CODEPINK Radio

This week's radio show is dedicated to a very important topic: how can YOU divest from the war machine? We speak to two guests who explain how we can divest from the war machine in our local communities.Our first guest, Kelsey Zazanis, is an organizer on CODEPINK Divest from the War Machine Campaign. We’ll talk to Kelsey about an exciting development in the campaign: the city of San Luis Obispo voted 5-0 to divest from the war machine and prioritize a socially responsible investment policy. Then Amy Domini of Domini Funds joins CODEPINK's Jodie Evans to discuss how philanthropic and investment foundations can choose to divest from weapons and continue to demilitarize the world we live in. If you want to learn more about divestment, give it a listen!

In the first half of the show, journalist Ben Norton from The Grayzone joins CODEPINK's Leonardo Flores for an interview about Nicaragua. In the second half, educator and author Robert Lovato discusses his latest book "Unforgetting" with CODEPINK's Teri Mattson.

For the first half of the show, CODEPINK co-founders Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin discuss foreign policy in the time of elections and for the second half of the show, CODEPINK co-director, Ariel Gold speaks to Jewish Israeli activist and author Miko Peled. They discuss how he came to be an activist for Palestinian rights, why he supports a one state solution, and the horrible UAE-Israel normalization deal.

Ariel Gold speaks with Manal Tamimi of the Palestinian village Nabi Saleh and Jodie Evans speaks with Vijay Prashad about China.

This week progressive activist Jordan Uhl joins CODEPINK Campaign Manager, Carley Towne to talk about the military complex attempts to recruit teenagers on social media. For the second part of the show, Carley talks to Aleda Gagarian about the necessity of engaging with local representatives.

This week guest Carlos Lazo of Building Bridges joins Teri Mattson to talk about his 3,000 mile cycling trip from Seattle to Washington DC.  As a Cuban-American, Carlos and several family members rode across the United States to bring awareness of the need to restore trade and diplomatic relations between the two countries including lifting the 60 year embargo.  Pierre Labossier of Haiti Action Committee joins the program for the second half hour for a brief discussion on Haitian history and its importance for democracy throughout the hemisphere including the end of neo-colonialism/neoliberalism.  We also discuss the expansion of UNIFA (University of the Foundation Aristide) into a teaching hospital as a response to COVID-19.

This week Tobita Chow, of Justice is Global, joins CODEPINK cofounder, Jodie Evans in a discussion on how peace activists are striving to deescalate rising tensions between the US and China. On the second part of the show, Jodie Evans and Margaret Kimberley of Black Agenda Report, explore how to disrupt that messaging of hate and lies directed at China and build bridges of Peace.

This week James Zogby, founder and president of the Arab American Institute and former member of the DNC Executive Committee, joins CODEPINK’s Ariel Gold to discuss the 2020 DNC draft platform and how it address Palestinian rights. On the second part of the show, she talks to Saudi legal scholar Abdullah Alaoudh about the shifting sands in the Saudi regime as the king's health declines and MbS is soon to take the crown.

What is going on in Portland? This week we talk to two activists on the ground in Portland, OR, Cody Urban from CODEPINK and Tiffany Tag from Bayan Portland. They'll discuss how local activists are responding to the presence of militarized police forces, including unmarked Federal agents and a local campaign to end Portland State University's relationship with Boeing. The second half of the show features clips from Ariel's webinar with Amer Zahr of a funeral for the two-state solution.

CODEPINK's Latin America team compares and contrasts the interventionist foreign policy of the US versus the more humanitarian foreign policy of Cuba. Latin American campaign coordinators Leonardo Flores and Teri Mattson illustrate presidential candidate Joe Biden's historical support of US interventionism in Latin America specific to Venezuela and the region in general. CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin interviews Melissa Barber a US graduate of Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM). The conversation emphasizes Cuba's humanitarian efforts to bring healthcare to underserved communities throughout the world...including those in the United States.