CodePink calls out Eric Swallwell, local Zionist politician

“Let me ask you one question
Is the money that good?
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could?”

The highlight of CodePink Bay Area’s August 30th visit to the Castro Valley office of Eric Swallwell, the 14th District Congressman who receives bloody chunks of AIPAC money to continue the genocide of Gaza, was singing ‘Masters of War” by Bob Dylan.

Marjorie Mikels played her accordion and sang the bitter denouncement of war profiteers, with other CodePinkers joining in.

CodePink heaped shame on Swallwell because:

* He voted "yes" on the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act to send Israel $20 billion to buy U.S. weapons.


* He voted in favor of H.Res.894 that "condemns and denounces all instances of antisemitism occurring in the United States and globally. The resolution also states that anti-Zionism is antisemitism." 


* He attended Netanyahu's address to Congress. 


* He accepted nearly $200,000 in donations from Israeli interest groups.

CodePink slipped a letter under the door for Swallwell, scolding him for his behavior; they chalked multiple messages for him on the pavement entranceway; they chanted for a Free Palestine, and sang the earlier mentioned song.

Dylan’s lyrics fit the occasion perfectly, decrying the moral depravity of politicians like Swalwell, who accept funding from lobbyists who bribe them to kill.

“I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul”