Interviews - Medea Benjamin - Code Pink / Global Exchange - September 6, 2006

     Medea Benjamin is a well-known U.S. political activist. Benjamin is Founding Director of the San Francisco-based NGO Global Exchange, which advocates "fair trade" alternatives to corporate globalization. She is a cofounder of feminist anti-military, anti-war group Code Pink: Women for Peace, which advocates an end to the Iraq War, the prevention of future wars, and social justice. Benjamin has also been involved with the anti-war organization United for Peace and Justice.
 

     She discusses her recent nationwide headlines when she was thrown out of the US Capitol for protesting at the Iraqi Prime Minister's speech, as well as whether protests overall are the right way to get the anti-war message out, or if they do more harm than good.