Medea Benjamin

I mean, it's the same with people in the States.

I don't know how many people see Medea Benjamin confronting senators and following congressmen and the Trump government honchos and just going for them in a calm way and they freak out and they can't stand it.

They can't do anything about it.

Here, you're not even allowed to get near them.

That's pretty amazing, isn't it? I ride my bike all the time, and I would never leave it unlocked in Washington, D.C.

What are you trying to say about the people in Washington, D.C., Medea Benjamin? But beyond that, again, this idea is from the communists that a brand new human will flourish if you just repress the people enough.

And this has now spread throughout the West.

According to CNN, the Spanish cabinet has now allowed a U.S. extradition request for one James Fergie Chambers, an American millionaire and Gaza donor, to proceed to Spanish courts in a decision his lawyers warn will set a dangerous precedent for the defense of the Palestinian cause in Europe.

They've been blockading, uh, the schools as well.

And let's see, Medea Benjamin reports that France has nearly four trillion in public debt, which is roughly one hundred and nineteen percent of their GDP, which makes them one of the highest, uh, one of the countries that's most in debt in the European Union.

And so the government is calling for forty-eight billion in spending cuts.

And, uh, this is putting their public services, services under pressure.

So mine happens to be the understanding of gender and pop culture.

And I was going to say, just as an example, you do see how it plays out when, for instance, you know, I recently had Medea Benjamin from Code Pink on my program.

And I think especially during the Iraq War years when I was growing up and just a teenager, I remember, you know, Republican sort of men that I was around in the suburbs would complain about the Code Pinks and the Cindy Sheehan's and say, oh, why are they so uppity? There's sort of this performative aspect like, oh, they shouldn't speak out.

You know, they should know their place.

Right now, I'm very happy to welcome to Counterpoint Nicholas J.S. Davies, an independent journalist, a researcher with the group Code Pink, and the author of Blood on Our Hands: The American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq, as well as another book, ah, titled War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict, co-written with, ah, Code Pink's Medea, ah, Medea Benjamin.

Thank you so much for, ah, making time to join us this evening, Nicholas.

Oh, you're welcome.

Happy to do it.

So we in- invited you to talk about a recent, um, ah, column that you wrote with Medea Benjamin, and it's titled The Urgency of, ah, Recognizing the Ansar Allah Government in Yemen.

Ah, and I wanted to, ah, first of all have you talk about this group, Ansar Allah, their history in Yemen, their fam- their, their f- more familiar, ah, reference in our US media is, ah, the Houthi rebels.

And they're often, ah, linked with, ah, being a proxy force allied with Iran.

Take care.

Stay tuned for Empire on the Rocks.

Marcy Wintergrind with me is the co-founder of Code Pink, Medea Benjamin.

Hey there, Medea.

Hello.

All right.

Next quiz question.

Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink.

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He's an independent journalist, a researcher with Code Pink, and the author of several books.

We're going to be talking about a recent column he co-wrote with Medea Benjamin titled, The Urgency of Recognizing the Ansar Allah Government in Yemen.

And it's a discussion of the Houthi rebels and what's going on in Yemen as it relates to the US war in Iran and the flow of oil out of the Middle East.

But there's a lot to discuss there that's not usually talked about in terms of Yemen and this group, the Houthi rebels.

Good night.

That's Nicholas J.S. Davies, independent journalist and researcher with the group Code Pink.

In the article we've been talking about, co-written with Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin.

This is CounterPoint.