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On January 14, 2024, protesters organized by Code Pink threw baby dolls covered in fake blood at the White House as part of the "National March 4 Gaza". [153] In March 2024, protesters blocked Pennsylvania Avenue in protest of Biden's 2024 State of the Union Address, with one demonstrator stating, "No more genocide with our tax dollars". [154]
Code Pink activists protest Democratic senators who supported Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, December 2017.. Code Pink was founded on November 17, 2002, by a group of American anti-war activists, including Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin, in the lead-up to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq (which the organization opposed).
2. Medea Benjamin (born Susan Benjamin on September 10, 1952) is an American political activist who, along with Jodie Evans and others, co-founded Code Pink. [1] She also co-founded, along with her husband Kevin Danaher, the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Benjamin was the Green Party nominee in the 2000 United States Senate election ...
Cindy Sheehan. Sheehan gives the peace sign in front of the White House in 2006. Cindy Lee Sheehan (née Miller; born July 10, 1957) is an American anti-war activist, [1][2] whose son, U.S. Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, was killed by enemy action during the Iraq War.
Recorded May 12, 2021. Cheryl Lea Bustos (/ ˈbuːstoʊs / BOOST-ohss; née Callahan; born October 17, 1961) is an American journalist, healthcare executive, and politician who served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 17th congressional district from 2013 to 2023.
Pelosi in the House is a 2022 American documentary film about American congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. Released in December 2022 on HBO, it provides a behind-the-scenes look at the career of Pelosi. The SF Chronicle called the film "essential viewing." [1] The New York Times review says "it provides an unusual opportunity to watch Pelosi negotiate ...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had the flags at the Capitol lowered to half-staff in honor of Brian Sicknick, a United States Capitol Police officer who died following the attacks. [16] [17] Trump initially declined to lower flags at the White House or other federal buildings under his control, before changing his mind four days later.
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange. [62] Ana Kasparian, co-host of the internet news show, The Young Turks. [63] Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and war correspondent. [62] Kevin Zeese, activist and attorney. [62] Camille Paglia, author, teacher, and social critic. [64]