Independent since 2002 Issue No. 1102 Week of November 7, 2026 Get the free email dispatch →

Guest Commentators

Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK

BC guest commentators: Marcy Winograd, Coordinator of CODEPINK CONGRESS, is a long-time anti-war activist who served as a 2020 DNC delegate to Bernie Sanders and co-founded the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party. She is a blogger, activist, and public school teacher in Los Angeles. Medea Benjamin is a cofounder of both CODEPINK and the international human rights organization Global Exchange. She has been an advocate for social justice for more than 30 years.

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Guest Commentary

Nuclear Extortion? Abolish Nuclear Weapons

By Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK Guest Commentators

The US has a history of nuclear extortion.

In a moment of candor, President Biden told Democratic Party contributors the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is the highest since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when…

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Guest Commentary

UN Nuclear Review: A Prime Time To Stop the New Arms Race

By Marcy Winograd and Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK Guest Commentators

U.S. nuclear “modernization” means the development of new weapon systems with new nuclear warheads and a new arms race.

In the run-up to August’s United Nation’s 10th Annual Review of the landmark Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a review undertaken every five years, Secretary of State…

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