Ben and Jerry's Co-Founder Takes on America's War Machine (w/ Ben Cohen)

Ben and Jerry's Co-Founder Takes on America's War Machine (w/ Ben Cohen)

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership

Ben Cohen is the co-founder, along with Jerry Greenfield, of the Ben and Jerry's ice cream company. But he has also been involved throughout his life with a number of major activist efforts on issues of peace, social justice, anti-racism, and climate change.

He is currently heading the Up In Arms campaign to rein in military spending. Cohen was a national co-chair of Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign. He has been arrested multiple times in the course of his activism, including disrupting an RFK Jr. Senate hearing to protest the genocide in Gaza. He is the author of the book Above The Law: How Qualified Immunity Protects Violent Police (OR Books, featuring an introduction by Killer Mike) and he is currently running a campaign to "free Ben and Jerry's" from its corporate overlords to protect its social activism.

🍦 Ben's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yobencohen/

🍦 Ben's Book: https://orbooks.com/catalog/above-the-law/

🍦 Up in Arms Campaign: https://upinarms.life/

0:00–10:16 War, military spending, and moral priorities

10:16–15:10 U.S. security logic and NATO expansion

15:10–17:56 The profit motive behind war

17:56–21:16 Impunity and lack of accountability

21:16–28:12 Explaining militarism with BBs and Oreos

28:12–33:50 Ben & Jerry’s social mission explained

33:50–41:34 The Unilever/Magnum fight

41:34–46:04 Should you boycott Ben & Jerry’s?

🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership

🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/

Jaksot(600)

PREVIEW: Julian Brave NoiseCat on the Green New Deal

PREVIEW: Julian Brave NoiseCat on the Green New Deal

In this episode, finance editor Sparky Abraham and podmaster-general Aisling McCrea sit down with Julian Brave NoiseCat, writer and Director of Green New Deal Strategy at Data For Progress. Together, ...

8 Loka 20191min

PREVIEW: Candi CdeBaca on her plans for Denver City Council

PREVIEW: Candi CdeBaca on her plans for Denver City Council

Current Affairs contributing editor/jack-of-all-trades Eli Massey speaks with Candi CdeBaca, a former community organizer and councilwoman for District 9 of Denver City Council. Together, they discuss...

3 Loka 20191min

Voicemailbag VII

Voicemailbag VII

We've gathered up all your voicemails and picked out a few for discussion! Are the Olympics woke? Should you yell at Ben Shapiro? What is a nation? Who decides how to fund art? How do we protect publi...

1 Loka 20191h 2min

UNLOCKED! Tim Faust on health justice

UNLOCKED! Tim Faust on health justice

We unlocked one of our Patreon-exclusive episodes for y'all! In this episode, Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson, legal editor Oren Nimni, and contributing editor Aisling McCrea sit do...

30 Syys 201945min

PREVIEW: The Only Good Boss

PREVIEW: The Only Good Boss

Current Affairs editors Oren Nimni and Sparky Abraham discuss the legendary, heartbreaking, much-misunderstood music of Bruce Springsteen. This is a preview of an episode available in full to our Pat...

26 Syys 20192min

UNLOCKED: A Very Nice and Polite Argument with Ezra Klein

UNLOCKED: A Very Nice and Polite Argument with Ezra Klein

Originally available only to Patreon subscribers, this episode has been unlocked for all listeners! Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson sits down with founder and editor-at-large of Vox...

25 Syys 20191h 9min

PREVIEW: 'Hope Never Dies: An Obama/Biden Mystery'

PREVIEW: 'Hope Never Dies: An Obama/Biden Mystery'

Editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson, managing editor Lyta Gold, and Current Affairs contributor Luke Savage come together to discuss a baffling, frustrating, and vaguely upsetting novel: 'Hope Never Di...

24 Syys 20192min

In conversation: Tim Faust on single payer and health justice

In conversation: Tim Faust on single payer and health justice

Health justice advocate Tim Faust tells the CA team why single payer healthcare is essential. 'Health Justice Now: Single Payer And What Comes Next' is available to purchase now: https://www.mhpbook...

19 Syys 20192min

Suosittua kategoriassa Komedia

nikotellen
anni-jaajo
tuplakaak
antin-matka
olipa-kerran-otsikko
ihan-oikeesti
rss-saarinen-shoy
antin-palautepalvelu
rss-nikotellen
antin-elokuvakerho
puurojengi
everypodi
rss-kaheli
ela-viitti
kasper-ja-mikko-suomen-suosituin-podcast
naakkavalta
rss-kuukka-vehvilainen-hartlin
rss-ruokacast
mysteeripodcast
rss-sami-jorma