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Showing videos filed under: Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin: Learning from Cairo
February 10, 2011"I had the feeling it might happen," says Medea Benjamin of the ongoing revolution in Egypt. Recently back from Cairo, Medea has been traveling through Egypt to get to Gaza for a while, and she says that the feeling in that country was of too many people angry, frustrated, and willing to fight their government to go on another 30 years without fighting back.Khaled Fahmy, Medea Benjamin, and City of Joy
February 9, 2011The revolution in Egypt at first was less about poverty and labor than it was about police brutality and the mistreatment of the people by a repressive regime. But now, Khaled Fahmy notes, the growing labor movement in Egypt is coming to the fore, following two years of concerted effort and protest by workers across the country.The Other Side of Charity: Material Support & "Terrorism"
August 12, 2010Yesterday we spoke about the problems with charitable giving by billionaires at the expense of paying their taxes. For many charitable givers in the United States, a bigger problem looms; laws about providing "material support" for terrorism have placed a stranglehold on where donors can send their money. Ghassan Elashi, co-founder of the Holy Land Foundation, faces a 65 year sentence for providing material support through his foundation, which was the largest Muslim charity in the U.S. before it was shut down by the Bush administration in 2001.Dean Baker, Noor Elashi & Medea Benjamin, and Flooding in Pakistan
August 11, 2010The favorite bogeyman of the Right, Social Security insolvency, is rearing its ugly head once again. Obama's deficit commission has been told that no solution is off the table, and Dean Baker notes it wouldn't be the first time that a Democratic administration went forward with plans that a Republican couldn't sell to the American people.Marching for Freedom for Gaza
January 8, 2010Ali Abunimah, cofounder of Electronic Intifada, and Medea Benjamin, cofounder of Code Pink: Women for Peace, took part in the Gaza freedom march. They join us to discuss the march, and we also speak to Electronic Intifada contributor Rami Almeghari, who is living and working in the Gaza strip.Media Narratives, Gaza and Uncle Bob
January 7, 2010No matter what the news is, which country has tensions, who's making threats, the response from TV news seems to be the same: quote Dick Cheney. We saw plenty of that this week, along with pronouncements that Democrats are doomed in 2010, complaints about progressives who've criticized the health care bill, and of course Tiger Woods.Labor's Coming Battle, Human Rights in Iran, and Following the Bailout Money
December 22, 2008Obama’s final cabinet choice is also his most progressive. Hilda Solis, the daughter of a Teamsters shop steward has been on the front lines of every big labor battle in Southern California in recent memory and has been very good on the issue of immigration, green jobs, and trade. The question is, will she have the president’s ear?Live From Denver: Is This A Game Changer?
August 26, 2008Is this a Game Changer Convention? What does it take to move a single popular proposal onto the party platform. And on the night that Hillary Clinton takes the stage -- and we mark the passage of the 19th Amendment -- we ask can women's rights really be divorced from disarmament?
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