Medea Benjamin – Independent Political Report

Photos from Jill Stein presidential campaign kickoff event

By PJO on June 23, 2015 4:39 PM

Green Party Activist and Founder of Code Pink Medea Benjamin Heckles President Obama

By Krzysztof Lesiak on May 25, 2013 10:07 AM

Published on the Ballot Access News website on May 23rd:

Medea Benjamin, a Green Party activist, and the party’s U.S. Senate nominee in California in 2000, is the subject of many news stories on May 23.

Jill Stein: Urgent letter from seven leading peace advocates

By Austin Battenberg on June 27, 2012 1:05 PM

The following letter was forwarded by Jill Stein, Green Party nominee for President.

URGENT! PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!

FROM: David Swanson, Medea Benjamin, Leah Bolger, Bruce Gagnon, Chris Hedges, George Martin and Kevin Zeese

Dear Friends in the Peace Movement,

We can’t afford to let this opportunity slip by.… Read more ...

Medea Benjamin: “Instead of Bombing Dictators, Stop Selling Them Bombs”

By Gene Berkman on March 24, 2011 2:24 AM

Medea Benjamin was The Green Party candidate for U.S. Senator from California in 2000. Challenging Sen. Diane Feinstein’s record of support for bombing Serbia, and her earlier support for Bush Sr’s war in Iraq, Ms Benjamiin received 327,000 votes, over 3% and coming in third.… Read more ...

Half Million Votes for Green Senate Candidates

By on November 5, 2010 8:09 PM

Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch

The eleven Green Party candidates on the ballot this year for US Senate netted a combined half million votes. The 510,000 votes is the highest combined total for Green Party Senate candidates since 2000, when Medea Benjamin won 326,000 votes for US Senate in California and Vance Hansen picked up over 100,000 in Arizona.… Read more ...

Medea Benjamin’s Gaza activities make news

By Fred Church Ortiz on December 29, 2009 9:49 PM

The Christian Science Monitor tells today of an international group of over 1,000 activists seeking to enter Gaza via Egypt to deliver supplies to the blockaded region on the anniversary of Israel’s most recent offensive there.… Read more ...