Anti-War/Peace

Maccabe Haifi vs Washington Wizards basketball game draws pro-Palestine protest

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 10/15/2014 - 23:22

On the 15th of October, the Israeli basketball team Macabee Haifi was defeated 105-95 by the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center. Both inside and outside, protesters denounced Israel's aggression against the people of Palestine. One protester re-used the former name of the Wizards, calling Macabee Haifi the "Israeli Bullets." This protest was part of the cultural boycott of Israel. That boycott, in turn, is part of the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions campaign inspired by the sucessful campaign that overthrew apartheid in South Africa.

50 sec video of the protest

Anti-War/Peace
Foreign Policy/Imperialism
World Uprisings

Code Pink protests killer drone exhibit at Air and Space Museum

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 10/04/2014 - 17:05

On the 4th of October, Code Pink showed up at the National Air and Space museum to protest an exhibit of armed drones. The exhibit even includes videogame looking footage of drone bombings with nothing said about what these bombings do to real people on the ground. As the protest continued, the security line to enter the museum grew and grew, extending right around the protest. This provided almost an ideal forum to educate the public about Obama's role as judge, jury, and executioner with these drones.

Video from the Code Pink drone protest at Air and Space showing massive security line

Anti-War/Peace
Foreign Policy/Imperialism

Secret Service expels Code Pink, NK from Lafayette Park for Israeli PM's visit

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 10/01/2014 - 16:25

On the first of October, Code Pink and Neturi Karta set up in Lafayette park to protest the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to the White House, condemning him for murder and genocide. The response from Secret Service was to clear the park, even though they had already cleared the street for him to leave when it came time for his motorcade to depart.

Video of the protest

Anti-War/Peace
Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Police/Legal/Prisons

Code Pink pulling back from the White House after repeated demands from Secret Service

Code Pink, ANSWER protest US bombing of Syria, Iraq

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 09/25/2014 - 14:16

On the 25th of September, Code Pink and ANSWER protested at the White House against Obama's newly intensified bombing of Syria and Iraq. The first protest was at noon, undeterred by rain. The second was at 7PM, when Code Pink demanded that Obama return his Nobel Peace Prize due to his warmongering.

Video of Code Pink demanding Obama return his Nobel Peace Prize

Anti-War/Peace
Foreign Policy/Imperialism

Code Pink demanding Obama return his Nobel Peace Prize

Protesters blockade streets, corporate polluters, White House in solidarity w/ NYC climate protests

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 09/23/2014 - 14:23

On the 23ed of September, two groups in DC staged direct action solidarity protests with the events in NYC over climate change. Rising Tide DC marched through the streets staging blockades in front of corporate polluters. Meanwhile, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance blockaded the White House entrance nearest the Oval Office.Five were arrested in the NCNR protest.

Video of Rising Tide DC March
Video of NCNR civil resistance netting 5 arrests at the White House

Anti-War/Peace
Environment/Food/Health

DC Rising Tide in the streets

UK Daily Mail posts story readable as conflating Code Pink with ISIS video

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 14:16

On the 18th of September,the UK Daily mail released an article potentially conflating the recent Code Pink protests on Capitol Hill with the "Flames of War" propaganda video recently released by the so-called "Islamic State." The article as a whole is mostly about the video, if read with most JavaScript turned off the photos appear in a slideshow, mostly still from the video, plus one scene of cops in Times Squ

Anti-War/Peace
Media

Photo under AP Byline appearing in UK Daily Mail story alongside stills from ISIS "flames of war" video. With JavaScript limited it is last in a slideshow of mostly stills from the video

Code Pink disrupts House Homeland Security hearing on new Iraq War

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 09/17/2014 - 11:51

On the 17th of September, Code Pink disrupted their second Congressional war hearing in a row. This time it was the House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on " Worldwide Threats to the Homeland," and Code Pink warned that more US intervention would be "counterproductive." In the previous day's hearing Code Pink warned Congress not to take "war bait" from ISIS/ISIL, suspected by some to be using a strategy that actually requires US intervention to work.

Anti-War/Peace
Foreign Policy/Imperialism

Photo by Code Pink

Code Pink disrupts Senate war hearing

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 09/16/2014 - 15:16

As US Secretary of "Defense" Chuck Hagel prepared to address the Senate Armed Services Committee for an ISIS war hearing, Several Code Pink activists rose from their seats chanting "No More War!" They were supported by other members of Code Pink with signs
Official Code Pink video reposted to Archive

CNN video reposted by 3ed party to Youtube

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Foreign Policy/Imperialism

Photo by Code Pink

"Shame on the Congressional Black Caucus" Rally

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/13/2014 - 01:09

           Hundreds promise to protest upcoming CBC Annual Conference

Anti-War/Peace
DC Radio Co-op/Free Speech Radio News/WPFW
Elections/Legislation/Government
Foreign Policy/Imperialism
FreeMix Radio

Antiwar protesters greet Obama's Iraq War speech

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 09/11/2014 - 01:27

On the 10th of September, Obama gave a speech formally announcing the US was return to war in Iraq and now also in Syria, but only from the air supposedly. Antiwar protesters were in front of the White House booing some of his more bellicose words. One of the protesters said Obama wanted to bomb Assad last year, but now wants to join with Assad to bomb Islamic State. Which side is he on in Syria anyway-the chemical weapons side, or the religious extremism side?

54 sec video clip including booing protesters

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