, 68th Woman Organizer, Assassinated in Philippines Note: This is the 68th killing of a woman activist under the Macapagal-Arroyo government and with the ascendancy of Brig. Gen. Jovito Palparan in the Philippine military. Palparan led the Philippine Mission to Iraq which was forced to leave when a Filipino worker was kidnapped. He has a string of human rights violations charges against him, none of which has prospered. During his tenure in the province of Mindoro Oriental, 18 progressives were assassinated, including a young town vice-may...
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 10:57pm PDT
Despite Repression, GABRIELA Will Hold International Conference in Manila Although the leadership of GABRIELA and Gabriela Women's Party in the Philippines are among those being charged with rebellion by the Philippine government, both organizations affirm that the 10th Women's International Solidarity Affair in the Philippines will be held as scheduled on July 19-27, 2006....
Posted: Sun, Apr 2, 2006 8:18pm PDT
The Anti Choice 'Walk for Life": Coming back in 2007! The organizers for the Anti Choice "Walk for Life" have applied for Justin Herman Plaza...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 4:00pm PST
CA governator should re-think infant formula ban Medi-Cal won't pay for infant formula after June first.
What's wrong with this decision?...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 11:30am PST
Get Some Ovaries, CENSURE BUSH! Amazingly, over 15 Senate Democrats voted to censure Clinton for a blow job, but now can't muster the indignation to tell Bush he was wrong for boldly defying U.S. law and ILLEGALLY spying on Americans! Right now there are only three sponsors of Russ Feingold's bill to censure Bush and it is set to be introduced on the Senate floor this Friday. Tell the cowering Senators: "GET some OVARIES or we will GET YOU OUT!!"...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 10:23am PST
South Dakota Abortion Ban Recall Drive Begins; Mississippi Ban Dies A coalition begins a petition drive to recall the ban on abortions in South Dakota. Meanwhile, Republicans blink at banning abortion in Mississippi....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 11:20am PST
South Dakota Abortion Ban Draws Fiery Opposition from Native Americans Cecilia Fire Thunder, President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, recently made waves when she said a clinic on the Pine Ridge reservation could provide abortions if South Dakota’s new abortion ban goes into effect. The ban is set to go into effect July 1st. It would prohibit all abortions except to save the life of the mother – with no exceptions for rape or incest....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 9:02am PST
Women’s Rights Under Assault, Abortion Outlawed In South Dakota The right to abortion was won in the United States in 1973 through a mass struggle in the streets that culminated in the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion....
Posted: Sun, Mar 26, 2006 3:35am PST
Boycott South Dakota! Please help us in Boycotting South Dakota!!!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 23, 2006 3:10pm PST
Oglala Sioux Tribe on the South Dakota Abortion Ban "To me, it is now a question of sovereignty." President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation, Cecilia Fire Thunder, says "I will personally establish a Planned Parenthood clinic on my own land which is within the boundaries of the Pine Ridge Reservation where the State of South Dakota has absolutely no jurisdiction."...
Posted: Wed, Mar 22, 2006 12:34pm PST
Human rights abuses: "child brides" in Afghanistan "Married at the age of four, an Afghan girl was subjected to years of beatings and torture." This sort of thing is all too common in US occupied Afghanistan....
Posted: Tue, Mar 21, 2006 4:20pm PST
American Indian Women's Activism in the 1960s and 1970s Abstract: This article will focus on the role of women in three red power events: the occupation of Alcatraz Island, the Fish-in movement, and the occupation at Wounded Knee. Men held most public roles at Alcatraz and Wounded Knee, even though women were the numerical majority at Wounded Knee. Female elders played a significant role at Wounded Knee, where the occupation was originally their idea. In contrast to these two occupations, the public leaders of the Fish-in movement were women—not a...
Posted: Tue, Mar 21, 2006 10:20am PST
Marine recruiters accused of rape: California high school students file suit Two students from Mendocino High School in Northern California are suing the Marine Corps in San Francisco federal court, alleging that they were raped by recruiters. The lawsuit is the latest in a growing series of accusations of sexual impropriety on the part of military recruiters against minors....
Posted: Tue, Mar 21, 2006 7:28am PST
Iraqi Women Under Siege: A Report by CODEPINK and Global Exchange 
Not much cause for celebration
As millions of women around the world celebrate
International Women’s Day on the 8th of March, some
women have little to celebrate. This is certainly the case
for Iraqi women, whose daily lives have been reduced to
the sheer struggle for survival. When a woman leaves her
house in today’s Iraq, she embraces her loved ones as if
she might never return. And many won’t. Iraqi women
face missiles and random shootings by the U.S. and
British forces, terrori...
Posted: Tue, Mar 21, 2006 7:04am PST
3/29: Reproductive Rights Movie Night in SF 
Wednesday March 29, 7PM
Roxie Cinema
3117 16th Street (at Valencia Street) San Francisco...
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 11:52pm PST
3/20-25: Iraqi Women Visit Sacramento & Bay Area To Speak Out Against The War! In conjunction with our Women Say No To War campaign, CODEPINK brought five women
from Iraq to the US for International Women's Day. These courageous women are now on
a tour across the country, and one of them will be coming to YOUR area this week to
share her personal story and speak out against the occupation of Iraq....
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 11:48pm PST
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