Podcasts about Code Pink

We talk to CODEPINK's National Co-Director Danaka Katovich about recent events including a drone attack on the Freedom Flotilla for Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea and slanderous attacks on peace activists by corrupt US Senators opposed to CODEPINK's "China Is Not Our Enemy" campaign. Musical excerpt: "Sirens of Titan" by Al Stewart.

Huge show this week as we unpack a weekend of dramatic highs and lows across MLS. The LA Galaxy hit new lows in their shocking MLS Cup rematch loss, while Minnesota reached new (if inelegant) heights. Tom and David react to the other David's social media posts following the Galaxy's defeat, share their biggest MLS takeaways from the weekend, and wrap up with a preview of the upcoming midweek action.4:30 MLS Cup Rematch Slaughter & What Do The LA Galaxy Do25:24 Revenge For NYRB29:30 MIN Social Media vs David Beckham42:00 MLS Teams/Fans Transferring Old Clubs History44:55 FC Dallas Falling Flat47:30 Stunning PHI vs CLB Matchup51:20 FCC Attacking Locking In & Adding Kei Kamala58:00 MLS Midweek Preview Soccerwise Live 2pm ET Every Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday on Youtube/Twitch/Twitter

In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, peace activists Ann Wright and Tighe Barry join us from Malta after their Gaza Freedom Flotilla was attacked by Israel in international waters, as they attempted to break the siege on Gaza. We then hear from former Congressman Jamaal Bowman about grassroots strategies to resist the Trump administration's violent deportations of immigrants and to push back against AIPAC's efforts to silence criticism of Israel's assault on Gaza. Finally, CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin reports on the controversial visit of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to Capitol Hill and the growing movement in Congress demanding humanitarian aid for Palestinians.

The displacement, genocide, and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians continue unabated with a total blockade of water, food, and supplies to Gaza, which is entering its third month. Yemen has now issued an aerial blockade of Israel in addition to its blockade of the Red Sea according to its obligation under the Genocide Convention. An international coalition attempted last week to bring aid to Gaza. Its ship was bombed on May 2 in European waters just off Malta. Clearing the FOG speaks with members of CODEPINK, Danaka Katovich, Tighe Barry, and Colonel Ann Wright (Ret) about the resistance to Israel's genocide. Katovich is a national co-coordinator who works on the Yemen Campaign. Barry and Wright are currently in Malta with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition working to rescue the ship and its occupants who are stranded. For more information, visit PopularResistance.org.

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This week on CounterSpin: The website of the Kairos Democracy Project has a quote from John Lewis, reminding us, “Democracy is not a state. It is an act.” Our guest Tanya Clay House is board chair at Kairos and a longtime advocate for the multiracial democracy that the Trump White House seeks to denounce and derail — in part by erasing the history of Black people in this country. As part of that, she's part of an ongoing project called Freedom to Learn and its present campaign, called #HandsOffOurHistory. Corporate news media evince lofty principles about the First Amendment, but when people actually use it, the response is more telling. When USA Today covered activism in Seattle around the WTO, it reported that, “Little noticed by the public, the upcoming World Trade Organization summit has energized protesters around the world.” You see how that works: If you're the little-noticing “public,” you're cool; but if you band together with other people and speak out, well, now you're a “protester,” and that's different — and marginal. Whatever they say in their Martin Luther King Day editorials, elite media's day-to-day message is, “Normal people don't protest.” In 2025, there's an ominous addendum: “Or else.” We hear from Danaka Katovich, co-director of the feminist grassroots anti-war organization CODEPINK, currently, but not for the first time, at the sharp end of state efforts to silence activists and activism.   The post Tanya Clay House on Freedom to Learn / Danaka Katovich on Attacks on Activists appeared first on KPFA.

First, Ralph welcomes Washington Post tech journalist Faiz Siddiqui to discuss his new book "Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk." Then, our resident legal expert Bruce Fein stops by to explain how Elon Musk and DOGE are breaking the law. Finally, David picks up our interview with Ralph about Ralph's new book "Civic Self-Respect."Faiz Siddiqui is a technology journalist who writes for the Washington Post and has covered companies such as Tesla, Uber, and Twitter (now X) for the Business Desk. His reporting has focused on transportation, social media and government transformation, among other issues. He is the author of Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk (excerpted here).Over and over throughout this book, there's this recurring theme of victimhood, or at least Elon feeling like his back is against the wall. And why? For what? He and his fans felt they were doing the right things, and yet they were being scrutinized and punished for it.Faiz SiddiquiIn the wake of many Facebook scandals, many Uber scandals, Tesla was the company to work for. Elon was the person to work for. There was no figure as magnetic, who inspired people in the way that Elon did. So recruiting was a strong suit of that company. And the pitch was: come here and change the world.Faiz SiddiquiI think what this book brings is a healthy dose of reality and skepticism… that so far has been lacking from the overall conversation around Musk. And what I you'll find is (I hope you'll find) that you can identify with some of the folks in the book who were lured in by the promises (or just enamored by the guy and what he might be able to bring to society if his goals were ultimately realized) but then ended up feeling disappointed or feeling like—hey, this guy was not all he was cracked up to be. Even if the goals were noble, even if the ambitions were the right ones, the ends might not have justified the means. And so I want people to find, ideally, that their understanding of one of the most powerful people in society today is enriched.Faiz SiddiquiBruce Fein is a Constitutional scholar and an expert on international law. Mr. Fein was Associate Deputy Attorney General under Ronald Reagan and he is the author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy, and American Empire: Before the Fall.[Elon Musk is] just a walking violation of the federal code.Bruce FeinThere's nowhere to go but up in terms of being a smart consumer. Unfortunately, our Elementary and high schools don't teach consumer skills (they prefer to teach computer skills) and consumer skills result in what is, in effect, a pay raise.Ralph NaderAdam Smith once said many centuries ago that the purpose of production is consumption. And if consumption is informed and feeds back, it can lead to a high-quality economy. It can lead to more integrity to your consumer dollar and to your health and safety. It can lead to less environmental damage. It could lead to stronger regulation of product defects and services that are harmful. It's sort of a bottom-up economic democracy.Ralph NaderComplexity is a tool of power. Complex tax regulations are often blamed on the federal bureaucracy. No, it's the corporate tax lawyers.Ralph NaderNews 4/25/251. On Monday, April 21st, Vatican News announced the death of Pope Francis. This came just one day after Easter Sunday, when Francis met with Vice-President JD Vance. The day prior, Francis had snubbed the VP, sending in his place Cardinal Pietro Parolintoto to “deliver a lecture on compassion,” per the Daily Beast. Pope Francis led the Catholic Church since 2013 and during his tenure sought to move the church in a vastly more progressive direction – preaching against capitalism's destruction of the environment, advocating for abolition of the death penalty and greater acceptance for LGBTQ Catholics within the church, and expanding the reach of the church into non-traditional areas such as Mongolia among many other initiatives. This won him the admiration of many around the world, but also drew the ire of the conservative clergy, particularly in the United States. Francis was the first Jesuit Pope and the first Pope to hail from the New World. Senior churchmen will now assemble to elect a new pope. This conclave is expected to be contentious, with progressives seeking to consolidate Francis' reforms, while the conservatives see an opening to take back the formal organs of the church.2. Instead of death, our next story concerns birth. Noor Abdalla – wife of Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian Columbia University student currently being held by ICE in Louisiana – gave birth to their son on Monday. According to a statement by Abdalla, reported by Arya Sundaram of WNYC, ICE denied a request for Khalil to be temporarily released to meet their son, a “purposeful decision by ICE to make [her], Mahmoud, and our son suffer.” Later in this statement, Abdalla writes, “I will continue to fight every day for Mahmoud to come home to us. I know when Mahmoud is freed, he will show our son how to be brave, thoughtful, and compassionate just like his dad.” Khalil's case continues to wind its way through the courts; the result of this case will have significant ramifications for the Trump administration's ability to remove individuals with legal status on the basis of political speech.3. In an encouraging sign, more and more congressional Democrats are getting personally involved in cases of Trump administration overreach on immigration. In addition to Senator Chris Van Hollen's highly-publicized visit to El Salvador, TruthOut reports that Senator Peter Welch met with Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia University student entrapped with a false citizenship test, in Vermont. Meanwhile Cape Cod Times reports that on April 22nd, Senator Ed Markey and Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Jim McGovern of Massachusetts – along with Democratic members of the House Troy Carter and Bennie Thompson – traveled to a Louisiana detention facility to demand the release of Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University grad student who was abducted off the street last month by masked ICE agents. This delegation met with Öztürk herself, as well as Mahmoud Khalil. And CBS reports Representatives Robert Garcia, Maxwell Frost, Yassamin Ansari and Maxine Dexter traveled to El Salvador as well, keeping pressure up regarding the Kilmar Garcia case. Still, hundreds of immigrants of varying status have been deported to the ominous and shadowy CECOT prison camp in El Salvador without due process since Trump began this mass deportation campaign.4. In more troubling Congressional news, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa wrote a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel on April 16th calling for investigations into the progressive activist group CodePink as well as the New York City cultural center known as the People's Forum. This letter is almost textbook McCarthyite red-baiting, claiming CodePink and the People's Forum are nothing more than mouthpieces for the Chinese Communist Party, thereby violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Beyond the fact that these groups are engaging in nothing more than constitutionally protected political speech, it is clear from the citations within the letter that they are targeting these groups because of their pro-Palestine positions. This is just another escalation in the Orwellian suppression of free-speech critical of the Israel's illegal occupation. Unfortunately, just as with McCarthyism itself, we cannot count on congressional Democrats to go to bat for the free speech rights of the Left.5. In a win for consumers, Bloomberg reports Airbnb announced it will now display the total price of stays – including all fees – to comply with a Federal Trade Commission rule set to go into effect next month. Many worried that the FTC would rescind this rule with the changing of the administration, but for now at least, the Trump FTC seems poised to keep it. This new rule is expected to “nudge hosts to lower their cleaning fees to make rentals more affordable, as the sometimes-exorbitant fees have become a key reason why some customers preferred hotels over Airbnb.”6. Another positive move is that the Trump Department of Justice has proceeded with an anti-trust case against Google's advertising technology, or “adtech.” On April 17th, a judge found Google liable for “willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power,” in two markets for online advertising technology, per Reuters. This follows a similar judgment against Google regarding a monopoly on search, which is only amplified by its adoption of AI. Another trial will determine the remedy for this monopoly, which could include Google being forced to sell off aspects of its business. According to this report, “Google has previously explored selling its ad exchange to appease European antitrust regulators.” Senator Amy Klobuchar, former chair of the antitrust subcommittee, called the ruling “a big win for consumers, small businesses, and content creators that will open digital markets to more innovation and lower prices.”7. On the other hand, Public Citizen's Rick Claypool reports, “58 corporations facing federal investigations & enforcement lawsuits collectively gave $50 million to Trump's inaugural fund. Cases against 11 of these corporations have already been dismissed or withdrawn, and 6 have been halted.” More granular information about each of these enforcement actions is available through Public Citizen's Corporate Enforcement Tracker database, but the big picture is clear: If a corporation wants the government off its back, all they have to do is make a handsome contribution. The Trump administration is pay-to-play and open for business.8. In another instance of the administration tying the hands of key federal regulators, the Food and Drug Administration will “End its Routine Food Safety Inspections,” according to the National Public Health Information Coalition. The FDA plans to “shift most…food safety inspections to state and local agencies.” While some food inspections are conducted at the state and local level, public health advocates are raising concerns about “oversight and consistency.” According to CBS, these plans have not been finalized.9. Turning to the very worst part of this administration, NOTUS reports “The DOGE website, the only public accounting of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's attempts to reduce federal government spending…[has posted]…revisions that suggest DOGE was previously overstating its savings by hundreds of millions of dollars.” These stunning, if not altogether surprising, overestimations are staggering in scale. “On Tuesday [April 15th] alone, DOGE removed around $962 million in previously claimed cuts and altered hundreds of others to boost individual items' purported ‘savings' values.” The incompetence of DOGE has led Musk to reduce the target goal of spending cuts, down from $1 trillion to just $150 billion – a drop in the bucket when it comes to federal spending and certainly not worth the evisceration of Social Security and other programs these cuts have entailed.10. Finally, in more bad news for Elon Musk, Reuters reports the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is tightening electric vehicle battery safety standards, specifically to “ensure…batteries won't catch fire or explode.” This is quite a humble regulatory goal. However, this new regulation could spell disaster for Tesla. According to Tesla-fire.com, there have been 232 confirmed cases of Tesla fires and “83 Fatalities Involving a Tesla Car Fire.” If I were a Chinese EV regulator, I would be wary of allowing Tesla vehicles on the roads. But that's just me.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Happy Earth Month! In this episode, we hear from Healani Sonada Pale of the Oahu Water Protectors, Brianna Ramos of the Diaspora Polante Collective, and CODEPINK's very own War is Not Green Campaigner and East Coast Regional organizer Aaron. Our first two guests discuss the effects of U.S. imperialism on the lands their indigenous to, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, respectively. We end the episode with Aaron's reflections on a jam-packed Earth Month and the work we have ahead of us!

On Friday's Mark Levin Show, amid numerous threats from abroad and pressing domestic issues, it's outrageous that the media is fixated on Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant, documented wife-beater, and alleged MS-13 gang member.  Garcia has been ruled deportable by immigration courts and the Department of Homeland Security due to his gang ties and illegal status. Despite clear evidence, the media ignores his criminality, and Democrats defend him. The ruling class protects Garcia while criticizing President Trump, yet it ignores Biden's defiance of Supreme Court orders on student loans. Also, the 14th Amendment does not provide for birthright citizenship, contrary to media claims, and its authors never intended it to include such a right. At no time did the authors of the 14th Amendment ever mention birthright citizenship. For 40 years AFTER the ratification of the 14th Amendment no court had ruled, and no Congress had argued that there was something called birthright citizenship. Later, the Capital Research Center's report, "When Charities Betray America," examines how certain "pro-Palestinian" groups, specifically Within Our Lifetime (WOL), Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), and Code Pink, have increasingly promoted anti-American and anti-police rhetoric since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. Analyzing thousands of social media posts, the study found a 3,000% surge in calls for violence and a 186% increase in anti-American and anti-police keywords among 496 groups and activists, many tied to nonprofits or charities. Finally, Jim Trusty calls in to explain that the DOJ's decision to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, which raises complex legal issues, including federal jurisdiction over a traditionally state-handled crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast National Co-Director of feminist anti-war group Code Pink Danaka Katovitch joins Bad Faith to discuss Sen. Tom Cotton's attacks on their group and Sen. Jim Banks' allegation that Code Pink is in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Since October 7th, establishment politicians have been cracking down on protests. In the wake of April 5th's huge anti-Trump protests, we ask, what is the future of civil disobedience and direct action? Are they effective politcal tools, or just outlets for the managed release of public discontent? Does Code Pink have insights and/or strategies to maximize this moment? Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod).

In this episode, Danaka and Nour discuss the greenwashing of the occupation of Palestine, how the genocide has affected the enviornment in Gaza, and why mainstream environmental groups should care about Palestine. Then, Medea Benjamin joins the conversation to discuss the increased slander of CODEPINK by members of Congress.

This week on the Mark Levin Show, the Houthis “have attacked U.S. warships 174 times and commercial vessels 145 times since 2023.” That's 319 acts of war. That's why President Trump ordered military operations against the Houthis. They attacked us over and over and over again. Unprovoked. For the hate America First appeasers, why are you on the side of the enemy?  Mike Huckabee's confirmation hearing for U.S. ambassador to Israel was minimally covered, with only C-SPAN reporting while network and cable TV ignored it, amid vicious protests from Code Pink and bias from Democrats favoring Hamas.  He delivered a masterful lesson on our nation's founding, its connection to God, Judaism, and Christianity, and our ties to Israel. The Democrat media and Democrats are desperately trying to create a scandal with the Atlantic, Signal story. There is no scandal.  Senator Roger Marshall is defending Qatar despite its role in funding terrorism globally, including support for Hamas, which has taken American hostages. While Qatar collaborates with Iran and shelters Hamas leaders, Marshall tries to highlight positive aspects of the country, seemingly excusing its actions. Why did Marshall choose not to bring up examples of Qatar funding terrorism? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Tuesday's Mark Levin Show, Mike Huckabee's confirmation hearing for U.S. ambassador to Israel was minimally covered, with only C-SPAN reporting while network and cable TV ignored it, amid vicious protests from Code Pink and bias from Democrats favoring Hamas. He delivered a masterful lesson on our nation's founding, its connection to God, Judaism, and Christianity, and our ties to Israel. There's growing concern over unprecedented cooperation among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea against the U.S., alongside rising antisemitism, which President Trump is trying to address despite resistance from Democrat-appointed judges. Islamists and Marxists have the same goal: the destruction of Western civilization. The U.S. isn't engaging the Houthis over Israel; rather, the Houthis have struck our ships 319 times, constituting clear acts of war. Also, Jim Jordan calls in to address methods for curbing federal judges who act as if they hold presidential authority. He also recounts his memorable experience attending a wrestling match with Trump and highlights Wyatt Hendrickson's incredible victory. Later, the signal leak wasn't good but it's not the crisis of the century. It was a discussion, and no classified information was revealed. Finally, Steve Hilton calls in to discuss his new book, Califailure: Reversing the Ruin of America's Worst-Run State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, our Local Peace Economy coordinator Marie Goodwin speaks with Stephanie Harrison, author of “A New Happy: Getting Happiness Right in a World That's Got It Wrong. Why do so many people feel like happiness is unattainable? Why do we rely on concepts like fame, wealth, and power – all individual attainments – as the basis happiness? What if that idea is based on a lie? What if happiness is a by-product of giving to and receiving from your community, rather than as an individual pursuit?The War Economy keeps us all grinding away, seeking safety and comfort in isolation, promising happiness and “enoughness” when we consume and produce goods and services for money. But the Peace Economy knows that happiness is something you experience while giving your gifts to others, establishing an interconnected net of interdependence with your community.The full interview is available on CODEPINK's Youtube channel.

On Friday's Mark Levin Show, Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Sen Bernie Sanders are staunch Marxists, even though AOC shows she has never deeply read the texts of Marx or Hegel. Marxism is all about slogans, skills Sanders excels at while AOC is still developing. There isn't one place where Marxism has worked, yet this is what they push. Later, there is this fusion between Marxism and Islamism. The People's Forum, a pro-Communist Chinese Party (CCP) Marxist group, is orchestrating protests to free Mahmoud Khalil. The group has ties to radical left-wing organizations like Code Pink and has a history of supporting anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian causes, including celebrating Hamas attacks. Also, the mainstream media is downplaying the fact that Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University student facing deportation by the Trump administration, is the son-in-law of a senior Hamas official, Yousef Saleh. The media portray Suri as merely a researcher or student caught in a legal dispute, ignoring his alleged ties to Hamas and his promotion of antisemitic propaganda on social media. Afterward, Jim Trusty calls in to discuss the Trump administration facing an unprecedented number of legal injunctions, far surpassing those of any previous president. This is the continuing of lawfare. In addition, leftwing conflicted Obama judge, James Boasberg, is looking to hold the Trump administration in contempt. That's what he's doing, and he wants to make a big splash, get lots of media headlines, and try to sabotage the Trump administration. He wants to create the impression that Trump is lawless when, in fact, Boasberg is lawless. He wants to play into the Democrat Party narrative that Trump is a dictator, when it is Boasberg who is the autocrat. Finally, Jim Simpson joins the conversation to talk about his new book, Manufactured Crisis: The War to End America. https://www.amazon.com/Manufactured-Crisis-War-End-America/dp/B0DGD854FS/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, hear from Grace Siegelman, CODEPINK's Engagement Coordinator and CODEPINK members who traveled to Cuba at the beginning of this year to see first-hand how the United States' six-decades-long economic and commercial blockade is impacting the daily life of Cuban families and communities. Listen as they reflect on their own experiences while being in Cuba and how our political, economic and social lives here in the U.S. have a direct impact on the Cuban people.

Urgent human needs programs are on the chopping block to pay for this unprecedented giveaway to expensive and unaccountable contractors. The United States spends over $2,000,000,000 ($2 billion) daily on the military. Current proposals for the new budget have included figures ranging from $125 to $200 billion for the Pentagon over two years. This would rocket-launch the United States across the threshold into a $1 trillion annual Pentagon budget.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!   Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents?   Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially YouTube!)   THANKS Y'ALL   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg Twitch: www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast www.twitch.tv/leftflankvets​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/ Twitter: @TIRShowOakland Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland   Read Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/jason-myles   Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/

In this episode, Aaron reflects on International Working Women's Day and its relevance to the recent abduction of Mahmoud Khalil by ICE and DHS. Then, tune in to a powerful conversation with CODEPINK staff members Jasmine, Makayla, Grace, and Danaka as they discuss the histories, principles, and practices of International Working Women's Day.

3/7/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Trump dismantling DOE & DEI. Clare Higgins: Trump-induced chaos & an upcoming gov't shutdown? W Mass Code Pink activists Paki Wieland & Susan Triolo on Intl Women's Day. Astronomer Salman Hameed: planets aligning, Space X exploding, landers tipping over & the upcoming lunar eclipse. ArtBeat -- Donnabelle Casis w/ William Baczek: the Landscape Exhibition.

Today on the Show: Code Pink are back in the streets, standing against genocide, fighting for peace from the Gulf of Mexico to the streets of the Capital.  We'll be joined by co-founders of Code Pink, Medea Benjanin in Washington D.C. and Jodie Evans in L.A., and Cynthia Papaermaster who keeps Code Pink front and center in San Francisco.  And we'll also feature our weekly frontline news report from the electronic intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman The post Code Punk, Back On The Streets and Standing Up Against Genocide appeared first on KPFA.

This week on the Global Research News Hour, as we go on air on the eve of International Womens Day, we review the state of the womens movement today and reveal its many shortcomings and uses in fact to enable the male dominated fields of imperialism, and war against Mother Nature. In our first half hour, Professor Claudia Von Werlhof joins us to talk about the principle of fighting Patriarchy which is missing in the modern womens movement and about how we must tackle it before our silence rips apart the Earth itself. Then in our second half hour we are joined once again by author, broadcaster and journalist Sonali Kolhatkar to share some of the history of the dismantling ofk establishment of womens rights in Afghanistan as being linked to US imperalistic control. Finally, we talk to Nour Jaghama, a Palestinian-American and CODEPINK organizer about how the feminist movement in the US is being exploited as an enabler of imperialist control at the expense of the rights of women in Palestine, Iran and elsewhere.

In this episode, hear from the CODEPINK activists who went on the November community trip to China.

This week we're joined by CODEPINK's co-director Danaka Katovich as we discuss the upcoming congressional reconciliation bills and what they may mean for federal funds across the board. In a time of heightened propaganda and misdirection away from the things that matter, Danaka's breakdown is incredibly timely. In part two, we're resharing a segment from our recent Media Literacy 4 Internationalists training with Abby Martin to provide helpful tips and tricks on wading through the news media landscape.

In this episode of the Ansari Podcast, we hear from Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink and well-known peace activist. Medea discusses her motivations rooted in empathy, her experiences confronting AIPAC and U.S. foreign policy, and her steadfast commitment to advocating for Palestinian rights. The discussion covers her Jewish identity, historical context between Jews and Muslims, the role of empathy in activism, and practical strategies for effective advocacy against militarism and for human rights. Join us for an inspiring dialogue on how individual actions can contribute to global peace and justice.Sign up @ www.muslimprofessionals.us and join a free muslim national community today!Support US @ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/ansaripodcastShop @ ⁠⁠https://cureyourworld.com00:00 Introduction03:26 Self Hating Jew06:35 Jewish Inferiority Complex. Why Support Gen***de.13:02 Why CodePink's Medea Cares about Gaza so much.26:19 There's only one way to defeat AIPAC in Congress!35:50 It's Simple. Muslim's are Politically Lazy. Jews aren't.41:32 How to Build connections in DC - laws of power.49:39 Medea's Superpower? Empathy.54:14 What does Code Pink actually do? Donate today!56:48 How should we feel about trump?

In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, we hear from Dr. Karameh Kuemmerle, co-founder of Doctors Against Genocide (DAG), a global network of medical professionals dedicated to confronting genocide and advocating for the protection of healthcare in conflict zones. A Palestinian pediatric neurologist at Boston Children's Hospital and faculty member at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Kuemmerle's work is driven by her commitment to justice and equity in healthcare. In the second half of our program, CODEPINK activists Marcy Winograd and Teri Mattson discuss the impact of a Trump presidency on Latin America, where Mexico's President Claudia Scheinbaum promises to make climate a top priority.

This week, we explore the ways to link different movements together, amidst a shifting domestic political terrain, but while combatting the same enemy. First, Aaron Kirshenbaum, CODEPINK'S War Is Not Green Campaigner & East Coast Regional Organizer reviews the mass mobilizations on January 20th. Then, we bring in excerpts from a conversation with Dr. Patrick Bigger of the Climate and Community Institute, CODEPINK's Palestine Campaigner Nour, and journalist KJ Noh on what the recent UN Climate Conference, COP 29, left out. This conversation gives clarity around what we are fighting for and against as a multi-sector movement.

It's Inauguration Day, Monday, January 20th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus Indonesian officials allow church permit Want some good news about our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ? Well, a church in East Jakarta, Indonesia, is getting a home after 56 years without one, reports International Christian Concern. The Pasundan Christian Church Congregation of Kampung Tengah recently received a certificate of ownership from Nusron Wahid, the minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning. The certificate handover, which took place on Christmas Day 2024, marked the end of the congregation's long journey in obtaining legal certainty for the land they use as a place of worship. As officially recognized landowners, the congregation, established in 1968, can now conduct worship more calmly and comfortably.  President-elect Donald Trump to be sworn in today Today, President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in to serve a second term as the 47th president of the United States of America. The swearing-in ceremony, which is expected to begin at 12 noon Eastern Time, will feature Trump getting sworn in on two Bibles – the Bible his mother gave him in 1955 at First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, New York and the Bible Abraham Lincoln used in 1861, reports The Hill.com. Exodus 18:21 offers guidance for selecting civic leadership.  Our leaders should be “men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain.” Because of the frigid weather forecast today in the nation's capital, Trump's inauguration ceremony has been moved indoors to the Capitol rotunda. The last time the ceremony was held indoors was in January 1985 for President Ronald Reagan. Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform “America the Beautiful.” Other performers include Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Lee Greenwood as well as Liberty University's Praise Choir. You can watch the inauguration on any major news outlet and at CSPAN beginning at 12 noon Eastern. Trump's Defense Chief pick affirms support for Israel In the midst of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Trump nominee Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense, a protestor interrupted the proceedings to make this verbal accusation against Hegseth. PROTESTOR: “You are a Christian Zionist.” Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas followed up with this comment and question. COTTON: “The first one accused you of being a Christian Zionist.  I'm not really sure why that is a bad thing. I'm a Christian. I'm a Zionist. Zionism is that the Jewish people deserve a homeland in the ancient holy land where they've lived since the dawn of history. Do you consider yourself a Christian Zionist?” HEGSETH: “I'm a Christian, and I robustly support the State of Israel and its existential defense. And the way America comes alongside them as a great ally. COTTON: “Great. Thank you. Another protester, and I think this one was a member of Code Pink, which, by the way, is a Chinese communist front group these days, said that you support Israel's war in Gaza. I support Israel's existential war in Gaza. I assume, like me and President Trump, you support that war as well, don't you?” HEGSETH: “Senator, I do. I support Israel destroying and killing every last member of Hamas.” Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has vowed to uphold Trump's pro-life policies Following four years of the Biden administration reversing the pro-life federal policies established during President Trump's first term, Republican senators are expressing confidence that the incoming Trump administration will re-implement pro-life policies, reports LifeNews.com. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris allowed federal funds to go to abortion businesses, blocked pregnancy resource centers from receiving federal funds, and used tax dollars to promote abortion internationally. After Trump nominated former Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as his secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, concerns arose that pro-life policies would be sidelined. During his presidential run, Kennedy had called the abortion issue “nuanced and complex” and also said that the state should not “dictate choices that the woman is making” regarding abortion. He has also previously supported (and walked back support for) three-month pro-life protections. However, Senate Republicans like Josh Hawley of Missouri say they have received personal assurances from Kennedy that he will not pursue pro-abortion policies while in office and will, in fact, enact pro-life ones. Last month, Hawley posted a series of tweets describing his conversation with Kennedy regarding the issue. Hawley wrote, Kennedy “committed to me to reinstate President Trump's pro-life policies at HHS. That includes reinstating the Mexico City policy & ending taxpayer funding for abortions domestically.” The senator further noted Kennedy's promise to have all pro-life deputies at Health and Human Services, and that he “believes there are far too many abortions in the US and that we cannot be the moral leader of the free world with abortion rates so high.” In addition, Hawley stated that Kennedy promised to reinstate “the bar on Title X funds going to organizations that promote abortion” and to “reinstate conscience protections for healthcare providers.” This morning, Biden that “the Equal Rights Amendment is now the law of the land.” Well, there you have it: The Constitution has a 28th amendment, and women's rights have been enshrined across the country. Biden falsely claimed Equal Rights Amendment part of Constitution On Friday, President Joe Biden falsely claimed that the Equal Rights Amendment had become the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Listen.   BIDEN: “Just over 100 years ago, a pioneering group of women proposed Equal Rights Amendment to enshrine the principles of gender equality our Constitution. Throughout my career, I've been clear. No one should be discriminated against based on their sex. “And in order for the amendment to be ratified, it requires three-fourths of the states to ratify it. That benchmark was passed when Virginia ratified the E.R.A. a few years ago. “Today, I affirm the Equal Rights Amendment to have cleared all the necessary hurdles to be added to the U.S. Constitution now. The Equal Rights Amendment is the law of the land now. It's the 28th Amendment to the Constitution now. “I consulted dozens of constitutional scholars to make sure there was all within the power to do this, and the fact is, we did.” However, according to the National Archive and Records Administration Archivist Colleen Shogan, the Equal Rights Amendment died on June 30, 1982 when only 35 states ratified it, reports The Epoch Times. 50,000 Scriptural booklets will be handed to inauguration attendees Dozens of volunteers led by a Florida-based Christian ministry are expecting to give out 50,000 Bible booklets to attendees at the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump today, reports The Christian Post. The evangelistic organization Faith & Liberty, working with Seedline International and HOPE to the Hill, will pass out the Bible booklets, which contain the scriptural books of John and Romans, to commemorate President Donald Trump's 2025 Inauguration. Peggy Nienaber, the Senior Vice President of Faith & Liberty, said,  “In times of national division like America has recently seen, a new presidential administration can offer hope. The commemorative scripture booklets were published for this significant occasion for that same reason — to offer hope to people in the Savior Jesus Christ.” In Isaiah 55:11, God said, “My word that goes out from My mouth: It will not return to Me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Inauguration Day, Monday, January 20th, in the year of our Lord 2025. Subscribe by Amazon Music or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

The American saber-rattling against China has been increasing almost as fast as China’s own development in the past few years. China’s economic prosperity and international influence is undeniable yet American politicians continue to treat their rise as a threat to their global hegemony. Joining host Robert Scheer on this episode of Scheer Intelligence is Megan Russell, a writer, academic and CODEPINK's China is Not Our Enemy Campaign Coordinator. Scheer is quick to point out the intergenerational dynamic between his own work on China as a fellow in the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1960s and Russell’s recent experience living in China and studying in Shanghai. Both witnessed and experienced the American perspective of China and how it has continued to undermine it. Scheer and Russell focus on her latest article, which calls out New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman for his portrayal of China and how his deficient op-ed mirrors the broader perception of China in the United States. While many may think that China is an authoritarian country with people living under the heel of Xi Jinping, the actual material conditions of its population are often left out. “Something [people] don't talk about enough, in my opinion, is how China managed to eradicate extreme poverty. And that's not just a minimum income level, it also means access to food, to clothes, healthcare, clean housing, free education. It means infrastructure, means functioning systems,” Russell says. People also point to working conditions and the outsourcing of American jobs to China as a means of attacking them. To this, Russell explains, “All China has done is use the system in place to develop and try to provide opportunities to its incredibly vast population, while still maintaining its proto-socialist policies. It's us that has exported the production of all our goods to make a few more dollars.” In the end, the US stands to lose, not only in a trade war, but also in the climate aspect, since China has also made great strides towards combatting the climate crisis. Russell cites their plan of reaching carbon neutrality by 2060 and tells Scheer, “China has really undergone this internal green energy revolution, doing far more than any other country to combat climate change.”

This week, we explore the synergy between the Transition Town Movement and the Local Peace Economy. Hear how communities are building resilience by reducing dependence on fossil fuels through local food production, renewable energy, waste reduction, and fostering meaningful connections. Sari Steuber and Julie Smith with Transition Town Greater Media shares with Marie Goodwin, CODEPINK's Local Peace Economy Coordinator, inspiring stories of impactful initiatives and how these efforts align with the principles of peace, sustainability, and grassroots empowerment.

In this episode, CODEPINK's Digital Content Producer, Nuvpreet Kalra, speaks with American journalist Jeremy Loffredo who was recently imprisoned by Israel. In their discussion, Jeremy recounts the events leading to his detention, his experience in solitary confinement, and the astonishing court process that has left him still under investigation in Israel. Nuvpreet and Jeremy also cover the broader context of censorship and attacks on journalists by Israel. Over the past 14 months, more than 188 journalists have been killed in Gaza, and 58 journalists from the occupied West Bank remain in Israeli detention.

In this episode, CODEPINK's Media Relations Manager Melissa Garriga talks about the complicity of the mainstream media in the ongoing Genocide in Gaza and the criminalization of independent journalism in Britain. We hear from journalists and activists Abby Martin, Asa Winstanley, Richard Medhurst and Sarah Wilkinson.

In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, host Marcy Winograd updates us on CODEPINK's latest campaignsagainst Trader Joe's and Netflix, then shares Bernie's arms embargo speech and a Useful Idiots podcastanalyzing the Presidential election. The second half of the program features Medea Benjamin, co-founder ofCODEPINK, and David Swanson, executive director of World Beyond War, the co-authors of NATO: What YouNeed to Know, a foundational text that unmasks the nuclear alliance as a global threat. Key Learn more: NATO: What You Need to Know: http://codepinkstore.com/products/pre-order-nato-what-you-need-to-knowSTOP the $20 Billion Arms Transfer to Israel: https://www.codepink.org/20billionBoycott Netflix: https://www.codepink.org/netflix2024Tell Trader Joe's to Stop Carrying Israeli Products: https://www.codepink.org/traderjoesUseful Idiots: Hosts Katie Halper and Aaron MatéPalestinian Analyst Breaks Down How Dems Lost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATO-gtRh_4s&t=328s

11/7/24: Rep Jim McGovern: the election & the resistance. Revs Andrea Ayvazian & Terrlyn Curry Avery: keeping faith, keeping on. Labor lawyer Seth Goldstein: the Smith College unions, Trader Joe's & Trump's plans to eradicate unions. Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin & activist Paki Wieland: Ukraine, Gaza & Iran, Biden &Trump.

11/7/24: Rep Jim McGovern: the election & the resistance. Revs Andrea Ayvazian & Terrlyn Curry Avery: keeping faith, keeping on. Labor lawyer Seth Goldstein: the Smith College unions, Trader Joe's & Trump's plans to eradicate unions. Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin & activist Paki Wieland: Ukraine, Gaza & Iran, Biden &Trump.

11/7/24: Rep Jim McGovern: the election & the resistance. Revs Andrea Ayvazian & Terrlyn Curry Avery: keeping faith, keeping on. Labor lawyer Seth Goldstein: the Smith College unions, Trader Joe's & Trump's plans to eradicate unions. Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin & activist Paki Wieland: Ukraine, Gaza & Iran, Biden &Trump.

11/7/24: Rep Jim McGovern: the election & the resistance. Revs Andrea Ayvazian & Terrlyn Curry Avery: keeping faith, keeping on. Labor lawyer Seth Goldstein: the Smith College unions, Trader Joe's & Trump's plans to eradicate unions. Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin & activist Paki Wieland: Ukraine, Gaza & Iran, Biden &Trump.

In this episode we feature two segments from recent CODEPINK webinars about putting our values into practice as anti-imperialist feminists. First, Danaka, Grace, and Jasmine of CODEPINK staff highlight the relational values we must embody as we build the world we want to see that leaves no one behind. Then, hear Nadine Naber, Hadiya Afzal, and Noor in conversation about co-optation of feminist messaging and continuing to practice curioisty and solidarity.

Tonight's Katie Halper Show was a live screening AND discussion organized by Code Pink at The People's Forum the TRT investigative documentary “Holy Redemption: Stealing Palestinian Land.” TRT's film reveals the terror tactics of the Israeli settler group Hilltop Youth, an organization that builds outposts in order to steal more land from Palestinians. Then Katie moderates a discussion with Ashish Prashar, Tyler Reynolds & Daniel Santiago. Ashish Prashar is a political strategist, human rights activist and former advisor to the Middle East Peace Envoy. Ashish has appeared as a regular commentator in media outlets, including CNN, The Guardian and USA Today. Tyler Reynolds is a musican and martial arts instructor who just returned from volunteering in the West Bank. Daniel Santiago is a high school teacher and community organizer from Jersey City who volunteered with Faz3a for two weeks in the West Bank and was shot in the leg by the Israeli Army. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps

During the first half of this episode, we feature a segment from CODEPINK Congress, in which Rania Khalek, host of Breakthrough News, talks about Lebanese resistance to Israel's genocide in Gaza and bombings of civilian neighborhoods in Lebanon. In the second half, CODEPINK organizer Marcy Winograd interviews economist and author Jeffrey Sachs about his recent article, “Beyond Hegemony-A New International Order Under the UN Charter.”

In this episode, Tim talks with CODEPINK co-founders and organizers across the country about the past year of organizing since October 7th and how they took action this past week.

On this episode, we delve into the use of terrorism laws being used to silence journalists and anti-genocide activists in the US and Britain. With a focus on the British context, CODEPINK's Nuvpreet speaks with Richard Medhurst, a journalist arrested under the Terrorism Act in Britain. In the second half of the episode, member of CODEPINK's British chapter, Suzie, speaks with lawyer Daniel Furner on his work representing people criminalized under the Terrorism Act.

Guest: Medea Benjamin is co-founder of CODEPINK and the fair trade group Global Exchange. She is the author of many books including Drone Warfare, Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.—Saudi Connection, Inside Iran, and her latest co-authored with David Swanson, NATO: What You Need To Know. The post KPFA Special – Medea Benjamin on the US Role in the Wars Around the World appeared first on KPFA.

In the first half of this episode, Marcy Winograd shares a CODEPINK Congress program featuring John Kiriakou, former CIA torture whistleblower, and Zahra Billoo, executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations-San Francisco/Bay Area Chapter. During the second half of the program, Marcy speaks with Norman Solomon, author of War Made Invisible; How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine, a book published before October 7th. Solomon has updated the paperback edition to include Afterward: The Gaza War, a beat-by-beat account of how a negligent corporate media enabled President Biden's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. Learn more: "The Slide into Authoritarianism" by John Kiriakou. Consortium News.8/27/24https://consortiumnews.com/2024/08/27/john-kiriakou-the-slide-into-authoritarianism/CODEPINK Congress: "Authoritarianism at Home and Abroad." Host Marcy Winograd. Guests John Kiriakou and Zahra Billoo. 9/3/24https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwVYn2WJy3kUS universities spent the summer strategizing to suppress student activism. Here is their plan by Carrie Zaremba. Mondoweiss. 9/2/2https://mondoweiss.net/2024/09/u-s-universities-spent-the-summer-strategizing-to-suppress-student-activism-here-is-their-plan/War Made Invisible; How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine by Norman Solomon, with Afterward: The Gaza War (paperback edition)https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/war-made-invisible-norman-solomon/1141772212;jsessionid=6A49181CF105503620265F1CA4BA4B9D.prodny_store02-atgap12?ean=9781620979167"Holding the Press and White House Accountable. Solomon's Afterward on the Gaza War." Marcy Winograd's review.CODEPINK's blog: Pink Tank. Sept. 4, 2024https://www.codepink.org/solomonbookreview

Refusing to let Gaza be swept under the rug, the activist organization Codepink used every opportunity to remind the DNC that tens of thousands of Palestinians have been massacred since last October.

Dennis Kucinich talks about his congressional campaign, leaving the Democratic Party, and questioning Netanyahu. Then Palestinian-American Moataz Salim talks about disrupting the DNC. Dennis Kucinich served as mayor of Cleveland from 1977 to 1979. and as a U.S. Representative from Ohio's 10th congressional district from 1997 to 2013, during which time he introduced Articles of Impeachment against both President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney for lying to take the US into war against Iraq. He ran for president in 2004 and 2008 and is now running as an independent for Ohio's 7th congressional district in 2024. Moataz Salim is a Palestinian-American graduate student in DC from Gaza advocating for an end to the genocide and the liberation of Palestine. He has been joining CODEPINK every day for 3 months to be a voice for his people. He has also been involved in activism at a university and within the local community, dedicating the past 10 months to fighting for Palestinian liberation. **Please support The Katie Halper Show ** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - / thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: @kthalps

in this penultimate episode of season 2, we explore the essential role of DISRUPTION as a catalyst for inner & outer transformation.from protest movements to your own deepest inner work, let's open up to disruption as responsibility, as intervention, and as disorientation from cultural conditioning toward a new personal and collective alignment.~show notes~uncommitted movement (@uncommittedmvmt)CODEPINK (@codepinkalert)wonder valley olive oil (welcometowondervalley.com)enter to win a free coaching session ~ when you leave a 5-star rating (only) and a written review, you'll be entered into a monthly drawing for a free 90-min coaching session with dana (value of $388). DM (@danablix ig) or email (dana@danabalicki.com) a screenshot of your submission—take it right before you hit submit—along with the review name/title. winner announcements will be made across platforms!have a question for advice dom? call in and SUBMIT (your own question) --> 760-820-9070/// sound-editing/design ~ rose blakelock, theme song ~ kat ottosen, podcast art ~ natalee miller///Support the Show.

The activists from the militant peace organization Code Pink—in conjunction with the Dissenters, Jewish Voice for Peace, Students for Justice in Palestine, and a host of others—are calling for mass mobilizations in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention, which will be held from August 19-22, 2024. Their goal is to issue a thundering response to the US-sponsored, Israeli-led and preannounced genocide in Gaza, and to shine an illuminating light on US complicity with Israel in destroying Palestinian lives and communities. This episode is a broadcast of a webinar with Eleanor Stein, Medea Benjamin, and Bill Ayers organized by Code Pink earlier this month. We urge everyone to come to Chicago if at all possible, and to contribute to building an irresistible peace and justice movement NOW!

Trump and his supporters don't like America as it currently exists, and their veep pick JD Vance is like the U.S.-hating Code Pink, but in a suit.  Meanwhile, the Democrats have seized the patriotism mantle, à la the Republicans of the 80s. Plus, the sick, unhinged, and inaccurate attack on Tim Walz after his 24 years of service in the National Guard.  Adam Kinzinger joins Tim Miller. show notes: Kinzinger on the swiftboating of Walz Kamala clapping back against some Gaza protesters on Wednesday 

SEASON 3 EPISODE 4: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: People. Like. Him. In a time when 50% approval is a landslide of support, when the very few most earnest and most honest politicians are still tolerated, when we have had a decade of one of the most disliked humans on the planet hating everything and everybody, the idea that the Democrats are running not one but TWO likeable candidates is staggeringly important – and simple – and novel.  Tim Walz is HAPPY to be living here, and fighting to help other people become happy, and now to join Kamala Harris, who is ALSO happy and smiles – like a person. Trump isn't HAPPY! At every moment of what should be success he's degrading someone, he's embittered, he's angry, he's the victim, he's shortchanged, he's threatening revenge. As shown on his spectacular first day as her running mate, Walz and Vice President Harris recognize what Trump does not: America is so worn out by and done with, unhappy weirdos. THE POLLS CONTINUE TO BE ALL KAMALA: Marist for PBS: Harris 51 Trump 48. Harris by three. Previous poll: Trump by one. Marist for PBS: Who do you trust more on abortion? Harris… 56-to-41. Who do you trust more on preserving democracy? Harris 53-46. Who do you trust more on the economy? Trump… but only by three. Who do you trust more on immigration – this is the killer, right? Trump's real chance to survive the tsunami? Yes, poll says Trump but only by six. And some very pro-conservative swing state polling were also all positive. And all conducted before Tim Walz. B-Block (26:40) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Jim Vandehei of Axios not only fires ten percent of his staff, but he makes them read about it in a memo written in the impenetrable Axios 'style.' Bloomberg editors' response to their decision to break the embargo on the trade for Evan Gershkovich? Fire the reporter! And a member of Code Pink who was already ahead of Congressman Derrick Van PTSD Orden is delayed slightly, he yells at her to move, as she moves she brushes past him, he is now demanding she be charged with "assault on a member of Congress." C-Block (37:25) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: I was supposed to anchor NBC's cable coverage of the Summer Olympics in 2000 in Sydney. But I quit the job in 1998. Then I was supposed to anchor NBC's cable coverage of the Summer Olympics in 2004 in Athens. But I told them – no, I think I'd prefer to stay in New Jersey and try to grow this new news show Countdown and there are still executives at NBC who think I am insane. And I am proud to tell you that I have not watched ONE minute, not ONE highlight, from the 2024 Olympics. I'm beginning to think I might not LIKE the Olympics. If this is true it dates to 1980 and my experience as part of a two-and-a-half man team that covered the ENTIRE WINTER Olympics at Lake Placid, New York – just the two-and-a-half of us. It was rewarding, it was challenging, it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I have done everything since then to make SURE it WAS just once-in-a-lifetime, especially after the other one-and-a-half guys – my boss and my boss's boss – got me drunk one night and then sent me to cover the skiing at sunrise and I almost didn't survive.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The past week in Gaza has seen a major escalation in Israeli attacks against the besieged and starving Palestinians trapped in a killing cage. The Biden administration has aggressively sought to portray itself as being increasingly at odds with Israel's tactics, mostly focusing on U.S. threats to withhold some weapons shipments if Benjamin Netanyahu conducts an invasion of Rafah. But the cold reality is that Israel has already bombed and occupied large swaths of Rafah. The regime has ordered the forced exodus of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, not only from Rafah, but also from areas of northern Gaza, once again thrusting masses of civilians — many of whom are wounded, starving, dehydrated, and traumatized — on a desperate hunt for a place to pitch a makeshift tent as they await either death or a ceasefire.Despite the White House leaking stories to insider media outlets about how Biden is fed up with his great friend Netanyahu, the U.S. has made clear it continues to arm and support the Israeli regime.This week on Intercepted, Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the feminist antiwar organization Code Pink, speaks with Jeremy Scahill. Since the launch of the so-called war on terror in 2001, the 71-year-old activist has spent more than two decades disrupting congressional hearings, chasing members of Congress through the halls of the Capitol for answers, and traveling to countries the U.S. has labeled as enemies. Benjamin discusses her personal path to activism and the siege on Gaza, and offers a guide on how ordinary people can disrupt business as usual in the chambers of power in Washington, D.C.If you'd like to support our work, go to theintercept.com/join, where your donation, no matter what the amount, makes a real difference.And if you haven't already, please subscribe to the show so you can hear it every week. And please go and leave us a rating or a review — it helps people find the show. If you want to give us additional feedback, email us at Podcasts@theintercept.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.