Code Pink

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Code Pink: Women for Peace
FormationNovember 17, 2002; 21 years ago (2002-11-17)
Type501(c)(3) organization
26-2823386[1]
PurposeAnti-war, social justice
Key people
Jodie Evans, Medea Benjamin
AffiliationsProgressive International[2]
Websitewww.codepink.org Edit this at Wikidata

Code Pink: Women for Peace (often stylized as CODEPINK) is a left-wing, anti-war organization registered in the United States as a 501(c)(3) organization. It focuses on issues such as drone strikes, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Palestinian statehood, the Iran nuclear deal, human rights in Saudi Arabia, and peace on the Korean Peninsula. The organization has regional offices in Los Angeles, California, and Washington, D.C., and several chapters in the U.S. and abroad.[3][4]

With members wearing the group's signature pink color,[5] Code Pink has conducted marches, protests, and other activist action in order to promote its goals. The organization describes itself as female-initiated,[6] but it encourages men to participate in its activities.[7]

The organization's political positions, especially those regarding China and Venezuela, have created controversy.[8][9][10] The New York Times has claimed that 25% of Code Pink's funding, since 2017, has come from two groups connected to co-founder Jodie Evan's husband, Neville Roy Singham, who they characterize as closely working with the Chinese government to fund propaganda worldwide.[11] These claims have been criticized as a "hit piece" since the NYT "intentionally chose not to publish all the factual rebuttals provided to them prior to their publication date".[12][13]

  1. ^ "2020 Form 990 Filing" (PDF). Internal Revenue Service. January 5, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 18, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Members". Progressive International. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  3. ^ Code Pink "About Us" page Archived February 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  4. ^ "CODEPINK : About Us". Archived from the original on February 12, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2008.. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  5. ^ Copeland, Libby (June 10, 2007), "Protesting for Peace With a Vivid Hue and Cry: Code Pink's Tactics: Often Theatrical, Always Colorful", The Washington Post, p. D01, archived from the original on June 15, 2020, retrieved September 20, 2017
  6. ^ Harris, Paul (February 7, 2013). "Code Pink activists shown the red card at John Brennan Senate hearing". The Guardian. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  7. ^ Just the Beginning, CP, archived from the original on February 12, 2008, retrieved February 24, 2008
  8. ^ Bandurski, David (August 16, 2023). "Code Pink, Code Red". China Media Project. Archived from the original on August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  9. ^ Dvorak, Petula (May 16, 2019). "Code Pink used the Venezuelan Embassy as an anti-Trump prop. Now the show is over". Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  10. ^ "Code Pink: el feminismo americano que apoya al chavismo". El Pitazo (in Spanish). May 11, 2019. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  11. ^ "A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul". The New York Times. August 5, 2023. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2023. Since 2017, about a quarter of Code Pink's donations — more than $1.4 million — have come from two groups linked to Mr. Singham, nonprofit records show. The first was one of the UPS store nonprofits. The second was a charity that Goldman Sachs offers as a conduit for clients' giving, and that Mr. Singham has used in the past.
  12. ^ Faisal, Meer (October 31, 2023). "How the New York Times fuelled a crackdown on journalists in India | Al Jazeera Media Institute". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on March 1, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2024. The story did not quote Singham or any Newsclick executives on the matter. In fact, on October 17, the American entrepreneur issued a statement denying the allegations made in the NYT report and accused the American paper of running a "misleading and innuendo-laden hit" piece. He further alleged that the paper "intentionally chose not to publish all the factual rebuttals that I provided to them on July 22, 2023, prior to their publication date".
  13. ^ "Statement by Neville Roy Singham on Newsclick funding row". The Hindu. October 17, 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on October 17, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2024. The NYT intentionally chose not to publish all the factual rebuttals that I provided to them on July 22, 2023, prior to their publication date. The NYT has done a great disservice to the cause to press freedom. For this reason, I have decided to publicly address some of these points that I raised to, and were ignored by, the NYT. I categorically deny and repudiate all claims of illegality and impropriety and wish to set the record straight.