LIVE ON AVE C: War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict
Featuring the authors of the book: WAR IN UKRAINE
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies (Code Pink)
“An important antidote to the war propaganda about Ukraine.”
-Mairead McGuire, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Joined By Katie Halper and Aaron Maté (Useful Idiots, The Grayzone)
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Topics:
- Does calling for a negotiated settlement mean offering support to Putin?
- Should the West be sending arms to a war zone?
- Should progressives make common cause with right wing anti-war forces?
- Why is the western left so divided on the conflict?
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This event took place on December 14th 2022 at The Francis Kite Club, New York.
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About the speakers:
Medea Benjamin is a co-founder of CODEPINK and the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. She is the author of Drone Warfare, Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection and Inside Iran. In 2012, she was awarded the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation’s Peace Prize; she is also recipient of the 2014 Gandhi Peace Award and the 2010 Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Prize from the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Nicolas J.S. Davies is the author of Blood On Our Hands: the American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq. He has written extensively for Huffington Post, Alternet, Consortium News, Common Dreams, Salon, The Progressive, and Foreign Policy in Focus.
Aaron Maté is a journalist with The Grayzone, where he hosts the show "Pushback." He is a contributor to Real Clear Investigations and temporary co-host of the podcast "Useful Idiots." In 2019, he won the Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media for Russiagate coverage in The Nation.
Katie Halper is a writer, filmmaker, podcaster, and political commentator. She is the host of the podcast "The Katie Halper Show," and co-host of the podcast "Useful Idiots" with Matt Taibbi.
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Time stamps:
00:00 - Intro
04:04 - Aaron Maté and Medea Benjamin on media bias
09:38 - Nicolas J.S. Davies on the dangers of NATO expansion
12:39 - Was Russia provoked?
15:25 - Aaron Maté: was the war justified?
20:20 - How can you negotiate with Russia?
27:20 - The West sabotaged peace talks
28:43 - The demonization of Putin
31:29 - Don't Ukrainians have the right to defend themselves?
38:42 - Medea Benjamin on changing US public opinion
42:47 - Aaron Maté on arming Ukraine
46:38 - Divisions within Ukraine
54:09 - Medea Benjamin on activism and organising
1:02:12 - The Democrats' retracted letter for diplomacy
1:06:35 - Should the left join forces with the right?