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Join the antiwar group CODEPINK for our weekly radio show every Thursday! Each week features a different CODEPINK organizer hosting robust conversations with grassroots peacemakers all over the world from Korea to Yemen to Venezuela to Iran and beyond. Tune in to get weekly updates on the global antiwar movement and learn all about peacemakers in communities worldwide confronting warhawks wherever they may find them.
On this episode of CODEPINK Radio, CODEPINK's West Coast Organizer Ryan Wentz is joined by Rami Kablawi, a Palestinian organizer and writer. Listen to the two discuss how Israel's PR campaigns target Westerners and how the campaigns create an idea of Israel that flies in the face of reality.
These CODEPINK China Is Not Our Enemy community members have been working towards peace with China for over four years. Hear about their journey and all they have learned along the way.
As Pride Month begins, CODEPINK's Tim Biondo talks about the connections between the struggles for queer liberation and Palestinian liberation. Samer, a Palestinian artist & organizer in Chicago, breaks down pinkwashing and shares insights from organizing critically within queer spaces. Drag queen & comedian Lady Bunny reflects on her politicization against war and the state of the gay movement.
Join CODEPINK's Member & Youth Coordinator Jasmine and our Palestine Campaigner Nour as they recap the People's Conference for Palestine held in Detroit, MI over the weekend. Then hear Nour's expert opinions on the ongoing invasion of Rafah and why we must escalate for Palestine.
On this episode of CODEPINK Radio, Marcy Winograd discusses the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Israeli leaders Netanyahu and Gallant, and three Hamas leaders for crimes against humanity. Guests Francis Boyle, an international law professor, and Sam Husseini, an independent journalist, analyze the legal and political implications of this and South Africa's World Court case against Israel for genocide in Gaza. Additionally, Thaer Dallasheh, a Los Angeles-based Palestinian 48er, shares insights from a recent CODEPINK teach-in.
Join CODEPINK's Feminist Foreign Policy Project Coordinator, Grace Siegelman, as she interviews CODEPINK Co-founder Jodie Evans, CODEPINK Members Naseebah and Shaz and Raging Grannies Vicki and Mary as they discuss the importance of disrupting Congress on Mother's Day, what being a grandmother, mother and caretaker means within the movement for liberation and what more we can do everyday to fight for justice and liberation in Palestine and for the liberation of all peoples.
Join CODEPINK'S Palestine Campaigner Nour for another episode from the university encampments in solidarity with Gaza. Listen to conversations with one of the marshals at DePaul University's student encampment, Yolanda Judeh, as well as Nour's mother, Osrie, as they reflect on the effects of oppression and repression on the structure of Palestinian communities. Yolanda shares her perspective from the United States while Osrie speaks about her experience growing up in the West Bank in Palestine.
Join CODEPINK Co-Director Danaka Katovich as she interviews Co-Founder Jodie Evans about her time at the UCLA and USC encampments for Gaza and CODEPINK's Grace Siegelman about her time at the Northwestern encampment. For the second half, Danaka and Nour report live from DePaul University's new encampment for Gaza.
Jodie and Megan talk about their work to lay a path to peace in the face of endless tentacles of the US driving a war on China and finishing our final guest Krista discussing the difficulties being a proud Chinese American
Tune in this week for an episode with CODEPINK 's newest member, Julia Norman, to discuss 'Advocacy across decades'. Guests, Paki Wieland and Mona Sadeq share their experiences as activists and advocates, particularly for Palestine. As retired women and mothers, they share some of their insights as to what activism means to them, and how they continue to advocate for peace and justice with women's organizations. Mona, a Palestinian American herself, also leads listeners into a thoughtful and sobering conversation about how we respond to the horrors we are seeing unfold in Gaza, and how that asks all of us, self-proclaimed activists or not, to raise our voices and act with urgency.
In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, host Marcy Winograd talks to former State Department diplomat Ann Wright on challenging Israel's settler colonialism with an emergency flotilla to break the siege on Gaza. Nour, CODEPINK's Palestine campaigner, unpacks her paper, "Israeli Greenwashing: The Myth of Environmentalism in a Settler Colonial State," and author and community organizer Eric Mannshares lessons from the 60s in building a powerful anti war movement.
Tune in this week to learn all about the local peace economy - what is it, and why does it matter? We'll hear from CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans about why she started integrating local peace economy work into her anti-war activism and how you can begin to grow the local peace economy in your community. We'll also hear from presenters and attendees at the recent Bioneers conference in Berkeley, CA about how the local peace economy is alive in their lives right now. How do we grow the seeds of peace in our community? Join us to find out.
In the first half of this episode, CODEPINK Congress co-hosts Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin speak with Norman Solomon, author of the book: War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine. Solomon offers suggestions on cultivating relationships with editors, writing OpEds and framing persuasive arguments to break through the propaganda that manufactures consent for endless war. On the second half of the program, Marcy interviews Brian Mier, Telesur English correspondent in Brazil, on the threat of fascism in Brazil and beyond as social media exacerbates global polarization. Also featured is Naledi Pandor, South Africa's Minister of International Relations, on a visit to the US to stave off congressional attacks in the wake of South Africa's World Court case against Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Links:
War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine by Norman Solomonhttps://thenewpress.com/books/war-made-invisible
The Hybrid War Against Lula by Brian Mier (COUNTERPUNCH. 3/20/24)https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/03/20/the-hybrid-war-against-lula/
Tune in this week to hear from Moataz Salim and Julia Norman, two graduate students who walk the halls of Congress every day with CODEPINK. Hear their stories about encounters with members of Congress, hearings, and arrests.
Tune in this week as our Member & Youth Coordinator Jasmine hears from Chicago and Dallas organizers on what true solidarity looks like. Tamera of DFW offers wisdom on what solidarity demands of us in this moment and how we organize with clarity and discipline. Then we'll hear an International Women's Day speech from Nour, CODEPINK's Palestine campaigner, that grounds us in anti-imperialist feminism for now and forever.
Tune in as our CODEPINK Palestine Campaign Coordinator Nour and our Feminist Foreign Policy Proejct Coordinator Grace discuss why Palestine is a feminist issue, why Palestine is a reproductive justice issue, why we must be steadfast in our definition our feminism and our anti-war organizing is inherent to the feminist movement and reproductive justice! We will also hear about CODEPINK's International Women's Day 2024 Campaign and how to stay involved in our CODEPINK Palestine organizing all month long!
Tune in as we dissect the US Senate's recent $95 billion windfall to the weapons industry, spotlighting its alarming implications. From fueling conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine to escalating tensions with China, the bill prioritizes war over peace. With vital aid to Gaza under threat and a dangerous loophole empowering unchecked weapon shipments to Israel, urgent action is needed. Join us as we advocate for ceasefire and diplomacy!
This week, join CODEPINK’s cofounder, Jodie Evans, as she takes us through an intense two-day journey in the halls of Congress, where peace activists from CODEPINK and other groups used Valentine’s day to spread a message of love and solidarity by delivering heartfelt valentines to members of Congress, urging them to embrace compassion and demand an immediate ceasefire to end the ongoing genocide in Palestine. But that's not all - Jodie also takes us along the poignant path walked by renowned actress and tireless activist, Susan Sarandon. Susan leverages her influential voice, navigating through the political maze of Congress, to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and the funding of UNRWA, regardless of the personal costs.
Join us for an enlightening hour of discussion with Carlos Ron Venezuela's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America 2024. In today's episode, Teri Mattson and Carlos Ron delve into pressing US-Venezuelan foreign policy matters. Tune in as they dissect issues such as election interference by US and European Union actors, the implications of the Barbados agreement, and the illegal use of unilateral economic sanctions to shape Venezuelan domestic policy, including electoral outcomes.
On this episode of CODEPINK Radio, Marcy Winograd takes us to Chicago where CODEPINK activists worked to pass a ceasefire in Gaza resolution at the city council. Then CODEPINK Co-founder Medea Benjamintells us about the "Secretary of Genocide" protests outside Secretary of State Antony Blinken's home in Virginia, as well as CODEPINK's workon Capitol Hill to demand an end to arms for Israel's genocide. On the second half of the show, Marcy interviews international humanrights attorney Francis Boyle on possible consequences for Israel's refusal to comply with World Court orders to stopkilling Palestinians and provide humanitarian relief. The World Court, also known as the International Court of Justice, recently ruledSouth Africa's claims that Israel is violating the convention are plausible.
Join CODEPINK Co-Director Danaka Katovich as she interviews Dr. Shireen Al-Adeimi (X @shireen818), Dr. Aisha Jumaan (X @AishaJumaan @Yemenrrf) and Jehan Hakim (@YAC_USfuelsWars) for a general overview of Yemen. Who are the "Houthis" or AnsarAllah? Why is the US bombing Yemen? What is Yemen doing in the Red Sea? What have the last 9 years been like in Yemen? Why does Yemen stand with Palestine? Dr. Al-Adeimi is an assistant professor at Michigan State University and fellow at the Quincy Institute. Dr. Aisha Jumaan founded the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation. Jehan Hakim is a community organizer and chair of Yemeni Alliance Committee. All three women led the efforts in the United States to stop US involvement in the war on Yemen.
Join CODEPINK China Is Not Our Enemy coordinator Cale Holmes as he speaks with journalist and peace activist KJ Noh for a debrief on Taiwan's recent elections and Professor Ken Hammond on why Biden is escalating tensions with China by choosing Kurt Campbell as his nominee for Deputy Secretary of State
Join CODEPINK organizer Grace as we reflect on the historic March for Gaza in DC as well as other CODEPINK actions in response to Biden's bombing of Yemen. We feature Medea Benjamin's speech, Jodie Evan's reflections, and what's next. We also listen to our most recent Missing Peace Monday with special guest Alexis Judeh, a Chicago organizer who's been advocating for Palestine for over 6 years. Throughout the episode, we are reminded of the importance of solidarity work as we fight for the liberation of all people.
Join CODEPINK organizer Jasmine in a discussion with two young professionals about how the global medical and legal professions have or have not stood with Palestine. Recent law graduate Jinan Chehade and current medical student Belal share their observations and hopes for a future where doctors and lawyers join the fight to liberate Gaza and oppressed people everywhere.
In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, Marcy Winograd interviews international law expert John Quigley, an advisor to South Africa in its case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). South Africa is charging Israel with genocide in Gaza, where Israel has killed an estimated 25,000 people, wounded 55,000 and
displaced two million of Gaza's 2.3 million people, almost half of them children. Professor Emeritus Quigley served as an advocate and counsel to Bosnia in its ICJ genocide case in 1993 over ethnic cleansing.
Join Danaka Katovich for her discussion with two CODEPINK organizers in Fargo, North Dakota and the CODEPINK Co-Founder Medea Benjamin. The episode recaps the year CODEPINK had in Congress and discusses making change locally in places like Fargo, North Dakota.
Join Cale Holmes and Jodie Evans from CODEPINK's China is NOT our Enemy campaign as they invite journalist Li Jingjing, regional coordinator of the Korea Peace Now Grassroots Network Sheen Kim, Chamorro activist Monaeka Flores, and Former Co-Chair of the Asia+Oceania Subcommittee for Democratic Socialists of America Anlin Wang, to share their insights on what a pro-peace, feminist, decolonized, and sustainable foreign policy looks like in the Asia-Pacific region?
On this episode of CODEPINK Radio, we are joined by hip-hop artist and activist, Lowkey. He shares his insights on the current protests, the ways institutions in Britain and the U.S. are pressured by the Zionist lobby, and the role of music and social media in the struggle for Palestinian liberation. We hear about the current struggle in Britain, and the intertwined complicity of Britain and the U.S. in Israel's genocidal war.
CODEPINK's Marcy Winograd speaks with Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK, and Ann Wright, former State Department official, on growing congressional and labor support for a ceasefire in Gaza. This episode also includes an interview with William Deere, the executive director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNWRA), who talks about the challenges in providing relief to 2.3 million Gazans under Israeli bombardment with weapons paid for by US tax dollars.
Key Links
Tell President Biden & Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III: Occupation is Indefensible
UNRWA-Support Palestinehttps://support-palestine.com/products/donation?gclid=CjwKCAiAjrarBhAWEiwA2qWdCAvBu18AnQt0L3Q8UowzxfyEjVNhRQp74ysINVHMEsmQ3L0doLKulBoCeEgQAvD_BwE
Ceasefire Tracker in Congresshttps://workingfamilies.org/ceasefire-tracker/
On this episode of CODEPINK radio we discuss the crisis of disinformation, the work of educating young people on Palestine, and the connections between militarized and gender based violence. Our guest is Sirajum Sandhi, a NYC based gender based violence advocate and educator.
Guests: George Rishmawi and Ameera. On this episode of CODEPINK radio we discuss the importance of highlighting the plight of Palestinian men and how their liberation is a goal of international feminism. Our compassion for Palestinians can't stop at "women and children". See George's work in Palestine https://www.sirajcenter.org/index.php/en/
Tune into this special radio episode as we delve into the heartfelt reflections of Chantal O'Brien, who formed a profound bond with a Palestinian family living in the dire straits of war-torn Gaza. Her poignant connection humanizes the devastating reality faced by countless victims of Israel's war crimes - they're not just numbers, nor collateral damage. They have names, faces, hopes, and dreams that carry on amidst a backdrop of fear and violence. In bringing light to these narratives, Chantal emphasizes the urgency to acknowledge the Palestinian crisis from a perspective that is often neglected - the personal one. Listen, reflect and get a deeper insight into the true impacts of war and violence in Gaza.
In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, we bring you a recent CODEPINK Congress program to uplift the voices of Palestinian resistance and expose those who seek to censor them. Guests include: Dr. Osama Abuirshaid, exec. dir., American Muslims for Palestine; Zahra Billo, exec. dir., CAIR-San Francisco/Bay Area; Lara Sheehi, assistant professor of clinical psychology at George Washington University; Soetkin Van Muylem, activist with Vrede, a peace group in Belgium. Co-hosts Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin discuss with their guests acts of global resistance to Israeli genocide in Gaza.
Join us on this episode of CODEPINK Radio as unpack the manipulative portrayal of China in Western media. Learn how to separate fact from fiction, understand the motivation behind these falsehoods, and contribute to building bridges, not walls, between nations. Together, we can combat these dangerous narratives, fostering a world of peace, not perpetual warfare. Don't miss it.
Join CODEPINK Radio as we discuss the current moment of Palestinian youth and student organizing. We are join by Laila of the US Palestininan Community Network. She is also a designer and photographer. We will discuss the importance of contextualizing the Palestinian liberation movement, what it means to be in the street in solidarity with the Palestinian people and what mass mobilization can do for the Palestinian struggle and the struggle of all people seeking justice.
On this episode of CODEPINK Radio we explore the recent temporary licenses granted by the US Treasury Department for activities in Venezuela's sanctioned sectors, Journalist Ricardo Vaz from Venezuela Analysis will provide an on-the-ground perspective on these developments and the situation of Venezuelan migrants reaching our borders. We also have special guest Adrienne Pine, who will share her experience as part of the recent CODEPINK and Task Force on the Americas delegation to Venezuela, where they learned from the socialist communes and witnessed the remarkable resistance of the Venezuelan people against US domination.
Join CODEPINK Radio as we urgently call for a halt to US weapons for Israel’s murderous ethnic cleansing in Gaza, as well as support for an immediate ceasefire and establishment of humanitarian corridors– an end to all the killing and occupation of Palestine.
CODEPINK's Marcy Winograd, also co-chair of the Peace in Ukraine Coalition, takes us to Capitol Hill, where Senator Bernie Sanders' office had eleven peace activists arrested on Wednesday,October 4, 2023, for holding up signs to promote a diplomatic resolution to the Russia-Ukraine-NATO war. Tune in for highlights from the Global Days of Action for Peace in Ukraine, including a keynote speech by Dr. Cornel West at aDC rally for urgent diplomacy, not more weapons to continue a war that can only be resolved at the negotiating table.
In this episode we delve deep into the concept of mutual aid and internationalism with Savannah, Cat, and Nato of All Power Books. Our host, Danaka, leads the discussion as the panel discusses the difference between charity and truly challenging the status quo to build a more just and equitable society. Listen in as they explore how we can come together as a community to uplift one another and work towards real, systemic change.
In this episode, Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin, co-hosts of CODEPINK Congress, talk aboutthe Global Days of Action (Sept. 30-Oct. 8th) for peace in Ukraine. From banner drops to petition drives to delegations on Capitol Hill and beyond, CODEPINK and the Peace in Ukraine Coalition will call for a mutual ceasefire, negotiations without preconditions and investments in urgent needs at home, not more weapons to escalate the war. During the second half of this episode, CODEPINK activist Eddy MacGregor shares her experience protesting test launches of nuclear missiles at Vandenberg Space Force Base, and academics and journalists critique the language and euphemisms of war as documented in the new language guide, "Words About War Matter."
In today's show, Cale Holmes and Jodie Evans interview John Pang, an international relations analyst interested in framing the political theology of global affairs discourse, especially as it applies to China, East Asia, and the question of world order. Cale also shares about his recent encounter at a congressional armed services committee hearing over weapons sales to Taiwan
In today’s radio show, Matthew Ho and Assal Radow will shed light on how the US government exploited the 9/11 tragedy to escalate surveillance and instill fear in Muslim and Arab communities, all in the name of “freedom”. Additionally, climate justice advocate Alexia Leclercq will discuss the role of international cooperation and peace in combating the climate crisis, emphasizing the crucial need to put an end to wars.
In the latest episode of CODEPINK radio, Ecuador's Presidential Election is in focus as it heads to a second round in October. The leading candidate, Luisa Gonzalez, of the Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana party, promises to improve public spending and social programs and tackle the root causes of violence in the country. Daniel Noboa, son of banana businessman Alvaro Noboa, emerged as the surprise second-place finisher. CODEPINK's guest, Pilar Troya, an Ecuadorian feminist anthropologist, joins the show to offer her insights into the election. As Ecuador navigates this turbulent political climate, stay tuned to CODEPINK radio for all the latest updates.
CODEPINK wrapped up our Summer of Peace where we had actions and events all over the country. We’re bringing this momentum with us to the streets of NYC for the March to End Fossil Fuels and Intl. Day of Peace at the UN. This summer was the hottest on record and endless wars continue to ravage communities and ecosystems across the world. We’ll be talking today with Drew Hudson of Beyond Extreme Energy about how important it is to have an anti-militarism lens in climate activism and with Cesar Maxit, an art-tivist on the role of the arts in movement spaces.
CODEPINK Radio producer Marcy Winograd hosts a round table with CODEPINK Co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, as well as former diplomat and CODEPINK activist Ann Wright to challenge US war plans vis a vis Ukraine and China. During the second half of the program, American University professor Peter Kuznick reviews the movie Oppenheimer to pull back the curtain on the lies the Pentagon told us.
On this episode CODEPINK’s Co-founder Jodie Evans explores how propaganda is fueling the war on China. She is joined by two Chinese American guests who prefer to stay anonymous out of fear for their safety . Their anonymity is a stark reminder of how dangerous speaking up against the powerful can be. Join us as we uncover the true motives behind this hate campaign and explore ways in which we can stand together in solidarity for peace
On this episode, Danaka Katovich and Jimmy Leas bring Ashley Adams, Peter Bingham and Richard Joseph on to discuss the effects that F-35 training flights have on our communities, particularly on child development.
CODEPINK organizer Marcy Winograd on two box office movie hits: Barbie and Oppenheimer, Hollywood movies that take a critical look at patriarchy and the development of the atomic bomb. First, Marcy and CODEPINK DC activist Olivia DiNucci envision a more radical Barbie as an anti-war activist challenging the military industrial complex. Next, we meet CODEPINK anti-nuclear activists Tsukuru Fors and Alice Slater who discuss Japan under the US nuclear umbrella and the much-needed Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
This week marks 70 years since the armistice agreement which halted the Korean War without formally ending it. As organizers and activists descend on D.C. to demand a real peace treaty, CODEPINK's Tim Biondo talks with Ann Wright about her experience crossing the DMZ in 2015 alongside several other women from around the world working for peace and the need for a real end to the Korean war.
The international press is up in arms, once again, accusing him of attacking Mexico's democratic institutions. But are these accusations founded or merely a means to undermine a government that refuses to bow to the dominance of the United States? Join Teri Mattson and Jose Luis Granados for an insightful and thought-provoking conversation, right here on CODEPINK Radio
In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, Marcy Winograd covers the arrest of CODEPINK activists to free Julian Assange, and shares interviews with journalist Glenn Greenwald and Stella Assange on why the US attempt to extradite and prosecute Assange threatens freedom of the press. On the second half of the program, Marcy discusses with CODEPINK Co-founder Medea Benjamin congressional efforts to stop President Biden from sending banned cluster bombs to Ukraine, and shares a presentation by Seviim Degdelen, a member of the German Left Party, on the need for Germany to exit NATO and support a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Episode 203: The Summer of Peace: CODEPINK and Peace Partners have launched The Summer of Peace, to make peace visible, to be bold and make Peace cool again. Join us: https://www.codepink.org/summerofpeace
Join CODEPINK Radio featuring Norman Solomon and Matthew Hoh to talk about the American military complex and anti-war activism.
Birthright is a free, 10-day trip offered to young Jews, to visit Israel and the Golan Heights. Join CODEPINK to hear from voices on the ground in Palestine and other guest speakers who will outline how these propaganda trips help facilitate the further colonization of Palestine.
In this episode, CODEPINK's Marcy Winograd debriefs the International Summit for Peace in Ukraine with CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin and former State Department diplomat Ann Wright. Both women participated in the peace summit, held in Vienna, Austria, June 10-11th, to mobilize peace activists from 32 countries to echo the call of the Global South for a ceasefire in Ukraine. During the second half of the program, journalist and human rights lawyer Dan Kovalik shares his insights after a recent visit to Moscow-- and Crimea, a peninsula on the Black Sea, home to ethnic Russians and Russia's naval fleet.
This episode will feature perspectives from Jodie Evans of CODEPINK's China is Not Our Enemy Campaign and Tings Chak from Tri-Continental and The DongSHeng News. We're examining the reality of China - challenging the lies, distortion, and exaggeration used to paint them as an enemy. What is life truly like in the country?
June is Pride Month, and while it is celebrated worldwide, the increasing anti-trans and LGBTQ+ hate continues to be a concern. In this episode, we will explore the intersection of queer liberation and anti-militarism. I will be joined by my co-organizer at CODEPINK, Tim Biondo, and we will listen to a clip from a Seattle town hall called Queer Anti-Militarism: Trans Liberation, Not U.S. Invasion at the Barnard Center for Research on Women. If you're in Washington D.C., join CODEPINK and partners as we march in the Capitol Pride Parade on June 10th. If you're not, bring anti-militarism messaging to a Pride Month event happening near you!
In this week's episode, CODEPINK Congress Coordinator Marcy Winograd interviews economist, public
policy analyst and prolific author Jeffrey Sachs on how the bloated military budget drives the debt
crisis. Sachs estimates US debt at $24-trillion dollars, much of it the result of US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
and Ukraine, as well the maintenance of 800 military bases abroad, development of new weapons systems
and a nuclear rearmament program in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which the US
ratified over 50 years ago. Sachs says no to NATO expansion and warns the US must seek a ceasefire in Ukraine
and not start another proxy war with China over Taiwan. Peace is the path forward, according to Sachs.
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers, documenting decades of lies and mistakes in Vietnam. At 91, he faces a new battle: inoperable cancer. Join CODEPINK for “Daniel Ellsberg Week” to celebrate the life’s work of Daniel Ellsberg. Guest speakers include: Gabriel Shipton, John Kiriakou and Jesselyn Radack.
March 2023 witnessed the beginning of campaign season for Guatemala’s general elections. With less than three months before the June 25 vote, concerns are mounting among national and international observers over the integrity of the process due to Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal having blocked several opposition candidates from running. This includes candidates of the Movement for the Liberation of Peoples grassroots political party.
Today, we bring you the voices of those gathered at the Latin America and Caribbean policy forum recently held in Washington DC. The forum was titled, “In Search of a New U.S. Policy for a New Latin America: Burying 200 Years of the Monroe Doctrine.”
If we want to thwart the climate crisis, we must address the elephant in the room: The Pentagon. Join us as our WING campaigners Teddy Ogborn and Jodie Evans host a teach-in on the environmental impacts of US militarism, with a special focus on WINGs shareholder activism to hold BlackRock, one of the world's largest investment firms, accountable for worsening the climate crisis and perpetuating the war economy. With guests: Keoni DeFranco, Steven Donziger and Julian Aguon.
Join CODEPINK's Wei Yu and her guests Michael Liu and Nicole Filler to discuss how US foreign policy and media coverage have contributed to racism against Chinese Americans. Wei's guests will provide potential solutions and offer insight into the importance of promoting interpersonal bridges in order to cultivate mutual understanding and positive diplomatic relations in this international climate. In the second half of the show, Wei will join Ken Hammond and retired Judge Julie Tang of the San Francisco Superior Court to examine former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou's historic journey to China, where she declared "we are all Chinese," compared to the transitory US trip made by current leader Tsai Ing-wen and her meeting with congressional members.
Join CODEPINK and Meera Shah of Palestine Legal to learn about the anti-BDS legislation calls earlier this year and its impacts on movements for Palestine solidarity, and various forms of divestment.
Join Danaka Katovich, David Swanson and Lindsay Koshgarian as they break down the military budget and explore opportunities to oppose these weapons systems. In addition to examining the budget as a moral document, we will also learn about CODEPINK’s Ground the F-35 campaign and how the F-35 Coalition is building the anti-war movement as it plans for protests. Take action: Ground the F-35! - codepink.org/groundthef35
Although the 4T has not fulfilled everyones expectations, it has, in four years, created a governing movement that is taking control of its energy resources (including the nationalization of lithium) and is adopting a role of regional leadership in Latin America: two sins the United States has not historically forgiven anywhere. In this episode Teri Mattson talks with Kurt Hackbarth, author of "No, AMLO Is Not Undermining Mexican Democracy"
Episode 188: DC Anti-War Protest & McGovern on Ukraine: In this episode, CODEPINK's Marcy Winograd brings us voices from the Saturday, March 18th DC anti-war protest, "Fund People's Needs, Not the War Machine." Demonstrators called on the Biden administration to support a ceasefire in Ukraine and stop preparation for war with China. In the second half of the show, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern answers the question: "How did we arrive at this dangerous moment in US history?"
On this episode of CODEPINK Radio, host Marcy Winograd focuses on the growing peace movement in Europe, where tens of thousands of people are mobilizing to support a ceasefire in Ukraine. CODEPINK Cofounder Medea Benjamin updates us on the anti-war movement at home and abroad, while two activists with the International Peace Bureau-Lisa Clark of Italy and Reiner Braun of Germany--share their thoughts about coalition building in Europe to demand de-escalation. Finally, Vijay Prashad, a recent guest on CODEPINK Congress, describes an emerging multipolar world in which the US can no longer dictate the terms of war and peace.
This week we will be taking a look back at the history of International Women's Day and CODEPINK's contributions to the day. We will be revisiting past events, themes, quotes, and actions as well as discussing this year's values and objectives. We will also discuss the importance of uplifting the fight against militarism on this day as well as the need for a feminist foreign policy. We are joined by Grace Siegelman, CODEPINK's Feminist Foreign Policy Coordinator, and Ysa Gonzalez, CODEPINK's LA Office coordinator.
Why do governments and gangs alike target land defenders, and what can we do to fight back? Join Teddy Ogborn (CODEPINK), for a discussion with land defenders organizing against the destruction of crucial natural environments. Hear from Matthew Johnson, who organizes in Atlanta to defend the Weelaunee Forest from the construction of "Cop City," Briceida Lemos Rivera, a peace and environmental activist from Colombia
Join Danaka Katovich (CODEPINK), James Leas (Save Our Skies VT), Paul Maillet (Retired colonel and former Green party candidate), and moderator Tamara Lorincz (VOW, WILPF) for a conversation on Lockheed Martins F-35 Fighter Jet and Canadas decision to buy them.
In the past two weeks, the US has been taken over by a frenzy over a Chinese weather balloon. Ignoring the continuous US aggression towards China, warmongers are using the balloon to drive fear and hate. The manufacture of consent for war dehumanizes Chinese people as well as ourselves. In this episode, re-humanize Chinese people and ourselves with CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans and Tings Chak about Ting's experience living in China for the past three years as a woman, a student, and a journalist.
In this episode, the first half features a conversation between CODEPINK's Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin about diplomatic solutions to the war in Ukraine while the second half features economist and professor Jeffrey Sachs on the possibility of Brazil and China brokering peace.
From Ukraine to Uvalde we see the crises of which Rev. Dr. King warned, militarism, materialism, racism and the prospect of spiritual death. This special episode addresses how we may better work for peace. Presenters will be Medea Benjamin (CODEPINK), Ash-Lee Henderson (Highlander Center), Tiffany Loftin (The Debt Collective), Rev. Liz Theoharis (Poor People’s Campaign), and Luis Rodriguez (Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural and Bookstore). Initiating sponsors: CODEPINK, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Highlander Center, The National Council of Elders and the King and Breaking Silence Coalition, in cooperation with other partner organizations.
In this episode, we interview Alejandro Rusconi about the Seventh Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, (CELAC), which was held Tuesday, January 24 in Buenos Aires and hosted by CELAC President Pro-Tempore Alberto Fernandez, current President of Argentina. We will discuss the role of social movements in creating a comprehensive agenda for regional integration and multilateralism.
Today we’ll be talking with an international feminist activist, Dr. Maha Hilal, author of Innocent Until Proven Muslim as well as hear excerpts from our CODEPINK MLK Peace Vigil in Washington DC from last week and invite you to our International Women’s Day of action for the cost of war on women and femmes and the call for peace.
In this episode we discuss anti-F35 activism with people in Vermont and Canada who have been organizing against the F-35 for years! We also chat with the host of the Busted Business Bureau podcast Christian Borkey!
From our unipolar world under US hegemony, transition to multipolarity is inevitable and ensures the greatest chance for peace. In this episode, we are hearing about the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) from Sylvie Ndongmo, Bro. Imani Umoja, Dr. Gnaka Lagoke, and Col. Ann Wright. From there, we stand in solidarity with people in Africa, in Guam, and from everywhere in the world whose lives are affected by US militarism.
This episode features excerpts from a Christmas Eve sermon by Rev. William Barber of Repairers of the Breach and the Poor People’s Campaign, comments from former Congressman Dennis Kucinich, long a peace champion, a report back from Moscow from Reiner Braun of the International Peace Bureau in Germany and an interview with professor Nicolai Petro, author of the new book, “The Tragedy of Ukraine: What Classical Greek Tragedy Can Teach Us About Conflict Resolution.
As 2022 comes to a close, Shea of CODEPINK's Divest from the War Machine campaign interviews the people working to divest their communities from war, militarism, and climate crisis. We will hear from organizers based in Chicago, IL; Chattanooga, TN; and Corvallis, OR along with Greta Zarro, organizing director of World BEYOND War.
As more progressive leaders are elected to power in Latin America, we are seeing a concerted effort by right-wing governments to destabilize popular movements. This week we speak to Peruvian artist Daniela Ortiz about the intensification of protests in Peru after former president Pedro Castillo was incarcerated for attempting to dissolve the congress to prevent a legislative coup. We will also speak to former Argentinian Federal Prosecutor, Anibal Ibarra,about the lawfare case against Argentinian Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
This week we are joined by Women and Gender Studies Students at DePaul University who share their current research projects as well as their feminist frameworks and methodologies. Themes include transnational feminism, black and latinx feminisms and radical resistance through care and community.
This week we are joined by Lauren Rosenfeld from CODEPINKs Peace Collective and Rose and Michelle from the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Michelle, Rose, and Lauren just got back from a youth delegation to Cuba where they got to tour the international school of Medicine and witness Cuban elections.
A Roundup: This week, Nancy Mancias, CODEPINK's campaign organizer, is discussing her experience at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. We are hearing about Nancy's first impressions, and challenges and opportunities at this year's United Nations Climate Change conference. A little bonus at the end of our show: economist Jeffrey Sachs will talk about the possibility of an alternative global currency through BRICS.
In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, we focus on the midterm elections and their potential impact on US foreign policy in Europe and the Middle East. In the first half of our program, CODEPINK Congress host Marcy Winograd talks with guests Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, Scott Horton, editorial director of Antiwar.com and Erik Sperling, executive director ofJust Foreign Policy. In the second half of our show, author Jeffrey Sachs, a former economic advisor to Russia, proposes a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine.
In this episode Marcy Winograd, coordinator of CODEPINK Congress, interviews her co-host Medea Benjamin on Medea's recent solidarity trip to Cuba and post midterm election prospects for lifting sanctions on the island nation Next, Tamara Lorincz of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom challenges NATO as an offensive alliance that threatens world peace, and finally we hear from Helen Jacard and Gerry Condon of Veterans for Peace on The Golden Rule, an anti-nuclear sailboat journey to promote the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
The COP27 UN Climate meeting is happening in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, now: November 6 to November 18, 2022. A climate summit is more urgent than ever. So, why are activists across the world protesting it? Join CODEPINK radio and special guests, including Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Mohamed Ismail, for an important conversation on COP27 - who is participating, where it’s happening, what is being discussed, and what isn’t.
On this week's episode, Teri interviews Jemima Pierre of Black Alliance for Peace about the most recent US-sponsored intervention efforts in Haiti. Jemima discusses the root causes of growing protests in the country and the US's role in fomenting violence
This week we are joined by Palestinian organizers Nour, Rifqa, and Alexis who are reporting back from their recent trip to Palestine. We discuss their tour of Lifta, a village destroyed by the Zionist forces during the Nakba. They compare and contrast occupation from Ramallah to Haifa, and discuss what people in the US should be doing.
Co-authors Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies discuss their new book, "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict" on Democracy Now and CODEPINK Congress, followed by interviews with World Beyond War's Alice Slater on NATO vs. the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and RootsAction's Norman Soloman on the Defuse Nuclear War Campaign.
In this episode we hear from whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on the importance of defusing nuclear war as we come up on the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Later, we hear from the Institute for Policy Studies' Basav Sen discuss the IMF and World Bank's questionable efforts on climate change as activists from throughout the Global North and South hold a week of action outside of the financial institutions' annual fall meetings in Washington, DC.
Struggle and Resilience Across the World: In this episode, Indigenous voices across the world are sharing their stories of struggle and resilience in the face of militarism and war economy. We are hearing from Julian Aguon of Chamorro about the militarization of Guam, Matias Benno Rempel from the Conselho Indigenista Missionario about Brazil's presidential election, and Tara Houska of Couchiching about the process of grief and resilience.
In this episode, Medea Benjamin and Hadiya Afzal of Unfreeze Afghanistan explain the Biden administration’s recent move to create a $3.5 billion fund "Afghan Fund" through a Swiss bank, and what it means for Afghanistan's economy and resources. We are also joined by Marcy Winograd, who updates us on the state of the war in Ukraine and how the peace movement is responding.
In this episode we hear from Lisa Ling and William Neuheisel to discuss drone warfare, Daniel Hale, and the espionage act.
Marcy Winograd, host of CODEPINK Congress, role-plays with co-host Hanieh Jodat how to talk about achieving a diplomatic peace in Ukraine. On the second half of our show, she shares a webinar featuring anit-war feminist voices in Ukraine and Georgia who challenge neo-liberal privatization schemes and envision a worker-center society in their post Soviet states. The webinar was sponsored by the international committee of Democratic Socialists of America and co-sponsored by CODEPINK and World Beyond War.
In this episode, we hear from Shehrbano Jamali, a Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum working on flood relief efforts on the ground in Pakistan after unprecedented flooding has left a third of the country underwater. We are also joined by CODEPINK's own Nancy Mancias to discuss her work with the End Cross Border Bombing Campaign and its recent report on civilian impacts of Turkish airstrikes in Iraq.
In this episode, we are joined by Carlos Ron to discuss the illegal seizing of a Venezuelan plane, which by U.S. orders has been grounded in Argentina since June. We then talk to Rev. Chris Ferguson about the absurdity and inhumanity of U.S. policy towards Cuba, specially when it comes to its designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. Cuba is currently hosting peace talks between the ELN guerrilla group and the Colombian government and its designation has made this process more challenging. We will also hear excerpts from WTF is going on in Latin America: Argentina's Vice President Faces a "Media-Judicial Firing Squad"
On this episode, Marcy Winograd Interviews Bert Knorr of the International Committee of Democratic Socialists of America about the Peace In Ukraine Coalition, which also includes CODEPINK and Veterans for Peace. Learn about the coalition's call for a ceasefire in Ukraine and their Week of Action September 12-15. Their mantra? Billions for climate, health care and housing--not more weapons to escalate a US proxy war! Next, Marcy takes us to a press conference where lawyers for imprisoned whistleblower Julian Assange demand the US government drop extradition orders in light of the CIA's illegal spying at the Ecuadorian embassy. From spying to war games to anti-war protests, CODEPINK Radio zeroes in on the Center for a New American Security gaming for a war with China and the push-back from war resisters protesting House speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan.
CODEPINK marks 4 years since Saudi Arabia dropped a bomb on a school bus in Dahyan, Yemen killing 40 children on their way to a field trip. We are joined by Dr. Shireen Al-Adeimi, Dr. Aisha Jumaan, Dr. Alberto Minujin, and Yemeni organizer Aseel Fara.
What does war have to do with climate change? On this episode of CODEPINK radio, War Is Not Green campaign intern Sophie shares excerpts from an event CODEPINK hosted on Saturday titled "How Militarism Fuels the Climate Crisis and What You Can Do About It."
What does it mean to work on divesting from war in 2022? In this episode of CODEPINK radio, Divest from the War Machine organizer Shea talks with members of the Divest Chicago from War coalition on their local organizing work, the role of economic activism in our movements today, and what the Chicago coalition is doing right now.
What makes one country a friend of Cuba and another not? Today's episode includes a conversation with CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin about the irony of the US designating Cuba a State Sponsor of Terror and what can be done to change this status.. Next we talk with Franco Metaza, Director General of Foreign Affairs for the Argentina National Senate. Argentina has succeeded Mexico as the President of CELAC. How does this Southern Cone nation envision the Americas and continue AMLO'S embrace of multilateralism including the nations of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
CODEPINK Radio is an energizing program focused on ending wars and militarism, and building a peace economy. Listen weekly to robust conversation and inspiration from grassroots peacemakers in places like Korea, Yemen, Venezuela and Iran, peacemakers in our nation's capital who are confronting warhawks in the White House and in Congress, and peacemakers in our communities who are modeling the actions of what a world of peace can look like.
In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, Marcy Winograd interviews CODEPINK activists Colonel Ann Wright and Paki Wieland about their participation in the NO to NATO protests in Spain. Wright and Wieland joined thousands of demonstrators calling for the dissolution of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the days leading up to the NATO summit in Madrid. Protesters say NATO expansion threatens to destabilize the world and call on the US and other NATO countries to support diplomacy, not escalation--not more weapons--to resolve the war in Ukraine. At the summit, NATO members agreed to expand their high-readiness troops--those ready to go to war at any moment on land, in the air or the sea--from under 50,000 to 300,000, declared Russia a "direct threat" and labeled China "a security challenge." CODEPINK guests Wright and Wieland explain why they view NATO as the real threat to world peace.
Episode 151: Queer Liberation Means Decriminalization, Demilitarization, Decolonization.
In this episode we will listen to some of the anti-militarism contingent organizers of the Mass Poor People’s and Low Wage Workers’ Assembly that took place on June 18th, 2022 and learn about the making of and next steps after a weekend of art, protest, music, and collaboration.
This week's episode focuses on Biden's policy towards Cuba, with remarks from Fulton Armstrong, as well as an excerpt on a panel from the People's Summit, in which James Early draws links between Pan-Africanism and the Americas. We will also have CODEPINK co-director Danaka Katovich's speech from the Poor People's Campaign moral assembly on June 18.
In this episode, we take you to the People's Summit in Los Angeles, a counter-narrative to the US Summit of the America's, boycotted by Mexico's president and other Latin American heads of state. At the People's Summit, CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin welcomes grassroots ambassadors from the Global South and calls for the abolishment of the Organization of American States. In the second half of our show, renowned linguist, author and anti-war voice Noam Chomsky slams US media for censoring debate over weapons shipments to Ukraine while silencing voices for negotiation.
This week's radio show is focused on two mass mobilizations: the People’s Summit in LA (a counter to the Summit of the Americas) and The Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington. The midterms are coming up in the fall, but electoral politics are proving to not be meeting our communities’ needs. Instead, organizers and working people are building momentum from coast to coast.
How do you counter the lies that drive us to war? On this episode of CODEPINK radio, join Janine Jackson, program director of FAIR, the media watch group, as she discusses the current global situation. On the second half of our show, join us for a conversation with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson as he warns about war-mongering having gone nuclear: how the White House thinks it can win a nuclear war with Russia and how dangerous and disturbing this idea is.
In this episode, CODEPINK's Leonardo Flores and Teri Mattson discuss former Defense Secretary Mark Esper's revelations about the hybrid war on Venezuela. In the second half, Leonardo and Claudia de la Cruz from the People's Forum, discuss the People's Summit for Democracy.
In this episode we check in with a former US negotiator in Crimea, as well as a peace activist in Finland opposed to her country joining NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Marcy Winograd, coordinator of CODEPINK Congress, interviews John Quigley, an international law professor invited by the State Department in the 1990s to negotiate the future of Crimea. On the second half of the show, Marcy talks to Kati Juva, board member of Finland's chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility on both her opposition and resignation to Finland joining NATO, an organization Juva believes might be ripe for an insurgent antinuclear block of countries in support of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
On this episode of CODEPINK radio, Ariel Gold hears from fellow CODEPINK co-director Danaka Katovich who just returned from participating in a youth delegation to Cuba to call for an end to the U.S. blockade. During the second half of the show, CODEPINK Congress coordinator Marcy Winograd discusses Biden's proposed increase in the military budget with Lindsay Koshgarian and Monica Montgomery.
On this episode of CODEPINK radio to mark World Press Freedom Day, join us for a conversation with journalist Julian Assange’s wife Stella and his brother Gabriel who explain the urgency of his case and why it's critical to the future of press freedom.
On this episode of CODEPINK radio, join Olivia and Shea of CODEPINK for an important conversation about the intersections of militarism and climate change featuring Ramon Mejia of Grassroots Global Justice Alliance and Tara Houska of the Giniw Collective.
Challenging the US Narrative on Mexico with guest journalist Alina Duarte of Sin censura/Canal Catorce and "Stop the War in Ukraine": We will hear from some of the sharpest politicians, analysts and organizers around the world about how they view this conflict and what we can do to create a global movement to end this conflict.
In this episode we hear from Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and Joseph Gerson of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security. Bennis & Gerson discuss the importance of an immediate ceasefire, withdrawal of Russian troops, an off-ramp for sanctions against Russia, as well as negotiations and compromises to avoid a protracted war or worse. Next, we meet activists for Palestinian human rights--Amal Thabateh with Palestine Legal and Cynthia Franklin with Jewish Voice for Peace and Against Canary Mission.
On this episode of CODEPINK radio, join us for an important conversation about the wars in Ukraine in Yemen. CODEPINK National co-director Ariel Gold discusses the background of the Ukraine war, US involvement and a no fly zone. CODEPINK national organizer Danaka Katovich outlines the history of the war in Yemen and how the U.S. is still involved. We will also hear from Medea Benjamin who will give us a quick report back from Afghanistan.
On this episode of CODEPINK radio, join us for an important conversation on how U.S. media is actively censoring anti-war voices, featuring Abby Martin, Lee Camp, and Chris Hedges. During the first part of the show, join Presleigh of War Is Not Green and Shea of Divest from the War Machine for a discussion of the FY 2023 military budget, the dangers nuclear weapons pose, and the youth movements that are pushing back.
On this episode of CODEPINK radio, Teri Mattson and Leonardo Flores interview Carlos Ron, Venezuela's Vice Minister for North American Affairs, about recent talks between the US & Venezuelan governments. In the second half of the program, Teri Mattson speaks with Victor de Currea-Lugo about the recent elections in Colombia.
In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, we rebroadcast a discussion-- "The Russia-Ukraine War & the Imperative of Organizing for Peace"--hosted by RootsAction and co-sponsored by CODEPINK. Guests include: Norman Solomon, National Director of RootsAction Sevim Dağdelen: Member of the German Parliament, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Bill Fletcher Jr.: Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies, Katrina Vanden Heuvel: Editorial director of The Nation magazine, Ann Wright: CODEPINK Peace activist and retired U.S. Army Colonel, Marcy Winograd, Coordinator, CODEPINK Congress and Alan Minsky, Chair, Progressive Democrats of America. Guests call for de-escalation--not more weapons, not a no-fly Zone but negotiations without preconditions.
Massachusetts Peace Action for the third radio show in our SPECIAL SERIES ON FOREIGN POLICY, focused on the war in Ukraine. This event is also co-sponsored by the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security. Featured Guests: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson is an adjunct professor of government and public policy at the College of William and Mary and the former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell (2002 to 2005). He is a critic of U.S. foreign policy surrounding the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Iran, and the new Cold Wars with China and Russia, and asserts that the U.S. is not a democracy but a war state that forces its will on the global community. In 2020, Wilkerson worked on bipartisan projects to prepare for the possibility that a defeated Donald Trump would refuse to leave office. Reiner Braun is the executive director of the International Peace Bureau, the founder of the No to NATO Network, and is active with the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES) and the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA). He is also the author of several books, including “Einstein and Peace” and a biography about the Peace Nobel Laureate Joseph Rotblat.
In this episode, we will learn more about the Make It In America (aka The US Innovation and Competition Act) and the impacts of anti-China policies and rhetoric within the US. We will also hear from K.J. Noh and Col. Ann Wright about the Taiwan question and how to avoid war with China over Taiwan.
In this episode we will learn more about the movement to divest from war and fossil fuels and invest in a local peace economy!
On this week's episode of CODEPINK radio, we will discuss the Costa Rican Presidential Election with guest Matt Kirkegaard of Progressive International who was in Costa Rica on Election Day. In the second half of the show, we will talk about the negative impact of U.S. sanctions on Cuba’s emerging private sector. We will hear first-hand from various Cuban business owners on how U.S. sanctions hurt their businesses, employees and families.
In this episode, we highlight No War with Russia over Ukraine and Biden, Year One, What Has He Done? Join CODEPINK Congress coordinator Marcy Winograd as she tackles the media's agitation for war with Russia over Ukraine and the danger posed by NATO expansion. Special guests include Larry Wilkerson, a member of the peace movement who once worked as Chief of Staff for former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Bryce Greene, a contributing writer to FAIR.org. The second half of our show features two journalists, The Nation's John Nichols and the American Prospect's Dave Dayen, on Biden's "right" and" left" turns in his first year in office.
On this episode, join CODEPINK National Organizer Danaka Katovich in conversation with arms trade expert Andrew Feinstein to discuss the myths of the global arms trade. Following that is a conversation between Ariel Gold and Katie Halper on the JNF and aforestation.
On this episode, join CODEPINK and the China Is Not Our Enemy campaign for No War On China: Ending U.S. Aggression & Militarism in the Asia-Pacific. We speak with researcher and educator Mikaela “Mika” Nhondo Erskog, and analyst and human rights advocate Kambale Musavuli about Trevor Noah’s recent segment ‘What is China doing in Africa?’ on The Daily Show and discuss what Chinese loans and investment looks like on the African continent.
Join the discussion between CODEPINK's Medea Benjamin and retired Army Colonel Larry Wilkerson. This is URGENT! President Biden has just ordered 8,500 US troops to be on heightened alert for possible deployment to Eastern Europe, as the dangerous escalation at the Russian/Ukrainian border is intensifying. Biden is also considering sending more warships and aircraft, and has already delivered more “lethal aid” to Ukraine. The Pentagon has said that there is the possibility of sending as many as 50,000 troops!!!
On this week's episode of CODEPINK radio, we hear from two very special guests: First, we’ll hear from former Presidential Candidate and best-selling author Marianne Williamson on the crisis of spending more on our military than the next 12 countries combined. Then, we’ll hear from Braxton Brewington, Press Secretary from the Debt Collective, about the connection between the student debt crisis and U.S. Militarism.
On this week's episode of CODEPINK radio, Leonardo Flores speaks with David Rivkin, attorney for political prisoner Alex Saab. In the second half of the show, Leonardo is joined by Alina Duarte, an independent journalist from Mexico and Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, to discuss Latin American geopolitics.
CODEPINK Congress co-hosts Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd discuss what President Biden could do with a stroke of his pen to alleviate much of the world's suffering. From Yemen to Afghanistan to Cuba to the U.S., we discuss the impact of U.S. militarism poisoning water in Hawaii, arming right-wing police forces around the world and imposing war-like sanctions that hurt vulnerable populations and weaken civil society. Demand executive action now! Featured guests: Colonel Ann Wright, who resigned from the State Department to protest the 2003 US invasion of Iraq; Pat Elder, author of "Military Recruiting in the United States;" Danaka Katovich, CODEPINK organizer of the Youth Peace Collective; John Lindsay-Poland, coordinator of Global Exchange's "Stop U.S. Arms to Mexico" project.
On this episode of CODEPINK radio, join all CODEPINK campaigners in reflecting on 2021 and discussing the optimism of 2022. Hear about Cut the Pentagon, Call to Disarm, China is not Our Enemy, Middle east & Latin America campaigns, divestment, BlackRock and more. CODEPINK co-founders Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin join as well to talk about Afghanistan and the Local Peace Economy.
On this episode, join CODEPINK and the China Is Not Our Enemy campaign for No War On China: Casualties and Environmental Cost of U.S. Militarism in the Asia-Pacific. In the first half of the show, listen to CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans interview CODEPINK national team member Ann Wright about the fallout of militarism in Hawai'i and the current crisis of U.S. military jet tanks leaking and contaminating the island's drinking water. Then the 2nd half of the show will feature an excerpt from the CODEPINK China Is Not Our Enemy webinar, U.S. Militarization of Guam & the Marianas: Lived Impacts of the U.S. War On China, featuring CHamoru activists Moneaka “Naek” Flores and Julian Aguon speaking on the U.S. military's environmental devestation and violation of Indigenous sovereignty & rights in Guam and the Northern Marianas (CNMI).
This week on CODEPINK radio, we're joined by Congresswoman Maxine Waters on military spending, then from Bernadette Demien-teff, Executive Director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee who will talk about Indigenous resistance to oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Finally, we are joined by Netta Crawford, the Chair of the Department of Political Science at Boston University, who will talk about the intersection of climate change and militarism.
This week on CODEPINK radio, Teri Mattson is joined by independent journalist Alina Duarte to discuss the historic elections in Honduras, where Xiomara Castro's victory marked an end to a narcodictatorship installed by a US backed coup. On the second half of the program, Teri speaks with David Denny of the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration about Barbados ditching the Queen and becoming a republic.
On this episode, join CODEPINK and the China Is Not Our Enemy campaign for No War On China: Ending U.S. Aggression & Militarism in the Asia-Pacific. In the first half of the show, hear CODEPINK’s Madison Tang speak at No Cold War International campaign's "Europe against the cold war" online forum about how we need global outrage at US imperialism, militarism and forever wars.
Listen to CODEPINK Congress (11/16/21) with Bernadette Demientieff, Executive Director of the Gwich'in Steering Committee in Alaska, sharing the indigenous nation's victories in convincing banks not to loan money for oil drilling on ancestral lands-also Boston University Professor Neta Crawford on the importance of avoiding the term "national security threat" when talking about the climate crisis because such terminology validates further US military aggression, and CODEPINK Co-founder Jodie Evans, who traveled with CODEPINK peacebuilders Nancy Mancias and Suzie Gilbert to Glasgow to march in the streets with an estimated hundred thousand, if not more, activists demanding climate justice (reparations for the Global South) and inclusion of militarism reporting and accountability in UN climate agreements.
This week on CODEPINK radio, we speak with noted Author Andrew Cockburn about his new book: The Spoils of War: Power, Profit, and the American War Machine. Based on years of wide-ranging research, Cockburn lays bare the ugly reality of the largest military machine in history: squalid, and at the same time terrifyingly dangerous.
This week on CODEPINK radio, we speak with journalist Alan MacLeod about U.S. attempts to overthrow the Cuban government, including the promoting of upcoming protests on November 15th. The second half of the program will feature excerpts of a press conference from U.S. and Canadian electoral observers who witness the presidential elections in Nicaragua.
On this episode, join CODEPINK and the China Is Not Our Enemy campaign to hear from Indigenous CHamoru scholars and activists Dr. Kenneth Kuper and Dr. Isa Arriola about how the native peoples, land, and environment of Guam & the CNMI are being impacted and harmed by the US’s military buildup in its escalating war on China. Then, in the 2nd half of the show, hear from Prabir Purkayastha, editor, writer, and activist who founded Newsclick.in about the role of India in the US’s war on China as it shores up alliances.
The U.S. arms trade is complex. There are a lot of moving parts with not a whole lot of transparency. Listen to our episode "Weapons Sales 101" to learn the basics about the U.S. arms trade with the director of Forum on the Arms Trade Jeff Abramson! Jeff Abramson is a senior fellow for arms control and conventional arms transfers at the Washington DC-based Arms Control Association and also directs the Forum on the Arms Trade. Prior to re-joining the Arms Control Association in September 2019, he managed the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, the de facto monitoring regime for the Mine Ban Treaty and Convention on Cluster Munitions. Immediately prior to joining the Monitor, he served as a policy advisor and director to the secretariat of Control Arms, the global civil society alliance that championed the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty that for the first time established global regulations for the trade in a wide array of conventional weapons. He is former Deputy Director of the Arms Control Association and Managing Editor of their publication Arms Control Today. An arms trade expert, his work has been published in numerous journals and comments cited by major US and global media.
In this episode, CODEPINK Congress coordinator Marcy Winograd and co-host Medea Benjamin talk to Patrice Lawrence, executive director of UndocuBlack, and Paul Christian Namfy, an organizer with the Family Action Network Movement, about their demands the Biden administration halt mass deportations and detentions of Haitians fleeing political collapse, street gangs and impacts of the climate crisis. During the second half of the show, after a pause for Hatian creole music, Marcy interviews CODEPINK campaign organizer Nancy Mancias about CODEPINK's planned protests outside the next UN Climate Conference, the COP26, in Glasgow Scotland, October 31-November 12, 2021. CODEPINK will call on the COP26 to require climate agreement signatories report and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of their militaries.
This week on CODEPINK radio we'll be discussing the sanctions on Venezuela. In the first segment Teri Mattson and Margaret Flowers interview William Castilo, Venezuela's Vice Minister for Anti-Blockade Policies, about the devastating economic war. In the second half of the program, Teri interviews Venezuelan Vice Minister Yvan Gil about $2 billion in Venezuelan funds currently being frozen by Portuguese bank Novo Banco - money that would otherwise be spent on healthcare for Venezuelans.
In this episode, we hear from the Chief Correspondent of the Globetrotter Independent Media Institute Vijay Prashad about the dire need for public anti-war actions as the U.S. government continues to allocate record-high military budgets and ignore urgent domestic needs. In the second half of the show, we will feature an interview with Tings Chak of The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Tings talks with CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans about her research on China’s massive campaign to eliminate poverty that has pulled 850 million people in China out of extreme poverty.
In this episode, we hear the voices of youth at the Global Climate Strike and activist and author Winona LaDuke on stopping the Line 3 pipeline threatening to contaminate indigenous lands.
We also go to the House floor for debate between AOC and Republicans on the military budget and Congressman Ro Khanna on his amendment to cut off funds for Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen. During the second half of our show, we turn to Afghanistan with Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies on reparations and relief, also Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK, on our new campaign: Pay the Afghan teachers.
In this episode, we hear from David Moore, Co-Founder of Sludge, and investigative news room focus on money in politics about his most recent article which details the members of Congress who personally profit from their investments in war profiteers.
This episode features a conversation between CODEPINK's Teri Mattson, the Tricontinental Institute's Vijay Prashad, CEPR's Alex Main and Friends of Latin America's Jill Clark-Gollub about U.S. hybrid war and sanctions on Nicaragua, with an emphasis on the RENACER Act, a bill that just passed in the Senate and would sanction over half the Nicaraguan population.
Join CODEPINK and the China Is Not Our Enemy campaign for an exclusive episode of CODEPINK Radio with historian Vijay Prashad and CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans on the United States' Forever Wars: From Afghanistan to China. Hear about the underlying connections between the U.S. Military Industrial Complex's war in Afghanistan, the escalation of its hybrid war on China, and why humanitarian war is an oxymoron.
In this episode, CODEPINK's Danaka Katovich interviews Dr. Abdullah Alodah, researcher at Democracy for the Arab World Now and son of Saudi prisoner of conscience Salman Alodah. Danaka and Dr. Alodah will discuss his fathers case and the legal system in Saudi Arabia. Following, Danaka will interview Kawthar Abdullah from Yemeni Alliance Committee to talk about the Saudi governmen't blockade on Yemen.
In this episode, Marcy Winograd, coordinator of CODEPINK Congress, features Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Chair of the 94-member Congressional Progressive Caucus, who discusses victories and challenges for progressives seeking to demilitarize foreign and domestic policies. Next, we turn to plans for climate activism here in the U.S. and abroad for November's UN Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. CODEPINK will join others in demanding the 197 participating nations require countries to report and reduce their military greenhouse gas emissions. Finally, thoughts on how peace activists can mobilize during the Congressional August recess for a reduced military budget.
This week on CODEPINK radio join Matthew Hoh, Ann Wright, Dr. Zaher Wahabfor, Phyllis Bennis and CODEPINK's Medea Benjamin for a discussion on Afghanistan With the collapse of the US-backed Afghan government and the Taliban set to return to a position of power they occupied 20 years ago, who is responsible for this colossal failure? Who should be held accountable and how? And what can we do to make sure that lessons are learned that will stop the US government from future invasions/occupations?
With the collapse of the US-backed Afghan government and the Taliban set to return to a position of power they occupied 20 years ago, who is responsible for this colossal failure? Who should be held accountable and how? And what can we do to make sure that lessons are learned that will stop the US government from future invasions/occupations?
Army Colonel Ann Wright, former State Dept official Matthew Hoh, and Dr. Zaher Wahab join us in conversation.
Zaher Wahab was born and schooled in Afghanistan, received a BA in sociology from The American University of Beirut, an MA in comparative education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and an MA in anthropology, and a PhD in international development education from Stanford University.
Dr. Wahab was the first person in his family’s history to attend the village school, a boarding school in Kabul, and receive scholarships to attend college in Lebanon and the US. Dr. Wahab served as senior advisor to the Minister of Higher Education in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2006. he has written and presented numerous papers at regional, national, and international forums on education, was profiled in the Stanford Magazine, Academe, The Portland Alliance, The Oregonian, The Lake Oswego Review and Lewis & Clark’s The Chronicle Magazine for his achievements and for his services in the U.S. and Afghanistan, and is a frequent speaker at educational, civic and media organizations.
Matthew Hoh has nearly 12 years of experience with America’s wars overseas with the US Marine Corps, Department of Defense, and State Department. He has been a senior fellow with the Center For International Policy since 2010. In 2009, Matthew resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan with the State Department over the American escalation of the war. His writings have appeared in publications such as the Defense News, the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He has been a guest on hundreds of radio and television networks and is an active member of Veterans for Peace.
Ann Wright is a retired Army Colonel who was a diplomat in the State Department for 16 years, serving in the U.S. embassies of Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Grenada and Nicaragua. She was on the team that reopened the U.S. Embassy in Kabul in December 2001 and remained five months. On March 13, 2003, Wright sent a letter of resignation to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell. Since that day, she has worked for peace, writing and speaking all over the world and has returned three times to Afghanistan. Wright is co-author of Dissent: Voices of Conscience and is active with CODEPINK, Veterans for Peace, and other organizations.
Moderated by Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK and author of Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection, and Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran
This week on CODEPINK radio, we hear from three young Cuban women in an excerpt taken from a recent CODEPINK webinar on Cuba. In the second half of the program, CODEPINK's Teri Mattson will interview Diego Sequera of Mision Verdad, an independent Venezuelan think tank, about the upcoming dialogue in Mexico between the Venezuelan government and various factions of the opposition.
This week on CODEPINK Radio, CODEPINK China is Not Our Enemy Campaign coordinator Madison Tang interviews Dr. Zhun Xu on his experience as an academic in both China and the United States, and on his analysis of the Western discourse surrounding Xinjiang and Hong Kong, two regions of China that the US gov’t & MSM have become increasingly fixated on in the past three years in order to manufacture consent for hybrid economic, military, and information war on China. In the second half of the show, we will hear from Chris Hedges, a pulitzer prize winning journalist, television host, and author about U.S. empire, militarism, racism, and propaganda in both the US’s war on Afghanistan and its escalating war on China.
This week on CODEPINK radio Danaka Katovich from the CODEPINK Middle East Team discusses Daniel Hale, a whistleblower who was sentenced to prison earlier this week. After that, Danaka hears from CODEPINK co-director Ariel Gold with updates from Palestine, then hears from journalist Abby Martin about "Gaza Fights for Freedom". Following the break, Matthew Petti talks about the Quincy Institute's most recent report on Middle East interventionism over the last ten years, US involvement, and the Iran Nuclear Deal.
This week on CODEPINK Radio host Marcy Winograd interviews Marylia Kelly, Executive Director of Tri-Valley Cares, an anti-nuclear organization based in Livermore. The organization is part of a coalition suing the Department of Energy for failing to conduct a comprehensive programmatic environmental assessment of increased nuclear bomb core production for new nuclear Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. (ICBM's) This show also features CODEPINK Congress interviews with author Rivera Sun, activist Ed Hasbrouck and Veterans for Peace President Adrienne Kinne on legislation to abolish the Selective Service and efforts to defeat legislation to expand Selective Service to include women. Lastly, this episode also contains testimony from March 2021 hearings conducted by New York Senator Kristin Gillibrand who has introduced legislation to address the problem of rampant sexual harassment and sexual assault in the U.S. military.
On this episode, CODEPINK's Leonardo Flores will interview Dr. Jemima Pierre from the Black Alliance for Peace about the assassination of Haitian leader Jovenel Moise and the possibility of a U.S. intervention in the country. In the second half of the program, we will hear from several speakers, including Daniel Menocal of the Cuban Embassy and Angelica Salazar of ACERE (Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect) about the protests in Cuba and the 60+ year U.S. blockade.
On this episode, join us to hear from Dr. Catherine Wilkerson about how the U.S.'s scapegoating of China for the global pandemic is both a deflection of U.S. accountability to contain the virus and a propaganda strategy for manufacturing public consent for war with China. In the second half of the show, CODEPINK team member RJ Thomsen discusses the House Foreign Affairs Committee's markup for the anti-China EAGLE Act, which uses the inflated threat of China as intellectual justification for further military spending.
This episode features comments by Sonali Kolhatkar, Co-Director of the Afghan Women's Mission, Mark Perry, Senior Analyst of the Quincy Institute, Assal Rad, policy researcher with the National Iranian American Council and Alex Main, director, Center for Economic Policy. Our guests were recently featured on CODEPINK Congress, a Tuesday night program focused on demilitarization and foriegn policy. In this episode, CODEPINK Radio refutes the argument that the US should continue its 20-year occupation of Afghanistan, discusses the movement to defund nuclear weapons and examines life under debilitating US sanctions in Iran and Venezuela.
In this episode, we'll take a deep dive into the Pentagon budget. During the first half of the program, Carley Towne interviews Miriam Pemberton, author of Six Stops on the National Security Tour: Warfare Economies & Other Ambitions about how we can demilitarize the economy. Then, CODEPINK organizer Cody Urban talks with James Ehlers, an activist in Vermont, about our ongoing campaign to Divest Vermont from the War Machine and the F-35 program there.
In this special episode, CODEPINK's Director of Cultural Strategy, Ciara Taylor, joins Poor People's Campaign Zillah Wesley and CODEPINK's Danaka Katovich to give a history of Juneteenth and discuss the continuous struggle to end exploitation and violence in all its forms.
In the first half of the program, CODEPINK's Teri Mattson speaks to Marco Castillo of Global Exchange about Vice President Kamala Harris's recent visit to Mexico and Guatemala. In the second half of the show. CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin joins Leonardo Flores for a discussion about the recent elections in Peru.
Today our show is about the US Senate bill funding more aggression on China, Marcy Winograd reads all 1,145 pages and breaks it down for us. Scary stuff that is being railroaded to a vote. #ChinaIsNotOurEnemy
Hear from Sunjeev Bery, executive director of Freedom Forward, which works to end the U.S’s cozy alliance with Saudi Arabia and Abdullah Alaoudh, research director at DAWN (Democracy for the Arab World Now), which was founded by murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. They will be in conversation with CODEPINK's Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd.
This episode features comments by drone whistleblower Daniel Hale, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist James Risen, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's half brother Gabriel Shipton, Julian Assange's attorney and partner Stella Moris, as well as Policy Director for Defending Rights and Dissent Chip Gibbons. Some of our guests were featured recently on CODEPINK Congress, a Tuesday night program, focused on demilitarization and foreign policy. This show takes a close look at how whistleblowers Hale and Assange revealed war crimes by the US government, as well as how the Espionage Act of 1917 is used to crush dissent
In the first half of the program, CODEPINK's Teri Mattson speaks with Alexis Stoumbelis of CISPES, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, about the recent judicial coup in El Slavador. In the second half, CODEPINK's Leonardo Flores speaks with Zoe Alexandra of People's Dispatch about the violent repression of protests in Colombia.
On today’s show, we will hear in the first half from Tobita Chow, Co-Founder and Director of Justice Is Global, about the U.S. Senate's new anti-China bill, the Strategic Competition Act, and why the bill's text is harmful.
In the second half of the show, we'll hear excerpts from a recent China Is Not Our Enemy webinar Dragon Ladies, Sex, Nuclear Weapons, and Death, based on a satirical article that featured guests Lily Tang, Molly Hurley, and Jacklyn Waight wrote in response to the Atlanta shootings, which horrifically took the lives of 6 Asian women. The webinar highlights the intersections of gender/race/imperialism when it comes to violence against Asian/Pacific Islander women.
Today on CODEPINKs radio show we will be talking about Yemen with Hassan El-Tayyab from FCNL and Iman Saleh from Yemeni Liberation Movement. There has been a lot of turbulence around Yemen the past couple weeks both in congress and in the grassroots. Iman and Yemeni Liberation Movement was just in DC on a hunger strike, so we will hear from Iman about that experience and we will also hear about action for Yemen happening in Congress from Hassan.
On today's program, we first hear from Chrstine Ahn, founder, Women Cross DMZ. Ahn heads a global movement of women mobilizing to end the Korean War and ensure women’s leadership in peace building. Next, Marcy Winograd interviews David Vine, Professor of political anthropology at American University in Washington, DC. Toward the end of the program, we hear from another recent guest on CODEPINK Congress: Chris Anders, Senior Legislative Counsel for the ACLU, discusses the necessary steps to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center.
On this show, we'll hear from Teri Mattson and Leonardo Flores about Ecuador's elections, where they were part of an electoral observation mission sent by CODEPINK.
On this show, we will hear excerpts from CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans' interview with Rob Kajiwara, founder of the Peace for Okinawa Coalition 琉球和平联盟, on the Indigenous Okinawan independence movement and why it condemns U.S. militarism against China in the Pacific. In the second half of the show, we'll hear from Madison Tang about her new role as the China Is Not Our Enemy campaign coordinator and updates about campaign.
On this show, we'll hear select segments from the Cold War Truth Commission that took place on March 21, 2021. We will be featuring talks from Ramsey Clark, Mickey Huff, Jeff Cohen, and CODEPINK’s Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans, and Carley Towne that address various intersections between the Cold War, propaganda, and US imperialism and militarism across the globe.
On this show well hear from a new addition to the CODEPINK team, Moses Hernandez McGavin, about their new role as an organizer with the Divest from the War Machine Campaign. Then, well hear from John, Peter, and Linda-- activists in Rhode Island who are working on a historic bill in the Rhode Island State House to divest Rhode Island from the War Machine!
CODEPINK's Teri Mattson interview Erika Takeo of Friends of the ATC to discuss the sanctions on Nicaragua. In the second half of the show, Leonardo Flores interviews Dr. Angelo Rivero Santos about Colombia's role in the hybrid war on Venezuela.
For this week’s episode we are joined by Carolyn Baker of the General Baker Instituse in Detroit and a member of the National Welfare Rights Union and Sheila Xiao of Pivot to Peace. This episode explores the issue of poverty through a human rights framework— how it has been addressed in China and how it continues to be ignored in the United States. Join the National Welfare Rights Union this Thursday, March 18th at 7:00 ET/ 4:00PM PT for their Truth Commission- Poverty in All it’s Forms is Violence: Caregivers Victimized by Poverty Speak Out! You can find more info
https://peoplesforum.org/event/truthcommission/
CODEPINK's Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd, and Hanieh Jodat-Barnes were joined by four special guests: Huwaida Arraf, co-founder, International Solidarity Movement; Omar Baddar, political analyst & former deputy director, Arab American Institute; Ariel Gold, co-director, CODEPINK; and Estee Chandler, board member, Jewish Voice for Peace. They discussed the International Criminal Court’s investigation of Israeli war crimes; the Boycott-Divest-Sanction (BDS) movement; the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s definition of anti-Semitism and its threat to free speech; and the Biden administration’s complicity with Israeli apartheid.
For this show we will welcome Atlanta-Based investigative Journalist Taylor Barnes to the show to talk more about a recent article she wrote exploring the concept of economic conversion. Next, our very own Nancy Mancias will talk with Andrew Hymans with BlackRock's Big Problem, a global network of NGOs, social movements, grassroots activists, finance researchers, and shareholder advocacy organizations. .
On this episode we will listen to an excerpt of CODEPINK's Peacemaker Salon with Venezuela's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America and President of the Simon Bolivar Institute for Peace, Carlos Ron who talks about the outlook for Venezuela-US relations under Biden. On the second half of the show, CODEPINK's Leonardo Flores and Paul Christian Namphy discuss the unrest in Haiti
On this episode of CODEPINK Radio, Jodie Evans delves into the racism that is part and parcel to war. She is joined by Local Peace Economy coordinator, Kelly Curry to talk about the recent Asian American attacks and how we can plant seeds of peace. Then, she is joined by award winning director Peter Getzels to talk about the censorship of his film on the poverty alleviation of China.
This week's radio show discusses the Biden Administration's decision to halt "offensive" support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen. We open with Dr. Cornel West's remarks from the January 25th World Says No to War on Yemen Global Day of Action Webinar. CODEPINK's Danaka Katovich interviews Jehan Hakim from the Yemeni Alliance Committee about the January 25th Global Day of Action for Yemen and gets Jehan's first impressions on the policy changes by the Biden Administration. Hassan El-Tayyab of FCNL gives us a breakdown of how we move forward in Congress to make sure that US support for the war really does end.
This week's radio show is all about Women taking on the military industrial complex! First, we'll talk to students at UT Austin who started a new organization, Women for Weapons Trade Transparency, and a new divestment campaign at their school. Then CODEPINK's own Nancy Mancias will talk with Max Moran from the Revolving Door Project about Joe Biden's BlackRock cabinet picks and the implications for both the anti-war and climate movements. Show notes:
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This week John Lindsay-Poland and Samantha Pineda from CISPES join CODEPINKers Teri Mattson and Leonardo Flores to talk about U.S. policy towards Colombia and Central America. Listen here!
Cynthia Lazeroff and Robert Kajiwara join CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans, to talk about ways to be engaged to stop the growing cold war towards China.
Join CODEPINK and Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation for a conversation with multi-media artist, Alia Ali about her installation "The Red Star". The "Beyond the War" Yemen cultural series will attempt to showcase Yemen outside the realm of tragedy with an emphasis on Yemeni history, celebrations and excellence!
On today's show, we’ll hear about an exciting new project at CODEPINK. Danaka Katovich and Mary Miller of CODEPINK will discuss the beginning of the Peace Collective, a new initiative to bring more young people who are fed up with endless wars into the peace movement. Then, we'll hear from Stephen Semler of the Security Policy Reform Institute about how our representatives voted on the National Defense Authorization Act.
This week on CODEPINK radio, Teri Mattson speaks with journalist Vijay Prashad about his recently released book: Viviremos: Venezuela Vs. Hybrid War. Later, Leonardo Flores speaks with Natasha Ora Bannan about Biden's policy toward Latin America, focusing on Cuba and Puerto Rico.
This week on the CODEPINK radio air waves, co-founder Jodie Evans talks to Severine von Tscharner Fleming and to CODEPINK’s Local Peace Economy Organizer Kelly Curry about how to plant seeds of peace and divest ourselves, our time, our talent and money from the war economy. Listen here!
This week CODEPINK's Danaka Katovich and Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation’s Arwa Mokdad are joined by Atiaf Alwazir to discuss Storytelling as Resistance.
This week on CODEPINK radio, our Co-Director Carley Towne speaks with Jan Weinberg of Show Up America! about the connection between the war machine and think tanks. On the second part of the show, CODEPINK's co-founder, Jodie Evans is joined by renowned feminist scholar, Tithi Bhattacharya to discuss what a Feminist Foreign Policy would look like.
This week on the CODEPINK radio, Teri Mattson interviews Annie Bird about the protests in Guatemala. Then, she and Leonardo Flores discuss the upcoming elections in Venezuela, where a CODEPINK delegation will be observing the process.
This week on the CODEPINK radio air waves, co-founder Jodie Evans discusses the Feminst Foreign Policy Project. We hear from Christine Ahn, Gloria Steinem, Cindy Wiesner, Diana Duarte, and Medea Benjamin on what it means to have feminst foreign policy and how we should be approaching foreign policy with a Biden Presidency.
In this week's episode, we address feminism from Palestine to the U.S. Our own Ariel Gold speaks to Yafa Jarrar, the daughter of imprisoned Palestinian feminist and lawmaker Khalida Jarrar. They discuss why her mother is such a threat that Israel is detaining her without charge or trial.
In this week's episode, we explore the grassroots campaign from Paris to California against the largest asset manager in the world, Blackrock. On the first part of the show, CODEPINK's Nancy Mancías takes us to Paris, France, to talk about the trial of an Extinction Rebellion activist who held an action in the Blackrock offices there. Then CODEPINK's Kelsey Zazanis talks to a student activist from the University of California about the ongoing campaign against Blackrock
In this week's episode, CODEPINK's Teri Mattson talks to Patricio Zamorano about the referendum in Chile. For the second part of the show, Leonardo Flores and Thomas Becker give us an election update from Bolivia.
This week on CODEPINK radio the China Is Not Our Enemy campaign is excited to be with Tings Chak 翟庭君, John Cavanagh, and our very own Leonardo Flores! As we get closer to election night in the US, Leonardo inspires us with the results and analysis of Bolivia’s recent election live from the ground. Then we hear beautiful truths about China from Tings Chak 翟庭君 of The Tricontinental and Dong Feng Collective and some dismantling of the White House’s anti-China rhetoric from John Cavanagh of Institute for Policy Studies. Listen here!
This week, CODEPINK's national co-director Ariel Gold talks with Dr. James Zogby, president and founder of the Arab American Institute. They discuss the upcoiming election and what a Biden presidency would mean for Arab-Americans and the struggle for Palestinian rights. The second part of today’s program includes CODEPINK's Middle East coordinator Danaka Katovich discussing Saudi Arabia's male guardianship and Kafala systems with Dr. Hala Aldosari and Bethany Alhaidari.
This week, CODEPINK's National Co-Director, Carley Towne talks with CODEPINK’s Divest from the War Machine campaigner,Yousef Zakaria. They discuss strategies and tactics activists can use to organize within local communities against the war machine. The second part of today’s program includes a conversation with CODEPINK's campaign organizer, Nancy Mancias, Sunrise Project campaigner, Roberta Giordano and members of Climate Finance Action about the need for BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, to divest from fossil fuels and weapons manufacturers.
This week Indian historian and journalist Vijay Prashad talks Cuban doctors about their experience: José Armando Arronte Villamarín, Specialist in General Integral Medicine, National Coordinator of the Cuban Medical Brigade in Jamaica. - Daymarelis Ortega Rodriguez, Chief of Brigade Henry Reeve in Barbados and former Chief of Cuban Medical Brigade in Antigua and Barbuda. - Nurse Yandy Pérez Perez, member of the Henry Reeve Brigade in Barbados, previously was part of a Cuban Medical Mission in Viet-Nam 2017- 2019 - Jany Cabrera, Specialist in General Integral Medicine, member of the Henry Reeve Brigade in Belize. Also actor and activist Danny Glover, with his long experience of working for peace and justice in Latin America and the Caribbean shares his thoughts about why he supports the Nobel Peace Prize for Cuba’s Henry Reeve Brigade.
This week CODEPINK’s co-founder, Jodie Evans, is joined by the Qiao Collective, a collective of the Chinese diaspora that challenges US aggression on China, to explore the ways in which we can approach the anti-China rhetoric, disarm it, and take the offensive for peace.
On September 7, Trump spoke out against the revolving door of U.S. weapons sales and endless wars. Pushing back against a report in the Atlantic that he had disparaged fallen U.S. soldiers as “suckers” and “losers,” he accused Pentagon leaders of wanting “to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy.” As part of his claim to be a peacemaker, he announced troop withdrawals from Iraq and has been bragging about the Israel-UAE peace deal.
So how do we respond to Trump’s insistence that he is a peacemaker and his accusations that if Biden is elected, we will be stuck in endless wars? Medea speaks with two retired military colonels, Larry Wilkerson and Ann Wright. Larry Wilkerson, a professor at the College of William & Mary, is a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. Since the end of his military career, Wilkerson has publicly criticized many aspects of the Iraq War, including his own preparation of Powell's presentation to the UN about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, as well as other aspects of US policy in the Middle East. Ann Wright, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, served as U.S. Deputy Ambassador in Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan, and Mongolia and received the State Department’s Award for Heroism for her actions during the evacuation of 2,500 people from the civil war in Sierra Leone. She was on the first State Department team to go to Afghanistan and helped reopen the Embassy there in December 2001. On March 19, 2003, the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Ann Wright resigned in opposition and has been working for peace ever since, including with CODEPINK and Veterans for Peace.
This week's radio show is dedicated to a very important topic: how can YOU divest from the war machine? We speak to two guests who explain how we can divest from the war machine in our local communities.Our first guest, Kelsey Zazanis, is an organizer on CODEPINK Divest from the War Machine Campaign. We’ll talk to Kelsey about an exciting development in the campaign: the city of San Luis Obispo voted 5-0 to divest from the war machine and prioritize a socially responsible investment policy. Then Amy Domini of Domini Funds joins CODEPINK's Jodie Evans to discuss how philanthropic and investment foundations can choose to divest from weapons and continue to demilitarize the world we live in. If you want to learn more about divestment, give it a listen!
In the first half of the show, journalist Ben Norton from The Grayzone joins CODEPINK's Leonardo Flores for an interview about Nicaragua. In the second half, educator and author Robert Lovato discusses his latest book "Unforgetting" with CODEPINK's Teri Mattson.
For the first half of the show, CODEPINK co-founders Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin discuss foreign policy in the time of elections and for the second half of the show, CODEPINK co-director, Ariel Gold speaks to Jewish Israeli activist and author Miko Peled. They discuss how he came to be an activist for Palestinian rights, why he supports a one state solution, and the horrible UAE-Israel normalization deal.
Ariel Gold speaks with Manal Tamimi of the Palestinian village Nabi Saleh and Jodie Evans speaks with Vijay Prashad about China.
This week progressive activist Jordan Uhl joins CODEPINK Campaign Manager, Carley Towne to talk about the military complex attempts to recruit teenagers on social media. For the second part of the show, Carley talks to Aleda Gagarian about the necessity of engaging with local representatives.
This week guest Carlos Lazo of Building Bridges joins Teri Mattson to talk about his 3,000 mile cycling trip from Seattle to Washington DC. As a Cuban-American, Carlos and several family members rode across the United States to bring awareness of the need to restore trade and diplomatic relations between the two countries including lifting the 60 year embargo. Pierre Labossier of Haiti Action Committee joins the program for the second half hour for a brief discussion on Haitian history and its importance for democracy throughout the hemisphere including the end of neo-colonialism/neoliberalism. We also discuss the expansion of UNIFA (University of the Foundation Aristide) into a teaching hospital as a response to COVID-19.
This week Tobita Chow, of Justice is Global, joins CODEPINK cofounder, Jodie Evans in a discussion on how peace activists are striving to deescalate rising tensions between the US and China. On the second part of the show, Jodie Evans and Margaret Kimberley of Black Agenda Report, explore how to disrupt that messaging of hate and lies directed at China and build bridges of Peace.
This week James Zogby, founder and president of the Arab American Institute and former member of the DNC Executive Committee, joins CODEPINK’s Ariel Gold to discuss the 2020 DNC draft platform and how it address Palestinian rights. On the second part of the show, she talks to Saudi legal scholar Abdullah Alaoudh about the shifting sands in the Saudi regime as the king's health declines and MbS is soon to take the crown.
What is going on in Portland? This week we talk to two activists on the ground in Portland, OR, Cody Urban from CODEPINK and Tiffany Tag from Bayan Portland. They'll discuss how local activists are responding to the presence of militarized police forces, including unmarked Federal agents and a local campaign to end Portland State University's relationship with Boeing. The second half of the show features clips from Ariel's webinar with Amer Zahr of a funeral for the two-state solution.
CODEPINK's Latin America team compares and contrasts the interventionist foreign policy of the US versus the more humanitarian foreign policy of Cuba. Latin American campaign coordinators Leonardo Flores and Teri Mattson illustrate presidential candidate Joe Biden's historical support of US interventionism in Latin America specific to Venezuela and the region in general. CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin interviews Melissa Barber a US graduate of Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM). The conversation emphasizes Cuba's humanitarian efforts to bring healthcare to underserved communities throughout the world...including those in the United States.
Jodie Evans, CODEPINKs co-founder, is joined by Netfa Freeman of Institute for Policy Studies, and Nina Turner, former Ohio Senator and co-chair for Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign. Netfa talks us through community control and the process of reimagining what policing looks like as we strive to defund the police, while highlighting the structural power of white supremacy. Nina illustrates the next steps for progressives and shares with us her new social justice project, Hello Somebody-.
As we anticipate Israel's decision in regards to annexation and 4th of July protests in the United States, Ariel Gold joins in conversation with Shireen Al-Adeimi and Hassan El-Tayyab. Shireen Al-Adeimi is a Yemeni-American activist and educator that discusses the history of Yemen in regards to its politics and how an internal struggle led to the U.S.-Saudi intervention that has terrorized the country. Hassan El-Tayyab is a legislative manager for Middle East Policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation that elaborates how Yemen is the world's worst humanitarian crisis and the pandemic has only worsened its situation with children suffering the most from malnutrition, disease, poverty, and more; even so, aid to Yemen has been drastically cut.
Carley Towne, CODEPINK's National Divest Campaigner is joined by Yasmine Taeb of Demand Progress and Raksha Muthukumar of NYC DSA Tech Working Group. This week we'll be talking about demilitarizing the police and how tech workers can organize against creating products for the military and the police.
CODEPINK Co-founder, Medea Benjamin, is joined by fellow CODEPINK team members. Ariel Gold, the Middle East campaign coordinator, discusses the current Isreal/Palestine conflict and how we are pushing Biden (and Trump) to adopt a just foreign policy. Leonardo Flores, from the Latin America team, gives an update on our campaign to award Cuban doctors the Nobel Peace Prize for the global aid they have provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Co-founder Jodie Evans is joined by Eugene Puryear, Marian Moore , and Laura Flynn. Eugene Puryear is a community activist and journalist for BreakThroughNews.org. He talks to us about the first hand action hes witnessing on the very streets of Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and New York and how to keep this movement going. Marian Moore and Laura Flynn are longtime Minneapolis community activists and organizers. They talk about being social justice activists as white women, their witnessing the unimaginable happenings on Sunday, and how their City Council has decided to dismantle the police.
Co-founders Jodie Evans, Medea Benjamin, and co-director Ariel Gold are joined by Darlene Cain and Aqeela Sherills. Darlene Cain, founder of Mothers on the Move. Darlene, who lives in Baltimore, lost her son to police violence a decade ago, and she has been working with other mothers and mentoring youth ever since. Aqeela Sherrills who leads the Newark Community Street Team which over the last 5 years has created a community of well being in Newark where the uprising last weekend was 12,000 with little violence and engagement by the Newark PD who were not in riot gear.
Teri Mattson and Paki Wieland are joined by Rev. Liz Theoharis and Liv Cella from the Poor People's Campaign. The PPC is getting ready for A National Call for Moral Revival, a Poor People's Mass and March on Washington as a digital gathering the 20th of June. Liv shares her financial struggles caused by student debt and the impact it has had on her life. The digital gathering is a call for student debt forgiveness, guaranteed adequate income for those unable to work, end to war mongering and more.
Terri Mattson and Paki Wieland are joined by Gareth Porter, an American historian, investigative journalist, author and policy analyst specializing in U.S. national security issues. They discuss policies that favor military endeavors and how it affects American society as well as ways in which we can work towards divestment and dismantling of the Military Industrial Complex.
This week, Nancy Mancias discusses the upcoming BlackRock virtual protest and the divest from the war machine campaign with Jan Weinberg, Yousef Zakaria from CODEPINK NYC, and Greta Zarro from World BEYOND War.
Carley Towne, CODEPINK's National Divest Campaign Coordinator, is joined by Lindsay Koshagarian from National Priorities Project, and Isaac Evans-Frantz from Actioncorps, and Cody Urban from CODEPINK. The discussion surrounds divesting from the War Machine and the different avenues which one can take within their communities.
Teri Mattson and Paki Wieland are joined by Steve Ellner, an author and intellectual of Venezuelan politics. Michelle Ellner and Leonardo Flores, leaders for CODEPINK's Latin America campaign, also join the hosts. The group discusses CODEPINK's new Good Neighbor Policy and what that means in regards to Latin America -- namely, Venezuela.
Terri Mattson and Paki Wieland are joined by Manolo Enrique and CODEPINK's Carley Towne. Manolo Enrique gives an account of Cuba's response to the global pandemic; how Cuban citizens and doctors are struggling because of the U.S. blockade but finds solidarity in China and several other countries around the world. Carley Towne talks about CODEPINK's divestment campaign and how you can participate on our April 15th, Tax Day action.
Teri Mattson and Paki Wieland are joined by Lindsay Koshgarian, Helena Cobban, and Leonardo Flores. Lindsay is with the National Priorities Project and discusses how the Unite States was severely unprepared to deal with the pandemic due to lack of funding while over-funding the military. Helena from Just World Educational brings to light the current situation in Syria and the importance of language when speaking on their government. Finally, CODEPINK's own Leonardo speaks on Venezuela and #WagtheDog.
Jodie Evans is this week's host! She is the co-founder of CODEPINK and called in from her home in Venice joined by Ariel Gold and Kenneth Bailey. Jodie discusses how we can cultivate local peace economies in the time of the coronavirus. Ariel reports on the situations in the Middle East with the pandemic and what actions you can take with CODEPINK to demand peace and justice. Kenneth Bailey from Design Studio for Social Innovation shares how they are creating local peace economies within their areas.
Teri Mattson and Paki Wieland have special guests, Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK and Hassan Ell-Tayyab, a member of the Defense Committee of National Legislation. Medea recounts the beginning of the Iraq War and how it sparked the movement which created CODEPINK. Hassan speaks about the war in Yemen and how the United States is the one that sells weapons to Saudi Arabia. Both guests address the gross mishandling of the pandemic that the United States has been doing both lovally and internationally.
Teri Mattson and Paki Wieland speak with Mike Weisbrot, Carlos Ron, and Ann Wright. Mike Weisbrot speaks on the effects of sanctions on Venezuela from death to financial insecurity of the entire country as collective punishment. Carlos Ron is the Venezuelan Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs to elaborate on how sanctions, while not recognized as traditional warfare, accomplish the same violence. Ann Wright discusses how sanctions were imposed on Gaza when we were the ones to make the first acts of war against them.
Teri Mattson and Paki Wieland are joined with immigration attorneys, Jesse Franzblau of the National Immigration Rights Center and Gabby Rosazza of the US Labor Education in the Americas Project. The four reflect on the results from Super Tuesday and how that will affect the migrant situation at the U.S./Mexico Border.
Ayanni Godbold, Teri Mattson, and Paki Wieland are joined by Azadeh Shahshahani and Joslyn Erica. Shahshahani discusses the humiliation and discrimination Iranian students are experiencing when trying and failing to return to the United States to pursue their higher education. Erica discusses recent actions in support of Julian Assange.
Ariel Gold and Teri Mattson are joined by Anne Wright and Medea Benjamin. It's a full Pink house! Anne Wright discusses the recent Afghanistan elections as well as possible peace plans with the United States. Medea Benjamin discusses the travel opportunities with CODEPINK to delegations in Latin America and Iran.
Teri Mattson and Paki Wieland speak with Christine Ahn, Gail Walker, and Leila Zand about the difference between "hot war" and "war by other means," primarily sanctions. While the presence of militant violence is absent, violence and death remains when resources are kept from citizens and families are kept apart.
Teri Mattson, Paki Wieland, and CODEPINK DC intern, Ayanni, are joined by economist and columnist, Mark Weisbrot of CEPR to discuss the problems and barriers that places the United States as one of the countries with very low turn out rates. Teri also lists travel opportunities to Latin America with CODEPINK for the upcoming 2020 year.
Ariel Gold and Terri Mattson are joined by Zahra Ali on this week's show. Recap of actions this past week including Swarm the Senate and the action outside the Brazilian Embassy. Zahra Ali is the author of Women and Gender in Iraq and is on CODEPINK Radio to discuss the protests in Iraq that demand U.S. troops out of the country.
Ariel Golden and Paki Wieland are joined by Zillah Wesley and Janelle Bruce of the Poor People's Campaign DC to discuss the history, accomplishments and goals of the organization. They discuss the power of uniting across all people and communities against capitalism whereas segregation weakens the movement. Final reminder to come out Saturday, Jan 25 for International Day of Action for Peace With Iran.
Join CODEPINK's Enas al Saffadi and Ariel Gold for updates on the Middle East. The United States assassinated Iranian war leader and now it is up to citizens across the globe to stand up for peace. Learn about International Day of Action on the 25th of January 2020. In other news, the ICC reports that Israel is guilt of war crimes against Palestine. What will this lead to?
Join Paki Wieland as she interviews Teri Wattson for her report back from Venezuela. 45 orders the assassination of Iranian military leader, Qasem Soleimani. How are we to move forward to ensure peace and avoid war?
Join Paki Wieland with guests: Medea Benjamin, Helen Schietinger, and Maha Hillal. Paki and guests touch upon several topics such as the underbelly of Cuba, Guantanamo Bay, and the actions here in the United States commemorating the 18th anniversary of its opening as an illegal detention center.
Join Jodie Evans, CODEPINK co-founder and national co-director for a discussion of activism around the world. Her first guest, Vijay Prashad, is an expert in Indian politics and discusses recent developments there. After the break, Jodie is joined by Leonardo Flores, a writer and organizer with CODEPINK’s Latin America campaign. They talk about social movements south of the border, from Chile to Venezuela, and how they connect to what’s going on around the world.
This week, join CODEPINK's national co-director and co-founder, Medea Benjamin, as she interviews two experts on two different Southwest Asian nations. In the first half of the hour, she chats with Matthew Hoh, senior fellow for the Center for International Policy, about the forever war in Afghanistan. After that, she discusses ongoing efforts by the peacemaking community to end the brutal war in Yemen. Her guest for the second half of the hour is Hassan el-Tayyib, Legislative Representative on Middle East Policy for the Friends' Committee on National Legislation.
You can get involved with CODEPINK's efforts to fight the war in Yemen through our Boycott Saudi Campaign here.
Upcoming CODEPINK Events:
December 13th: Firedrill Friday with Jane Fonda in Washington, DC
December 14th: Lush Out of Saudi Demonstration in Chicago
December 14th: CODEPINK Co-Founder Jodie Evans Presents at a Free Online Summit
December 15th: December Bridge Walk for Peace in San Francisco
Join CODEPINK's Middle East Coordinator, Enas al Saffadi, as they discuss the ongoing protests in Syria and Lebanon. Their guests include Lebanese journalist Doja Dauod and academic scholar Abduallah Aloadah about Saudi Arabia and his father’s arrest.
You can learn more about CODEPINK's campaign to combat Saudi repression on our website here. You can also sign our petition to tell Congress to keep Iran online by lifting the brutal sanctions here.
Upcoming CODEPINK Events:
December 6th: Firedrill Friday with Jane Fonda in Washington DC
December 6th: Climate Strike Against BlackRock in San Francisco
December 8th: Lush Out of Saudi Arabia in NYC
December 10th: Protest Against BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in NYC
December 10th: December Local Meeting in Venice, CA
Join us as we discuss the important actions happening around the recent US-backed coup. CODEPINK Co-Founder, Medea Benjamin, joins live from La Paz, Bolivia to discuss what is happening on the ground there. For the past week, Medea Benjamin has been in Bolivia at the request of local activists, who are panicked about the situation in their country, afraid that things are spiraling out of control. They are engaging in peaceful protests to reverse the coup that happened November 10th, but the protests have been met with tear gas and even live ammunition. Unfortunately, mainstream media and even some progressive outlets are refusing to recognize that what happened a week ago was a coup and are not covering the coup regime’s racism and violence. This is why it's important for us to bring you news live from Bolivia. Scroll down to learn more and don't forget to sign our latest petition on Bolivia.
On this episode of CODEPINK Radio. We start off going over the attempted arrest and assault of our own Medea Benjamin. Next, our new Middle East Campaign manager, Enas al Saffadi, interviews Palestine expert on the recent tragedies in Gaza. In the second part, we are joined by Leonardo Flores to take us through the recent coups in Bolivia and Venezuela.
CODEPINK Co-Founder, Jodie Evans and Jane Fonda discuss Jane's weekly actions in Washington D.C. and this Friday's War and Climate Change action.
CODEPINK's Paki Wieland hosts and talks with CODEPINK's Ariel Gold about her recent trip to Iran life for Iranians under U.S. sanctions with Jamal Abdi, National Iranian American Council. Next we discuss the outcome of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Trial with Sam Husseini, Institute for Policy Accuracy.
CODEPINK's Ariel Gold and Teri Mattson discuss Jewish activism from the US-Mexico border to Palestine.
How do people become activists and human rights defenders? Our first guest is Carolyn Karcher, editor of Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism, discusses that an increasing number of Jews are learning the truth behind Zionist ideology, which has degraded the Jewish religion. The ethics of Judaism are based on pursuing justice, love thy neighbors and repair the world. Yet, none of these are followed by Israelis to Palestinians. Recognizing that Israel is committing war crimes under the facade of Jewish identity, Jews are grappling with this and renouncing Zionism. In her book, Carolyn collects stories to change hearts and minds, starting with Rabbis explaining Zionism's harmful beliefs and to reconstruct Judaism by going back to ethical principles. Next, Carolyn takes us through the imperialistic and nationalistic history of Zionism starting before WWII. Does Israel represent Jewishness?Visitors to Israel don’t see behind the apartheid wall. Ariel and Carolyn discuss the transformative experience of visiting Hebron, the epicenter of the occupation. Israel blatantly attempts to blind the realities of what is truly happening in Palestine. They turned a religion that was built on loving thy neighbor into a religion of hate
Our second guest, Abby Stein, author of Becoming Eve. She discusses the similarities between Auschwitz and the current actions taken by ICE at the Southern Border. These similarities launched the Never Again movement, which points out society’s short term memory and to look at world atrocities through the lens that legal governments could persuade an entire society that millions of people are the source of their problems, by convincing them that we can get rid of them and everything will be great. Never Again asks us to remember that this did not happen that long ago in Germany.
Paki is joined by CODEPINK Latin America Campaign Coordinators, Leonardo Flores and Teri Mattson, to illuminate the hypocrisy of the United State’s treatment of Venezuela and Honduras. Latin America has been suffering for 500+ years under European and American colonialism and more recently from corporate intervention and extractivsm.
Leonardo starts us off by reviewing policies that that has led Venezuela to it’s current standing. First, aggression started with the 2002 coup under the Bush Administration. Under the Obama Administration, an executive order was signed that VZ was an unusual threat, even once calling VZ the greatest threat to the US in the Western Hemisphere. The Trump Administration doubled down on policies by enacting sanctions that have killed approximately 40,000 Venezuelans and counting.
Next, Teri, recently back from a trip to Honduras, discusses the massive Neo liberal economic model in Honduras that 100% privatization has created much more poverty than alleviated, heinous violent attempts to grab land, especially on the Caribbean coast, and mining concessions, that all cause disastrous effects. President Hernandez's brother is on trial for Narco-Trafficking just started last week. The brother of US installed president resulted from a coup and named as a co-conspirator in the trial, so then why are we only hearing about VZ being a Narco-Trafficking state? Why is none of this covered in the media? Honduras houses the largest military base in Central America. Once a country accepts a base, the US does not challenge (human rights violations, corrupt government officials). What happens in Honduras purposely stays out of the media.
We discuss the impact of the assassination of Honduran environmental activist Berta Caceres for her work against the extraction industry. She is a martyr that inspired many indigenous environmental activists. The Honduran indigenous community is up against giant transnational corporations. It is comparable to what the western expansion was in the States, using land grabbing to exterminate native people. This is the modern version of it, but we hear so little by the media, especially the violence inflicted.
We compare the stark contrasts between the foreign extraction industries. VZ president, Chavez believed the natural resources should be used for the benefit of the developing society. He re-nationalized the oil industry to put profits to work. Oil profits lead enormous strides, including 2.8 million public housing units, approximately 9 million people housed. The contrast to this in Honduras is telling of US corporate interest. We hear so little about the impunity, land grabbing, water and gold extraction which comes with devastating violence all for external benefits backed by OUR tax dollars. The Irony and hypocrisy in profound, VZ is vilified even though they support their people and Honduras is kept out of media.
Recently, we learned at the trial of Hernandez’s brother that El Chapo was financing right wing candidates. Who hired him to finance, the most powerful cartel working to undermine the Venezuelan government? The right wing in VZ has links to military and aims to portray VZ as a Narco state. On a global scale, there are five to seven battling cartels that will control all capital resources beyond borders. This is rooted in ideology and global capital. These cartels exist to supply to the US’s high demand for drugs.
With Indigenous People’s Day next week, we remind you indigenous people represent a culture, a heritage and spirit and have always been on the front line.
Our first guest is Hassan El-Tayyab, of the Friends Committee on National Legislation who works to end the Saudi backed war on Yemen. Hassan takes us through Saudi’s role in Yemen, the world’s worst huminitarian crisis. He takes on the mainstream media's role in covering the war in Yemen. Hassan takes us through how coalition gets critical legislation passed.
"If it’s one person it’s a tragedy and if it is too many it becomes a statistic?" The suffering in Yemen is on such scale that it is hard to comprehend. Paki asks listeners to ponder how to get people to pay attention to the human tragedy that is beyond the statistics.
Fo the second part of show we speak with CODEPINK’s Co-Director, Ariel Gold, who discusses the Boycott Saudi Campaign, including the reasons to boycott, history of boycotting Saudi and the myths being portrayed to the public by Saudi leaders. Ariel details the horrific acts of torture being done to women prisoners, including Loujan Althathloul by Saudi Arabia, under the current Crown Prince MBS.
Last year, investment companies pulled out of the annual investment forum following the gruesome murder. This year, Davos in the Desert, headed by Jared Kushner, has big players coming back in, including Goldman Sachs, CitiGroup and BlackRock. CODEPINK is leading the boycott 'Davo’s in the desert’ campaign. Learn more about our boycott Lush Cosmetics, Six Flags, Vice Media Company and musicians (including Nick Minaj) scheduled to perform in the absolute monarchy state.
Guests:
- Hassan El - Tayyab, of the Friends Committee on National Legislation
- Ariel Gold, CODEPINK Co - Director and Saudi Campaign Manager
Playlist:
- War by Bob Marley
CODEPINK Co-Founder, Jodie Evans, starts by sharing her experience along with other anti-war activists disruption at yesterday’s United Against a Nuclear Iran (UANI) summit taking place on the margins of this week’s United Nations meetings. She goes into detail on the lies being told to the public on Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
The first guest is Lindsay Allen, Executive Director of the Rainforest Action Network. RAN was founded in 1985 to stop the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest. She goes into detail on the climate crisis, fires in the Amazon, how big corporations are leading these crises. Lindsay discusses how we can target banks and looks to the Occupy Movement to show it is possible to take down these financial institutions.
We need to funnel our energy from the streets and target these companies and pull the financial rug out from under the fossil fuels and agricultural business sectors. Some outstanding facts being explored are the #1 investor in Amazon Rainforest deforestation is BlackRock and Chase Bank has funneled 196 billion dollars to fossil fuel companies.
Lindsay ends the first half by urging us to put our bodies in the way to stop pipelines because that increases our dependence on oil, turn out in the streets. We can make the difference because companies are assessing what their customers care about and to shut down banks. She encourages listeners to take the small steps and think about what makes you uncomfortable enough to match the challenge of going after these institutions.
Nancy and Jodie share their experiences at Friday’s Youth Global Climate Strike. Nancy fills guest’s in on her CODEPINK campaign to divest from BlackRock. She discusses the horrific effects of the war economy, the myths the CEO’s of investment companies tell the public and what we can do to stop these corporations.
Lastly, they go over the top ten ways the military and climate change are intertwined.
We ask you to ponder war, what is it good for?
CODEPINK's Paki Wieland will be discussing the situation in Kashmir with Pakistani Feminist & anti-war activist, Sameena Nazir, looking at both the roots of the current uprising and possible solutions to the situation. Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan, recently visited with President Trump. The purpose of this visit and the United States follow-up will be topics of discussion.
Hosted by CODEPINK's Paki Wieland, guest speakers include the anti-nuke nuns Ardeth Platte and Carol Gilbert, and our two DC Interns Clara Trippe and Raegan Davis are our guests. We will look at past activities upon which we, in the present, are continuing to work for a just, nuclear weapon free world. These intergenerational CODEPINK identified women will share their visions and aspirations.
Guests:
- Sister Carol Gilbert, OP and Sister Ardeth Platte, OP of the Grand Rapids Dominicans have dedicated their lives through nuclear disarmament and recently contributed to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)'s win of the Nobel Peace Prize
Rose discusses current topics including Hurricane Dorian, the Amazon rainforest crisis, deadliest attack on Yemen this year and No New Jails. We speak with Yifat Susskin about small scale solutions by taking local action and institutionalizing what does work on a larger scale. She shares the import work being done in the Middle East, which is led by grassroots, women led organizations. She recommends the first Indigenous American Poet Laurete’s new collection of poetry, An American Sunrise. Lastly, Yifat gives us an outlook on where international aids really go. Rose and Jodie explain the new CODEPINK MoMa and BlackRock campaign. Rose encourages NYC listeners to get involved with their city! Daniel Ellsberg discusses the importance of the new blockbuster about the female whistleblower Katharine Gun, Official Secrets, starring Kiera Knightly.
Guests:
- Yifat Susskin, MADRE partners with women's human rights activists to create programs in their communities that meet urgent needs and create lasting change. -
- Daniel Ellsberg, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers
In the fifth installment of CODEPINK, please join our host Teri Mattson for an important conversation about migration from the Northern Triangle, revocation of TPS and the dire conditions of the Southern Borders. Teri is CODEPINK’s Latin American Campaign Manager, and she begins the episode by discussing the local news and current events. Teri mostly focuses on the speculations and consequences of the Amazonian fire.
However, this episode is a must-listen as we are joined by Samantha Pinda and Erik Villalobos from CISPES DC. CISPES, or Committee in Solidarity With The People of El Salvador, is a grassroots organization aimed to stop US military, political and economic interventions in El Salvador. Samantha, Erik and Teri discuss the situations behind migration, and how US Imperialism is to blame. This episode with also feature Kelly Curry, a local CODEPINK Peace Economy campaigner. Kelly, who recently visited the borders talks about the truly dire conditions and what people can do to help. Please listen to this episode of CODEPINK radio as our host and guests discuss how US involvement in foreign nations are creating climate change, extreme poverty, political and economic turmoil.
Guests:
- Samantha Pinda and Erik Villalobos from CISPES DC -
Playlist:
- El Sombrera Azul, Ali Primera -
In the 4th episode of CODEPINK Radio, join our host Rose Asaf from NYC as she discusses current events, and has thought-provoking conversations with CODEPINK’s co-founder Jodie Evans and Nancy Mancias, a CODEPINK Organizer with out Divest from War campaign. Rose starts off by calling attention to the ever-growing acrocity of the Amazonia fire, set forth by conservative farmers in order to grow land for pastures, and drive away the Indiginous population. Rose also talks about Rep. Rashida Talib’s strong actions to not visit her grandmother in Palestine under the stringent rules set forth by Israel. However, it is a must to hear Rose’s opinion, as a Jewish American, about President Donald Trump's recent inflammatory remarks of Jewsih American’s who vote for the Democratic Party.
We first join Jodie Evans, CODEPINK’s Co-Founder, as she discusses the history of CODEPINK, and cultivation of a Local Peace Economy. Jodie gives us a fresh insight on how peace-building can come as simply as taking small, local steps, and eventually divest from the destructive War Economy. Our second guest for the show is Nancy Mancias, who discusses our biggest campaign “Divest From War Machine”. Nancy discusses the overarching message behind our pivotal campaign, what actions we have taken in the past, and what actions are we taking now. Nancy urges locals from NYC to join the fight against the war-profiteering companies.
Join guest speakers to discuss the rising tensions between India and Pakistan and the movement for independence by the Kashmiri people
In the third segment of newly launched CODEPINK radio, join our host Rose Asaf, a CODEPINK Organizer from New York as she discusses the latest dire issues of military mobilization, both at home and abroad. Rose discusses undocumented immigrant welfare rule, Trump administrations revised Statue of Liberty poem, the possible Norway shooter, the harrowing ban placed on Representative Talib and Ilhan from entering Israel, and the dynamic protest in an NYC Amazon office lead by “Jews Against ICE” and “Jews Against Racial Injustice” in their fight to condemn Amazon’s affiliation with ICE.
Rose also interviews Hafsa Kanjwal from “Stand with Kashmir” will discuss the impending war between India and Pakistan, the fight for Kashmir, revocation of article 370 and its implications. Hafsa provides thought-provoking discussions on the dire state of Kashmir, and what we can do to help. Our second guest for the show is Jesse Ortiz, an organizer with Cosecha. Cosecha is a national organization working for undocument immigrant rights in the United States. Jesse gives us an insight into the lives of immigrants under Trump administration, the increased activity of ICE and what people can do to stop ICE’s violent raids.
Guests:
- Hafsa Kanjwal, Stand with Kashmir -
- Jesse Ortiz, Immigrants right organizer, Cosecha
CODEPINK Co-Founder Medea Benjamin and CODEPINK Latin America Coordinator Teri Mattson talk about Teri's recent trip to Venezuela where she met with local grassroots activists to discuss the violence caused by U.S. sanctions. We also hear from CODEPINK activists in Puerto Rico where protesters are continuing to fight to eliminate the privatization of Puerto Rican civil society.
Guests:
- Carlos Ron, Vice Minister North America, Foreign Ministry of Venezuela and Sergio Torrez, Embassy Protector and EPC delegation participant -
CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin and CODEPINK national co-director Ariel Gold kick off our first show by breaking down the dismal attention given to foreign policy in the recent Democratic Presidential debates. They also talk about inspiring examples of grassroots movements from around the world that are working to bring peace to their communities.