Pardon The Interruption, But Can We Now Discuss Code Pink? [View All]

[theHandpuppet]

See: http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?id=1650

On Monday, February 5, 10 protestors from Code Pink, VCN and Veterans for Peace were arrested after challenging warmonger McCain:

For Immediate Release: February 5th, 2007
Contact: Rae Abileah, CODEPINK [phone]
Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK [phone]

10 Activists Arrested by Senator McCain's Office

Activists Demanding that McCain Stop Funding War in Iraq during Occupation Project Kick Off

Washington, DC: 10 activists were arrested on orders from Senator John McCain's office today after members of the peace groups CODEPINK, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, and Veterans for Peace tried to meet with the senator's legislative aide to discuss defunding the war. Activists sang the names of the 75 US servicemen and women from Arizona who have been killed in the war in Iraq, interspersed with the names of Iraqi civilians killed, and collectively chanted "We remember you," after each name and dropped a flower petal on the ground. They delivered framed photos of Iraqi civilians and US soldiers from Arizona who have been killed in Iraq and carried banners reading "Stop Funding War!" and "Americans Want a Prez for Peace". Those arrested include: Kathy Kelly, 54 (Executive Director of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, just returned from two months living and working with Iraqi refugees in Amman, Jordan); Ellen Barfield, 50 (Board Member of Veterans for Peace); Father Jerry Zawada, 69; and peace activists aged between 21-74 years old.... MORe, with photos!


See: http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?id=1699

On Wednesday, February 7, Code Pink protestors were among those who made their presence known at a hearing with Defense Secretary Gates:

At Iraq Hearing, Protest Shushed But Not Halted
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Washington Post

Pink-clad war protesters applauded, chimed in repeatedly and stood for hours in the back row holding up peace signs -- but were only mildly chastised yesterday by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) at a hearing with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.

Before Democrats took charge of Congress, such protesters were usually quickly hustled out of hearing rooms by Capitol police. But yesterday they served almost as a Greek chorus. "This was definitely exceptional," said Toby Blome of San Francisco, wearing a pink hat to represent her group, Code Pink: Women for Peace.

The tone was set early on when Skelton politely asked two standing protesters to "please be seated so the people behind you can see." One of them responded that she was a constituent and then complied. "Thank you very much," Skelton said.... MORE


Can we at least have some acknowledgment/support for what these people are doing in the name of peace and to bring an end to this damnable war?

THANK YOU CODE PINK, VETERANS FOR PEACE AND VOICES FOR CREATIVE NONVIOLENCE!

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