These photos were taken in Berkeley on February 12, 2008 at Civic Center Park and in front of the City Hall building, at the protest and counter-protest over the decision by the Berkeley City Council to support Code Pink's attempt to expel the Marine Corps recruiting office from Berkeley.

Code Pink started the brouhaha in 2007 when they announced their intention to "drive the Marines out of Berkeley" -- or, more prosaically, to force the closure of a newly opened "U.S. Marine Corps Officer Selection Office" by staging protests in front of it until the Marines gave up trying to recruit anyone in Berkeley.

The protest didn't generate much national interest until the Berkeley City Council voted in January to support Code Pink's protest, to award the group a free permanent sound permit and parking space in front of the Marines office for the weekly protests, and to send an official municipal letter to the Marines telling them they were "uninvited, unwelcome intruders." This aggressively anti-military vote caught the attention of conservative bloggers and radio hosts, and a rally was scheduled to coincide with the next City Council meeting -- February 12. So, on that day, pro-military, pro-America, conservative and patriotic protesters (such as this young woman) convened in Berkeley to demand that the Berkeley City Council rescind its earlier vote.

http://www.zombietime.com/berkeley_marines_2-12-2008/