Join Danaka Katovich, David Swanson and Lindsay Koshgarian as they break down the military budget and explore opportunities to oppose these weapons systems. In addition to examining the budget as a moral document, we will also learn about CODEPINK’s Ground the F-35 campaign and how the F-35 Coalition is building the anti-war movement as it plans for protests. Take action: Ground the F-35! - codepink.org/groundthef35

Although the 4T has not fulfilled everyones expectations, it has, in four years, created a governing movement that is taking control of its energy resources (including the nationalization of lithium) and is adopting a role of regional leadership in Latin America: two sins the United States has not historically forgiven anywhere. In this episode Teri Mattson talks with Kurt Hackbarth, author of "No, AMLO Is Not Undermining Mexican Democracy" 

Episode 188: DC Anti-War Protest & McGovern on Ukraine: In this episode, CODEPINK's Marcy Winograd brings us voices from the Saturday, March 18th DC anti-war protest, "Fund People's Needs, Not the War Machine." Demonstrators called on the Biden administration to support a ceasefire in Ukraine and stop preparation for war with China. In the second half of the show, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern answers the question: "How did we arrive at this dangerous moment in US history?"

On this episode of CODEPINK Radio, host Marcy Winograd focuses on the growing peace movement in Europe, where tens of thousands of people are mobilizing to support a ceasefire in Ukraine. CODEPINK Cofounder Medea Benjamin updates us on the anti-war movement at home and abroad, while two activists with the International Peace Bureau-Lisa Clark of Italy and Reiner Braun of Germany--share their thoughts about coalition building in Europe to demand de-escalation. Finally, Vijay Prashad, a recent guest on CODEPINK Congress, describes an emerging multipolar world in which the US can no longer dictate the terms of war and peace.

This week we will be taking a look back at the history of International Women's Day and CODEPINK's contributions to the day. We will be revisiting past events, themes, quotes, and actions as well as discussing this year's values and objectives. We will also discuss the importance of uplifting the fight against militarism on this day as well as the need for a feminist foreign policy. We are joined by Grace Siegelman, CODEPINK's Feminist Foreign Policy Coordinator, and Ysa Gonzalez, CODEPINK's LA Office coordinator.

Why do governments and gangs alike target land defenders, and what can we do to fight back? Join Teddy Ogborn (CODEPINK), for a discussion with land defenders organizing against the destruction of crucial natural environments. Hear from Matthew Johnson, who organizes in Atlanta to defend the Weelaunee Forest from the construction of "Cop City," Briceida Lemos Rivera, a peace and environmental activist from Colombia

Join Danaka Katovich (CODEPINK), James Leas (Save Our Skies VT), Paul Maillet (Retired colonel and former Green party candidate), and moderator Tamara Lorincz (VOW, WILPF) for a conversation on Lockheed Martins F-35 Fighter Jet and Canadas decision to buy them.

In the past two weeks, the US has been taken over by a frenzy over a Chinese weather balloon. Ignoring the continuous US aggression towards China, warmongers are using the balloon to drive fear and hate. The manufacture of consent for war dehumanizes Chinese people as well as ourselves. In this episode, re-humanize Chinese people and ourselves with CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans and Tings Chak about Ting's experience living in China for the past three years as a woman, a student, and a journalist.

In this episode, the first half features a conversation between CODEPINK's Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin about diplomatic solutions to the war in Ukraine while the second half features economist and professor Jeffrey Sachs on the possibility of Brazil and China brokering peace.

From Ukraine to Uvalde we see the crises of which Rev. Dr. King warned, militarism, materialism, racism and the prospect of spiritual death. This special episode addresses how we may better work for peace. Presenters will be Medea Benjamin (CODEPINK), Ash-Lee Henderson (Highlander Center), Tiffany Loftin (The Debt Collective), Rev. Liz Theoharis (Poor People’s Campaign), and Luis Rodriguez (Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural and Bookstore). Initiating sponsors: CODEPINK, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Highlander Center, The National Council of Elders and the King and Breaking Silence Coalition, in cooperation with other partner organizations.