Posted on 03/12/2005 7:27:17 PM PST by Coleus
Today is a special day. It’s the 75-year anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s famous “salt march.” On March 12, 1930, Gandhi began a 240-mile march to nonviolently resist the British tax on salt and move India closer to independence from British rule. Gandhi changed India and the world, with his relentless, nonviolent struggle for peace and justice. (For more on Gandhi’s life, click here.)
Today is also important because it begins our 7-day countdown to the March 19 worldwide day of protest against the Iraq war. Next Saturday, people throughout the world will raise our voices on the two-year anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq to say NO to war, torture and occupation, and YES to international law, human rights, and respect our planet and its inhabitants!
We hope the life and philosophy of Gandhi will inspire you to join CODEPINK out on the streets on March 19. And if that's not enough inspiration, below we’ve provided some of our top reasons for opposing the Iraq war and occupation (below.) These are available as a flyer in PDF format on the website of our good friends at Global Exchange.
And here’s one more reminder of where CODEPINK will be focusing our energies on March 19:
Fayetteville, NC Home of Fort Bragg, 82nd Airborne, Special Forces
March 19 march and rally at Rowan Street Park, 11 AM 4 PM, with military families, veterans, and others. Click here for more information about CODEPINK’s plans:
San Diego, CA Home of Camp Pendleton
On Thursday, March 17, CODEPINK members and supporters begin a 40-mile peace procession from Oceanside Pier. The procession ends at the March 19 rally at Balboa Park, 2 PM. For more info check out our March 19 action page.
Peace Ribbon Project
CODEPINK is creating a peace “ribbon” with panels representing each life that has been claimed by the war in Iraq. This beautiful memorial will first be displayed on March 19 in Fayetteville. Please consider making a panel. Go to the Peace Ribbon page for more details.
Local Protests
See www.unitedforpeace.org to find out about March 19 protests planned in your city or town.
Let's join with the majority of the people in the world on March 19 and let them know we stand with them for peace! As Gandhi said, “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.”
See you in the streets,
Andrea, Dana, Gael, Jodie, Medea, Nancy and Tiffany
Third paragraph of my last reply to you, I used "medea" in two places that I meant "media."
Gotta proof-read better.
"Seems to me this quote is directed at US, not code pnik, or code name perversion!!"
Yes, it is/was directed at us , that is what is so funny about it. A group preaching about truth and love that have neither.
brain dead.
www.sdpw.org
San Diego Protest Warrior is working on a counter-demonstration.
Call me at 619-794-2188 after 8pm any day this week and I'll fill you in.
bstein80@yahoo.com
Flora, your pink poster is perfect.
Thanks for the smile.
Here is a clickable link to the San Diego Chapter of Protest Warrior:
http://www.indepundit.com/sdpw-org/index.html
Pink is faded RED.
They should call it Code Pink Stink
You're welcome!
It's one of my favorites.
I'll be there.
You should see my new FReepMobile. I think Sultan88 would approve.
It's an '88 Oldsmobile, bigger than a Hummer and consumes twice as much gas. I'm so proud.
p.s. You can hold the sign. I got egged the last time I used it.
FOX ROCKS, CODE PINK STINKS
Are you calling her a 'pinko'? Just had to ask....
Medea Benjamin said that, when living in Cuba, the communist social equality of Cuba "made it seem like I died and went to heaven."
Pinko might be mild to call her. Maybe Red would be more accurate, but her game is to soft pedal the radicalism in some subsidiary groups such as Code Pink so as to get more recruits.
Wow! What a quote! I also find it funny a socialist is choosing 'pink'. FReegards....
LOL...make sure you blow smoke at the Lib'rals in their Jettas...MUD
SHEEESH...this should be fun...MUD
It'll be fun alright! When FReepers get together it always is!
Now, lefties on the other hand....
FReegards...MUD
The Code Pink name was picked as a play on the terrorist alert levels (Code Yellow, Code Orange, etc.).
Also, it is part of their marketing ploy to women such as soccer moms, to use a color traditionally considered to be feminine.
It is unintended irony that the leaders are pinkos in every sense of the word.
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