CODEPINK Radio

CODEPINK Congress co-hosts Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd discuss what President Biden could do with a stroke of his pen to alleviate much of the world's suffering. From Yemen to Afghanistan to Cuba to the U.S., we discuss the impact of U.S. militarism poisoning water in Hawaii, arming right-wing police forces around the world and imposing war-like sanctions that hurt vulnerable populations and weaken civil society. Demand executive action now! Featured guests: Colonel Ann Wright, who resigned from the State Department to protest the 2003 US invasion of Iraq; Pat Elder, author of "Military Recruiting in the United States;" Danaka Katovich, CODEPINK organizer of the Youth Peace Collective; John Lindsay-Poland, coordinator of Global Exchange's "Stop U.S. Arms to Mexico" project.

On this episode of CODEPINK radio, join all CODEPINK campaigners in reflecting on 2021 and discussing the optimism of 2022. Hear about Cut the Pentagon, Call to Disarm, China is not Our Enemy, Middle east & Latin America campaigns, divestment, BlackRock and more. CODEPINK co-founders Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin join as well to talk about Afghanistan and the Local Peace Economy.

On this episode, join CODEPINK and the China Is Not Our Enemy campaign for No War On China: Casualties and Environmental Cost of U.S. Militarism in the Asia-Pacific. In the first half of the show, listen to CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans interview CODEPINK national team member Ann Wright about the fallout of militarism in Hawai'i and the current crisis of U.S. military jet tanks leaking and contaminating the island's drinking water. Then the 2nd half of the show will feature an excerpt from the CODEPINK China Is Not Our Enemy webinar, U.S. Militarization of Guam & the Marianas: Lived Impacts of the U.S. War On China, featuring CHamoru activists Moneaka “Naek” Flores and Julian Aguon speaking on the U.S. military's environmental devestation and violation of Indigenous sovereignty & rights in Guam and the Northern Marianas (CNMI).

This week on CODEPINK radio, we're joined by Congresswoman Maxine Waters on military spending, then from Bernadette Demien-teff, Executive Director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee who will talk about Indigenous resistance to oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Finally, we are joined by Netta Crawford, the Chair of the Department of Political Science at Boston University, who will talk about the intersection of climate change and militarism.

This week on CODEPINK radio, Teri Mattson is joined by independent journalist Alina Duarte to discuss the historic elections in Honduras, where Xiomara Castro's victory marked an end to a narcodictatorship installed by a US backed coup. On the second half of the program, Teri speaks with David Denny of the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration about Barbados ditching the Queen and becoming a republic.

On this episode, join CODEPINK and the China Is Not Our Enemy campaign for No War On China: Ending U.S. Aggression & Militarism in the Asia-Pacific. In the first half of the show, hear CODEPINK’s Madison Tang speak at No Cold War International campaign's "Europe against the cold war" online forum about how we need global outrage at US imperialism, militarism and forever wars.

Listen to CODEPINK Congress (11/16/21) with Bernadette Demientieff, Executive Director of the Gwich'in Steering Committee in Alaska, sharing the indigenous nation's victories in convincing banks not to loan money for oil drilling on ancestral lands-also Boston University Professor Neta Crawford on the importance of avoiding the term "national security threat" when talking about the climate crisis because such terminology validates further US military aggression, and CODEPINK Co-founder Jodie Evans, who traveled with CODEPINK peacebuilders Nancy Mancias and Suzie Gilbert to Glasgow to march in the streets with an estimated hundred thousand, if not more, activists demanding climate justice (reparations for the Global South) and inclusion of militarism reporting and accountability in UN climate agreements.

This week on CODEPINK radio, we speak with noted Author Andrew Cockburn about his new book: The Spoils of War: Power, Profit, and the American War Machine. Based on years of wide-ranging research, Cockburn lays bare the ugly reality of the largest military machine in history: squalid, and at the same time terrifyingly dangerous.

This week on CODEPINK radio, we speak with journalist Alan MacLeod about U.S. attempts to overthrow the Cuban government, including the promoting of upcoming protests on November 15th. The second half of the program will feature excerpts of a press conference from U.S. and Canadian electoral observers who witness the presidential elections in Nicaragua.

On this episode, join CODEPINK and the China Is Not Our Enemy campaign to hear from Indigenous CHamoru scholars and activists Dr. Kenneth Kuper and Dr. Isa Arriola about how the native peoples, land, and environment of Guam & the CNMI are being impacted and harmed by the US’s military buildup in its escalating war on China. Then, in the 2nd half of the show, hear from Prabir Purkayastha, editor, writer, and activist who founded Newsclick.in about the role of India in the US’s war on China as it shores up alliances.