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Alice walker amy goodman arrest Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.pacifica.org/news/030308_AmyGoodmanArrest.html http://www.pacifica.org/news/030308_AmyGoodmanArrest.html Alice Walker, Amy Goodman & Other Notable Women Arrested in Anti-War Protest CODEPINK WOMEN'S PEACE VIGIL (202) 393-5016 www.unitedforpeace.org/women/ www.codepink4peace.org ALICE WALKER, MAXINE HONG KINGSTON, AMY GOODMAN OTHER NOTABLE WOMEN ARRESTED PROTESTING AGAINST THE WAR WITH IRAQ Washington, DC--Twenty three women, including nationally recognized award-winning authors Alice Walker and Maxine Hong Kingston, Pacifica Radio's Amy Goodman, were arrested in front of the White House on International Women's Day, protesting against the Bush Administration's proposed war on Iraq. They had marched from Malcolm X Park in Washington, DC, leading more than 5,000 peace activists associated with Code Pink, Women for Peace, to the White House. As thousands of anti-war activists peacefully encircled the White House holding hands, Walker, Kingston and 21 other women registered their opposition to war by singing on the sidewalk in front of the White House, which the police had blockaded. The police arrested them at 5 PM. "The White House refuses to listen to the people of the world who are trying to stop this immoral and unnecessary war from happening, and won't even let peaceful protesters get near them to express our dissent. I'm not surprised that these women spontaneously decided to make a stand for peace--women know how devastating a war will be for Iraqi women and children and how much it will endanger our families here at home," said Jodie Evans, a co-founder of CodePink, the women's anti-war group that organized the International Women's Day Peace event. The women arrested were from all over the United States and; Publisher Nina Utne, Authors Terry Tempest Williams and Susan Griffin, CodePink Co-founder Medea Benjamin, Reverend Patricia Ackerman, and Musician Rachel Bagby, among others. Earlier in the day, these women and others spoke at the CodePink International Women's Day Anti-War rally. It was one of dozens of women's anti-war events that were scheduled for March 8, International Women's Day, in cities from Pheonix, Arizona to Laramie, Wyoming to Nashville, Tennessee. Women have played a key role in the burgeoning U.S. anti-war movement, and recent polls on Iraq reveal a gender divide in support for a war. A February 2003 New York Times/CBS poll revealed that 12 percent more women than men support a diplomatic solution with Iraq. A recent Zogby International poll showed that while 45 percent of men said they would strongly support a war against Iraq, only 21 percent of women did. Copyright © 1997 - 2002 by the Pacifica Foundation, Inc.

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