Making Sense of the Senseless War in Ukraine w/ Peace Activist Medea Benjamin (G&R 200)

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It's been almost ten months since Russia invaded Ukraine and NATO has turned it into a proxy war to destabilize Vladimir Putin. With no end in sight, tens of thousands have been killed, global economic instability and the possibility of a wider (and even nuclear) war between Russia and the West remains a threat. 

Peace activist and author Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) joins us to talk about the ongoing war in Ukraine and her new book " War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict," co-authored with Nicolas Davies. We discuss political dynamics around the war in the U.S., Europe and other parts of the globe.  We also talk about the United States' long ongoing terror campaign against Cuba and the crisis in Peru. 

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Bio//

Medea Benjamin is the co-founder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace and author of "Drone Warfare," "Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the US Saudi Connection" and "Inside Iran."

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Outro- “Green and Red Blues” by Moody

Links//

• CODEPINK: https://www.codepink.org/
• Peace in Ukraine: https://www.peaceinukraine.org/
• "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict" (https://bit.ly/3YBicCG)

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This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).  “Green and Red  Blues" by Moody.  Editing by Isaac.