| | '''Code Pink''' is an anti-War protest group founded by Jodie Evans, Diane Wilson and Medea Benjamin in 2002, shortly after the [[9/11 attack]]. Code Pink started out by trying to hand pink slips to President Bush and members of Congress that supported the war in Iraq. In November 2002, they devised Code Pink as a play on the administration's Code Red terror alert system. <ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/03/06/ED126988.DTL Code Pink Alert] SFGate, March 6, 2003</ref> Code Pink has evolved into a hate-group whereby members are to be united in their hatred of President Bush, America and anybody that supports going after terrorists. Their rallies include women of all backgrounds and men that are abortion supporters, 9/11 conspiracy believers, their members chant "Fascist State" and include open-border supporters waving upside-down American flags. Code Pink will protest our returning wounded troops at Walter Reed Medical Center. Code Pink will unlawfully block military recruiting centers. Code Pink looks the other way as its' followers vandalize war memorials. In September 2008, Code Pink members stole media passes to gain entrance into the [[Republican]] convention. <ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=35233 Code Pink Used Reporter's ID Tag to Disrupt Convention Event] CNSNews, Septemeber 5, 2008</ref> | | '''Code Pink''' is an anti-War protest group founded by Jodie Evans, Diane Wilson and Medea Benjamin in 2002, shortly after the [[9/11 attack]]. Code Pink started out by trying to hand pink slips to President Bush and members of Congress that supported the war in Iraq. In November 2002, they devised Code Pink as a play on the administration's Code Red terror alert system. <ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/03/06/ED126988.DTL Code Pink Alert] SFGate, March 6, 2003</ref> Code Pink has evolved into a hate-group whereby members are to be united in their hatred of President Bush, America and anybody that supports going after terrorists. Their rallies include women of all backgrounds and men that are abortion supporters, 9/11 conspiracy believers, their members chant "Fascist State" and include open-border supporters waving upside-down American flags. Code Pink will protest our returning wounded troops at Walter Reed Medical Center. Code Pink will unlawfully block military recruiting centers. Code Pink looks the other way as its' followers vandalize war memorials. In September 2008, Code Pink members stole media passes to gain entrance into the [[Republican]] convention. <ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=35233 Code Pink Used Reporter's ID Tag to Disrupt Convention Event] CNSNews, Septemeber 5, 2008</ref> |
| − | Jody Evans is a [[leftist]] activist and [[Democratic Party]] fundraiser who sits on the Board of Directors of the [[Rain Forest Action Network]] (RAN). Another RAN co-founder, Michael Roselle founded the radical [[environmental]] group [[Earth First!]]. Evans is a key fundraiser for [[Barack Obama]]. | + | Jody Evans is a [[leftist]] activist and [[Democratic Party]] fundraiser who sits on the Board of Directors of the [[Rain Forest Action Network]] (RAN). Evans is a key fundraiser for [[Barack Obama]]. |
| | In 1988, Medea Benjamin founded [[ Global Exchange]]. Benjamin is a pro-Castro activist who lived in Cuba and was a principal organizer of the 1999 Seattle riots in which some 50,000 protesters tried to shut down the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) meetings. Benjamin was a signatory in 2003 to Not in Our Name (NION) along with [[liberal]] activists and icons [[Bernardine Dohrn]], [[Jim McDermott]], [[Ramsey Clark]], [[Noam Chomsky]], and [[Cynthia McKinney]]. NOIN was started in 2002 by C. Clark Kissinger, a member of the [[Revolutionary Communist Party]] (RCP), a [[Maoist]] group calling for the overthrow of the U.S. government and its replacement with a Communist dictatorship. | | In 1988, Medea Benjamin founded [[ Global Exchange]]. Benjamin is a pro-Castro activist who lived in Cuba and was a principal organizer of the 1999 Seattle riots in which some 50,000 protesters tried to shut down the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) meetings. Benjamin was a signatory in 2003 to Not in Our Name (NION) along with [[liberal]] activists and icons [[Bernardine Dohrn]], [[Jim McDermott]], [[Ramsey Clark]], [[Noam Chomsky]], and [[Cynthia McKinney]]. NOIN was started in 2002 by C. Clark Kissinger, a member of the [[Revolutionary Communist Party]] (RCP), a [[Maoist]] group calling for the overthrow of the U.S. government and its replacement with a Communist dictatorship. |