Medea Benjamin, founding director of Global Exchange and co-founder of Code Pink: Women for Peace, is one of the organizers of #ShutDownAIPAC, which takes place February 28-March 3 in Washington, DC. Benjamin, the Green Party candidate for US Senate from California in 2000, is author of many books, including Bridging the Global Gap, The Peace Corps and More, Don’t Be Afraid, Gringo and Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control.
On topics from Guantánamo to drone strikes, I couldn’t let the president act as if he were some helpless official at the mercy of Congress.
Ifind David Cortright’s call useful but limiting. The most exciting aspect of the antiwar organizing has been its global reach.
When Congress contemplates the upcoming 2002 Supplemental Appropriations bill, there’s a small item that should be added to the budget: $20 million to help the Afghan people who were mistakenly hu