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The delegation was the Codepink: Women for Peace delegation for International Women's Day in March, 2009.  Here are some TV, Radio and Newspaper Interviews, Articles, Blogs, Photos Videos and Talks/Brief backs on trip to Gaza (Updated as of April 10, 2009)

TV PROGRAMS

Democracy Now (April 6, 2009): Gaza: Land of Ruin-Economy & Tunnels (by delegation members Anjali Kamat and Jacquie Soohen)
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/6/land_of_ruins_a_special_report

Webcast of George Galloway's Banned in Canada talk (March 30,2009)
http://rabble.ca/print/news/galloway-be-webcast-live-despite-ban-canada

Democracy Now (March 20, 2009): Palestinian gynecologist and peace advocate Dr. Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish speaks about the Israeli tank attack on his home where U.S. tank shells killed three of his daughters and a niece (by delegation members Anjali Kamat and Jacquie Soohen.
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/20/palestinian_doctor_peace_advocate_recounts_israeli

Canadian Broadcasting radio documentary on Dr. Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish (March 2, 2009)
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2009/200904/20090406.html

Democracy Now Interview (March 16, 2009): On Trip to Gaza, Parents of Slain Peace Activist Rachel Corrie Remember Their Daughter Six Years After Her Death
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/16/on_trip_to_gaza_parents_of

Statement of Cindy and Craig Corrie on March 16, 2009, the Sixth Anniversary of Her Killing
http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/site/2009/03/16/remembering-rachel-on-the-sixth-anniversary-of-her-killing/

Democracy Now Interview (March 9, 2009) with Alice Walker and Medea Benjamin
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/9/pulitzer_prize_winning_author_alice_walker


Ann Wright's March 9, 2009 interview on Grit-TV on International Women's Day in Gaza
http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/2009/03/09/feminism-today-ann-wright-in-gaza-and-womens-movements/


RADIO INTERVIEWS
Helen Schiff and Felice Gelman, "Law and Disorder," WBAI-NYC, New York, March 30, 2009
http://lawanddisorder.org/
Medea Benjamin, Gael Murphy and Ann WRight on CODEPINK Radio, March 22, 2009
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/CodePink/2009/03/22/PINK-Talk-The-Gaza-Report
Gael Murphy and Pam Rasmussen's radio interview with University of Conn radio station
http://ia331402.us.archive.org/1/items/CodepinksPamRasmussenAndGaelMurphyInGaza/2009-03-11-TN-CodePink-PamRasmussen-GaelMurphy-1-9-09--1-11-09_64kb.mp3

Ann Wright did many radio interviews on March 18, 19 and 20 primarily on the 6th anniversary of the war on Iraq in which she talked also about the trip to Gaza:
WBAI, NYC; KPFT, Houston; KPFK, Berkley; Air America, Detroit; Radio Islam, Chicago; other stations in Wisconsin, Florida, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Radio Tehran, Radio New Zealand, Radio Jamaica and Radio Moscow plus a skype presentation to Toronto Students Against Racism and Occupation on Afghanistan but talked also about Gaza
KPFT Houston (March 18):
http://archive.kpft.org/mp3/090318_170001news.MP3

WBAI New York Talk Back (March 18):
http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/090318_150001talkback.MP3

KPFA Berkeley Flashpoints (March 18)
http://aud1.kpfa.org/data/20090318-Wed1700.mp3

WBAI Wakeup Call (March 20):
http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/090320_070001wuc.MP3

Radio New Zealand (March 21):
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/sat/sat-20090321-0815-Ann_Wright_voice_of_dissent-048.mp3

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Joanna Zilsel's interview "One Woman's Experience" in the Local (April 9, 2009)
No internet link-see attachment on Joanna's April 9 email to delegation

Linda Durham's interview "Start Wearing Pink" in the Santa Fe Reporter
(April 1, 2009)
http://www.sfreporter.com/stories/sfr_talk_start_wearing_pink/4553/

Daanish Faruqi's commentary "Egypt errs in playing rough at the Rafah border," in the Lebanon Daily Star (March 27, 2009)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=100412
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/20976
http://www.alarabiya.net/views/2009/03/27/69351.html


Ehab Lotayef's OpEd "Israel's actions in Gaza have killed any chance for peace" in the Montreal Gazette (March 27, 2009)
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Israel+actions+Gaza+have+killed+chance+peace/1434041/story.html

"Peace in pink on the Gaza Strip" about Joanna Zilsel's trip to Gaza (March 27, 2009)
http://www.coastreporter.net/madison/WQuestion.nsf/CRlocal/7EF4593E781583B5882575850078BAC7?OpenDocument

Broadsides by Antonia Zerbisias with responses to Kim Elliott's article (March 27)
http://thestar.blogs.com/broadsides/2009/03/apologies-for-light-posting-had-some-pretty-dreadful-personal-news-which-i-cant-get-into-right-now-that-plus-i-wrote-a-colu.html

Canadian Speaks out for Palestinians (March 25, 2009) (Kim Elliot)
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/607596

Two students to discuss humanitarian visit to Gaza (March 23, 2009) (Michelle Deyden and Laura Closson)
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_gaza24.42f299a.html

Champion of Justice (March 13, 2009) (Ann Wright video of Gaza featured in Honolulu Star Bulletin's article on a Gaza fundraiser)
http://www.starbulletin.com/features/20090313_champion_of_justice.html


Updated Associated Press article with photos of Alice Walker:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jW32cNWVLvFev5LzeUmTXIvZqygwD96RPCF80
(It got on Salon.com and NY's Long Island's Newsday too! )

Vancouver news story documenting return of one delegate, Joanna Zilsel (March 11, 2009)
http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2009/03/11/8702136-sun.html
American Delegation to Attempt Gaza Entry Today (March 5, 2009)
http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=20196


ON-LINE ARTICLES WRITTEN BY OUR DELEGATION MEMBERS
Rick Congress' article in May issue of "Against the Current."

Ehub Lotayef's article "Gaza- Chipping into the Siege" in Montreal Serai (March 30, 2009)
http://www.montrealserai.com/wp/2009/03/30/gaza-chipping-into-the-siege/

Marie Kennedy's article "After Israel's Invasion" in Grassroots Online (March 27, 2009)
http://grassrootsonline.org/news/articles/after-israels-invasion

Amal Sedky Winter's "What I Saw in Gaza," on the website of Psychologists for Social Responsibility (March 20, 2009)
http://psysr.wordpress.com/

Ann Wright's article "With The Women of Gaza On International Women's Day: We Will Not Be Silent! (March 9, 2009)
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/09-1

TALKS AND BRIEFBACKS ON GAZA
May ?, 2009, Linda Durham at the Islamic Society in Albuquerque, New Mexico

April 24, 2009, Linda Frank at Kings Books in Tacoma, Washington

April 20, 2009, Kim Elliot, Dalia Shabib, Ehab Lotayeh and Sandra Ruch speak at the Canada-Palestine Parliamentary Association, open to all members of Canadian Parliament.

April 20, 2009, Ann Wright, Revolution Books, Honolulu, Hawaii

April 19, 2009, Linda Frank, Center for Spiritual Living, Tacoma, Washington

April 17, 2009, Ann Wright, Lihue Neighborhood Center/Old Hall, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii

April 14, 2009, Ann Wright at the Church of the Crossroads, Honolulu, Hawaii

April 9, 2009, Julianna Gustafson Lira at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church, Houston, Texas

April 8, 2009, Ann Wright at the First Congregationalist Church, Boulder, Colorado

April 1, 2009, Linda Durham at the Interfaith Alliance Group, Santa Fe, New Mexico

April 1, 2009, Ann Wright at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
(120 attended-2 students want to come to Gaza)

March 30, 2009, Ann Wright at the George Mason University Law School, Fairfax, Virginia ( xxx attendees)

March 28, 2009, Linda Frank at the Methodist Church in Bremerton, Washinton (Navy town!!)

March 28, 2009, Ann Wright at the Women's Literary Festival, Santa Barbara, California (250 attendees-6 expressed interest in Gaza trips)

March 24, 2009, Ann Wright at Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota (80 attendees-2 students interested in Gaza trips)

March 23, 2009 Busboys & Poets, Washington, DC Medea, Gael, Ann, Pam, Tighe, Paul and Noura Erkat, National Lawyers Guild delegation to Gaza present a Gaza Brief Back (100 attendees)

Video of CodePink report back on Gaza March 23, 2009 - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3fWMnp4Em0

Video of CodePink report back on Gaza March 23, 2009 - Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUshhje-uO8

Video of CodePink report back on Gaza March 23, 2009 - Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2M0XM3PDCw

March 22, 2009, Maureen Doyle at the Christian Church in Columbia, MO (50 attendees)
March 22, 2009, Linda Frank at the United Church of Christ, Federal Way, WA (45 attendees)


BLOGS

Jess Boylan's Blog "Witness To Memory: Gaza, March 2009"
http://jessieboylan.wordpress.com/

Ali Glenesk's Blog on Gaza (Ali is a student at the American University of Cairo and will complete her studies at UC Berkeley next year)
http://ventureintoegypt.blogspot.com/2009/03/to-gaza.html

Rose Mishaan, member of the National Lawyers Guild delegation to Gaza
"US Eyewitness in Gaza: 'The reality of a very real bloodbath set in...'
http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/03/us-eyewitness-in-gaza-as-a-world-we-utterly-failed-the-palestinians-of-gaza-we-stood-and-watched-the.html
Rishna Gracie's Blog (Rishna is a graduate student at the Monterey Institute for International Studies, Monterey, CA)
http://rishnagaza.wordpress.com/

Felice Gelman's Blog http://gazaviews.blogspot.com/
Amal Sedky Winter's Blog on Gaza
http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.rand=3i7boietlp215

Interview with Hamas Party Parliament member Huda Naim by Kim Elliot
http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/needs-no-introduction/hamas-party-member-parliament-huda-naim

Richard Congress's Blog on Trip to Gaza
http://www.beatnikmalcontent.blogspot.com/

Pam Rasmussen's Blog on Gaza
http://open.salon.com/blog/booknut

Jessie Boylan's Blog on Gaza (with photos)
jessieboylan.wordpress.com

 

ESSAYS

Marie Kennedy (see Gaza Delegation emails for the essay itself)

New Politics has accepted the article for publication in May and it has been sent out on the large email list of Informaciones del Centro de Español y Lenguas Mayas Rebelde Autónomo Zapatista


PHOTOS

Marie Kennedy and Salena Tramel's photos on Grassroots International's flickr site
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grassrootsinternational/sets/72157616185340221/

Amal Sedky Winter's Photos of Gaza
http://www.flickr.com./photos/egypt01/sets

Kim Elliott's photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimkim/  

Paul Park's Photos (237 photos)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazadelegation/

Codepink Flickr link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/codepinkalert/3335756235/in/set-72157614694912465/

Jesse Boylan's Gaza photos (two sets):
http://www.flickr.com/groups/iwdgaza/

Felice Gelman's Photos of Gaza http://picasaweb.google.com/rosahill/GazaViews02#
Leslie Hope's Gaza photos:
www.flickr.com/photos/lahope/sets/72157615707451050
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lahope/sets


VIDEOS

Kim Elliot
Talks by UNWRA John Ging and by the Gaza Community Mental
Health Program members
http://www.rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/needs-no-introduction

Tyler Westbrook
Whynotnews.org
youtube.com/user/WHYNotNews
Lincoln Vermont

Codepink Baskets for International Women's Day in Gaza, March 8, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqDGHTsUC1o

Delegation trip from Cairo to Gaza
http://www.whynotnews.org/2009/04/10/international-peace-delegation-with-code-pink-from-cairo-to-gaza/

A Motorcycle Ride Through Gaza City
http://www.youtube.com/user/WHYNotNews

23 videos of Gaza by Tyler Westbrook
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8030E34DC8051C01

Terror in the Holy Land
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7r82O7chy8

Message of Peace from Gaza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8KTQnkV91w

Grassroots in Gaza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FktlrF-n7N8

Murder on the beach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY-nr5Z9Toc

UN relief Center in Gaza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH30klsosRw

Viva Palestina leaves Gaza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k62CYrXopE

Jabylia destroyed by American Bombs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hds-BwP9kHc

Rachel Corrie's Father in Gaza
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGYKAbPXkh8

America Funded Murder on the Beach in Gaza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8xiHFfErWc

Traditional Dancing in Palestine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqGN95TwEUw

Palestinian Breakdancer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGE7DL4sXcM

Yummy pies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KrkVD8YVgk

Zionist Gunboat Threatens Gazan Fishermen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU6CY1h02rA

Viva Palestina!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5bEzK_yr1Y

Message from Gaza to world: WE ARE NOT BROKEN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4fMGW8y3Qs

Delegation Meeting with Female Torture Victims in Gaza
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3001387077853267719

Whynotnews Gaza Video playlist
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8030E34DC8051C01

Video of CodePink party with the women in Gaza, Palestinian Dancing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqGN95TwEUw&feature=PlayList&p=8030E34DC8051C01&index=2

Viva Palestina Convoy Video by Waqar from Sheffield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ai5QBOaSyY


Statements on Gaza from Delegates' Organizations

WILPF (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Geneva, Switzerland) Statement of the Middle East, 10 February 2009:
http://www.wilpf.int.ch/statements/2009/10Feb-MiddleEast.html

WILPF, Geneva, Switzerland, Letter to CodePink Delegation and to Women of Gaza on IWD 2009:
http://www.wilpf.int.ch/PDF/3mar09-codepinkletter.pdf

Letter to the UN Security Council on the Middle East, 16 December 2008
http://www.wilpf.int.ch/PDF/17Dec08-middle-east-to-SC.pdf

Call to stop the Bombing of Gaza, January 2009.
List of Talking Points.
http://www.wilpf.int.ch/middleeast/2009jan-call-to-act.html


Films

"Rachel"-- a film about Rachel Corrie
http://schedule.hotdocs.ca/index.php/2009/film/rachel


Articles and Blogs after Medea, Ann and Tighe's February, 2009 trip to Gaza

Ann Wright's February 9 interview on Gaza on Grit TV Israel's Crimes http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/2009/02/10/israels-crimes/

Ann Wright's article "The Israeli Smashing of Gaza and International Silence"
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/02/13-7

Ann's article "Under Siege Again, But Gaza Will Not Die"
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/02/11-11

Ann's article "Can Gaza Be Rebuilt Through Tunnels?"
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/02/24

Medea's Benjamin's article "To Gaza With Love"
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/02/17-10

Former Colonel Turned Peace Advocate to visit Santa Cruz
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_11685659

Blogs on our trip: http://codepink4peace.org/blog/category/codepinkcampaigns/gazaisrael/

http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/opinion-code-pink-visits-a-war-torn-devastated-gaza
Opposing Views - Los Angeles, CA, USA

 

 

 


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