I am on an overseas trip to Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Sweden invited by the Free the Cuban Five Committees of Ireland and Sweden. On days two and three of the trip, I was very excited to go to Northern Ireland as I have never been there before and there ...
Open Mike
Blogger Profile: Cindy Sheehan
Cindy Sheehan is a mother whose oldest child, Casey, was killed in Iraq
on April 4th, 2004. She has been on a mission to end the wars and hold
George W. Bush accountable since then.
Cindy Sheehan's Blogs
"Love it, or leave it" v. "Loathe it and stay to fight it"
On January 2nd, I spoke at the rally after our Occupy the Rose Parade protest. There were at least 2,000 activists who formed a contingent at the end of the Rose Parade to protest an alphabet soup of outrages. I was there to represent the antiwar element. I am not ...
I have some wonderful news, after almost two years and much stress, heart break, and inspiration, I am within a couple of weeks of finishing my project, Revolution, A Love Story.As some of you may remember, or not, Revolution, A Love Story began as a documentary project after I traveled ...
We Will Never Pay, So Stop Harassing Us
To: Whom it may concern in the Internal Revenue Service (hereafter known as IRS). From: Cindy Sheehan, grieving mother of Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan, KIA in Iraq on 04/04/04 From: Christy (Dede) Miller, grieving aunt of Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan, KIA in Iraq on 04/04/04 RE: Recent Notices of Levy ...
Justice for Casey Sheehan and hundreds of thousands of others
It was with great sorrow and fear that my family watched the insane and inexplicable rush of our nation to invade two countries that had absolutely nothing to do with the events on September 11.2001. It was with greater sorrow and fear that my family watched one of our indispensable ...
My heart is very heavy as I write this--in three days (Sept. 21), people around the world will be commemorating International Peace Day and the state of Georgia has scheduled the execution of Troy Anthony Davis. There is much evidence that Davis is not guilty of the murder, with the ...
Recently, I was listening to KGO radio and in case you don’t know, KGO is the ABC affiliate super-station here in San Francisco that can be heard by millions of people with it’s mega-wattage transmitter. Gene Burns happened to be the host at that time. The night that I was ...
“Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.” Steve Allen “Patriotic” Americans are still berating me for “demeaning” my son’s “sacrifice.” A typical message goes something like this: “Your son died to give you the right to spew your filth against this country. If it wasn’t for the military and people like your son, ...
I am in Caracas, Vz today (May 29th--Casey's birthday)—a country I love and a people that I support with all my heart in their struggle against US imperialism and corporate interests so they can make their own lives better. Nine of us came from the US to support the people ...
CASEY AUSTIN SHEEHANMAY 29, 1979-APRIL 04, 2004TOMORROW WILL BE THE 7TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE OUR DARLING CASEY WAS KILLED IN JUST ONE MORE IN A LONG LINE OF US MILITARY DISASTERS AND OUR FAMILY MISSES HIM MORE EVERYDAY.WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ...
"'Humanitarian War' is an Oxymoron"
The other day, I was scanning through the AM radio stations on my way to Berkeley to pick up something, when I heard a familiar voice, our old friend, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Oh)—and he didn’t sound happy. So I stopped the scan to listen.Surprisingly, Congressman Kucinich was talking to another ...
Barack-a-lujah! I Have Seen the Light! by Cindy Sheehan
Thanks to the helpful feedback I have received over these past two, or so, years, I have seen the enormous error of my ways. I used to be against ALL wars and the use of violence, but (and I must admit a little confusion on this one, at first) now ...
A Message of Solidarity with Workers from Cindy Sheehan
A MESSAGE FROM CINDY SHEEHAN Working women and men, I stand with you, because I am one of you! Some people call me the “Peace Mom," because of my unwavering work and stand for peace. In 2004, my son Casey made the ultimate sacrifice for war profiteering and imperial hubris; ...
Today, (Feb 16, 2011) the Senate approved an extension of the treasonous USA PATRIOT ACT, following the lead of the House of Representatives. The USA PATRIOT ACT, commonly called "the Patriot Act," is an acronym contrived to make something that is completely tyrannical and fascist sound appealing. The USA PATRIOT ...
In 1969, Swiss psychiatrist, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross published a groundbreaking book called: On Death and Dying. The five stages of grief listed above are called the Kubler-Ross Model and were originally designated for people who were diagnosed with a terminal illness but were extended to anyone who has suffered a major ...
I interviewed Yoko Ono on Thursday, January 4th for Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Radio Show. The interview itself, besides being a great coup for my show, struck a deep chord with me. True, I have spent a small part of my life trying to change the way the Empire I live ...
The recent repeal of the US military policy of "Don't ask, don't tell" is far from being the human rights advancement some are touting it to be. I find it intellectually dishonest, in fact, illogical on any level to associate human rights with any military, let alone one that is ...
"Yes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class." James Connolly, Irish Freedom Fighter and founder of the Irish Labor Party “We’re all in this together,” is the chorus the ruling class loves to sing while it simultaneously bestows ...
So George Bush wrote a book—if you believe that, you probably also believe he actually won the elections in 2000 and 2004.Yes, I am sure, George, who couldn’t string two coherent words together without the help of a team of speech-writers and policy makers, wrote a 512 page book all ...
Memo to Nancy Pelosi from Cindy Sheehan
Open Memo To: Nancy Pelosi From: Cindy Sheehan Hey Nan, How’s that “liberal agenda” going for you these days? You have had quite a run as the first female Speaker of the House, haven’t you? In that almost four years now, you have fully funded the wars; rammed through the ...
In November 2009, I joined a caravan of peace activists that gathered at Travis AFB in Fairfield, Ca to head to Creech AFB in Nevada where many of the drone strikes in Afghanistan are coordinated and controlled from. We were scheduled to stop at several AFBs along the way to ...
“As we do, (turn the “page” in Iraq) I am mindful that the Iraq War has been a contentious issue at home. Here, too, it is time to turn the page. This afternoon, I spoke to former President George W. Bush. It’s well known that he and I disagreed about ...
The arrogance of the Bush administration could never be surpassed, right? Wrong! Today, Whore House (again, with my apologies to my sex-worker friends) spokeswhore, Robert Gibbs, was quoted as saying this of the “professional left” who liken Obama to his predecessor: “(They) need to be drug tested,” and that these ...
War Always Was, Still Is, and Always Will Be a Racket
Seventy-seven years ago, Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, Marine Corps, gave a speech entitled, War is a Racket. What made this speech so credible, if not surprising, is the fact that Smedley Butler was the highest decorated Marine of all time. Marines all over still learn about him, but they ...
Here is a partial exchange between ABC’s Christiane Amanpour and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in regards to the multi-billion dollar war-funding bill recently passed by Pelosi’s Democratically controlled House of Representatives: CA: "Now you didn't vote. I know the speaker doesn't have to vote. But how would you have voted?" ...
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March 13th, 2012
I am on an overseas trip to Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Sweden invited by the Free the Cuban Five Committees of Ireland and Sweden. On ...
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January 21st, 2012
"Love it, or leave it" v. "Loathe it and stay to fight it"
On January 2nd, I spoke at the rally after our Occupy the Rose Parade protest. There were at least 2,000 activists who formed a contingent ...
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December 8th, 2011
I have some wonderful news, after almost two years and much stress, heart break, and inspiration, I am within a couple of weeks of finishing ...
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November 8th, 2011
We Will Never Pay, So Stop Harassing Us
To: Whom it may concern in the Internal Revenue Service (hereafter known as IRS). From: Cindy Sheehan, grieving mother of Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan, KIA ...
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October 21st, 2011
Justice for Casey Sheehan and hundreds of thousands of others
It was with great sorrow and fear that my family watched the insane and inexplicable rush of our nation to invade two countries that had ...
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September 18th, 2011
My heart is very heavy as I write this--in three days (Sept. 21), people around the world will be commemorating International Peace Day and the ...
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June 14th, 2011
Recently, I was listening to KGO radio and in case you don’t know, KGO is the ABC affiliate super-station here in San Francisco that can ...
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June 4th, 2010
“Until all of Gaza is destroyed the job is not done.”Words on a sign of a Zionist in San FranciscoSince my son was killed in ...
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February 16th, 2011
Today, (Feb 16, 2011) the Senate approved an extension of the treasonous USA PATRIOT ACT, following the lead of the House of Representatives. The USA ...
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July 20th, 2010
The Casey Sheehan "End to War" Bill
My son, Casey, joined the military in 2000, shortly before his 21st birthday, to help pay for college. He had already completed everything he could ...
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December 2nd, 2009
30,000 Wrongs Won't Make it Right
I have had to reluctantly watch many presidential speeches since my son was killed in Iraq in 2004. I was even dragged out of a ...
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August 10th, 2010
War Always Was, Still Is, and Always Will Be a Racket
Seventy-seven years ago, Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, Marine Corps, gave a speech entitled, War is a Racket. What made this speech so credible, if ...
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October 21st, 2011
Justice for Casey Sheehan and hundreds of thousands of others
It was with great sorrow and fear that my family watched the insane and inexplicable rush of our nation to invade two countries that had ...
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August 1st, 2010
Here is a partial exchange between ABC’s Christiane Amanpour and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in regards to the multi-billion dollar war-funding bill recently passed by ...
