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Medea Benjamin

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Born: September 09 1952

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Benjamin grew up in Long Island, New York, a self-described "nice Jewish girl." During her freshman year at Tufts University, she renamed herself after the Greek mythological character Medea. She received master's degrees in public health from Columbia University and in economics from The New School.

Benjamin worked for 10 years as an economist and nutritionist in Latin America and Africa for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health Organization, the Swedish International Development Agency, and the Institute for Food and Development Policy. She spent four years in Cuba, and has authored three books on the country.

In 1988 with Kevin Danaher, her husband, and Kirsten Moller, Benjamin co-founded the San Francisco-based Global Exchange, which advocates fair trade alternatives to what she describes as corporate globalization. She is a co-founder of the left-wing feminist anti-war group Code Pink: Women for Peace, which advocated an end to the Iraq War, the prevention of future wars, and social justice. Benjamin has also been involved with the left-wing anti-war organization United for Peace and Justice.

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Books from Medea Benjamin

Drone Warfare: Killing By Remote Control

Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism

Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Kuba Melawan Revolusi Hijau

No Free Lunch: Food & Revolution in Cuba Today

Green Festival Reader: Fresh Ideas from Agents of Change

The Peace Corps and More: 175 Ways to Work, Study, and Travel at Home & Abroad

Benedita Da Silva: An Afro-Brazilian Woman's Story of Politics and Love

Twilight of Empire: Responses to Occupation

Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control

ZNet Articles (vol. xiii)

War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict

Nonviolent Lives: People and Movements Changing the World Through the Power of Active Nonviolence

We Are Wisconsin - The Wisconsin uprising in the words of the activists, writers, and everyday Wisconsinites who made it happen

Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.–Saudi Connection

Bridging the Global Gap: A Handbook to Linking Citizens of the First and Third Worlds

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Books from Medea Benjamin

Drone Warfare: Killing By Remote Control

Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism

Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Kuba Melawan Revolusi Hijau

No Free Lunch: Food & Revolution in Cuba Today

Green Festival Reader: Fresh Ideas from Agents of Change

The Peace Corps and More: 175 Ways to Work, Study, and Travel at Home & Abroad

Benedita Da Silva: An Afro-Brazilian Woman&apos;s Story of Politics and Love

Twilight of Empire: Responses to Occupation

Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control

ZNet Articles (vol. xiii)

War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict

Nonviolent Lives: People and Movements Changing the World Through the Power of Active Nonviolence

We Are Wisconsin - The Wisconsin uprising in the words of the activists, writers, and everyday Wisconsinites who made it happen

Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.–Saudi Connection

Bridging the Global Gap: A Handbook to Linking Citizens of the First and Third Worlds

Benedita Da Silva: An Afro-Brazilian Woman's Story of Politics and Love