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Medea Benjamin is co-founder of CODEPINK for Peace and author of several books, including “Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” She and Nicolas J.S. Davies are the authors of “War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict.”

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (C) gives a thank you speech during the peace talks between delegations from Russia and Ukraine at Dolmabahce Presidential Office in Istanbul, Turkiye on March 29, 2022. (Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

War in Ukraine rages on, with no end in sight — peace talks are essential

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Mexican and Cuban firefighters working in the area where the massive fire at a fuel depot sparked by a lightning strike occurred in Matanzas, Cuba, on August 9, 2022. (YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)

Cuba’s big fire has been contained — but Biden’s Cuba policy remains a disaster

Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan, Medea Benjamin
Revolution Square, Havana, Cuba (Photo courtesy of Medea Benjamin)

It’s been long enough: Time for Biden to remove Cuba from terror list

Medea Benjamin, Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan
Protesters hold a banner that says "No to Nato" during a demonstration. The mobilization was to reject the summit of the Atlantic Alliance in Madrid, on June 29th and 30th. At the end of the protest, a manifesto was read advocating the dissolution of this intergovernmental military alliance governed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (Atilano Garcia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

NATO and the Ukraine war: It took 30 years for Russia and the West to create this disaster

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
US President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Cuba's President Raul Castro (L) on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas at the ATLAPA Convention Center on April 11, 2015 in Panama City. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden’s Cuba policy is a huge mess — but Obama can show him how to fix it

Medea Benjamin
A picture taken on July 9, 2017, shows smoke billowing following an airstrike by US-led international coalition forces targeting Islamic State (IS) group in Mosul. Iraq will announce imminently a final victory in the nearly nine-month offensive to retake Mosul from jihadists, a US general said Saturday, as celebrations broke out among police forces in the city. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine convince the U.S. to consider its recent past?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Ukrainian veterans of the 'Azov' volunteer battalion attend a rally dedicated to the Volunteer Day in honor of volonteer fighters who joined Ukrainian Army at a war conflict at eastern the country regions, in downtown of Kyiv, Ukraine, on 14 March, 2020. Several thousands Ukrainians including servicemen, volunteers and their supporters marched in central of Ukrainian capital despite the ban on holding mass events because of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Are there really neo-Nazis fighting for Ukraine? Well, yes — but it’s a long story

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Armored personnel carrier (APC) of the 92nd separate mechanized brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces move to park in their base near Klugino-Bashkirivka village, in the Kharkiv region on January 31, 2022. - The tanks have to restore their combat capability after completing a combat mission in war-torn eastern Ukraine. (SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images)

What’s going to happen in Ukraine? Total war, nothing at all or somewhere in between?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Hey, America: There’s already a diplomatic solution in Ukraine — the 2015 Minsk Protocol

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Civilian participants in a Kyiv Territorial Defence unit train in a forest on Jan. 22, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

In the rapidly worsening Ukraine fiasco, the U.S. is reaping exactly what it sowed

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Donad Trump and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

After a year of Joe Biden, how come we still have Donald Trump’s foreign policy?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Afghan residents and family members of the victims gather next to a damaged vehicle inside a house, day after a US drone airstrike in Kabul on August 30, 2021. (WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

The U.S. drops an average of 46 bombs a day: Why should the world see us as a force for peace?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Starbucks employees wait for results of a vote count, on December 9, 2021 in Buffalo, New York. - The ballots have been cast and employees of three Starbucks cafes in Buffalo have created the first union at outlets owned by the retail coffee giant in the United States. | In this handout provided by the U.S. Air Force, an air crew assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron assists evacuees aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 21, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Protesters march around downtown Minneapolis near the courthouse calling for justice for George Floyd after closing arguments in the Chauvin trial has ended on Monday, April 19, 2021 in Minneapolis, MN. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

It was a bad year for the world: But yes, there were 10 good things in 2021

Medea Benjamin
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (R) and Israeli Minister of Defense Benjamin "Benny" Gantz (L) stand for their countries national anthems prior to a meeting at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, June 3, 2021. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Does Israel want war? It’s determined to sabotage a new nuclear deal with Iran

Ariel Gold, Medea Benjamin
Joe Biden | Razor wire tops the fence of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Joe Biden’s ironic “Summit for Democracy”: Sounds good, but plagued by contradictions

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
US Army helicopters are parked in the port of Alexandroupoli, Northern Greece, on December 3, 2021. (SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Congress loots the Treasury for U.S. war machine — while bickering over Build Back Better

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Participants of the war with Russia backed separatists on the east of Ukraine, activists of Right Sector, far-right movement hold flags as they march after their rally called "Stop the creeping occupation!" outside the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kiev on November 4, 2021. - Protesters warned the authorities about the danger of increasing separatism in the regions bordering Russia which might undermine the stability and territorial integrity of Ukraine. (SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S.-Russia confrontation over Ukraine threatens to become all-out war — but why?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Hundreds of people gathered this Monday in the central and well-known Puerta del Sol in Madrid to protest against the "dictatorship" in Cuba, in favor of "freedom" and supporting the November 15 marches called in the Caribbean country to demand political change. (Alberto Sibaja/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Cubans definitely want change — but not necessarily regime change

Medea Benjamin
Climate activists from 'Fridays for Future' take part in a protest against the G20 of World Leaders Summit on October 30, 2021 between the Pyramid of Cestius and Circo Massimo in Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

As COP26 convenes in Glasgow, can a “climate action army” in the streets save the world?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Protesters march through Uptown, the Charlotte the business district, before the start of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) September 2, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Neoliberalism vs. the planet’s future: It’s a decisive moment — and there are signs of hope

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Afghan women airport workers are pictured at a security checkpoint of the airport in Kabul on September 12, 2021 (KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

What Western feminists can do to support Afghan women living under the Taliban

Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold
A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jet is parked on the tarmac at the Payerne Air Base as a Boeing McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet takes off in the background, during flight and ground tests, as Switzerland is looking for a new fighter jet to replace its aging fleet, on June 7, 2019 in Payerne. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Congress fights over money for child care — but never questions billions for war

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Toy soldier fighting on money (Getty Images)

American militarism is even worse than you think — it’s had a toxic effect on climate policy

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
A peace activist holds a peace sign (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

With the 9/11 anniversary behind us, can America wake up from its 20-year nightmare?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
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