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Cindy Sheehan to start camping out at Washington Monument on Monday

March 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments

In a lengthy piece focusing on Cindy Sheehan’s previous efforts, including her independent run for Congress against Nancy Pelosi, the Hill reports:
Five years and a new president later, however, Sheehan will be sleeping under the stars again, and for the same cause. Her new coalition, Peace of the Action, is launching the Camp OUT NOW! [...]

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Cindy Sheehan comments on change of name for US occupation of Iraq

February 24th, 2010 · 19 Comments

H/T ABC News
On her blog, Cindy Sheehan writes that she “found out that the ‘operation’ that killed my son is over. ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’ got its name after the ‘great’ Powers That Be figured out that ‘Operation Iraqi Liberation’ stood for ‘OIL.’ Now, Obama’s SecDef, Robert Gates, has changed that benign name to an even [...]

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Tags: Independents

Cindy Sheehan Invites Peaceniks to “Camp Out Now”

February 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Found at Libertarian Peacenik:
I’ve been asked to forward this, and instruct readers to do likewise:
I have been on the national board of Voters for Peace since its inception and believe strongly in the Pledge for Peace. I have not voted for a pro-war candidate since.
Unfortunately, many people are still mired in fear-based voting. Elected in [...]

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Tags: Independents

Cindy Sheehan dubs 2010 ‘year of resistance,’ announces upcoming actions

January 5th, 2010 · 3 Comments

The following was sent as an email to Cindy Sheehan supporters:
Three events over the holidays have caused me great consternation and they proved to me that I am not so cynical and jaded that my government can’t still shock me, if anything
Of course, the first event has to be the “Crotch Bomber.” The Crotch Bomber [...]

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Cindy Sheehan: Tom Hayden, CODEPINK and Michael Moore upset me the most

December 27th, 2009 · 24 Comments

Posted at On The Wilder Side:
An Interview with Cindy Sheehan
Obama, Progressives and the Press
By MIKE WHITNEY
You know a lot of people across the country. What’s the mood among Obama supporters? Have they thrown in the towel already or do they still think he’ll turn out to be the leader they hoped he would be?
Cindy Sheehan: [...]

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Tags: Independents

Cindy Sheehan: ‘I Dreamed I Saw Casey Sheehan Last Night’ – to the tune of Joe Hill (author unknown)

December 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Posted at On The Wilder Side
by Cindy Sheehan
Featured Writer
from Dandelion Salad
Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog
Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox
Dec. 19, 2009
I dreamed I saw Casey Sheehan last night
alive as you and me
Says I, “But Casey, you’re two years dead,”
“I never died,” says he, “I never died,” says he.
“The oil bosses killed you my boy,
for greed and power they [...]

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Tags: Independents · Third parties, general

Cindy Sheehan says Cynthia McKinney should have received Nobel Peace Prize

October 9th, 2009 · 18 Comments

Cynthia McKinney was the Green Party candidate for President in 2008. Peace activist Cindy Sheehan has said, “If any American ‘politician’ got the NPP, it should have been Cynthia McKinney.”

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Cindy Sheehan announces intent to create 5000 person, indefinitely long anti-war protest

October 6th, 2009 · 18 Comments

In an email to her supporters today, anti-war activist and 2008 independent congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan announced an ambitious protest that she hopes to see started by March of next year.  Before saying what she will be doing, Sheehan listed things that she sees wrong in this country, which she called a “police state.”  She [...]

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Tags: Independents

‘Nothing Short of Peace On Earth’ and other news from Cindy Sheehan

September 14th, 2009 · 11 Comments

Cindy Sheehan, third party supporter and former independent congressional candidate, updates her supporters about upcoming events and the “International People’s Declaration of Peace.”

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Cindy Sheehan’s reaction to the death of Ted Kennedy

August 26th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Cindy Sheehan sent an email to supporters that conveyed her condolences to the Kennedy family and the people of Massachussetts. She also talked about her progress on a new project.

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Tags: Independents

My interview with Cindy Sheehan

June 25th, 2009 · 25 Comments

A few days ago I interviewed Cindy Sheehan, half as an blogger and half as an interested citizen activist.  Below the fold is the audio of the interview.  I’ve also typed up a brief summary of the interview, or at least what I could write down of her answers while holding a tape recorder in [...]

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Tags: Green Party · Independents · Third parties, general

Questions for Cindy Sheehan

June 12th, 2009 · 67 Comments

On Sunday, June 21st I will be interviewing Cindy Sheehan, the famous woman who became an anti-war leader and independent candidate for Congress after her son was killed in Iraq.  If you have any questions you would like me to ask, just leave a comment.
The interview will not be on Independent Political Report Radio, it [...]

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Tags: Independents

Cindy Sheehan’s statement to SF End the Fed rally

April 25th, 2009 · 33 Comments

Former independent Congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan has blogged the following address to be read at San Francisco’s local End the Fed demonstration, part of a nationwide coordination of protests being held today outside of all Federal Reserve branches:

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Cindy Sheehan set to reveal her strategy and/or new third party next week

April 20th, 2009 · 62 Comments

Cindy Sheehan, a peace activist who ran for Congress against Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in 2008, is publishing an eBooklet next week which will either call for a new, third party and/or reject or our current system entirely. The eBooklet is titled, “Myth America: 10 Greatest Myths of the Robber Class and the Case for Revolution.”

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Tags: Independents · Socialist/left parties

Cindy Sheehan, political activist and Peace Mom, sets up web radio

March 23rd, 2009 · 6 Comments

Cindy Sheehan is a peace activist, and was the 2008 independent candidate for Congress against Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco. Sheehan has launched a new web-presence and a radio show called, “Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox.”

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Tags: Green Party · Independents