Medea Benjamin

@medeabenjamin

Cofounder of peace group CODEPINK. Author. Peace activist. Wannabe salsa dancer :)

Washington DC and San Francisc
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Joined May 2008
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  1. 23 hours ago

    DC Statehood is a matter of racial equity. 45% of DC’s 712,000 residents are black, but they do not have voting representation in Congress. Overwhelmingly white Vermont and Wyoming have 2 senators each, with smaller populations than D.C. Pass HR51 NOW!

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  2. 23 hours ago

    At House Oversight hearing on DC statehood today, Republican Cong. Comer says the call for representation for over 700,000 residents of the nation’s capitol is part of a “radical leftist agenda.”

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  3. 23 hours ago

    Fantastic presentation on China by as part of ’s incredible Cold War Truth Commission.

    "The [anti-China] propaganda has already brought a war against Asians to our streets." CODEPINK's talks about the historical & current US Cold War against China on the Cold War Truth Commission. Join the jury as we put the Cold War on trial:
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  4. Mar 21

    Wow. This is a POWERFUL story about how the people of Myanmar are fighting the military with a vast economic shutdown. What a profound example of nonviolence civil disobedience.

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  5. Mar 21

    Look at how the sanctions on Iran are causing such hardships for the Iranian people.

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  6. Retweeted
    Mar 21

    Anyone can give me the name of one person (just one, not more) who has publicly criticised MBS with their real identity, inside of the country, and is still free/alive ? 😌

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  7. Mar 21

    Happening today! THE COLD WAR TRUTH COMMISSION. Amazing testimonials and so relevant with the present US attitude towards China and Russia

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  8. Mar 21

    Criticism of China is so hypocritical, especially since China has not routinely used bombings and drone strikes as tools of foreign policy, or established military bases around the world, all of which Americans accept as our natural right.

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  9. Mar 21

    Let’s not blame all the anti-Asia hate on Trump. While former president Obama and President Biden have denounced anti-Asian violence, they have also spent their careers embracing critical takes on China that probably helped accelerate this violence.

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    Mar 20

    What a joke, coming from the State Department! If anyone in the US Government REALLY cared about Iran and Iranians, they would be doing everything they could to lift sanctions and rejoin the JCPOA.

    The U.S. Department of State extends greetings to all those celebrating this joyous occasion and the arrival of Spring. It is a time to reflect and look forward to brighter days to come.
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  11. Mar 21

    Lol. Admiral James Stavridis on asserts that the US will not allow China to control the South China Sea—i.e. the US should control the South China Sea, and every other sea. And don’t forget space. That’s ours, too.

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  12. Mar 21

    Critical column by : "Welcome to the new age of bloated Pentagon budgets, all to be justified by the great Chinese threat." Read it, pass it around, and help build the movement to CUT THE PENTAGON BUDGET!

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  13. Mar 20

    Pissing off the governments of China AND Russia in one week is NOT the kind of diplomacy we want from the Biden administraiton.

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  14. Mar 20

    Happy Norooz to my Iranian friends. May the new year bring peace.

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  15. Mar 19

    Much love to the people of Iraq, whose lives were upended and destroyed by the horrific US invasion of their country 18 years ago. “There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people,” as Howard Zinn said.

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  16. Mar 19

    Killing by drones from thousands of miles away has just become even easier! Thanks to General Atomics, you can now press the killer button from a laptop instead of a clunky control station…

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  17. Mar 18

    Unfortunately, there are MANY heads of states who could be called KILLERS, like Biden called Putin, but does that help build diplomatic relations? The deterioration of relations with Russia and China only helps those who profit from weapons sales.

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  18. Mar 18

    Yes, progressives are concerned that the Biden administration is taking such bad positions on so many foreign policy issues!!!

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  19. Mar 18

    A new poll shows 45 percent of Americans named China as the top threat, more than twice as many as a year earlier. This revs up the Cold War (and Pentagon budget) and increases hate crimes at home. We need top US officials to say: CHINA IS NOT OUR ENEMY.

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    Mar 18

    Why Britain has been colonizing ? To make room for a U.S. military base! You may again ask why? Well...Because the U.S. wants to bomb countries whenever wishes and that looks like a convenient place to operate from! Why?! Interview with Dr. Jonathan Levy

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