Break the Blockade of Cuba With Medea Benjamin + Imran Khan Update

Medea Benjamin talks about her recent trip to Cuba and the upcoming flotilla to break the blockade of Cuba. Plus she discusses the ongoing imprisonment, medical neglect, and solitary confinement of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. Then we're joined by Sajjad Burki, Secretary of PTI OIC(Organization of International Chapters), focal person for USA to Chairman PTI Imran Khan and past President of PTI USA. And finally we speak to Maryam Wattoo, Imran Khan's sister-in-law and the person who introduced him to her sister and his now-wife Bushra Bibi. 00:00 intro 03:07 Report back from Cuba 05:44 Medea with 2,500 pounds of lentils heading to Cuba 09:14 Cubans react to blockade 12:00 how the blockade is devastating Cuba but Cuban people are resolute 13:37 Nuestra America conference report back 17:12 Monroe Doctrine Funeral 20:17 Delegation to Venezuela 21:25 Why is Venezuela sending oil to Israel?!? 22:30 Medea talks to Coast Guard about bombing innocent people in the Caribbean 25:21 State Dept TARGETING Code Pink 29:04 Palestinian Activist Leqaa Kordia ABUSED in ICE Custody 31:07 on being called elf-loathing Jews 31:36 protestor prevented from wearing "Jews say let Gaza live" shirt at congress 33:21 Sajjad Burki joins to talk about Imran Khan 37:33 Medea defends Imran Khan 40:00 Sajjad Burki on PTI 41:01 Trump lied about Pakistan 43:44 Arson and acid attacks on dissident Pakistanis OUTSIDE of Pakistan 46:20 why Imran Khan is a threat to elites 48:45 Jeffrey Epstein called Imran Khan a "threat to peace" 49:07 Khan defending peace and Palestine 50:25 Khan has lost most vision in one eye 52:40 call and email for Imran khan 53:30 suspicious terrorist attack in Pakistan 59:30 Western hypocrisy on Pakistan and Iran 1:00:00 threats faced by Sajjad Burki and others 1:01:37 Update from Khan's sister-in-law Maryam Riaz Wattoo 01:03:00 was Khan's partial blindness caused by poisoning? 01:09:10 holding his wife and banning his sons inexcusable 01:10:33 update from physician 01:19:00 Nick Bryant Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-full-on-150437620 01:20:14 Epstein on Khan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRA-yySozpo 01:21:23 pressure Trump Cuba Flotilla https://www.codepink.org/flotilla2cuba Sajjad Burki is Secretary of PTI OIC(Organization of International Chapters), focal person for USA to Chairman PTI Imran Khan and past President of PTI USA. Maryam Wattoo has been an active part of Imran Khan's party PTI since 2008. In 2016, she introduced her sister Bushra Bibi to future-husband Imran Khan. Maryam is is a Data Scientist, currently doing her PhD in Business Administration. She works as a Data Scientist for a Government entity in the Middle East. Medea Benjamin is the co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK. She is also co-founder of the human rights group Global Exchange, the Peace in Ukraine Coalition, Unfreeze Afghanistan (which advocates for returning the $7 billion of Afghan funds frozen in U.S. banks), ACERE: The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect, and the Nobel Peace Prize for Cuban Doctors Campaign. Medea has been an advocate for social justice for 50 years. Described as "one of America's most committed -- and most effective -- fighters for human rights" by New York Newsday, and "one of the high profile leaders of the peace movement" by the Los Angeles Times, she was one of 1,000 exemplary women from 140 countries nominated to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the millions of women who do the essential work of peace worldwide. She is the author of ten books, including Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection, and Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Her most recent book, coauthored with Nicolas J.S. Davies, is War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict.