For this week’s episode we are joined by Carolyn Baker of the General Baker Instituse in Detroit and a member of the National Welfare Rights Union and Sheila Xiao of Pivot to Peace.  This episode explores the issue of poverty through a human rights framework—  how it has been addressed in China and how it continues to be ignored in the United States. Join the National Welfare Rights Union this Thursday, March 18th at 7:00 ET/ 4:00PM PT for their Truth Commission- Poverty in All it’s Forms is Violence: Caregivers Victimized by Poverty Speak Out! You can find more info

https://peoplesforum.org/event/truthcommission/

CODEPINK's Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd, and Hanieh Jodat-Barnes were joined by four special guests: Huwaida Arraf, co-founder, International Solidarity Movement; Omar Baddar, political analyst & former deputy director, Arab American Institute; Ariel Gold, co-director, CODEPINK; and Estee Chandler, board member, Jewish Voice for Peace. They discussed the International Criminal Court’s investigation of Israeli war crimes; the Boycott-Divest-Sanction (BDS) movement; the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s definition of anti-Semitism and its threat to free speech; and the Biden administration’s complicity with Israeli apartheid.

For this show we will welcome Atlanta-Based investigative Journalist Taylor Barnes to the show to talk more about a recent article she wrote exploring the concept of economic conversion. Next, our very own Nancy Mancias will talk with Andrew Hymans with BlackRock's Big Problem, a global network of NGOs, social movements, grassroots activists, finance researchers, and shareholder advocacy organizations. .

On this episode we will listen to an excerpt of CODEPINK's Peacemaker Salon with Venezuela's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America and President of the Simon Bolivar Institute for Peace, Carlos Ron who talks about the outlook for Venezuela-US relations under Biden. On the second half of the show, CODEPINK's Leonardo Flores and Paul Christian Namphy discuss the unrest in Haiti

On this episode of CODEPINK Radio, Jodie Evans delves into the racism that is part and parcel to war. She is joined by Local Peace Economy coordinator, Kelly Curry to talk about the recent Asian American attacks and how we can plant seeds of peace. Then, she is joined by award winning director Peter Getzels to talk about the censorship of his film on the poverty alleviation of China.

This week's radio show discusses the Biden Administration's decision to halt "offensive" support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen. We open with Dr. Cornel West's remarks from the January 25th World Says No to War on Yemen Global Day of Action Webinar. CODEPINK's Danaka Katovich interviews Jehan Hakim from the Yemeni Alliance Committee about the January 25th Global Day of Action for Yemen and gets Jehan's first impressions on the policy changes by the Biden Administration. Hassan El-Tayyab of FCNL gives us a breakdown of how we move forward in Congress to make sure that US support for the war really does end.

This week's radio show is all about Women taking on the military industrial complex! First, we'll talk to students at UT Austin who started a new organization, Women for Weapons Trade Transparency, and a new divestment campaign at their school. Then CODEPINK's own Nancy Mancias will talk with Max Moran from the Revolving Door Project about Joe Biden's BlackRock cabinet picks and the implications for both the anti-war and climate movements. Show notes:

This week John Lindsay-Poland and Samantha Pineda from CISPES join CODEPINKers Teri Mattson and Leonardo Flores to talk about U.S. policy towards Colombia and Central America. Listen here!

Cynthia Lazeroff and Robert Kajiwara join CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans, to talk about ways to be engaged to stop the growing cold war towards China.

Join CODEPINK and Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation for a conversation with multi-media artist, Alia Ali about her installation "The Red Star". The "Beyond the War" Yemen cultural series will attempt to showcase Yemen outside the realm of tragedy with an emphasis on Yemeni history, celebrations and excellence!