I think that you hear more opposition to the government in Venezuela than you would here in the United States. That's in the TV, in the radio and in the print media.
Medea BenjaminI wonder if you are ashamed of calling a Democratically elected government a fascist government.
Medea BenjaminIf it weren't for people like the people in Berkeley, standing up for what they believe, we'd be living under Hitler.
Medea BenjaminWe civilians defend our own right to free speech. The military in Iraq does not defend our right to free speech.
Medea BenjaminIt hit me very early on that something was terribly wrong, that I would see silos full of food and supermarkets full of food, and kids starving. ... In Fair Trade, we see ourselves as this infinitesimal part of the world economy. But somebody's got to come up with an alternative model that says children eating is No. 1.
Medea Benjamin