Medea Benjamin person
also: Media Benjamin, Benjamin
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Medea Benjamin founded
Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective documented
“to the ambassador's office seemed inevitable. And it would have been, had it not been for a group of U.S. peace activists who mounted an extraordinary defense of the compound. Venezuelan's Embassy Protection Collective was born as a respons…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 10 @ 4:57
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When he had taken over the military attaché's office, they could see the handwriting on the wall. It was conceptualized by Media Benjamin, co-founder of the anti-war organization Code Pink. The EPC's strategy was guided by the international…
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and that agents of the receiving state may not enter them except with the consent of the head of the mission. In other words, authorities in Washington could not enter the Venezuelan U.S. Embassy without permission from the Maduro's governm…
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Although it was empty, Benjamin said she recalled her decision to approach the Venezuelans UN mission in New York City with a creative pitch. I said, this is terrible. We got to do something about it. So I put forward an idea. Peace activis…
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tweeted an image of herself lounging on the couch within the embassy on the morning of March 20th, she officially kicked off a slumber party that turned into John Bolton's worst nightmare. Slept overnight in the D.C. Venezuelan embassy when…
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For the next eight weeks, the anti-war activists from all corners of the U.S. convened around Washington to join Benjamin's defense of the embassy. In the early days, the EPC converted the four-story Georgian-styled building into a festival…