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Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin is a leading social justice advocate and co-founder of CODEPINK, Global Exchange, and several key initiatives, including the Peace in Ukraine Coalition and Unfreeze Afghanistan. With 50 years of experience, she is recognized as “one of...
Published by Sonoma County Peace Press
on May 1, 2026
I traveled to Cuba this month. As a Cuban American, that sentence carries the weight of longing born of an estrangement from my roots. For much of my life, Cuba existed as a distant story, a place I knew only through descriptions from my father.