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On this episode of CODEPINK radio to mark World Press Freedom Day, join us for a conversation with journalist Julian Assange’s wife Stella and his brother Gabriel who explain the urgency of his case and why it's critical to the future of press freedom.

On this episode of CODEPINK radio, join Olivia and Shea of CODEPINK for an important conversation about the intersections of militarism and climate change featuring Ramon Mejia of Grassroots Global Justice Alliance and Tara Houska of the Giniw Collective.

Challenging the US Narrative on Mexico with guest journalist Alina Duarte of Sin censura/Canal Catorce and "Stop the War in Ukraine": We will hear from some of the sharpest politicians, analysts and organizers around the world about how they view this conflict and what we can do to create a global movement to end this conflict.

In this episode we hear from Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and Joseph Gerson of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security. Bennis & Gerson discuss the importance of an immediate ceasefire, withdrawal of Russian troops, an off-ramp for sanctions against Russia, as well as negotiations and compromises to avoid a protracted war or worse. Next, we meet activists...

On this episode of CODEPINK radio, join us for an important conversation about the wars in Ukraine in Yemen. CODEPINK National co-director Ariel Gold discusses the background of the Ukraine war, US involvement and a no fly zone. CODEPINK national organizer Danaka Katovich outlines the history of the war in Yemen and how the U.S. is still involved. We will also hear from Medea Benjamin who will giv...

On this episode of CODEPINK radio, Teri Mattson and Leonardo Flores interview Carlos Ron, Venezuela's Vice Minister for North American Affairs, about recent talks between the US & Venezuelan governments. In the second half of the program, Teri Mattson speaks with Victor de Currea-Lugo about the recent elections in Colombia.

In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, we rebroadcast a discussion-- "The Russia-Ukraine War & the Imperative of Organizing for Peace"--hosted by RootsAction and co-sponsored by CODEPINK. Guests include: Norman Solomon, National Director of RootsAction Sevim Dağdelen: Member of the German Parliament, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Bill Fletcher Jr.: Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Stud...

Massachusetts Peace Action for the third radio show in our SPECIAL SERIES ON FOREIGN POLICY, focused on the war in Ukraine. This event is also co-sponsored by the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security. Featured Guests: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson is an adjunct professor of government and public policy at the College of William and Mary and the former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State...

In this episode, we will learn more about the Make It In America (aka The US Innovation and Competition Act) and the impacts of anti-China policies and rhetoric within the US. We will also hear from K.J. Noh and Col. Ann Wright about the Taiwan question and how to avoid war with China over Taiwan.

In this episode we will learn more about the movement to divest from war and fossil fuels and invest in a local peace economy!

On this week's episode of CODEPINK radio, we will discuss the Costa Rican Presidential Election with guest Matt Kirkegaard of Progressive International who was in Costa Rica on Election Day. In the second half of the show, we will talk about the negative impact of U.S. sanctions on Cuba’s emerging private sector. We will hear first-hand from various Cuban business owners on how U.S. sanctions hurt...

On this week's episode of CODEPINK radio, Leonardo Flores speaks with David Rivkin, attorney for political prisoner Alex Saab. In the second half of the show, Leonardo is joined by Alina Duarte, an independent journalist from Mexico and Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, to discuss Latin American geopolitics.

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 conta...

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 Univers...

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...

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...

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, edito...

In this episode, CODEPINK Congress coordinator Marcy Winograd and co-host Medea Benjamin talk to Patrice Lawrence, executive director of UndocuBlack, and Paul Christian Namfy, an organizer with the Family Action Network Movement, about their demands the Biden administration halt mass deportations and detentions of Haitians fleeing political collapse, street gangs and impacts of the climate crisis....

This week on CODEPINK radio we'll be discussing the sanctions on Venezuela. In the first segment Teri Mattson and Margaret Flowers interview William Castilo, Venezuela's Vice Minister for Anti-Blockade Policies, about the devastating economic war. In the second half of the program, Teri interviews Venezuelan Vice Minister Yvan Gil about $2 billion in Venezuelan funds currently being frozen by Port...

In this episode, we hear the voices of youth at the Global Climate Strike and activist and author Winona LaDuke on stopping the Line 3 pipeline threatening to contaminate indigenous lands. We also go to the House floor for debate between AOC and Republicans on the military budget and Congressman Ro Khanna on his amendment to cut off funds for Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen. During the second half of...

This episode features a conversation between CODEPINK's Teri Mattson, the Tricontinental Institute's Vijay Prashad, CEPR's Alex Main and Friends of Latin America's Jill Clark-Gollub about U.S. hybrid war and sanctions on Nicaragua, with an emphasis on the RENACER Act, a bill that just passed in the Senate and would sanction over half the Nicaraguan population.

Join CODEPINK and the China Is Not Our Enemy campaign for an exclusive episode of CODEPINK Radio with historian Vijay Prashad and CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans on the United States' Forever Wars: From Afghanistan to China. Hear about the underlying connections between the U.S. Military Industrial Complex's war in Afghanistan, the escalation of its hybrid war on China, and why humanitarian war is...

In this episode, Marcy Winograd, coordinator of CODEPINK Congress, features Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Chair of the 94-member Congressional Progressive Caucus, who discusses victories and challenges for progressives seeking to demilitarize foreign and domestic policies. Next, we turn to plans for climate activism here in the U.S. and abroad for November's UN Climate Conference (COP26) i...

This week on CODEPINK radio join Matthew Hoh, Ann Wright, Dr. Zaher Wahabfor, Phyllis Bennis and CODEPINK's Medea Benjamin for a discussion on Afghanistan With the collapse of the US-backed Afghan government and the Taliban set to return to a position of power they occupied 20 years ago, who is responsible for this colossal failure? Who should be held accountable and how? And what can we do to mak...