Medea Benjamin on U.S. Cuban Sanctions and Biden's Embrace of Saudi Arabia

This clip is from the Aug. 17, 2022 broadcast.

"Democracy Now!" speaks with CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin on the aftermath of the largest oil fire in Cuba's history, the sentencing of Saudi women rights activist Salma al-Shehab and the ballooning of the Pentagon budget. Benjamin is calling on the Biden administration to remove Cuba off a state sponsor of terrorism list — which she says is holding up the transfer of humanitarian funds to the country's people. Benjamin also discusses the political reversal of Arizona Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who once joined antiwar protests but now supports unprecedented funding to the Pentagon.