Medea Benjamin

Birth : 1952-09-10, Freeport, New York, USA

History

Medea Benjamin, born Susan Benjamin, is an American, writer and political activist who co-founded Code Pink and, along with activist and author Kevin Danaher, the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Benjamin was the Green Party candidate in California in 2000 for the United States Senate, receiving the highest raw vote total of any Green Party U.S. Senate candidate

Profile

Movies

Bridging the Border

Author

Child separation at the border between Mexico and the United States.

Shadow World

Self - Activist (archive footage)

A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the 20th century, have pulled the strings of the arms trade, hidden in the shadows, feeding the shameful corruption of politicians and government officials and promoting a state of permanent war throughout the world, while they cynically asked for a lasting and universal peace.

We Are Many

Self

The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.

Zapatista

Herself - Co-Director, Global Exchange

"Zapatista" is the definitive look at the uprising in Chiapas. It is the story of a Mayan peasant rebellion armed with sticks and their word against a first world military. It is the story of a global movement that has fought 175,000 federal troops to a stand still and transformed Mexican and international political culture forever.