Medea Benjamin on Her Egyptian Detention
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The Code Pink co-founder tells us why Egypt thinks she's a threat to national security. Also: Making sense of Ukraine, Uganda bans homosexuality, and the Advocate's Matthew Breen on AIDS breakthroughs.
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The CodePink co-founder tells us why Egypt thinks she’s a threat to national security. Also: Making sense of Ukraine, Uganda bans homosexuality, and the Advocate’s Matthew Breen on AIDS breakthroughs.
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Guests, in order of appearance: Medea Benjamin, Robert Scheer, Matthew Breen and Sara Weschler.
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