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Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin

  • July 31, 2022

    Unjustified sanctions

    As the Cuban government celebrates the July 26 Day of the National Rebellion – a public holiday commemorating the 1953 attack on the Moncada...

  • June 29, 2022

    A war foretold

    As Nato holds its Summit in Madrid on June 28-30, the war in Ukraine is taking center stage. During a pre-Summit June 22 talk with Politico,...

  • May 20, 2022

    Biden’s plan

    On May 16, the Biden administration announced new measures to “increase support for the Cuban people”. They included easing travel restrictions...

  • January 11, 2022

    How many bombs?

    The Pentagon has finally published its first Airpower Summary since President Biden took office nearly a year ago. These monthly reports have been...

  • December 08, 2021

    Militaristic delusions

    Despite a disagreement over some amendments in the Senate, the United States Congress is poised to pass a $778 billion military budget bill for...

  • October 18, 2021

    Supporting Afghan women

    Since the Taliban took control of Kabul and the central government on August 15, efforts to support Afghan women have become extremely challenging....

  • July 15, 2021

    Protests in Cuba

    Protests erupted in various Cuban cities the weekend of July 11 over dire economic conditions and a surge in Covid-19 cases. They are the biggest...

  • January 30, 2021

    War on children

    Most people regard Trump’s treatment of immigrant children as among his most shocking crimes as president. Images of hundreds of children stolen...

  • November 12, 2020

    ‘Warmongers or peacemakers’

    Congratulations to Joe Biden on his election as America’s next president! People all over this pandemic-infested, war-torn and poverty-stricken...

  • June 19, 2020

    While Cuba helps

    A team of 85 Cuban doctors and nurses arrived in Peru on June 3 to help the Andean nation tackle the coronavirus pandemic. That same day, Secretary...

  • April 25, 2020

    Cuba to the rescue

    While Bernie Sanders paid a political price for uttering something positive about Cuba’s literacy program, the current pandemic has shown the...

  • March 17, 2018

    The 16th year

    Of the countries where the US and its allies have been waging war since 2001, Iraq is the only one where epidemiologists have actually conducted...

  • December 14, 2017

    Where are the Democrats?

    President Trump’s announcement stating that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and directing the State Department to begin moving the embassy...

  • April 17, 2017

    A massive bomb

    “I’m really very good at war. I love war, in a certain way,” bragged candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Iowa. This is...