In the aftermath of 9/11, as the Bush administration prepared to invade Iraq, activists Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin helped found CODEPINK: a feminist anti-war organization known for its bright-pink protests, confrontations with members of Congress, and opposition to U.S. militarism around the world. Nearly 25 years later, Evans and Benjamin are joined by a younger generation of organizers, including national co-director Danaka Katovich, as the group campaigns against U.S. involvement in wars from Gaza and Iran to Yemen and challenges the growing Pentagon budget. They spoke with Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson about the lessons of the post-9/11 anti-war movement, the politics of fear and propaganda, what it takes to dissent when doing so is unpopular, and why community and collective action remain their antidote to despair.

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