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Medea Benjamin

Medea Benjamin is co-founder of the peace group CodePink and author of many books, including Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control (2013)

June 2018

  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the construction site of the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist area.

    North Korea has taken big steps. Now it's Trump's turn to show goodwill

    Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright
    From easing the travel ban to humanitarian aid, there are many ways the US could show its commitment to progress, say Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright, members of Women Cross DMZ

April 2018

  • Donald Trump and John Bolton, the national security adviser, on 9 April.

    Will the Iran nuclear deal survive Trump’s wrecking crew?

    Medea Benjamin
    If the US pulls out, we could be heading down the path of another senseless war. That’s why the forces of the UN, Congress and the American public are so pivotal

January 2018

  • Palestinians walk past a sign painted on a wall in the West Bank biblical town of Bethlehem on June 5, 2015, calling for a boycott of Israeli products The international BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) campaign, that pushes for a ban on Israeli products, aims to exert political and economic pressure over Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories in a bid to repeat the success of the campaign which ended apartheid in South Africa. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEXTHOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images

    I am American, Jewish and banned from Israel for my activism

    Medea Benjamin
    I support nonviolent boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel in order to support Palestinian rights. The move to ban me and others will backfire

June 2017

  • Graffiti in Yemen

    America will regret helping Saudi Arabia bomb Yemen

    Medea Benjamin
    Selling weapons to Saudi Arabia has consequences. The intense anti-US sentiment in Yemen should be a wake-up call for Americans

April 2017

  • moab

    The 'mother of all bombs' is big, deadly – and won't lead to peace

    Medea Benjamin
    Trump dropped the biggest non-nuclear bomb ever used in Afghanistan on Thursday. Just where is this escalation going?

March 2017

  • mosul

    Trump said he'd stop dragging us into war. That's yet another fat lie

    Medea Benjamin
    President Trump has escalated US intervention in Syria. American strikes there now kill or injure more civilians than Russian strikes, says one report

January 2017

  • A Yemeni man looks at graffiti showing a US drone

    America dropped 26,171 bombs in 2016. What a bloody end to Obama's reign

    Medea Benjamin
    According to new figures, the US dropped nearly three bombs every hour, 24 hours a day. Dare we think how Donald Trump will continue this legacy?

October 2015

  • msf

    The Doctors Without Borders bombing is a symptom of foreign occupation

    Medea Benjamin
    The bombing should be a moment to reflect on the 14 years of US intervention. And what do we have to show for it?

October 2014

  • obama kerry power

    Why are the media playing lapdog and not watchdog – again – on war in Iraq?

    Medea Benjamin
    Medea Benjamin: Fear sells, violence sells, war sells. The mainstream press just sold another American war

June 2013

  • Anti-war activist Medea Benjamin

    A heckler's guide: how those in power should handle protest

    Medea Benjamin

    Medea Benjamin: Michelle Obama was snippy with her heckler, while Barack was graceful to me. But democracy depends on such healthy dissent

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