Dennis Kucinich served as mayor of Cleveland from 1977 to 1979. and as a U.S. Representative from Ohio’s 10th congressional district from 1997 to 2013, during which time he introduced Articles of Impeachment against both President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney for lying to take the US into war against Iraq. He ran for president in 2004 and 2008 and is now running as an independent for Ohio’s 7th congressional district in 2024.

Moataz Salim is a Palestinian-American graduate student in DC from Gaza advocating for an end to the genocide and the liberation of Palestine. He has been joining CODEPINK every day for 3 months to be a voice for his people. He has also been involved in activism at a university and within the local community, dedicating the past 10 months to fighting for Palestinian liberation.

Timestamps:

  1. 00:00 Intro
  2. 03:00 Biden’s tone-deaf comments at the DNC
  3. 08:00 Why Dennis is running as an Independent?
  4. 10:36 What is motivating the Democrats against the interest of the people?
  5. 13:25 Dennis’ opponent’s incendiary comments about Israel and Palestine
  6. 18:13 Dennis’ standoff with Netanyahu
  7. 26:17 The U.S.’ and Israel’s ‘Special Relationship’
  8. 28:06 What the U.S. elections need to focus on
  9. 31:07 What is FISA and why does it need to end?
  10. 35:05 Why Dennis made his comments on the Nordstream Pipeline
  11. 40:48 Dennis’ goals in congress
  12. 46:26 The intersectionality between climate rights and workers rights
  13. 51:17 Moataz and Code Pink protest and interrupt Tim Walz
  14. 57:29 The reaction to Code Pink’s disruption
  15. 59:05 Moataz’s family’s experience in Palestine
  16. 1:01:24 Moataz’s own journey from Palestine
  17. 1:06:43 The DNC’s horrible comments about rape in Palestine
  18. 1:10:20 The Democrats do NOT care about Palestine
  19. 1:16:19 Noura Erakat’s stipulation for running with Jill Stein
  20. 1:19:43 Moataz’s ideal candidate
  21. 1:25:40 What keeps Moataz going?
  22. 1:29:45 Palestinian protesters ASSAULTED at DNC
  23. 1:34:06 Sec. Lloyd Austin protested by Code Pink
  24. 1:38:40 Rep. Chuck Fleischmann says “Goodbye To Palestine”
  25. 1:43:03 Matthew Miller’s response to Palestine Protesters
  26. 1:45:43 AOC’s shameless selling out
  27. 1:49:04 Making an effort to end genocide
  28. 1:51:21 The hiatus in Moataz’s academic life