Keyword: Sean Penn

Foreign Policy Goes Gaga

Picture: Beth77 John Feffer - Celebrities are going global in their activism. But are they doing the right thing? Lady Gaga and Alice Walker don't have much in common. One dresses in red meat; the other doesn't even eat the stuff. One writes lyrics like "I want your ugly, I want your disease, I want your everything as long as it's free." The other writes The Color Purple. But they are both cultural celebrities, and the media gravitates to them for comments. And they both have used this celebrity status to...

Interview: Sean Penn on Haiti Six Months After the Earthquake and Why He Is Managing a Tent Camp of 55,000 Displaced Haitians

Picture: Democracy Now Democracy Now - Two-time Academy Award-winning actor and director Sean Penn was honored by the Haitian government at a ceremony marking the six-month anniversary of the earthquake that killed 300,000 people and left more than 1.5 million homeless. Penn first came to Haiti after the earthquake struck to help with immediate relief efforts. He decided to stay to finish what he started. He co-founded the J/P Haitian Relief Organization and is managing a tent camp on the Pétionville golf course that now...