Corporations and Military Powers Are Selling Phony “Wokeness” on International Women’s Day

From Raytheon to the IDF, “woke” corporations and military powers are using International Women’s Day to shore up their “social justice” credentials.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
International Womens Day Feature photo

It was a familiar site yesterday on International Women’s Day, as military contractors and other giant corporations used the holiday to attempt to associate themselves with progressive causes and agendas. Weapons manufacturer Raytheon positioned itself as a feminist brand on Twitter. The United States Air Force – currently bombing seven

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US Peace Activist Traveling To Gaza Abused, Deported By Egyptian Authorities

After showing her passport to officials at the Cairo airport, CODEPINK’s Medea Benjamin was forcibly detained by Egyptian authorities. Despite injuries that left her unfit for travel, she was also deported.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke
Medea Benjamin, a prominent activist with CodePink, holds a sign protesting NATO. CodePink was a leading force during the demonstrations in Chicago during the NATO summit. (Photo Norbert Schiller/Mint Press)

Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the grassroots peace and social justice organization CODEPINK, was detained by border police in the Cairo airport on Monday. Benjamin, an American citizen and peace activist, was on her way to join an international delegation of women traveling to Gaza for International Women’s Day 2014 to show solidarity with the

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