Vorlage:Short description Vorlage:Use mdy dates Vorlage:Infobox person Medea Benjamin (born Susan Benjamin on September 10, 1952) is an American political activist who, along with Jodie Evans and others, co-founded Code Pink.[1] She also co-founded, along with her husband Kevin Danaher, the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Benjamin was the Green Party nominee in the 2000 United States Senate election in California, running under the name Medea Susan Benjamin.
Early life
BearbeitenSusan Benjamin was born September 10, 1952, daughter of Alvin and Rose Benjamin. She grew up in Freeport, New York, on Long Island, and is of Jewish descent. Her father, Alvin Benjamin (1920-2012), was a wealthy real estate developer, president of The Benjamin Companies.[2][3][4]
During her first year at Tufts University, she renamed herself after the Greek mythological character Medea. Samuel Moyn wrote that Benjamin "liked how the name sounded, and she had heard a feminist interpretation of the Greek tragedy suggesting that Medea had never killed her children and was only blamed for it by patriarchal traditions".[5]:268
She also joined the Students for a Democratic Society. Later she dropped out of school and hitchhiked through Europe and Africa, teaching English classes to earn money. She later returned to the United States and received master's degrees in public health from Columbia University and in economics from The New School. Benjamin worked for ten years as an economist and nutritionist in Latin America and Africa for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization,[6] the World Health Organization, the Swedish International Development Agency,[7] and the Institute for Food and Development Policy.Vorlage:Citation needed
Career
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In 1988, with her husband, Kevin Danaher, and Kirsten Moller, Benjamin co-founded the San Francisco-based Global Exchange, which advocates fair trade alternatives to what she describes as corporate globalization. In 2002, with Jodie Evans and others, she co-founded the feminist anti-war group Code Pink: Women for Peace, which advocated for an end to the Iraq War, the prevention of future wars, and social justice. Benjamin has been involved with the anti-war organization United for Peace and Justice.
She later created the Occupation Watch Center in Baghdad (IOWC) to monitor the United States military, and the war's effect on civilian populations. Through this center, she brought U.S. military family members to see the conditions under which enlisted personnel served, and to speak out against the war, in Congress and at the United Nations, in 2003.[8]
She is a member of the Board of Directors of Liberty Tree.[9]
Politics
BearbeitenIn 2000, Benjamin ran as a Green Party candidate challenging incumbent US Senator from California, Dianne Feinstein.[10] She advocated a living wage, universal healthcare and delaying genetically engineered foods.[11] During the campaign, Benjamin and her Republican rival Tom Campbell participated in joint events, including a joint press conference, touting their opposition to Feinstein (but also disagreeing with each other on many issues).[12] Benjamin garnered 99,716 votes, 74%, in the Green Party primary,[13] and 326,828 votes, 3.08% of the general election total ballots.[14] Since then she has remained active in the Green Party and has also supported efforts by the Progressive Democrats of America.[15][16]
In 2015, the Green Party created a shadow cabinet, naming Benjamin as the shadow Secretary of State.[17]
Protest actions
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From 2002 to 2009, Benjamin engaged in numerous protests involving members of the Bush administration (Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; President George W. Bush; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice); Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and others. Benjamin engaged in protest actions at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and the 2004 Republican National Convention.[18] On December 4, 2007, she was arrested by plainclothes police in Lahore, Pakistan, detained by the ISI for eight hours, and deported after protesting the house arrest of lawyers (including Aitzaz Ahsan).[19][20] In 2009, Benjamin joined the steering committee for the Gaza Freedom March.[21] In February 2012, Benjamin was arrested and deported[22] for illegal entry to Bahrain and her participation in an illegal protest.[23]
During 2005–2010, she worked to oppose United States threats of a possible impending war with Iran, including lobbying Congress, taking peace delegations to Iran, and bringing Iranian youth to Congress.
Benjamin repeatedly interrupted a major speech by President Barack Obama regarding United States policy in the War on Terror at the National Defense University on May 23, 2013.[24][25] After Benjamin was removed for her actions, President Obama then went off script. "The voice of that woman is worth paying attention to," he said. "Obviously I do not agree with much of what she said. And obviously she wasn't listening to me and much of what I said. But these are tough issues. And the suggestion that we can gloss over them is wrong." Benjamin responded by telling The Daily Beast, "If he had indeed made significant policy changes, I wasn't going to say anything. I would have preferred that option, but given that he didn't make those kind of changes I was looking for, I was glad to be given the opportunity to speak out."[26]
On July 21, 2016, Benjamin heckled Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention with a sign that read "Build bridges not walls".[27]
She joined other activists on the 2024 Gaza freedom flotilla.[28]
Organization efforts
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BearbeitenDuring the 1990s, Benjamin focused on countering what she believed was unfair trade as promoted by the World Trade Organization. She participated in an anti-sweatshop movement, initiating campaigns against Nike and clothing companies such as the GAP. In 1999, Benjamin helped expose the problem of indentured servitude among garment workers in the United States territory of Saipan (the Marianas Islands), which led to a billion-dollar lawsuit against 17 United States retailers.[29]Vorlage:Better source needed In 1999, she produced the documentary Sweating for a T-Shirt about the sweatshop industry.[30]
During the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle in December 1999, Benjamin's organization, Global Exchange, helped organize the 1999 Seattle WTO protests.[31]
In 2000, she helped a campaign to pressure Starbucks to carry fair trade coffee in all their cafes. In October 2000, Starbucks introduced whole bean Fair Trade Certified coffee at more than 2,300 stores.[32]
For 2001, Benjamin focused on California's energy crisis, assisting low-income ratepayers and small businesses. She headed a coalition of consumer, environmental, union and business leaders working for clean and affordable power under public control.[33]
In September 2003, Benjamin was in Cancún, Mexico challenging the policies of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and in November, she was in Miami protesting the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) while trying to bring attention to global peace and economic justice movements.[34]
After several fact-finding visits to China, Benjamin co-sponsored with the International Labor Rights Fund an initiative to improve the labor and environmental practices of United States multinationals in China. The ensuring Human Rights Principles for US Businesses in China have been endorsed by major companies such as Cisco, Intel, Reebok, Levi Strauss and Mattel.[35]
Israel/Palestine
BearbeitenIn 2006, Benjamin organized humanitarian aid for war refugees in Lebanon and spoke out against Israeli bombing. In 2008 during the Operation Cast Lead Israeli invasion of Gaza, she organized a daily protest at the hotel where President-elect Barack Obama was staying, and then visited Gaza to see the immediate effects of the bombing. She brought humanitarian aid and helped put together six other delegations to Gaza. She was one of the lead organizers of the Gaza Freedom March, where 1,350 people from dozens of countries came together in Cairo to try to march to Gaza. Benjamin criticized the United States government for passing legislation to send Israel $3 billion in aid, lobbied Congress and sailed on the U.S. Flotilla to Gaza in November 2011. Days after Israel launched its Pillar of Defense operation targeting sites in Gaza during November 2012, Benjamin led a delegation to deliver medical supplies to the Shifa hospital and the Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza.[36] She also helped to organize an annual gathering in Washington, D.C., with the objective of exposing the "negative influence" of the United States lobby group American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).Vorlage:Citation needed
In January 2018, it was announced that activists from 20 American groups, including Code Pink, were banned from entering Israel because of their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.[37] The Algemeiner reported in April 2014 that Benjamin's charitable foundation, which was worth $12 million, had shareholdings in Caterpillar, a company targeted by the BDS movement, as well as the oil company Chevron and the tobacco conglomerate Phillip Morris.[38]
In November 2023, Benjamin conducted an ambush interview with US Senator Marco Rubio, and asked him if he would "call for a ceasefire in Gaza." Rubio responded "No I will not. On the contrary, … I want Israel to destroy every element of Hamas they can get their hands on."[39]
Iraq
BearbeitenAfter the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, she created the Occupation Watch Center in Baghdad[34] to monitor the United States military and the war's effect on civilian populations. Through this center she brought Iraqi women to the United States to speak about the occupation, organized delegations of U.S. military family members to see the conditions of their children serving in Iraq, and documented United States abuses, including at Abu Ghraib prison before the scandal involving it broke in the United States media. She also organized medical aid delegations to Iraq to civilians harmed by the United States military.Vorlage:Citation needed She testified in Congress and the United Nations against the Iraq War.[40]
In 2005, she was involved in the Hammering Halliburton campaign which was concerned with the abuses of United States military contractors such as Halliburton, the goal of which was to expose the awarding of corrupt no-bid contracts to corporations with close ties to the Bush administration. Along with this, Benjamin also exposed Blackwater Worldwide's illegal activities, including protests at the headquarters of the International Association of War Contractors. She was arrested outside the home of Blackwater's CEO.[8]
In opposition to indefinite detention in Guantanamo, in 2007, Benjamin organized a delegation of prisoners' family members to Guantanamo Naval Base prison camp in Cuba, demanding its closing.[41] In 2007 as well, she continued to protest weekly outside the Justice Department concerning water boarding and indefinite detention, and called for the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.Vorlage:Citation needed She was arrested many times for protests in Congressional hearings.
On October 31, 2009, Benjamin led a group of Code Pink protestors at a protest aimed at military families queued up for a White House Halloween Party hosted by President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.[42] The event raised controversy when a Reuters News photo showing the protesters (dressed as wounded soldiers), including one identified as Benjamin, were described as "taunting" the children.[43]
Drones
BearbeitenIn 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 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.[44]
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.[45]
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.[46] 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,[47] The New York Times,[48] The Washington Post,[49] Al Jazeera,[50] the BBC, and over 100 major news outlet,[51] 09/28 – October 14, 2012). She also organized a public fast in Islamabad in sympathy with alleged drone victims.[52]
In 2012, she authored Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, published by OR Books,[53] and toured the country speaking out against drone warfare.
Other campaigns
BearbeitenAs part of Code Pink's mission, Benjamin helped organize many International Women's Day Marches and Mother's Day Calls for Peace, the latter to bring back the original intent of Mother's Day as women mobilizing against war. These included bringing women from war torn countries such as Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan to the U.S. to speak about their experiences. Between 2003 and 2010, Benjamin helped organized anti-war mass mobilizations in Washington, D.C., New York City and San Francisco.Vorlage:Citation needed
Benjamin organized the campaign Bring Our War Dollars Home,[54] which fought to divert money from the Pentagon into social programs at home.
WTO protest violence
BearbeitenDuring the 1999 anti-globalization movement protests against the WTO in Seattle, a quote from Benjamin was published by the New York Times, which implied that she was calling for the arrest of those who destroyed property during the protests. Benjamin later clarified that, while she did not approve of the tactics of destroying property, she did not want the arrest of those responsible.[55]
Anybody But Bush
BearbeitenBenjamin has been criticized by some Greens for her support for "Anybody But Bush" in 2004. Explaining why she supported this movement, she said that "maybe it's time for the people who voted for Bush in 2000, the people who didn't vote at all in 2000, and yes, people like myself who voted for Ralph Nader in 2000, to admit our mistakes. I'll say mine — I had no idea that George Bush would be such a disastrous president. Had I known then what I know now, and had I lived in a swing state, I would have voted for Gore instead of Ralph Nader.[56]
Todd Chretien, a member of the International Socialist Organization, responded: Vorlage:Blockquote
Views on United States involvement in Middle East
BearbeitenBenjamin writes in The Huffington Post that the U.S. needs to end military interventionism and that the "U.S. military should close all foreign military bases and use our soldiers to protect us here at home."[57]
Benjamin also writes in The Huffington Post that the United States never had any "justification for invading Iraq", that there is no "justification for continuing the war in Afghanistan", and that in Pakistan, the United States "drone attacks are only fueling the violence and creating more Osama bin Ladens". Regarding the killing of bin Laden, she says "Let us not sink into a false sense of triumphalism in the wake of Bin Laden's passing."[58]
Arrest In Egypt
BearbeitenOn March 3, 2014, Benjamin was arrested in Egypt. She had flown there en route to participating in a women's conference in the Palestinian territory of Gaza. Upon her arrival at Cairo International Airport, Benjamin was detained by airport police and held overnight, during which time she said she was assaulted by police officers, resulting in a broken arm and a dislocated shoulder. She was later deported to Turkey. Questions arose regarding the role of the United States Embassy in her detention, as embassy spokesman Mofid Deak said that Benjamin left the country following assistance from the embassy, while Code Pink's Alli McCracken said the embassy did not help Benjamin.[59][60]
Venezuela
BearbeitenIn January 2019, in a Democracy Now! interview, Benjamin said she was against "US intervention in Venezuela" which had the potential to "create a civil war leading to tremendous violence".[61]
In April and May 2019 Benjamin was part of an "Embassy Protection Collective" formed by groups that include CodePink, Answer Coalition (led by Brian Becker), Poor Peoples Army (led by Cheri Honkala), People's Power Assembly (led by Sharon Black), Revolutionary Alliance (led by Al R Suarez) and Popular Resistance (led by Kevin Zeese/Dr. Flowers) which occupied the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington. Benjamin said the group had the permission of the Maduro government to stay in the embassy.[62]
Awards and accolades
BearbeitenIn 2010, she received the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Prize from the Fellowship of Reconciliation.[63] In 2012, she won the Marjorie Kellogg National Peacemaker Award and the Thomas Merton Center Peace Award. Also in 2012, she was awarded the US Peace Prize "in recognition of her creative leadership on the front lines of the antiwar movement."[64] In 2014, she received the Gandhi Peace Award from Promoting Enduring Peace "to honor her for her unyielding advocacy for social justice of more than 30 years".[65]
In 2003, the Los Angeles Times described her as "one of the high profile leaders" of the peace movement.[66]
Controversies
BearbeitenIn 2014, Benjamin attended the second annual New Horizon conference in Tehran, which hosted several fascists and Holocaust deniers. The Anti-Defamation League criticized Benjamin for attending the conference. Benjamin responded saying she was "uncomfortable" with many of the attendees but learned a lot and had nothing to apologize for.[67][68][69][70]
Peter Camejo claims that, at the 2004 Green Party of the United States national convention, a supermajority of members had voted for endorsing the Nader-Camejo ticket, but a conspiracy involving Benjamin caused a slight majority of delegates to instead endorse the Cobb-LaMarche ticket.[71]
Personal life
BearbeitenBenjamin has been married twice.[72] Her second marriage is to activist Kevin Danaher.[73] She has two daughters, Maya Danaher and Arlen Gomez, who respectively serve as treasurer and secretary of the Benjamin Fund, an organization for which she serves as president.[4]
Benjamin lives in Washington, D.C., and in San Francisco.[74][75]
Books
Bearbeiten- Medea Benjamin, Andrea Freedman: Bridging the Global Gap: A Handbook to Linking Citizens of the First and Third Worlds. Global Exchange / Seven Locks Press, 1989, ISBN 0-932020-73-9.
- Medea Benjamin, Joseph Collins, Michael Scott: No Free Lunch: Food and Revolution in Cuba Today. Princeton University Press, 1989, ISBN 0-935028-52-8.
- Medea Benjamin: Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks From The Heart: The Story of [[Elvia Alvarado]]. Harper Perennial, 1989, ISBN 0-06-097205-X.
- Medea Benjamin, Peter Rossett: Greening of the Revolution: Cuba's Experiment with Organic Agriculture. Ocean Press, 1995, ISBN 1-875284-80-X.
- Medea Benjamin, Juan Antonio Blanco: Cuba: Talking About Revolution: Conversations with Juan Antonio Blanco. Inner Ocean Publishing, 1996, ISBN 1-875284-97-4.
- Medea Benjamin, Benedita da Silva, Maisa Mendonca: Benedita Da Silva: An Afro-Brazilian Woman's Story of Politics and Love. Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1997, ISBN 0-935028-70-6.
- Medea Benjamin, Miya Rodolfo-Sioson: The Peace Corps and More: 175 Ways to Work, Study and Travel at Home & Abroad. Global Exchange / Seven Locks Press, 1997, ISBN 0-929765-04-4.
- Medea Benjamin: I, Senator: How, together, we transformed the state of California and the United States. Green Press, 2000.
- Medea Benjamin: The Nuts Baked In: My Life as a Fruitcake. Non Compos Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0-451-16396-7.
- Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans (Hrsg.): How to Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism. Inner Ocean Publishing, 2005, ISBN 1-930722-49-4.[8]
- Medea Benjamin: Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control. OR Books, 2012, ISBN 978-1-935928-81-2.
- Medea Benjamin: Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S. – Saudi Connection. OR Books, 2016, ISBN 978-1-68219-046-3.
- Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies: War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict. OR Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-68219-371-6.
- Medea Benjamin, David Swanson: NATO: What You Need to Know. OR Books, 2024, ISBN 978-1-68219-520-8.
See also
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- ↑ Code Pink "About Us" page web.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date" Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden. Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'.. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
- ↑ Joe Garofoli: S.F. Woman's Relentless March for Peace ( des vom June 18, 2013 im Internet Archive) In: San Francisco Chronicle, October 26, 2002
- ↑ Our Founder. In: The Benjamin Companies.
- ↑ a b Benjamin Fund. In: InfluenceWatch.
- ↑ Samuel Moyn: Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War. Picador, 2021, ISBN 978-1-250-85871-9.
- ↑ Medea Benjamin In: Codepink. Abgerufen am 26. Januar 2017
- ↑ People to People Blog. In: People to People Blog. Abgerufen am 13. Februar 2017 (amerikanisches Englisch).
- ↑ a b c US Peace Registry: Individuals. US Peace Memorial, abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution. In: InfluenceWatch.
- ↑ Evelyn Nieves: The 2000 Campaign: The Greens; This Time, Nader Promises, It's a Serious Run for President In: The New York Times, March 7, 2000. Abgerufen im March 16, 2020
- ↑ Haley Nolde: Out of the Streets, Into the Senate? In: Mother Jones, July 20, 2000. Abgerufen im March 16, 2020
- ↑ Greg Krikorian: Political Rivals Join Forces in Race to Unseat Feinstein In: Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2000. Abgerufen im March 16, 2020
- ↑ Link to primary results web.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date" Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden. Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'., California Secretary of State.
- ↑ [1] web.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date" Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden. Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'.
- ↑ Medea Benjamin, Peter Coyote, John Eder, Daniel Ellsberg: An Open Letter to Progressives: Vote Kerry and Cobb. CommonDreams, 23. Juli 2004, archiviert vom am 15. Februar 2005.
- ↑ Medea Benjamin to Speak at Summit 2005. Progressive Democrats of America, archiviert vom am 14. Januar 2006; abgerufen am 1. September 2006.
- ↑ Green Shadow Cabinet Members. Archiviert vom am 30. März 2015; abgerufen am 7. April 2015.
- ↑ VIDEO: Maliki Speech Interrupted By War Protester. Think Progress Blog, 26. Juli 2006.
- ↑ Update: US peace activists released. Common Dreams.org, 4. Dezember 2007, archiviert vom am 24. Dezember 2007.
- ↑ Pakistani police arrest activists. Khabrein.info, 5. Dezember 2007, archiviert vom am 21. Juli 2011.
- ↑ Gaza protest planned on Cast Lead anniversary. In: Egypt Independent. 5. Dezember 2009, archiviert vom am 30. Juli 2012.
- ↑ Thugs attack police after funeral In: Gulf Daily News, February 18, 2012
- ↑ Rioters on rampage In: Gulf Daily News, February 18, 2012
- ↑ Medea Benjamin v. President Obama. In: Democracy Now! 24. Mai 2013, abgerufen am 26. Mai 2013.
- ↑ Brett LoGiurato: Here's The Protester Who Heckled Obama in the Middle of His Big Speech on Terrorism. In: Business Insider. 23. Mai 2013, abgerufen am 29. März 2015.
- ↑ Medea Benjamin, the Woman Who Heckled Obama, Is Not Sorry In: The Daily Beast. Abgerufen im November 20, 2014
- ↑ Prachi Gupta: Meet the 63-Year-Old Woman Who Crashed Donald Trump's Speech at the RNC. In: Cosmopolitan. 22. Juli 2016, abgerufen am 22. Juli 2016.
- ↑ Medea Benjamin: Opinion | Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza? | Common Dreams In: www.commondreams.org. Abgerufen im 24 April 2024 (englisch).
- ↑ Amy Goodman, Medea Benjamin: Medea Benjamin Runs for U.S. Senate on Green Party Line, Democracy Now, April 3, 2000. Abgerufen im January 10, 2013
- ↑ Sweating for a t-shirt. The Sociology Video Project, abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Bogardus, Keven (September 22, 2004). Venezuela Head Polishes Image With Oil Dollars: President Hugo Chavez takes his case to America's streets. web.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date" Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden. Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'. Center for Public Integrity. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ↑ Starbucks Campaign. Global Exchange, abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Medea Benjamin. WIMN's Voices, abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013.
- ↑ a b Medea Benjamin. Global Exchange, abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Activist, Green Party Candidate to Speak at Middle East forum on Wednesday ( des vom 2. April 2015 im Internet Archive) In: Fresno State News, April 2002. Abgerufen im January 10, 2013
- ↑ Codepink: Support Gaza! Codepink4peace.org, archiviert vom am 24. Januar 2013; abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Meda Benjamin: I am American, Jewish and banned from Israel for my activism In: The Guardian, January 15, 2020. Abgerufen im March 16, 2020
- ↑ Joshua Levitt: Major BDS Donor Owned Shares of Caterpillar While Campaigning to Divest the Stock to Punish Israel In: The Algemeiner, April 11, 2014. Abgerufen im March 16, 2020
- ↑ Caleb Howe: 'Make Sure You Post That!' Marco Rubio Gets Right In Activists' Faces When They Try To Ambush Him Into Calling For Ceasefire, Mediaite, November 30, 2023
- ↑ Jeff Gerth, Don Van Jr. Natta: Hillary Rodham Clinton - Elections - Democratic Party - Jeff Gerth - Don Van Natta Jr. In: The New York Times, 29. Mai 2007. Abgerufen am 26. Januar 2017
- ↑ Aaron Glantz: On Guantanamo Prison Camp's Fifth Birthday, New Pressure to Shut It Down. Common Dreams, 9. Januar 2007, archiviert vom am 27. September 2012; abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Code Pink Press Release, accessed 14 Nov 09. Archiviert vom am 19. Oktober 2014.
- ↑ Robert Basler: Taunting children? 2. November 2009, archiviert vom am 5. November 2009.
- ↑ Drones Watch. Archiviert vom am 17. Dezember 2014; abgerufen am 20. November 2014.
- ↑ Medea Benjamin: 'Shame on You': Why I interrupted Obama counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan. 2. Mai 2012, archiviert vom am 13. Juli 2012.
- ↑ Codepink Peace Delegation to Pakistan. Codepink4peace.org, archiviert vom am 9. Februar 2013; abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013.
- ↑ CNN Coverage of Codepink Stop Drones Delegation in Pakistan. YouTube, 8. Oktober 2012, abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Mark McDonald: Western Peace Activists Protest in Pakistan Against Drone Strikes In: International Herald Tribune, October 7, 2012. Abgerufen im January 10, 2013
- ↑ Leiby, Richard: Imran Khan and Codepink blocked from tribal area. 7. Oktober 2012, abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Medea Benjamin interviewed on Al Jazeera about Codepink Delegation in Pakistan. Drones Watch, 8. Oktober 2012, abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013. (Seite dauerhaft nicht mehr abrufbar, festgestellt im Januar 2020.)
- ↑ Pakistan Delegation News. Code Pink, abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013. (Seite dauerhaft nicht mehr abrufbar, festgestellt im Januar 2020.)
- ↑ Codepink's Medea Benjamin Brings Voices of Pakistani Drone Victims to Obama's Inauguration. In: Democracy Now! Abgerufen am 26. Januar 2017.
- ↑ NEW Book: Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control. Code Pink, archiviert vom am 8. Januar 2013; abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Bring Our War $$ Home. Bringourwardollarshome.org, abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Medea Benjamin: Window-Smashing Hurt Our Cause. ZMag, archiviert vom am 7. August 2007; abgerufen am 1. September 2006.
- ↑ Medea Benjamin: Bush Can't Admit Mistakes, But We Can. CommonDreams, 11. Oktober 2004, archiviert vom am 18. Juli 2005.
- ↑ Medea Benjamin: 10 Steps to Wean U.S. Foreign Policy Off Militarism, Huffingtonpost.com, August 6, 2015
- ↑ Medea Benjamin: Osama Bin Laden Is Dead; Let the Peace Begin, Huffingtonpost.com, July 2, 2011. Abgerufen im August 25, 2011
- ↑ U.S. activist, Codepink co-founder Medea Benjamin held overnight in Egypt jail, claims abuse, CBS News, March 4, 2014. Abgerufen im November 20, 2014
- ↑ David D. Kirkpatrick: U.S. Activist Says Egyptian Police Assaulted Her In: The New York Times, March 4, 2014
- ↑ CodePink's Medea Benjamin Disrupts Pompeo Speech to Denounce U.S. Regime Change Agenda in Venezuela, Democracy Now, 25 January 2019. Abgerufen im 14 November 2019
- ↑ Alex Pappas: Code Pink refusing to leave Venezuela's DC embassy as State Dept. slams 'trespassers', Fox News, 3 May 2019. Abgerufen im 14 November 2019
- ↑ Founders & Staff: Medea Benjamin. Code Pink, archiviert vom am 9. Februar 2013; abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Medea Benjamin Awarded 2012 Peace Prize. US Peace Memorial, abgerufen am 10. Januar 2013.
- ↑ Medea Benjamin to Receive the 2014 Gandhi Peace Award. In: peacenews.org. Abgerufen am 20. November 2014.
- ↑ Devotion to Life of Political Activism in Family's Blood In: The Los Angeles Times. Abgerufen im February 21, 2016
- ↑ Iranian Hatefest Promotes Anti-Semitism, Draws Holocaust Deniers and U.S. Anti-Israel Activists. In: Anti-Defamation League. 1. Oktober 2014, abgerufen am 14. März 2024.
- ↑ Todd Gitlin: Why Would a Famous Peace Activist Fly to Iran With Sept. 11 Truthers and Other Crackpots? In: Tablet Magazine. 14. Oktober 2014, abgerufen am 28. Januar 2022.
- ↑ Rosie Gray: Antiwar Activists, 9/11 Truthers Gather In Tehran For Anti-Zionist Conference. In: BuzzFeed News. 1. Oktober 2014, abgerufen am 28. Januar 2022.
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