CODEPINK Radio

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.

In this episode, we interview Alejandro Rusconi about the Seventh Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, (CELAC), which was held Tuesday, January 24 in Buenos Aires and hosted by CELAC President Pro-Tempore Alberto Fernandez, current President of Argentina. We will discuss the role of social movements in creating a comprehensive agenda for regional integration and multilateralism.

Today we’ll be talking with an international feminist activist, Dr. Maha Hilal, author of Innocent Until Proven Muslim as well as hear excerpts from our CODEPINK MLK Peace Vigil in Washington DC from last week and invite you to our International Women’s Day of action for the cost of war on women and femmes and the call for peace.

In this episode we discuss anti-F35 activism with people in Vermont and Canada who have been organizing against the F-35 for years! We also chat with the host of the Busted Business Bureau podcast Christian Borkey!

From our unipolar world under US hegemony, transition to multipolarity is inevitable and ensures the greatest chance for peace. In this episode, we are hearing about the US Africa Command (AFRICOM)  from Sylvie Ndongmo, Bro. Imani Umoja, Dr. Gnaka Lagoke, and Col. Ann Wright. From there, we stand in solidarity with people in Africa, in Guam, and from everywhere in the world whose lives are affected by US militarism.

This episode features excerpts from a Christmas Eve sermon by Rev. William Barber of Repairers of the Breach and the Poor People’s Campaign, comments from former Congressman Dennis Kucinich, long a peace champion, a report back from Moscow from Reiner Braun of the International Peace Bureau in Germany and an interview with professor Nicolai Petro, author of the new book, “The Tragedy of Ukraine: What Classical Greek Tragedy Can Teach Us About Conflict Resolution.

As 2022 comes to a close, Shea of CODEPINK's Divest from the War Machine campaign interviews the people working to divest their communities from war, militarism, and climate crisis. We will hear from organizers based in Chicago, IL; Chattanooga, TN; and Corvallis, OR along with Greta Zarro, organizing director of World BEYOND War.

As more progressive leaders are elected to power in Latin America, we are seeing a concerted effort by right-wing governments to destabilize popular movements. This week we speak to Peruvian artist Daniela Ortiz about the intensification of protests in Peru after former president Pedro Castillo was incarcerated for attempting to dissolve the congress to prevent a legislative coup. We will also speak to former Argentinian Federal Prosecutor,  Anibal Ibarra,about the lawfare case against Argentinian Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.