Katie INTERROGATED By CBP On Way Back From Cuba W Medea Benjamin, Victor Coronado, Nathan Robinson

Katie talks about the Cuba Convoy she attended, which brought over 6,300 pounds of humanitarian aid to the island; getting detained with other participants at the Miami airport and more! She's joined by Victor Coronado, a Dominican American natural gas first responder, union member (IBEW Local 1820) and ANTICONQUISTA member, who was also detained; First Amendment lawyer and National Lawyers' Guild member Moira Meltzer-Cohen, who will help you Know Your Rights; and Code Pink's Medea Benjamin, one of the organizers of the Cuba convoy. Then Katie and Victor talk to Current Affairs Editor Nathan Robinson, who reflects on his time with us in Cuba, debunks the propaganda about the trip and exposes the truth about the U.S. in Cuba.

LINKS!

CUNY's Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) project

National Lawyers' Guild

No War On Cuba

Nathan's article Turn the Lights Back On

Nathan's article How to Slander a Humanitarian Mission

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Victor Coronado is a Dominican American natural gas first responder and union member (IBEW Local 1820) from Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He is a member of ANTICONQUISTA, an anti-imperialist media collective, and recently joined the Venezuela Solidarity Network. A longtime supporter of the Cuban Revolution, he participated in the Nuestra América solidarity convoy to Cuba in March 2026 and is active with the Hands Off Cuba Committee.

Moira Meltzer-Cohen is an educator and attorney, whose work includes criminal defense, particularly for those arrested in the course of justice struggles; representation of witnesses before federal grand juries; and advocacy for incarcerated people seeking gender affirming health care. Moira currently teaches at CUNY School of Law, in classes including First Year Lawyering Seminar; Indigenous Peoples and Colonial Law; Land Defense, Water Protection, and Sacred Sites; and Professional Responsibility and is a proud member of the National Lawyers Guild.

Medea Benjamin is the co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK. She is also co-founder of the human rights group Global Exchange, the Peace in Ukraine Coalition, Unfreeze Afghanistan (which advocates for returning the $7 billion of Afghan funds frozen in U.S. banks), ACERE: The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect, and the Nobel Peace Prize for Cuban Doctors Campaign. She was one of 1,000 exemplary women from 140 countries nominated to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the millions of women who do the essential work of peace worldwide. She is the author of ten books, including Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection, and Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran. War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict, coauthored with Nicolas J.S. Davies and NATO: What You Need To Know, coauthored with David Swanson.

Nathan Robinson is the editor of Current Affairs, a print magazine of political and cultural analysis. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Nation, and elsewhere. He was a political columnist at The Guardian until he was fired for a not even remotely problematic tweet about America's unwavering support for Israel. A graduate of Yale Law School, he completed a PhD student in Sociology and Social Policy at Harvard University. He is the author of a number of books, including Superpredator: Bill Clinton's Use and Abuse of Black America; Trump: Anatomy of a Monstrosity; Why You Should Be a Socialist; Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments.

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