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