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 Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Why Green New Deal Advocates Must Address Militarism In the spirit of a new year and a new Congress, 2019 may well be our best and last opportunity to steer our ship of state away from the twin planetary perils of environmental chaos and militarism, charting a course towards an earth-affirming 21st century. The environmental crisis was laid bare by... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 21, 2018 Will the New House Democrats Take on the War Lobby? A new Democratic majority will take charge in the U.S. House of Representatives in January, thanks to a remarkable rebound in public participation in U.S. elections. Based on early data, it appears that over 49% of eligible voters showed up at the polls this year, compared to a 70-year low of 36.4... Read more |
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Views Monday, November 05, 2018 Trump Bullying Will Hurt Millions of Iranians Iranian government officials want to know how the Trump administration can get away with punishing Iran and other countries for complying with the internationally recognized nuclear deal signed in 2015. "The US is, in effect, threatening states who seek to abide by Resolution 2231 with punitive... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, October 23, 2018 Peacemakers, Warmongers and Fence Sitters: Who Represents You? As a foreign policy crisis explodes over the apparent Saudi assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, the failure of the U.S. Congress to assert its constitutional war powers over three years of illegal U.S. military action in the war on Yemen and booming U.S. arms sales to Saudi... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Khashoggi Is The Tip Of The Bloody Iceberg: 10 More Reasons to Cut the US-Saudi Alliance Saudi Arabia has made headlines recently for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. What happened to Khashoggi is certainly tragic, but it’s far from the only crime committed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Despite its history of thuggery, the United States has been cozy with the kingdom for... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Bombing Yemeni School Children for Profit As if the horrific Saudi bombing of a Yemeni school bus that killed 44 children on August 9, 2018 wasn’t bad enough, CNN reported that the bomb used in the attack was manufactured by Lockheed Martin, one of the major U.S. defense contractors. Nima Elbagir, reporting for CNN’s Situation Room, showed... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, July 25, 2018 Who Will Stop Trump From Tweeting Us into War With Iran? Donald Trump may be taking us to war on Iran and those who should be trying to stop him—from Congress to the grassroots—are too obsessed with Russia to even pay attention. Trump is well aware that a war with Iran could be a good diversion from his domestic and Russia travails, and could even help... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, July 17, 2018 Can the Brit’s Baby Trump Blimp Come Play at Trump’s DC Military Parade? The best thing about Donald Trump’s visit to England and Scotland was the protests —or Carnival of Resistance, as some called them. Their outrageous signs, costumes, and visuals, including the Baby Trump blimp, were in contrast to our oftentimes sedate US demonstrations. That’s why a GoFundMe has... Read more |
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Views Thursday, July 12, 2018 Why Is a Retired Accountant From Texas Risking His Life to Sail to Gaza? On the heels of the Great March of Return in Gaza, when Israeli soldiers killed 112 Palestinian protesters and wounded thousands more, a four-ship Freedom Flotilla will set sail for Gaza this month from a port in the Mediterranean Sea. Although it is an act of piracy for Israel to confiscate ships... Read more |
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Views Thursday, June 07, 2018 How The War Industry Corrupts The U.S. Congress Former President Jimmy Carter has called U.S. politics a system of “legalized bribery” in which powerful interests spend billions of dollars on lobbying and campaign funding to ensure that members of Congress pay more attention to them than to the general public. With the upcoming midterm elections... Read more |