I wonder if you are ashamed of calling a Democratically elected government a fascist government.
Medea BenjaminThere is a real attempt to sanitize the CIA killings and to glorify the CIA and to give it a new face. That's what happened with Zero Dark Thirty, that's what happened with Michelle Obama... When she appeared my jaw dropped; I couldn't believe it... These were really a disgusting propaganda films, glorifying the role of the CIA.
Medea BenjaminJohn Brennan has been the mastermind of the drone program. He's the one who'd convene the terror Tuesday meetings at the White House.
Medea BenjaminWe civilians defend our own right to free speech. The military in Iraq does not defend our right to free speech.
Medea BenjaminThe CIA is absolutely out of control. The CIA has been on a killing spree... The CIA has become a death squad and to see these films [ like Zero Dark Thirty] get so much acclaim at the time when the CIA is in its rogue killing phase is very disturbing.
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