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| ⚫ | '''CODEPINK: Women for Peace''' is an ] ] grassroots ] and ] movement of women who seek social change through proactive, creative protest and non-violent ]. In addition to its anti-war activism, the group works to oppose the sale of war toys, claiming that such toys are "pro-war propaganda disguised as innocent toys." In keeping with the name of the group, participants at Code Pink events normally wear pink. | ||
| At the center of Code Pink is legendary leftist organizer Medea Benjamin, the 50-year-old mother of two widely credited as a chief organizing force behind the 1999 Seattle riots in which 50,000 protesters did millions of dollars worth of property damage in their effort to shut down meetings of the World Trade Organization. | |||
| Code Pink's primary goal is a socialist society. In fact, Code Pink's primary goals are to redistribute wealth from the top tiers of society to the poorest Americans by raising minimum wages, choking off trade, pushing up inflation, limiting corporate growth and dragging down the stock market, cutting into the profits of the country’s largest corporations or shutting them down completely and prompting white collar layoffs | |||
| In the 1990s, Code Pink's leader Medea Benjamin and other Code Pink Marxists focused their energies on organizing sometimes-violent protests against free trade across the globe, targeting large corporations with high-profile campaigns and lawsuits that cost consumers and companies like Gap, Nike and Starbucks millions of dollars. As with the anti-war protests of the moment, the Marxist World Worker’s Party website has played a crucial organizing role in their anti-corporate activities, letting would-be agitators know when and where to show up for demonstrations. | |||
| Code Pink Co-Founder Jodie Evans also sits on the board of directors of Rain Forest Action Network (RAN), a radical anti-capitalist, anti-corporate coalition of environmental groups co-founded by Mike Roselle, who also founded the domestic terrorist organization Earth Liberation Front (ELF), which along with the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is ranked the No. 1 domestic terrorism threat by the FBI. The FBI attributes over 600 criminal acts and $43 million in damages to the two groups since 1996. Wherever RAN pops up, you’ll also tend to find the Ruckus Society, which has trained activists for ELF/ALF. Ruckus Society organizer Steve Kretzmann, also a Code Pink coordinator, has helped train activists in the agitation tactics that have earned the Ruckus Society its reputation. The Ruckus Society, it’s also worth mentioning, is a coalition member of Benjamin’s United for Peace and Justice. | |||
| Code Pink was organized on ] ], when they marched through the streets of ] before setting up a four-month vigil in front of the ]. | Code Pink was organized on ] ], when they marched through the streets of ] before setting up a four-month vigil in front of the ]. | ||
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| Code Pink encourages counter-recruitment in opposition to US military recruitment in schools.<ref>, accessed 03 July 2006</ref> | Code Pink encourages counter-recruitment in opposition to US military recruitment in schools.<ref>, accessed 03 July 2006</ref> | ||
| Cindy Sheehan, the left-wing anti-war protestor, now occupies a high-ranking leadership position with Code Pink. | |||
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"Code Pink" is sometimes used to refer to a possible child abduction. See Code Adam.CODEPINK: Women for Peace is an anti-war feminist grassroots peace and social justice movement of women who seek social change through proactive, creative protest and non-violent direct action. In addition to its anti-war activism, the group works to oppose the sale of war toys, claiming that such toys are "pro-war propaganda disguised as innocent toys." In keeping with the name of the group, participants at Code Pink events normally wear pink.
Code Pink was organized on November 17 2002, when they marched through the streets of Washington D.C. before setting up a four-month vigil in front of the White House.
The name "Code Pink" itself is a play on the Bush Administration's Department of Homeland Security's color coded alert system. Common forms of activism that take place at their rallies are the singing of anti-war songs and putting anti-war stickers on war toys.
Code Pink has organized protests at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. in order to gain increased veterans' benefits.
On their offical website, Code Pink has listed allegations of US war-crimes, and claimed thousands of innocent civilians were killed in Fallujah in 2004 due to the actions of the US military.
Code Pink, along with other groups, gave over $600,000 to the residents of Falluhjah in 2004. Medea Benjamin is quoted as saying the supplies were given to the "other side".
Code Pink encourages counter-recruitment in opposition to US military recruitment in schools.
Notable members
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A participant holds up a sign as part of Code Pink's four-month vigil outside the White House
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Code Pink protesters at the 2004 Republican National Convention
References
- Fox News, accessed 28 June 2006
- Code Pink Website, accessed 03 July 2006
- Turkish Press, accessed 02 July 2006
- Code Pink website, accessed 03 July 2006