Medea Benjamin (born Susan Benjamin; September 10, 1952) is an American political activist who was the co-founder of Code Pink with Jodie Evans and others. Along with activist and author Kevin Danaher, she created the fair-trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Benjamin was the Green Party candidate in California in 2000 for the United States Senate.
In 2009, Benjamin began her efforts to bring attention to the effects of drone warfare, participating in demonstrations at United States bases where drones are piloted and at headquarters of drone manufacturers. On April 28, 2012, in Washington, D.C., she was responsible for organizing the first ever International Drone Summit with lawyers, scientists, academics, and activists to kick off an international campaign to rein in the use of drones in the U.S. and abroad.
On April 30, 2012, Benjamin interrupted a speech on United States counterterrorism strategy given by John Brennan at the Woodrow Wilson Center, to ask about civilians casualties of US drone strikes in Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen.
In October 2012, she organized a 34-person delegation to Pakistan to protest U.S. drone warfare. While in Pakistan she allegedly met with drone victims, family members, lawyers, academics, women’s groups, and Pakistani leaders, as well as the U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan. The delegation made international headlines when they joined a caravan to Waziristan organized by prominent political leader and former Pakistani cricket captain Imran Khan, a staunch opponent of American involvement in Pakistan. (See CNN video, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, the BBC, and over 100 major news outlet, 09/28 – October 14, 2012). She also organized a public fast in Islamabad in sympathy with alleged drone victims.
In 2012, she authored Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, published by OR Books, and toured the country speaking out against drone warfare.
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Medea Benjamin co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK
Medea’s Articles at Al Jazeera
Book – War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict 2022-12-09
Book -Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran 2018-05-08
Book- Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection 2016-09-13
Book – Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control 2012-01-01
Book – Bridging Global Gap Handbook 1989
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2023-05-16 US National Security Experts: Give Peace in Ukraine a Chance
2022-12-23 Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict in Ukraine?
2022-11-04 The Chris Hedges Report: The truth about Ukraine with Medea Benjamin
2022-10-12 Medea Benjamin & Nicolas Davies: Negotiations “Still the Only Way Forward” to End Ukraine War
2022-02-01 The United States Is Reaping What It Sowed in Ukraine
2021-08-25 Medea Benjamin: Afghanistan War Is “Cash Cow” for Pentagon. Biden Must End “Delusional” China Rivalry
2021-05-06 Peace Activist Interrupts General Dynamics Shareholder Meeting to Blast the Business of War
2021-03-22 10 Things Wrong With Biden’s Foreign Policy – Medea Benjamin
2018-08-03 North Korea has taken big steps. Now it’s Trump’s turn to show goodwill
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