OMNI WAR WATCH
WEDNESDAYS, #171, APRIL 3, 2024. Compiled by Dick Bennett
PEACEMAKERS
Kasturba
Gandhi
Code Pink
ICAN
Kasturba Gandhi: Accidental Activist
PBS https://www.pbs.org › show › kasturba-gandhi-accident...
Kasturba Gandhi: Accidental
Activist tells
the story of how she became one of the first women activists in modern history.
[In contrast to Gandhi’s
nonviolence from Wounded Warriors organization: “Veterans always support other
veterans.” That’s the problem, unless
they support nonviolent peacemaking, justice, and restoration of the earth, WW
is only one more nail in the militarization coffin. --D]
Dick, don't miss Congress dodging my
questions!
Medea Benjamin, 3-24-24
[See her up front left in the last photo.]
Dear Dick,In the past six months we have personally
confronted President Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi (multiple times), Secretary of
Defense Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, AIPAC lobbyists,
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the House Foreign Relations Committee,
Matt Gaetz, Brian Mast, and more – all to shame them for their complicity in
the genocide in Gaza.
Since the genocide in Gaza began, we have carried out over
50 disruptions of “business as usual.” From our
co-director Danaka screaming at Biden to call for a ceasefire in Illinois, to
the constant disruption of the hearings in Washington on defunding UNRWA, we
want to keep doing this. (Scroll down to watch videos of
our disruptions including 10 ways members of Congress dodge questions
about their complicity in genocide.) We want to keep bringing your demands
to the most powerful people in the belly of the beast.
On top of our disruptions, our co-founder Medea
Benjamin is in the halls of Congress every single day, leading our peace
activists to demand that Members of Congress call for a ceasefire and vote NO
on any new aid to Israel. Pressure works! In 6 months, 77 members
of Congress joined the call for a ceasefire and 16 members of
Congress have taken our pledge to vote No on any new funding to Israel.
CODEPINK isn’t just in DC, we are also supporting efforts
to support Palestine all over the world. This past weekend we partnered with
Mothers Against Genocide in Ireland to disrupt St. Patrick’s
Day. We are working with our local chapters to pass ceasefire resolutions, like
we did in Chicago and most recently, Moorhead,
Minnesota. We helped disrupt the Oscars. We marched on the Golden Gate
Bridge. We are shutting down air force bases and parades. We will
continue to be everywhere that Gaza is not being spoken about – the moment
demands that of us. . . .
And we promise, we’ve put the money where our mouth is,
too. Not only do your donations to CODEPINK support our grassroots efforts,
but because of you, we were able to send $10,000 to UNRWA and
even more to other aid groups in Gaza. Thank you for everything that you make
possible. We couldn’t do this without you.
With love,
Medea, Ann, Danaka, Farida, Grace, Isra, Jasmine, Jodie, Marcy, Mark,
Melissa, Michelle, Nancy, Nour, Nuvpreet, Ryan, Teri, and Tim
P.S. Watch videos of our
recent disruptions:
·10 ways members of Congress dodge questions about their
complicity in genocide.
·Co-director Danaka screaming at Biden to call for a
ceasefire in Illinois.
·
Disruption of the hearings in Washington on defunding UNRWA.
See what ICAN achieved
in 2023- Annual Report now available.
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