Editing Rainbow flag (section)

===Peace movement (1961)===
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[[File:PACE-flag.svg|thumb|[[Peace flag|PACE flag]] (Italian for '[[peace]]')]]

This rainbow flag in Italy was first used in a peace march in 1961, inspired by similar multi-coloured flags used in demonstrations against [[nuclear weapon]]s. It became popular with the ''Pace da tutti i balconi'' ("peace from every balcony") campaign in 2002, started as a protest against the impending [[war in Iraq]]. The most common variety has seven colours, purple, blue, [[azure (color)|azure]], green, yellow, orange and red, and is emblazoned in bold with the Italian word ''PACE'', meaning "peace".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bandieredipace.org/ |website=Bandiere di Pace.org |title=Flags of Peace |language=it |access-date=2007-08-20 |archive-date=2015-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812010632/http://www.bandieredipace.org/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://amnesty.no/det-nytter-5 |work=Amnesty International |title=Det nytter! |date=6 June 2003 |trans-title=It helps! |language=no |access-date=21 March 2020 |archive-date=21 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321112135/https://amnesty.no/det-nytter-5 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Common variations include moving the purple stripe down below the azure one, and adding a white stripe on top (the original flag from the 60s had a white stripe on top). This flag has been adopted internationally as a symbol of the [[peace movement]].

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