Join CODEPINK's Engagement Manager, Grace Siegelman as she is joined by Palestinian Christian Designer, Laila Grace Zayed, to discuss a Christmas celebration in Bethlehem for the first time since Oct 7 2023, as well as Laila's own contributions to the Palestinian Liberation Movement through industrial design, educational programming, Tatreez, photography, grassroots organizing in Chicago and so much more.
In the first half of this episode, Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin co-host Empire on the Rocks to update us on resistance at home and abroad. From Trump administration attacks on the Somali community to US military threats against Latin America to the Israeli blockade of Gaza, CODEPINK Radio unpacks the news with an anti-war quiz. In the second half of this episode, James M. Branum, an attorney with the National Lawyers Guild’s Military Law Project, briefs us on the upsurge in GI resistance in the US Air Force and imagines what broader collective resistance might look like in the face of Trump’s violence against Venezuela.
In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans breaks down how the U.S. war economy shapes our politics, our culture, and our daily lives—while offering a clear path toward building a peace economy rooted in care and community. After Jodie’s talk, Michelle Ellner connects these ideas to Venezuela, where communes and social programs have helped restore dignity to people long made invisible. As Washington pushes the region toward another conflict—despite 70% of Americans opposing a war with Venezuela—we explore what it means to resist the war economy and strengthen the movements creating a future based on sovereignty, connection, and collective well-being.
In this episode of CODEPINK RADIO, hosts Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin lead off with "Empire on the Rocks"to discuss congressional investigations into Trump's illegal attacks on Venezuela. In the second half, Marcy interviews Marjorie Cohn,international legal scholar on the military's right to refuse illegal orders.
In this episode, CODEPINK host Marcy Winograd explores the "Saudification" of the US with Karen Attiah, former global opinion editor for the Washington Post. Following MBS's visit to the White House, Attiah--once a colleague of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi-- speaks out on the dangers of global elites trading cash and consolidating power. In the second half of the podcast, Marcy speaks with Zahra Billoo, executive director of the San Francisco/Bay Area chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Billoo recounts the successful CAIR campaign to release British journalist Sami Hindi from ICE detention during the crackdown on voices for Palestinian rights. Billoo offers advice for how people can protect their neighborhoods and schools from ICE abductions.
Co-hosts Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin explore Venezuela’s peaceful overture to Trump, question UN approval of the Gaza occupation plan and discuss Epstein’s relationship with former Israeli Prime Minister Barak. On the second half of CODEPINK Radio, Marcy speaks with Delayne Nolan, an independent journalist and author of The Nation magazine article, AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How.
This week on CODEPINK Radio: As the Trump administration deploys the National Guard to cities like D.C. and Chicago under the pretext of “fighting crime,” communities are instead met with intimidation, militarization, and deepened harm. Local organizers know what truly reduces violence: investing in housing, youth programs, mental health care, and real economic justice, not flooding neighborhoods with soldiers. Danaka talks to organizers from D.C. and Chicago about how this domestic repression is tied to the ballooning Pentagon budget and why defunding the Pentagon and reinvesting in our communities is the only path to real safety.
Marcy Winograd and co-host Teri Mattson connect the dots from Medea Benjamin’s hurricane-relief mission in Cuba to Trump’s military escalation around Venezuela and Rep. Ilhan Omar’s push to end unauthorized hostilities. They spotlight Pepperdine’s hire of Johnny Moore and the Gaza “humanitarian” scandal, lift up divest-from-war campaigns, and echo Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on how mass incarceration, sanctions, and endless wars stem from the same sickness: empire, plus a rapid-fire quiz on nukes and militarism. In the second half, Marcy and Rick Chertoff unpack “What’s Missing in Holocaust Education,” centering the Nakba, free inquiry in classrooms, and how to teach liberation, not propaganda.
Two centuries after it was first declared, the Monroe Doctrine is alive and dangerous. In this episode, CODEPINK Radio unpacks how the U.S. still uses this colonial relic to justify economic domination, coups, and military buildup across Latin America. Historian Steve Ellner joins us to trace the Doctrine’s evolution from 1823 to today’s hybrid wars. Then, Venezuelan voices on the ground reveal how “Monroe Doctrine 2.0” threatens their sovereignty as the U.S. escalates military operations in the Caribbean.
This week on CODEPINK Radio, Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin kick off a brand-new segment of Empire on the Rocks with a fiery round of “One Truth, Two Lies.” From Governor Newsom’s squirming AIPAC moment to Chicago’s mayor calling for a general strike and Trump’s missile strikes on Venezuelan boats, Marcy and Medea expose how empire operates at home and abroad, and who’s standing up to it. Tune in for sharp analysis, biting humor, and a global lens. In the second half, Marcy dives into California classrooms to uncover how the Israel lobby is rewriting “antisemitism education” to silence teachers who tell the truth about Palestine.
This week, tensions between Washington and Beijing are escalating once again. Trump accuses China of “holding the world captive” after it placed export controls on rare earth minerals, the same materials the U.S. relies on to build advanced weaponry. But what’s really behind this narrative? Join us as we unpack the U.S. push for confrontation with China, from economic warfare to military buildup, with special guests K.J. Noh and Mimi Zhu. Together, we’ll expose how the so-called “trade war” fits into a much larger strategy of empire.
In this episode, co-hosts Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin debut"Empire on the Rocks," a segment that analyzes top news stories through an anti-war lens.Topics include US-Israel ongoing genocide in Gaza, the Israel/ICE axis, troops in US cities and the Ellison/Trump/Rubio/Blair cabal. On the second half of this episode, Marcyspeaks with our CODEPINK Palestine campaigner Jenin about the media company Paramountand interviews CODEPINK Latin America campaigner Michelle Ellner on Trump's regime-change propaganda to attack Venezuela.
In this episode, the co-founders of Art.Coop join Jodie Evans to explore the intersection between creativity, culture, and community building. Art.coop is a network of artists and groups who use creative way to support and explore the Local Peace Economy.
In this episode, hear excerpts from the War Is Not Green Movement Building Mini-Summit in NYC titled Drawing the Line: At the Pentagon, for the Planet.
In this episode, CODEPINK talks to Ashish Prashar, a political strategist and human rights activist, to talk about Airbnb’s role in occupation and how we can work towards corporate accountability.
"In this episode we look back at out 2025 CODEPINK Summer School and revisit the lessons we can take with us into the future of anti-imperialist organizing.
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"In this episode of CODEPINK Radio ""Labor for Palestine,"" host Marcy Winograd spotlights the role unions can play in stopping US-Israel genocide in Gaza. Chris Smalls, co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union and Freedom Flotilla participant, calls on the AFL-CIO and the ILWU, to refuse to load ships with weapons bound for Israel. On the second half of our program, Merrie Najimy co-founder of NEA Educators for Palestine, discusses why rank and file teachers reject the Anti-Defamation League's curriculum and training that conflate criticism of Israel genocide with antisemitism. "
Author, journalist, political commentator and executive director of The Tricontinental Institute, Vijay Prashad joins co-hosts Alina Duarte and Teri Mattson for an in depth analysis of the XVII BRICS Summit held in Rio de Janeiro July 6 & 7
CODEPINK's National Co-Director Danaka Katovich discusses the second annual People's Conference for Palestine with Tara from the Palestinian Feminist Collective. Then Bob Suberi joins the show live from the West Bank after the funeral for slain Awdah Hathaleen, who was killed by an Israeli settler.
CODEPINK's China Is Not Our Enemy Coordinator Megan Russell is joined by Carl Zha and Danny Haiphong for a conversation about authoritarianism and suppression of opposition movements.