Iraq war

05/06/2010

Mothers Day is a day of PROTEST against WAR and the US Military Recruiting machinery that TRICKS and BRIBES working-class youth into becoming killers and cannon-fodder

Let's revive the spirit of Julia Ward Howe who started the whole Mothers Day thing in 1870. It was the Franco-Prussian war that was slaughtering young soldiers then - for what? - Code Pink is having a Mothers Day stroll on Sunday, starting at Columbus Circle at 11:30 am. They will have flyers with Julia's proclamation, and it will be read out at key places:

Julia Ward Howe's 1870 Mothers' Day Proclamation

(JWH also wrote the Civil War song Battle Hymn of the Republic)

05/15/2008

From Anita David, artist living in Iraq

Hi,

I hope spring is as beautiful in Chicago as it is here. It's green and the weather is just fine, more than fine. I am fine. This is the best feeling I've had on team since Baghdad. Nothing is settled but I'm not worried.

We completed a non-violence/reconciliation training for 25 people. Worked out very well. We were invited to present the training in their homes in Tikrit, Mosul, Salahadin province, Diala province, Kirkuk. Cannot happen as these are some of the most dangerous places in Iraq. Blank stares and then laughter when we asked about security.

04/07/2008

Anita David, Artist, in Iraq

Amman's urban sprawl continues into the desert - a rare plot of green here and there - but for the most it's desert and rocks. On the side of the road is a man with a cell phone to his ear and his back to the highway. We stop at a gas station and the gas has a different smell. Driving along again. A man has stopped to pee against a rock out crop. More hills and surprise, surprise, orchards. But where is the water? We hit truck traffic. "Long Vehicle", in English, a sign hangs at the rear of two trucks. Desert and telephone lines.