Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for Peace, is the author of the new book, Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Her previous books include: Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection; Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control; Don’t Be Afraid Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart, and (with Jodie Evans) Stop the Next War Now (Inner Ocean Action Guide). Follow her on Twitter: @medeabenjamin
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Views Monday, June 17, 2019 U.S. Sanctions: Economic Sabotage That Is Deadly, Illegal, and Ineffective While the mystery of who is responsible for sabotaging the two tankers in the Gulf of Oman remains unsolved, it is clear that the Trump administration has been sabotaging Iranian oil shipments since May 2, when it announced its intention to “ bring Iran’s oil exports to zero, denying the regime its... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, June 05, 2019 Travel to Cuba Falls Victim to John Bolton’s Wrath John Bolton hates the governments of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua— calling them the “troika of tyranny” and the “three stooges of socialism”—and is determined to use his time as National Security Advisor to eliminate the vestiges of socialism in our hemisphere. He has openly stated that the 1823... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Venezuela Embassy Protection Collective Defies Unlawful “No Trespass” Order An extraordinary set of events has been unfolding at the Venezuela Embassy in Washington DC, ever since the Embassy Protection Collective began living at the embassy with the permission of the elected government of Venezuela on April 10 to protect it from an illegal takeover by Venezuela’s... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, May 07, 2019 What Is Happening at the Venezuelan Embassy Is an Outrage Right here in Washington DC an unprecedented showdown is unfolding. Venezuelan supporters of self-declared interim president Juan Guaido have been trying to take over the Venezuelan Embassy. This goes against international law, the wishes of the government in control in Venezuela, and the dogged... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Social Movements Under Intense Attack Despite Colombia 'Peace Plan' With Venezuela occupying the small bandwidth our media has for news about Latin America, there is virtually no information about Colombia, where a horrible wave of violence in the past two years has taken the lives of hundreds of social movement leaders and activists around the country, especially... Read more |
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Views Monday, April 22, 2019 Activists Protect DC Venezuelan Embassy from US-Supported Coup An extraordinary chapter in the ongoing saga of Venezuela has been taking place, virtually unnoticed, at the Venezuela Embassy that lies in the heart of swanky Georgetown in Washington DC. A group initiated by CODEPINK and Popular Resistance, all activists opposed to the prospect of the Venezuelan... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, March 27, 2019 War and Peace and the 2020 Presidential Candidates Forty-five years after Congress passed the War Powers Act in the wake of the Vietnam War, it has finally used it for the first time , to try to end the U.S.-Saudi war on the people of Yemen and to recover its constitutional authority over questions of war and peace. This hasn’t stopped the war yet... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, March 13, 2019 An Apology for a Different Plane Crash, 30 Years Later The tragic Ethiopian Airline plane crash recalls another passenger plane crash some 30 years ago. The latter, however, was not due to a mechanical malfunction but to U.S. missiles. And while very few Americans remember this incident, it still weighs heavy on the hearts of many Iranians--as we... Read more |
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Views Monday, March 11, 2019 How US Sanctions are Hurting Iran: A Firsthand Report On a recent delegation to Iran, we experienced first-hand the legendary Iranian hospitality. Iranians are particularly thrilled to meet Americans, but as we discovered, our government’s policies are hurting the very people who want to be our friends. As our 28-person delegation traveled through the... Read more |
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Views Monday, February 25, 2019 Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif Resigns Hours After Meeting With US Peace Delegation We are deeply saddened by the resignation of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Monday afternoon, which occurred just hours after he met with our 28-person American peace delegation led by CODEPINK: Women for Peace. Zarif talked at length about how dissatisfied the Iranian people had become... Read more |