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Episode 334: When the Empire Strikes, the People Rise
In the first half of this episode, Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin co-host Empire on the Rocks to highlight acts of resistance to the Trump administration's wars at home and abroad. As the White House escalates ICE attacks on immigrants, dissenters, and US citizens, tens of thousands of people pour into the streets to protest across the country and take back their neighborhoods from lawless masked agents. Likewise, in Latin America, we see protesters in the streets of Venezuela demanding the return of their president Nicolas Maduro and an end to US regime change attacks. Marcy and Medea also discuss grassroots resistance to the the Trump, Netanyahu, Ellison propaganda machine that threatens to censor Palestinian voices at TikTok. On the second half of CODEPINK Radio, Marcy interviews Chas Freeman, retired 30-year diplomat and author, on Israel's genocide in Gaza and loss of support in the U.S.
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Episode 334: When the Empire Strikes, the People Rise
In the first half of this episode, Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin co-host Empire on the Rocks to highlight acts of resistance to the Trump administration's wars at home and abroad. As the White House escalates ICE attacks on immigrants, dissenters, and US citizens, tens of thousands of people pour into the streets to protest across the country and take back their neighborhoods from lawless masked agents. Likewise, in Latin America, we see protesters in the streets of Venezuela demanding the return of their president Nicolas Maduro and an end to US regime change attacks. Marcy and Medea also discuss grassroots resistance to the the Trump, Netanyahu, Ellison propaganda machine that threatens to censor Palestinian voices at TikTok. On the second half of CODEPINK Radio, Marcy interviews Chas Freeman, retired 30-year diplomat and author, on Israel's genocide in Gaza and loss of support in the U.S.
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Episode 333: Cultural Production and the Palestine Movement
This week on CODEPINK Radio, join CODEPINK, Watermelon Pictures, and the Palestinian Youth Movement for a powerful conversation on cultural production and its role in the Palestine solidarity movement. You’ll hear about CODEPINK’s activism, Watermelon Pictures’ cultural work, and concrete ways you can bring the fight for Palestinian liberation into your own cultural spaces.
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Episode 332: 2025: Victories, Disruptions, and What Comes Next
Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin look back on 2025, reflecting on CODEPINK’s campaigns to challenge U.S. militarism, stop weapons shipments, confront propaganda, and build people-powered resistance, from Gaza and Cyprus to China, Venezuela, and Capitol Hill. They close by looking ahead to the fights and possibilities of 2026.
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Episode 331: Storytelling, Design, & Christmas in Palestine
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.
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Episode 330: The Caribbean, Gaza & GI Resistance
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.
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Episode 329: War Economy vs. Peace Economy: Lessons from Venezuela and the Fight for Our Future
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. Later on the show, 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.
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Episode 328: Right to Refuse ft Marjorie Cohen
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.
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Episode 327: Saudi Arabia, Trump & Global Elites vs. People Power
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.
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Episode 326: Venezuela, Gaza & the Epstein-Israel Connection
Co-hosts Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin explore Venezuelas peaceful overture to Trump, question UN approval of the Gaza occupation plan and discuss Epsteins relationship with former Israeli Prime Minister Barak. On the second half of CODEPINK Radio, Marcy speaks with Delaney Nolan, an independent journalist and author of The Nation magazine article, AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How.
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Episode 325: Defund the Pentagon & Kick the Military Out of Our Cities!
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.
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Episode 324: War, Sanctions, and the Classroom: The Global Fight for Truth and Peace
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.
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Episode 323: Monroe Doctrine 2.0: Washington’s War on Latin America
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.
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Episode 322: The Israel Lobby, Trump’s Warpath, and the Latin American Pushback
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.
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Episode 321: The US War on China Explained
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.
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Episode 320: Gaza, ICE, Ellison & Venezuela
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 the U.S.-Israel ongoing genocide in Gaza, the Israel/ICE axis, troops in U.S. cities, and the Ellison/Trump/Rubio/Blair cabal.
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