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Report Back: Occupy Beale AFB

Published March 2, 2019 | By Toby Blom'e

“STANDING WITH VENEZUELA at Beale Drone Base!”

2 Activists Arrested While Trespassing onto Beale AFB:

February 28 – March 1, 2019 – by Toby Blomé

On Thursday and Friday, fed up with 17 years of endless wars, we were determined to bring our strong messages of solidarity with the people of Venezuela to one of the most important U.S. Drone Bases, Beale AFB, Home of the Global Hawk Drone and U2 spy plane, in Marysville, CA. As the Trump Administration and Congressional leadership from both parties continue to openly threaten Venezuela with illegal U.S. regime change and military intervention, activists gathered for a 2 day protest at Beale AFB in Marysville to say enough war: “U.S. Bloody Hands Off Venezuela!” On Thursday afternoon we held vigils at two gates, Wheatland and Doolittle, passing out flyers to educate the U.S. military about the truth about Venezuela in order to counter the U.S. government’s massive misinformation campaign to market a U.S. coup. Dozens accepted our leaflets.

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Report back on Bridge Peace Walk for Yemen:

Published December 14, 2018 | By editor

12/9/18, San Francisco

by Martha Hubert and Toby Blomé

Bay Area CODEPINK collaborated with the Yemeni Alliance Committee (https://www.facebook.com/YACofCalifornia/),

for a very dynamic peace march and rally for Yemen on the Golden Gate Bridge on Sunday.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Protestors-To-Carry-Child-Sized-Coffins-Across-13452672.php

What was different about this month’s peace walk is that the Yemeni Americans who joined us communicated clearly through their emotional expressions and passionate words the urgency and desperation that the people of Yemen now face. Millions are on the brink of starvation from malnutrition directly because of the brutal Saudi-led and U.S. supported bombing campaign and endless war. Our signs (“Yemen can’t wait!” and “Let Yemen Live!”), images of severely malnourished Yemeni children, and the child-sized coffins bearing the names of children killed by U.S. forces helped to accentuate this urgency.

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GREEN NEW DEAL? YES: WAR, WEAPONS & PLANET DESTRUCTION? NO

Published December 14, 2018 | By Cynthia Papermaster

Dear CODEPINK friends,
It was great to join the Sunrise Movement, DSA, 350.org, Sunflower Alliance, and other groups today rallying at Nancy Pelosi’s office to ask her to create a “Select Committee to establish a Green New Deal”. There were over 200 people at the rally, the majority under age 30. Renay, Susan, Elana, Jackie and I were there to support the Green New Deal demands and the 40 or so volunteers who risked arrest. They blocked the four entrances to the Federal Building for nearly 3 hours in the biting cold, but there were no arrests.

We joined the singing and chanting and held signs that said

GREEN NEW DEAL? YES
WAR, WEAPONS & PLANET DESTRUCTION? NO

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Report Back 4th Annual SHUT DOWN CREECH

Published October 25, 2018 | By editor

Sept. 30 – Oct, 6, 2018

by Toby Blomé

4th Annual SHUT DOWN CREECH:

“STOP the Murder, STOP the War Crimes”

7 protesters arrested while blockading Creech Assassin Drone Base…Just a week later over75 Somali militants were killed in a single U.S. drone attack!

On Thursday, October 4th, as part of this fall’s CODEPINK weeklong anti-drone protest at Creech Assassin Drone Base, 7 protesters and a couple of supporters bravely stepped across the base entrance road to temporarily “halt” the cruel and illegal U.S. Air Force’s “remote killing machine” located in the beautiful Nevada desert. While holding large banners across the roadway, our voices repeatedly called out as loudly as we could muster: “STOP the murder, STOP the War Crimes……The People Demand Peace!”

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Invest in Green Bonds

Published July 15, 2018 | By Tim Reese

The East Bay Regional Park District is the first regional park district in the nation to issue “Certified Green Bonds” which are dedicated to projects that reduce greenhouse gases, mitigate for climate change, or provide other environmental benefits. “The Park district is happy to be a trailblazer on Certified Green Bonds” said Board Director and Board Finance Committee Chair Ayn Wieskamp. “Certified Green Bonds allow investors to put their money toward improving the environment while also benefiting from the tax advantages and stability of municipal bonds. Green Bonds are the new standard in environmentally friendly investing.”

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