Interview - Lily Benavides (Green Party)
NJCGE Podcast
In conversation with Lily Benavides, the Green Party's gubernatorial candidate for New Jersey in 2025. I spoke with Lily after she joined us for our screening of Gaza Fights for Freedom. Our conversation covered topics such as affordability of living in New Jersey, immigration, and Palestine. The discussion goes beyond the scope of this year's gubernatorial election and thus will remain relevant after. Lily moved to the United States at the age of 24 from Colombia. She served as a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009 and today, she is running a...
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Interview - Burglar for Peace w/ Ted Glick
NJCGE Podcast
I had the pleasure of speaking with Ted Glick on his book Burglar for Peace: Lessons Learned in the Catholic Left’s Resistance to the Vietnam War which is one of his two most recent publications through PM Press. https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1093 We discuss the anti-war actions he was involved in during his time with the Catholic Left movement. We break down some of those lessons he learned so that we may apply these lessons to our contemporary struggles. There are a lot of topics we covered including the utility of non-violent civil disobedience and the...
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Discussion: The Camden 28
NJCGE Podcast
Karim Daoud has been detained by ICE since March. Please see the family's gofundme for more information: The NJ Center for Global Equity had it's first documentary and discussion event on April 27, 2025 for The Camden 28 by Anthony Giacchino. We talked about the Catholic Left action that took place on August 21, 1971 in Camden, NJ and the subsequent trial. Our discussion jumped around a lot from past to present with the US government's actions and influence at the center of it all. Listen as we try to draw lessons from the past to apply to the present. Being the first, of hopefully many to...
info_outlineIn conversation with Lily Benavides, the Green Party's gubernatorial candidate for New Jersey in 2025.
I spoke with Lily after she joined us for our screening of Gaza Fights for Freedom. Our conversation covered topics such as affordability of living in New Jersey, immigration, and Palestine. The discussion goes beyond the scope of this year's gubernatorial election and thus will remain relevant after.
Lily moved to the United States at the age of 24 from Colombia. She served as a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009 and today, she is running a write-in campaign as the green party’s gubernatorial candidate after Democrats sued to contest the signatures that were collected to get her on the ballot.
If you'd like to support Lily, you can find her at the link below. If you'd like to reach out to Lily directly, send her an email!
https://benavidesfornj.squarespace.com/
Email: benavidesforgovernor2025@gmail.com