The Arsenal of Genocide: The US Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies / ZNetwork On May 8, 2024, as Israel escalated its brutal assault on Rafah, President Biden announced that he had “paused” a delivery…
Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?
By Medea Benjamin / CounterPunch The non-violence training to join the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ships to Gaza has been intense. As hundreds of us from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul,…
NATO Is a Warfare Alliance, Not a Force for Global Peace or Stability
By Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd / CounterPunch At his speech during the NATO Summit in Lithuania, President Biden called the U.S. and Europe “anchors for global security” when in…
Why There’s No Peace Movement From the Left in America (w/ Medea Benjamin)
By Briahna Joy Gray / YouTube Briahna Joy Gray speaks to Code Pink co-founder and anti-war activist Madea Benjamin as she returned from Ukraine about what peace really means, and…
The Silent Slaughter of the Flower of Ukraine’s Youth
Now that the Ukrainian counteroffensive is underway, it is clear that the government and its Western allies are maintaining silence to conceal the brutal cost Ukraine’s brave young people are…
Vienna Summit: Anti-War Activists From 32 Countries Call For Diplomacy to End Ukraine War
During the weekend of June 10-11 in Vienna, Austria, over 300 people representing peace organizations from 32 countries came together for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine…
US National Security Experts Call for Peace in Ukraine
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies amplify upon a full-page ad in The New York Times on Tuesday calling the war an “unmitigated disaster” and urging Biden and U.S. Congress…
Congressional Amendment Opens Floodgates for War Profiteers and a Major Ground War on Russia
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davis / CounterPunch If the powerful leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senators Jack Reed (D) and Jim Inhofe (R), have their way,…
Joe Biden’s Broken Promise To Avoid War With Russia Could Lead To Armageddon
“We will not fight a war with Russia in Ukraine," Biden told us in March. But that war has already started.
‘End War in Ukraine’ Say 66 Nations at UN General Assembly
"It's time to stop this mass destruction," said Congolese Foreign Minister Jean-Claude Gakosso this week. "It's time to stop this war."
We Urgently Need to Give Ukraine Peace Talks a Chance
The only realistic alternative to this endless slaughter is a return to peace talks to bring the fighting to an end.
While Cuba Deals with Blazing Fire, the U.S. Heartlessly Watches and Waits
The Biden administration is not offering meaningful assistance to contain a potential ecological disaster 90 miles from the U.S. coastline, write Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan and Medea Benjamin.
NATO and a War Foretold
Instead of exploiting this crisis to expand even further, NATO should suspend all new or pending membership applications until the current crisis has been resolved.
Hey, Hey, USA! How Many Bombs Did You Drop Today?
Over the past 20 years, U.S. and allied air forces have dropped over 337,000 bombs and missiles on other countries.
Will Biden’s America Stop Creating Terrorists?
The new Biden administration needs to take a truly fresh look at the whole range of destructive policies the United States has pursued around the world for decades, and the…