Code Pink at Washington DC's "Crystal City", Saturday March 21, 2009

Code Pink had a powerful presence at this march and, for their grand finale, sang a number of peace and justice songs after taking the high ground, while the Darth Vader Star Wars Troopers stood behind them like a silent Greek chorus. In this video they are singing:

Gonna Build a Brand New World

Here are the basics of the event:

I attended the massive and powerful protest march in DC westerday, Saturday, Mar 21 and took tons of photos and some videos, of which this is one. This was the first nationwide protest against the Obama Administration for its continuance of the destructive, unethical and horribly brutal policies of the Bush/Cheny era. This is the first shot across the bow telling Obama to stop the imperialist war machine or there will be many more, larger and larger protests, especially as the economy collapses and people find themsleves increasingly jobless and homeless while our money goes toward the destruction of other lands and peoples to the tune of billions of dollars.

This is from the Answer Coalition website:
http://answer.pephost.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ANS_homepage

On Sixth Anniversary of Iraq war...
More than 10,000 march on Pentagon, leading war profiteers

A "throng of war protesters swelled Saturday as they marched across the Memorial Bridge." (AP) The protesters marched on the Pentagon and what followed was a dramatic direct action at Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and KBR, corporations that demonstrators labeled "merchants of death." The predominantly young crowd continued to grow as the day proceeded. They marched through the Pentagon north Parking Lot and then into downtown Crystal City, where the leading war corporations' headquarters are located.

The march was led by a contingent of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. There was a significant delegation from members of the Arab and Muslim communities and many students participated.

The Arlington County Police mobilized in full riot gear in an attempt to block the demonstrators from delivering symbolic coffins at the doorsteps of the war corporations. They brought tear gas, snarling dogs and pointed guns loaded with rubber bullets directly at demonstrators. The Arlington County Police also put out an absurdly low count of the demonstration, which was more than 10,000 people.

In Los Angeles, a simultaneous demonstration drew 4,000 people, which culminated with a dramatic die-in at the Kodak Theater. Another 4,000 demonstrated in San Francisco, where police carried out violent attacks on demonstrators and arrested numerous people.

"This is the launch of the anti-war movement in the post-Bush era. Bush is gone, but the occupation of Iraq continues, the war in Afghanistan is escalating, and the people of Palestine are living under a state of siege," stated Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition.

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[MosquitoMac]

Saw the video you refer to & don't agree with this gal because she is stereotyping all Marines. But the guy doing the video does the same thing, stereotyping all of Code Pink based on what one gal out of thousands of members say. I have heard Marines say all "Hajis" should be shot. Does that mean the Marine Corps condones that?

[MosquitoMac]

I am not a hippie by the way, but a vet. Check out what this one hippie had to say about war though. YouTube won't let me put the Code in comments, but here's the video title you can plug in:

War is a Racket by Smedley Butler

[MosquitoMac]

Actually, terrorism has been around since at least the Crusades, when the "Assassins" cult was created and is probably much older than that. So all of a sudden we have a War on Terrorism? Kind of like a War on Prostitution. Since terrorism is a method, not an entity, how do you stamp it out? If you kill whom you think all the terrorists are today, what's to stop someone else from using this method tomorrow. So, do you put a Marine in every house on the planet to keep an eye on everyone?

[BORICUAPAPI74]

You hippies make me laugh i swear...

[BORICUAPAPI74]

Oh please don't give me that bullshit.!!! Terrorism has been going on for years so don't give me that bull that the war on terrorism is a load of shit.. Learn your history before you talk..

[MosquitoMac]

When someone calls me negative things I know I am not, that tells me they are projecting. So I guess you are dissing that part of your consciousness that realizes the entire "War on Terror" is a giant crock of shit, enabled by ten tons of lies, deceits and propaganda.

Obama is already wavering in everything he promised to the peace movement, so since we have had to put up with this kind of politician's doubletalk before, we know we have to start responding immediately.

[BORICUAPAPI74]

They called us Marines war criminals... Look around youtube for code pink and the first video shows a woman calling us war criminals, and that Al-Qaeda is no threat to the U.S. and asking the most stupid question... "What are we doing in Hawaii anyways?"

[BORICUAPAPI74]

You people are protesting Obama's administration already!!! My god give the man a chance to do what he has to so this war can end. He can't just withdraw our troops in 1 month... Jesus Christ you people are stupid...

[BORICUAPAPI74]

Your like an old record... PLAYED OUT!!!! Come up with a new one Bush/Cheney IS OUT..

[MosquitoMac]

Soldiers or Cheney/Bush?