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Medea BenjaminMedea Benjamin is a well-known progressive political activist and Founding Director of the San Francisco-based NGO Global Exchange, which advocates "fair trade" alternatives to corporate globalization. Benjamin has also been involved with anti-war groups such as United for Peace and Justice and . In 2000, she ran for the Senate on the Green Party ticket from California, basing her campaign on such issues as a living wage, education, and universal healthcare. In 1999, San Francisco Magazine elevated her to their "power list" of the "60 Players Who Rule the Bay Area." Despite her reputation as a powerful and charismatic activist, Benjamin is a hated figure among some in the anti-globalization movement due to her remarks during 1999's anti-WTO demonstrations in Seattle that "anarchists" who engaged in property destruction should have been arrested by the police. Benjamin is also despised by some right-wingers for her perceived anti-American views. Protest actions - In 2002, she interrupted the testimony of Donald Rumsfeld in a Congressional committee room. She and another woman chanted "Inspections, not war" and were removed quickly by security officials. After the incident, Rumsfeld emphasized that Iraq had expelled the weapons inspectors and he hailed the concept of free speech, remarking that in Saddam's Iraq there was no free expression.
- In 2005, Benjamin & other members of Code Pink managed to obtain VIP access to George W. Bush's second inauguration. During Bush's speech, they managed to unfurl banners that read "No War" and "Bush Mandate: Bring the Troops Home" before being arrested.
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