Medea Benjamin

Robots R' Us: Drones Reported on 63 Bases on the USA

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Max Keiser, Dwight Eisenhower, Bases, Military Industrial Complex, David Swanson, Medea Benjamin, Politics News

New York, New York: It's easy to understand why presidents, politicians and the military love robots. They don't talk back. They follow orders. You p...

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How the Split on the Jewish Left Helps AIPAC and What Can Be Done About It

Myriam Miedzian | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Norman Finkelstein, B.D.S., Medea Benjamin, Omar Barghouti, J-Street-Aipac, Michael Lerner, Aipac, J Street, Politics News

Liberal Jewish organizations agree on many issues, but fundamental disagreements remain.

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Occupy Wall Street, Faces Of Zuccotti Park: The Woman In Pink

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Aipac, Video, Occupy Wall Street Movement, Melanie Butler, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Jodie Evans, Medea Benjamin, Occupy Wall Street, Donald Rumsfeld, Codepink, Occupywallst, Zuccotti Park, Business News

Melanie Butler was watching a news clip about Occupy Wall Street in late September when she noticed that all of the demonstrators talking to the repor...

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Stop the Machine To Merge With Occupy DC? Not Quite Yet

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Dc, Video, Occupydc, Medea Benjamin, Occupy Wall Street, Protests, Stop the Machine, Freedom Plaza, McPherson Square, Occupy Dc, D.C., Jeffrey Light, DC News

WASHINGTON - It's been confusing at times to have the Stop the Machine protests going on in Freedom Plaza, while Occupy DC has been camped out in McPh...

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Instead of Bombing Dictators, Stop Selling Them Bombs

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cost of War, Medea Benjamin, Congress, Gaddafi, Afghanistan, War, Obama, Weapons, Libyan, Libya, Military, Army, Airstrikes, Egypt, United Nations, Saudi Arabia, Protest, Code Pink, Codepink, Operation Odyssey Dawn, Arab League, Un, Iraq, Politics News

If protecting civilians from evil dictators were the goal, there's an easier, safer way than aerial bombardment for the U.S. and its allies to consider: Simply stop arming and propping up evil dictators.

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Under Obama, Better to Commit a War Crime Than Expose One

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medea Benjamin, Bradley Manning, Whistleblower, War, Julian Assange, Obama, Quantico, Wikileaks, Peace, Video, Army, Military, Conflict, Iraq War, Charles Davis, Codepink, Collateral Murder, Leaks, Politics News

Committing war crimes is more likely to get a solider a medal than a prison term. Manning would be far better off today if he'd killed those men in Baghdad himself.

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Jon Stewart Rally Represents Elitism, Consumerism, and Disrespect for the Progressive Movement

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medea Benjamin, Sit Down Strike, Martin Luther King, Efca, Honeywell, Sanity Bus, The Daily Show, Arianna Huffington, Rally for Sanitry, Jezebel, Jon Stewart, David Cote, Codepink, The American Prospect, Richard Trumka, Organized Labor, Afscme, Politics News

Stewart's rally is not a political event aimed at informing grassroots progressive activists such as union members. It is an "entertainment event," in the tradition of Glenn Beck, aimed at increasing ratings so Comedy Central can make bigger profits.

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Blackwater vs. Pinkwater: The Wife of Erik Prince Picks a Fight With CODEPINK

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Erik Prince, Mercenaries, Blackwater, Medea Benjamin, War, Xe, Codepink, Iraq, Politics News

Is Erik Prince, Blackwater's sole owner, now taking his profits, trying to sell his company and running away to the Emirates, a country that has no extradition treaty with the United States?

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CODEPINK's "Gaza Freedom" Mockery

Eric Trager | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Freedom March, MID-EAST PEACE, Operation Cast Lead, Gaza, Middle East, Stephen Walt, Medea Benjamin, Code Pink, Palestinians, Codepink, Israel, Rafah Border Crossing, Middle East Peace, World News

CODEPINK's goals have nothing to do with actual Palestinian freedom. Whether CODEPINK is disrupting a Senate hearing or demonstrating in Cairo, its purpose is the same: to vilify American foreign policy.

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Nine Arrested Protesting Lieberman's Healthcare Stance

HuffingtonPost.com | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Aetna, Health Care, Joseph Lieberman, Mobilization-for-Health-Care-for-All, Medea Benjamin, Politics News

Nine protesters were arrested Thursday in a demonstration at the office of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) to demand that he pledge to stop accepting fro...

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The Israel/Gaza Face-Off in Los Angeles

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Monday night, in remembrance of the one-year anniversary of Israel's Operation Cast Lead that killed 1,400 Gazans, and in solidarity with the 1,400 in...

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Don Lemon & CNN: No to "Real Americans," Yes to Real Journalism!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Constitution, Lila Garrett, George W. Bush, Progressives, Medea Benjamin, Ann Wright, Fox, Norman Solomon, Msnbc, America's Town Halls, Americans for Prosperity, Conservatives, Corporate Media, Health Care Town Halls, Rush Limbaugh, Progressive Democrats of America, Lou Dobbs, Alan Hardage, Marcy Winograd, Barack Obama, David Swanson, Cnn, Brad Parker, Maureen Cruise, Sean Hannity, Dr. Jo Olson, Corporate Media Coverage, Iraq War, Anti-War Protests, Tom Hayden, Real Americans, Don Lemon, Bill O'Reilly, Wayne Williams, Media News

Can anyone tell me of any wall to wall on-site coverage of peace movement events over the past six years where the corporate press offered extensive air-time to listen to progressive leaders? I don't recall that ever happening. Do you?

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Time for President Zelaya to Return to Honduras

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honduras Coup, Honduras, Barack Obama, Medea Benjamin, Oscar Arias, Manuel Zelaya, World News

It's time for Zelaya to go home and get back to the job he was elected to do. And the U.S. government should help him do that.

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Confronting Rumsfeld

Jeff Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Donald Rumsfeld, Medea Benjamin, Ray McGovern, Code Pink, Government, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Gop, Politics News

Mere willingness to insult Donald Rumsfeld to his face is not a great accomplishment. It trivializes his alleged crimes to showily spew inane jargon.

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Why I Criticized Code Pink

Jeff Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Donald Rumsfeld, Activism, After Downing Street, Code Pink, David Swanson, Medea Benjamin, Politics News

Many activists are more concerned with feeling good about themselves than being effective.

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The Iraqi Shoe-Thrower Should be Pardoned

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraqi Shoe Thrower, Bush, Medea Benjamin, George W. Bush, Codepink, Iraq, Muntazer Al-Zaidi, Iraqi Government, Politics News

Insulting someone in power is a legitimate form of non-violent resistance. The harm that could be inflicted by a shoe cannot be compared with harm inflicted by an unwarranted occupation that has resulted in the deaths and displacement of millions of Iraqis.

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US Citizen Diplomats Arrive In Iran, Invited By Ahmadinejad

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, War, George W. Bush, Medea Benjamin, United Nations, Iraq, Foreign Service, Peace, Iraq War, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Colonel Ann Wright, Jodie Evans, Peace and Social Justice Groups, Codepink, President of Iran, Citizen Diplomats, Iranians, Politics News

President-elect Obama, Iranians are wonderful people. They don't deserve harm.

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The Legacy of Harvey Milk

Kip Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cindy Sheehan, Gavin Newsom, Medea Benjamin, Gus Van Sant, Sean Penn, Harvey Milk, Civil Rights, Harvey Milk Movie, Gus Van Sant Milk Movie, SF Gay Men's Club, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, Sean Pean Milk Movie, Mayor Gavin Newsom, Harvey Milk Club, Gay Rights, Ross Mirkarimi, Mark Leno, Entertainment News

Last night was the world premiere of Milk at the Castro Theatre! For those who don't know, that's the new Gus Van Sant film about Harvey Milk, starring Sean Penn in the title role.

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Should Henry "The Fox" Paulson Guard the Hen House?

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Codepink, Congress, Bailout, Economy, Medea Benjamin, Henry Paulson, Wall Street Crisis, Business News

The people's ire of the Wall Street bailout almost derailed Paulson's entire plan. But the bankers prevailed. It has, however, not calmed the markets and shouldn't mute the public outcry.

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