How 9/11 Normalized Endless War

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CODEPINK co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, along with national co-director Danaka Katovich, join Current Affairs to reflect on 25 years of the post-9/11 War on Terror, the founding of CODEPINK, and the politics of fear that have fueled endless war.

🌸 Pam Bailey's Current Affairs Article: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/9/11-began-25-years-of-nonstop-war-and-abuses-of-power

🌸 Danaka Katovich's Common Dreams Article: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/un-american-to-care

🌸 Medea Benjamin's Common Dreams Article: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/was-the-us-reaction-to-9-11-wrong

0:00-10:56 Barbara Lee, 9/11, and the politics of fear

10:56-19:59 How CODEPINK was born from the War on Terror

19:59-25:51 Being smeared as foreign agents and terrorist sympathizers

25:51-32:30 Fighting fear and reclaiming political power

32:30-35:12 What CODEPINK is organizing around now

35:12-37:15 Why Yemen matters to the antiwar movement

37:15-45:42 Lessons from 25 years of antiwar activism

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