Medea Benjamin (born Susan Benjamin; September 10, 1952) is an American political activist, best known for co-founding Code Pink and, along with activist and author Kevin Danaher, the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Benjamin was also the Green Party candidate in California in 2000 for the United States Senate. She currently contributes to OpEdNews and Huffington Post.The Los Angeles Times has described her as "one of the high profile leaders" of the peace movement and in 1999, San Francisco Magazine included her on its "power list" of the "60 Players Who Rule the Bay Area."
Columbia University, Tufts University, The New School
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Kevin Danaher (m. 1985)
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Changed her first name after the villain in the classical Euripides tragedy.
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Has protested against companies such as Nike and The GAP for their sweatshop practices.
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Ran for the U.S. Senate on the Green Party ticket from California in 2000.
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Co-founded the anti-war group Code Pink: Women for Peace.
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Well-known liberal political activist and Founding Director of the San Francisco-based Global Exchange, which advocates "fair trade" alternatives to corporate globalization.
$1.3 Million
