CODEPINK Book Club Google Group

"W", 3 Cups of Tea, & education

2008-07-13T21:04:55Z

I suggest this book, "3 Cups of Tea" for our next CodePink Book Group.

The News York Times [link]
July 13, 2008
OP-ED COLUMNIST
It Takes a School, Not Missiles
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Since 9/11, Westerners have tried two approaches to fight terrorism in

BILL CLINTON

2008-03-13T19:48:43Z

Dear FRIENDS,

It happened after Iowa. It happened again in February. People counted
Hillary out. They tried to say the race was over.

But you knew better. You sustained her with your support. You kept the
campaign going with your contributions. You made more than a million
phone calls. You believed in Hillary when she needed you the most. And

Humorous Fiction? Self Storage! : )

2007-12-09T13:34:38Z

Hi,
My daughter's book assignment for January is "humorous fiction" so I
went online and typed that into our local library system. The fourth
book in the list was Gayle Brandeis' "Self Storage"! I thought this
was soooo awesome. Out of the thousands and thousands of books that
could have come up under such a general heading search like this

Recommend a book

2007-11-24T22:21:09Z

Hi
I have read a book called
Shattered Dreams by Dr Sami AlArian; a Palestinina political prisoner
of the US.Dr Al Arian was a professor at the University of Florida
before he was accused of aiding terrorists by the Bush regime.

He is now in federal prison though he was acquited of all charges. He

I loved the last book club and Iran actions

2007-11-14T15:31:40Z

I participated in the last CodePink Book Club and I thought it was
wonderful. Persepolis was an amazing book. I'm so glad I learned
about it through the CodePink Book Club.
A suggestion was made on the call to organize activists to attend
"Persepolis" movie premieres in Dec. with signs and petitions. Great

BOOK IDEA

2007-10-26T22:10:38Z

Hi everyone,
I know that the focus of our book group right now is upon the current
Iraq
invasion and horrid war that came out of it and I have been doing a
lot
of reading on the subject and their own home prior to the war. Iran as
well would be a great place to discuss may issues. I really enjoy
reading about how different cultures carry on, whether in the worst of

Re: Future book club picks

2007-10-25T17:06:12Z

I agree that CITY OF WIDOWS by Haifa Zangana would be an excellent
choice for the third book club selection.
The following is a link to Amy Goodman's 2006 interview with Zangana:
[link]
In Solidarity,
Jenise

CITY OF WIDOWS

2007-10-25T17:04:43Z

Re: Future book club picks

2007-10-18T14:14:01Z

There is a new book called CITY OF WIDOWS: An Iraqi Woman's Account of
War and Resistance by Haifa Zangana coming out right now. It's the
only book (I know of) about the Iraq invasion and occupation, the
status of women before/after, a short history of the last 100 years,
an interpretation of the sectarianism--by an Iraqi for English-

Interview with Iranian-born poet and translator, Sholeh Wolpe

2007-08-31T04:54:39Z

Thank you to everyone who joined our book club discussion tonight--it
was a lively and thought-provoking conversation. Our scheduled special
guest, Sholeh Wolpe ([link]), was unable to join us, but she
took the time to generously answer these questions afterwards. Sholeh
is an Iranian-born poet, translator, and all around amazing person.

Iranian Women's Movement

2007-08-31T00:14:24Z

I have posted an in-depth study of the Iranian Women's Movement in a
file below for anyone interested in further exploration of the subject
(thank you to Catherine Kineavy for bringing the study to my
attention!)

Join the Conversation Tonight!

2007-08-30T23:10:27Z

Meet us over at [link] at 5:30pmPST/
8:30pmEST. We look forward to chatting with you!

Future book club picks

2007-08-30T21:07:09Z

We'd love to hear your suggestions for our next book club pick. We're
open to discussing any book--fiction, non-fiction, poetry--that opens
up dialogue (whether it be about peace, politics, feminism, etc.) and
helps us see the world in a more informed way. Let us know what books
have spoken to you, what books you would like to discuss.

Re: Your favorite story?

2007-08-30T21:00:36Z

I found this essay so striking as well--the sentence "The ideal woman
for fundamentalists was a woman who did not have eyes to see, a tongue
to speak, and legs to run away" gave me such chills. It's inspiring to
know that women are joining together and raising their voices to
resist such oppression, but it's disturbing to see how quickly and

Re: Your favorite story?

2007-08-30T17:58:59Z

My favorite was Death of a Mannequin. The changes that were made to
mannequins and their clothing as symbolic of the changes for Iranian
women invoked very powerful mental images for me. The discussion of
feminism in Iran was enlightening and I saw some parallels between
Iranian feminists who are searching for feminist concepts in Islamic