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Medea Benjamin

@medeabenjamin

Cofounder of peace group CODEPINK. Author. Peace activist. Wannabe salsa dancer :)

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Today, after being kicked out and arrested for disrupting his hearing, we confronted Lloyd Austin AGAIN to plead with him to end the genocide in Gaza. No peace for Austin until there’s peace in Gaza!

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BREAKING: Today, I disrupted Secretary of “Defense” Lloyd Austin during a House meeting. I couldn’t just listen to him talk about U.S. leadership while the whole world is watching U.S. complicity in the genocide occurring in Gaza

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Ruling institutions--the state, the press, the church, the courts, universities --mouth the language of morality, but serve the structures of power, no matter how venal, which provide them with money, status and authority. All these institutions, including the academy, are

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Last night's assault left me with more than just a bruise. It's disheartening to witness the dangers faced by anyone who dares to speak out and expose our government's complicity in this genocide, like the ones our students in campuses face every day. But as painful as this

Last night's assault left me with more than just a bruise. It's disheartening to witness the dangers faced by anyone who dares to speak out and expose our government's complicity in this genocide, like the ones our students in campuses face every day. But as painful as this
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Got roughed up & tossed out of the White House Correspondents Dinner for holding a sign: '100 journalists killed in Gaza.' Today was supposed to be about Free Speech. Irony much? My partner Tighe is still in pain after security's assault and while this was happening, journalists

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NOW: Protestors are SHUTTING DOWN the entrance to the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

'EVERY TIME THE MEDIA LIES, A JOURNALIST IN GAZA DIES!'

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NOW: Protestors have dropped a Palestinian flag out of the window of the Washington Hilton, where the White House Correspondents' Dinner is being held tonight.

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Biden, we won’t let you throw up a smokescreen to distract us of the very real grievances at the heart of these protests!

They are protesting a genocide you are enabling!

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“WAR CRIMINAL!”
Which war criminals who support Israel’s war crimes will be at this year’s WHCD?
Join us in DC tomorrow night and see!
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This is a disgusting display of police brutality against professor Caroline Fohlin, and reflects the violent actions of Atlanta police against other peaceful protests. And guess what? Atlanta police are TRAINED IN ISRAEL!!!

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ALL OUT FOR GAZA AT GW RIGHT NOW! 🚨

DMV students have been holding down their Gaza Solidarity Encampment at George Washington University all day to demand divestment, disclosure, and an end to partnerships with Israeli institutions.

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Congress’s decision to continue arming the brutal Israeli occupation is a violation of US laws and ethical codes. We demand accountability!

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The US military loses every war, its equipment is falling apart, and its soldiers are killing themselves. It doesn’t know what anything costs because the Pentagon can’t pass an audit. This is the state of late-stage Empire. It's falling apart. indi.ca/nothing-to-see…

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