Name: Waking Up from America’s Post-9/11 Nightmare w/ Medea Benjamin - Ep 182
Uploaded: 2026-10-02T02:20:52.000Z
Duration: 1596
Description: Medea Benjamin of CodePINK joins Jovanni to reflect on 25 years since 9/11 and the U.S. response fueling “forever wars” that caused mass death, displacement,...

Medea Benjamin of CodePINK joins Jovanni to reflect on 25 years since 9/11 and the U.S. response fueling “forever wars” that caused mass death, displacement, and destabilization while enriching the war industry. Topics covered include how grief was leveraged to expand U.S. power through the Iraq invasion, the Patriot Act, DHS, surveillance, Guantanamo detentions, torture, the normalization of drone strikes, and Israeli influence pushing the Iraq war.

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