Ben Cohen

$1.1 trillion cut from health care. Then bloating the Pentagon budget by $150 billion.

This is the exact opposite of what people need and want.

03.07.2025 21:12 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

War Profiteers Benefit as Nuclear Weapons Spending Soared Above $100 Billion Last Year | Common Dreams New analysis reveals that global nuclear weapons spending "could feed all of the 345 million people currently facing the most severe levels of hunger globally, including starvation, for nearly two ye...

"There will be no peace, there will be no security, until we start using our resources to provide for the needs of our people at home and around the world," said @yobencohen.bsky.social

20.06.2025 17:20 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

There’s something that’s driving me up a wall— the insane size of our nuclear arsenal. @upinarms-us.bsky.social

13.06.2025 17:22 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 1

‼️TODAY IN D.C.
Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social moderated a press conference for the launch of @upinarms-us.bsky.social with @yobencohen.bsky.social. The 💵money brick💵 represents the $$$ spent by the U.S. government on the nuclear arsenal—half of which is to develop nuclear weapons.

12.06.2025 18:32 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

The cube is estimated to be the tallest protest structure in D.C.'s history, and it is OPEN to the public today outside of Union Station. 🚉 Beat the heat (& pls hydrate!) and head inside the cube for a (air-conditioned😅) video exhibit
@yobencohen.bsky.social @upinarms-us.bsky.social

12.06.2025 18:35 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Today in DC, a *massive money monument*—made of fake $100 bills—stood as a stunning symbol of Pentagon waste.
$100 billion to build new nukes while kids lose healthcare? That’s the reality.
It’s time we get *Up In Arms*. #NuclearSpending
@ploughshares.bsky.social @yobencohen.bsky.social

12.06.2025 17:03 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Campaign launch for Up In Arms | Campaign launch for Up In Arms | By Yo Ben Cohen | Facebook Campaign launch for Up In Arms

Join the live stream now: www.facebook.com/YoBenCohen/v... @yobencohen.bsky.social

12.06.2025 15:19 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

I love when a plan comes together. Join @yobencohen.bsky.social today outside of Union Station at 11a for a press conference announcing Up In Arms.

12.06.2025 14:34 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Lavishing money on the military does NOT make us safer. Watch expert William Hartung from the @quincyinst.bsky.social explain the 5 things you need to know about the military-industrial-congressional complex.

30.05.2025 14:58 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

15.05.2025 14:56 — 👍 164    🔁 33    💬 15    📌 2

I told Congress they're killing poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs, and they're paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US. This was the authorities' response:

15.05.2025 00:25 — 👍 391    🔁 161    💬 37    📌 32

Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, was removed from a Senate hearing today at the US Capitol.

I hear him mention Gaza as he’s been pulled away by Cap Police.

14.05.2025 19:21 — 👍 707    🔁 183    💬 25    📌 37