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Come to Crawford! What to bring...
Due to her Cindy's necessary absence, it is INCREDIBLY important that
we
continue the vigil - in her name, and to be by the side of the many
other
family members who will stay on in a quest to affect change....
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2005 5:51pm PDT
Cindy Leaving Crawford...
Cindy's 74-year-old mom has had a stroke, and she's returning to CA to be with her....
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2005 2:39pm PDT
Roberts' Interviews with White House Officials Prior to Gitmo Ruling Raise Questions
New details have emerged concerning the timing of John Roberts' interviews for his Supreme Court post with senior Bush administration officials which call into question his impartiality in a crucial case concerning military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay. We speak with Georgetown University law professor David Luban and Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights....
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2005 11:05am PDT
Conyers Calls For Investigation Into Ascroft's Role In CIA Leak Case
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) is calling for an investigation into the role of former Attorney General John Ashcroft in the outing of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame. Conyers' call comes after a new report by investigative journalist Murray Waas that a special prosecutor was appointed in the case in large part because FBI investigators had begun to specifically question the veracity of accounts provided to them by Karl Rove. We speak with Conyers and Waas. [includes rush transcript]...
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2005 10:55am PDT
Action Alert: Campaign to Reschedule Marijuana
It is time to step up the HHS Heat Campaign and demand marijuana
rescheduling now!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 17, 2005 8:36pm PDT
Photos from Camp Casey, Crawford, Texas
Over a hundred supporters of Cindy Sheehan continue to hold vigil near the Bush vacation ranch near Crawford, Texas. New folks continue to arrive regularly from all over the Lone Star State, and from all over the country. This was my first night in the now infamous ditch, and here are some photos of the day......
Posted: Wed, Aug 17, 2005 5:16pm PDT
FLASHPOINTS: Interview from Camp Casey, Crawford, Texas (audio/mpeg 13.4MB)
FLASHPOINTS on KPFA - August 17th. Interview with Mimi Evans, of Military Families Speak Out. Her son is about to deploy to Iraq and she is camped out by the side of the road next to the Bush ranch in Crawford Texas to protest the illegality of the war, to honour Cindy Sheehan's son Casey, and to ask Bush to explain himself. "Song for Cindy Sheehan" by David Rovics, follows. mp3, 14:37 minutes....
Posted: Wed, Aug 17, 2005 4:31pm PDT
"Song for Cindy Sheehan" by David Rovics (audio/mpeg 6.6MB)
Cindy Sheehan is currently at Bush's ranch, waiting to meet him. Google her name and you'll learn all about it. Thanks to William Rivers Pitt for his article in Truthout entitled "Every Mother's Son". 44/16 wav and 320Kbps MP3 (02:53)...
Posted: Wed, Aug 17, 2005 3:40am PDT
Support for Cindy Sheehan Grows, Opposition to the War Expands
* Join a vigil this Wednesday, Aug. 17 at
http://political.moveon.org/event/cindyvigils.
* Organize a vigil, rally, or protest this Saturday, Aug. 20 and list it on our site
at http://unitedforpeace.org/addevent.
* Join Cindy and thousands more at our massive anti-war protest on Sept. 24 in
Washington, D.C. See http://www.unitedforpeace.org/fallmobe....
Posted: Wed, Aug 17, 2005 12:32am PDT
Between the Crosses
author: Daniel Borgström e-mail:e-mail: daniel41@lycos.com
Some thoughts that crossed my mind after hearing Cindy Sheehan speak...
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 10:58pm PDT
Putting out Fires
The right wingers are really having a field day with me. It hurts me really badly, but I am willing to put up with the crap, if it ends the war a minute sooner than it would have. I would like to address some specific concerns that have been raised against me....
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 10:38pm PDT
Mothers in the Nation's Capital to President Bush: Meet with Mother Whose Son Was Killed I
Mothers in the Nation's Capital to President Bush: Meet with Mother Whose Son Was Killed In Iraq; Vigil in Front of White House...
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 10:22pm PDT
EARTH MATTERS radio - Mountain Justice Summer - Zeb Mountain Takeover (audio/mpeg 15.2MB)
EARTH MATTERS - Flashpoints, KPFA, Berkeley. Interview with john johnson of Katuah Earth First! about Mountain Justice Summer in Tennessee, a grassroots uprising against Mountain Yop Removal coal mining. A follow up to an interview in spring '05. mp3 audio 14:20 minutes...
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 5:47pm PDT
Christopher Hitchens Smears Cindy Sheehan
Hitchens, a lackey for the Bush-Cheney Gang, continued with his anti-Sheehan spiel, “The president has compromised by sending his national-security adviser, Stephen Hadley, down that Crawford Road to meet the PR-knackish Cindy...What dreary sentimental nonsense this all is, and how much space has been wasted on it."...
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 11:40am PDT
Voices in the Wilderness Ordered to Pay $20K for Bringing Aid to Iraq
A federal judge has ordered the human rights group Voices in the Wilderness to pay $20,000 for violating the sanctions against Iraq. A decade ago, Voices in the Wilderness began openly violating the sanctions, bringing in symbolic amounts of medical, educational and humanitarian aid to Iraq on a regular basis. We speak with the group's founder, Kathy Kelly....
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 7:20am PDT
Media Giant John H. Johnson Paved the Way for Black-Owned Press
On Monday, thousands mourned the death of publishing and entrepreneurial pioneer John H. Johnson. He founded Ebony and Jet magazines and seared the image of the brutalized Emmett Till into the nation's consciousness. We speak with the editor of the Chicago Defender, the nation's only black daily newspaper....
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 7:17am PDT
Groups Launch "People's Petition for an Iraq Peace Plan"
Anti-war groups in the United States are announcing a campaign today to build support for a peaceful exit strategy from Iraq. We speak with the primary author of the "People's Petition for an Iraq Peace Plan," longtime activist Tom Hayden....
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 7:16am PDT
Misses and Miracles
We still have so many great things happening at Camp Casey. In spite of all the smears and lies, people are still coming....
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 12:17am PDT
Bring It On, Cindy — Vigils Planned for Wednesday
Bush said, "Bring it on!" We say, "Bring it on, Cindy"! MoveOn.org is helping to organize hundreds of vigils around the country on Wednesday in support of Cindy Sheehan's vigil in Crawford....
Posted: Mon, Aug 15, 2005 1:09pm PDT
Mountain Justice Summer shuts down Strip Mine, 10 arrested
Knoxville, TN - As dawn approached this morning, activists
stood on an ancient Appalachian mountain in a dramatic
protest against mountain top mining. This is the first time
a mountain has been taken over in the struggle to protect
the Appalachian Mountains from the devastating practices of
mountain top mining. Dedicated citizens are blockading
National Coal's strip mine in scenic Campbell County,
Tennessee to halt the destruction of Zeb Mountain....
Posted: Mon, Aug 15, 2005 10:59am PDT