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| The name "Code Pink" itself is a play on the ]'s ]'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 | The name "Code Pink" itself is a play on the ]'s ]'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 was founded by legendary leftist organizer/activist Medea Benjamin, a 50-year-old mother of two, widely credited as a chief organizing force behind the 1999 Seattle |
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| In addition to Code Pink, Benjamin’s San Francisco-based human rights organization ] was the founding force for ], the nexus of the anti-war protests. | In addition to Code Pink, Benjamin’s San Francisco-based human rights organization ] was the founding force for ], the nexus of the anti-war protests. | ||
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CODEPINK: Women for Peace, as defined by its website, 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.
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 was founded by legendary leftist organizer/activist Medea Benjamin, a 50-year-old mother of two, widely credited as a chief organizing force behind the 1999 Seattle protest activity in which 50,000 protesters demonstrated against meetings of the World Trade Organization.
In addition to Code Pink, Benjamin’s San Francisco-based human rights organization Global Exchange was the founding force for United for Peace and Justice coalition, the nexus of the anti-war protests.
In the 1990s, Benjamin and other Code Pink members 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 protesters 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.
The United for Peace coalition, which includes Socialist Action and the Socialist Party USA, is also led by Leslie Cagan, who has a long history of activism with the American Communist Party.
Individuals and groups interested in anti-war activities United for Peace and its more radical partner, Act Now To Stop War & End Racism ANSWER have planned for the near future or contact information for how you can join in, you can click on the Communist World Workers Party website, one of the central grassroots clearing houses for communist organizers in the United States and around the world.
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