Granny Peace Brigade
Encyclopedia
The Granny Peace Brigade [GPB] is an active anti-war
demonstration group in New York City made up of senior citizens. The GPB frequently collaborates with Code Pink
, The Raging Grannies and Peace Action
and is one of many local activist groups seeking a peaceful world.
While having been arrested October 17, 2005 and later acquitted for attempting to enlist to the military at the recruitment center in Times Square, the women are now working on initiatives such as preventing military recruiters from entering public schools to recruit, and opposition to militarization on a global scale. They are also politically active by social networking for phone-a-thons, which are the coordination of voices for social change and war opposition to elected officials.
The Grannies were initially formed when a group of women, members of seven groups [see below], approached military recruiters and asked to be sent to Iraq in order to save grandchildren who had been sent over. The Granny Peace Brigade name was adopted to form a group for identification purposes and to continue working together as a group.
Groups that formed the GPB include:
CodePink http://www.codepink4peace.org/
Grandmothers Against the War http://www.grandmothersagainstthewar.org
Gray Panthers http://www.graypanthers.org/
Peace Action of New York State (PANYS) http://www.panys.org/
The Raging Grannies http://raginggrannies.org/
The Ribbon International http://www.theribboninternational.org/
West Side Peace Action http://www.panys.org/WSPA/
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom http://www.wilpf.org/
Anti-war
An anti-war movement is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. The term can also refer to pacifism, which is the opposition to all use of military force during conflicts. Many...
demonstration group in New York City made up of senior citizens. The GPB frequently collaborates with Code Pink
Code Pink
Code Pink: Women for Peace is an anti-war group that is mainly composed of women. It has regional offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, and Washington, D.C., and many more chapters in the U.S. as well as several in other countries...
, The Raging Grannies and Peace Action
Peace Action
Peace Action is a peace organization formed through the merger of The Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign...
and is one of many local activist groups seeking a peaceful world.
While having been arrested October 17, 2005 and later acquitted for attempting to enlist to the military at the recruitment center in Times Square, the women are now working on initiatives such as preventing military recruiters from entering public schools to recruit, and opposition to militarization on a global scale. They are also politically active by social networking for phone-a-thons, which are the coordination of voices for social change and war opposition to elected officials.
History
Groups that formed the GPB include:
CodePink http://www.codepink4peace.org/
Grandmothers Against the War http://www.grandmothersagainstthewar.org
Gray Panthers http://www.graypanthers.org/
Peace Action of New York State (PANYS) http://www.panys.org/
The Raging Grannies http://raginggrannies.org/
The Ribbon International http://www.theribboninternational.org/
West Side Peace Action http://www.panys.org/WSPA/
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom http://www.wilpf.org/
External links
- Granny Peace Brigade Official Site
- Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping Official Home Page
- Code Pink
- Philadelphia Chapter Granny Peace Brigade - Philly