Medea Benjamin

Medea Benjamin is the co-founder of CODEPINK and author of Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the US-Saudi Connection. Her new book is Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic.

They’re Killing Us Like Dogs: A Massacre in Bolivia and a Plea for Help

“The military has guns and a license to kill; we have nothing.” – A Bolivian mother shot by police

Medea Benjamin
Par Medea Benjamin
Bolivia Coup Feature Photo

I am writing from Bolivia just days after witnessing the November 19 military massacre at the Senkata gas plant in the indigenous city of El Alto, and the tear-gassing of a peaceful funeral procession on November 21 to commemorate the dead. These are examples, unfortunately, of the modus operandi of the de facto government that seized control in a

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One Year After the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi: Business as Usual?

Who is more evil—the maniacal Saudi crown prince responsible for Khashoggi’s murder and the murder of tens of thousands of  Yemenis, or the mendacious world leaders and businesspeople who continue to embrace what should be a pariah state?  

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Par Medea Benjamin
Mohammed bin Salman | Khashoggi

Heinous. Savage. Ghastly. It’s hard to find the words to describe the act of luring journalist Jamal Khashoggi into a Saudi consulate in Istanbul, suffocating him, chopping him up and dissolving his bones. Yet a year later, governments and business people around the world are eager to forgive and forget--or already have. So far, not a single Saudi

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Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

If the U.S. military, or Israel or Saudi Arabia, had a viable plan to attack Iran without triggering a wider war, they would have done so long ago.

Medea Benjamin
Nicolas Davies
Par Medea Benjamin
Et Nicolas Davies
Trump Saudi Feature photo

On Saturday, September 14th, two oil refineries and other oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia were hit and set ablaze by 18 drones and 7 cruise missiles, dramatically slashing Saudi Arabia’s oil production by half, from about ten million to five million barrels per day. On September 18, the Trump administration, blaming Iran, announced it was

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The Activists Quietly Struggling to Protect Venezuela’s DC Embassy from a US-backed Coup

A dedicated group of activists has been living inside Venezuela’s DC embassy for the past two weeks. hoping to halt a US-backed opposition takeover of the building.

Medea Benjamin
Kevin Zeese
Par Medea Benjamin
Et Kevin Zeese
Activists | Venezuela DC Embassy

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 of us, all activists opposed to the prospect of the Venezuelan opposition taking over the Embassy, have been living inside the building for the past

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CODEPINK Ranks the 2020 Presidential Candidates on War, Peace and Military Spending

Medea Benjamin and Nicole Davies of CODEPINK look at a new crop of presidential candidates and examine their views – and, when possible, voting records – on issues of war and peace.

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Nicolas J.S. Davies
Par Medea Benjamin
Et Nicolas J.S. Davies
Elizabeth Warren | foreign policy

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, and President Trump has threatened to veto the

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How US Sanctions are Hurting Iran: A Firsthand Report

CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin recounts her personal experience traveling through Iran with a peace delegation and seeing firsthand the effects that US sanctions have on ordinary Iranians.

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Par Medea Benjamin
Iran | Sanctions

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 country wearing messages on our jackets

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Green New Deal Advocates Shouldn’t Overlook Militarism

Where is the call for the New Peace Deal that would free up hundreds of billions from the overblown military budget to invest in green infrastructure?

Medea Benjamin
Par Medea Benjamin
Military | Pollution

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 toward an earth-affirming 21st century. The environmental crisis was laid bare by the sobering December report of the UN Climate

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