Video: CODEPINK’s Medea Benjamin Speaks Out for Peace

CODEPINK’s Medea Benjamin Speaks Out for Peace from William Hughes on Vimeo.

Activists from CODEPINK showed up at John Marshall Park in Washington, D.C., on Saturday May 8, 2010. The were joined briefly by activists fighting for the creation of a national jobs program. CODEPINK was celebrating not only Mother’s Day, but echoing the spirit of Julia Ward Howe’s 1870 Proclamation. Ms. Howe demanded on that Mother’s Day past for the nation to “Disarm, Disarm! Mothers say Disarm!” Medea Benjamin, Cofounder of Code Pink, shared her views about that history and more at today’s event. For background, see: http://www.codepink4peace.org/