Medea Benjamin is internationally renown for standing up for the oppressed and against violence and war. The co-founder of Code Pink, Women for Peace, is also no stranger to hostile situations involving law enforcement. But she never expected to be ordered off the National Mall or face arrest if she […]
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by John Zangas Activist Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK Women for Peace, says she was detained overnight at Cairo International Airport on her way to join an international delegation of women traveling to Gaza. She claims that she was confined in a frigid cell there and beaten before being deported to […]
Medea Benjamin of CODEPINK made waves when she interrupted President Obama during his policy address at the National Defense University on May 23. 2013. Even the President said, “That woman is worth paying attention to.” Benjamin spoke to Cool Revolution about Obama’s speech on drone strikes in the Mideast and […]