Ukraine, Code Pink, Global Exchange, and a Life of Activism

MEDEA BENJAMIN

Whilethe United States continues to send billions of dollars’ worth of military weapons to Ukraine, talks of actual peace solutions remain elusive. Medea Benjamin addresses why this is a mistake at a presentation of her new book, War

In Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless War, co-authored by Nicholas J. Davies.

Without in any way excusing Russia’s tragically mistaken and destructive intervention in a sovereign state, Benjamin points to the way a diplomatic solution can be used to end a war that is creating enormous suffering—most intensely inside Ukraine but also across Russia and around the planet.

An advocate for social justice for 50 years, Madea Benjamin is the co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK. She is also co-founder of the human rights group Global Exchange and the Peace in Ukraine Coalition. Described as “one of America’s most committed—and most effective—fighter for human rights” by New York Newsday, and “one of the high profile leaders of the peace movement” by the Los Angeles Times, she is the author of 10 books, including Drone Warefare: Killing by Remote Control, Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection, and Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

STUDY - AWAY PRESENTATION

Thursday, April 13 | 12-1 pm

THE LIGHTHOUSE, CLARKE HALL