Monday, June 16 @ 8PM ET
TOPIC: Meeting the Moment: U.S. Militarism Today
with special guests: Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright
Session Description:
This session unpacks how current U.S. military strategies, surveillance, and domestic policing uphold systems of white supremacy and gendered violence. We explore how feminist resistance can disrupt these patterns of state violence.
As we examine the devastating reach of U.S. militarism today, we’re honored to hear from two relentless truth-tellers: Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK co-founder, and Ann Wright, retired Army colonel and former diplomat turned dissident. Since the illegal 2003 invasion of Iraq—a defining act of modern U.S. imperialism—they’ve stood on the frontlines of resistance, from war zones to diplomatic halls, exposing the human and geopolitical costs of endless war.
From Palestine to China, Ukraine to the Congo. We’ll explore how sanctions, hybrid warfare, and global surveillance reinforce U.S. power and how these policies impact people both globally and at home. We'll also connect militarism to climate change, mass incarceration, and “America First” nationalism, including tariff wars. Together, we’ll unpack the real cost of U.S. Imperialism in a rapidly shifting world.