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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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CROSS COUNTRY
BIKE for PEACE:
Peace Mom Cindy
Sheehan Finishes First Month
of a 3,000-Mile
Cross Country 'Tour de Peace'; Began
at Son Casey's
Grave in CA & Ends in Washington D.C.
TEXAS
– Peace Mom
Cindy Sheehan has finished her first month of a 3,000-mile cross
country 'Tour
de Peace" bike ride for peace, which started April 4 in California
at the
gravesite and the birthday of her son, who was killed in Iraq nine
years ago.
This week, Cindy left California, Arizona and
New Mexico
behind her and headed into Texas, where she held her peace vigil
outside
President George W. Bush's Texas ranch to protest the Iraq War.
Thursday (May 9), Cindy and fellow riders head
into Oklahoma.
In three months she'll finish the bike ride for peace at Arlington
National Cemetery
and the White House.
WHAT: The Tour de Peace bike ride across the United
States will
follow historic Route
66 to Chicago, and other roads from there on to D.C. Bicyclers will join in for all or part of the tour, which will include public events organized by local groups along the way.
Complete route: http://tourdepeace.org/the-
66 to Chicago, and other roads from there on to D.C. Bicyclers will join in for all or part of the tour, which will include public events organized by local groups along the way.
Complete route: http://tourdepeace.org/the-
WHY: This
August
will mark 8 years since Cindy Sheehan began a widely reported
protest at
then-President George W. Bush's "ranch" in Crawford, Texas,
demanding
to know what the "noble cause" was for which Bush claimed
Americans
were dying in Iraq. Neither
Bush nor
President Obama has yet offered a justification for a global war
now in its 12th
year. The Tour de Peace
will carry with
it these demands:
- To end war
- To end immunity for U.S. war crimes
- To end suppression of our civil rights
- To end the use of fossil fuels
- To end persecution of whistleblowers
- To end partisan apathy and inaction
So glad to Cindy continuing her quest for peace. She has a mission and is determined to see it through. Eventually, more people will recognize the need to resist wars before we completely destroy this planet. We don't have much time left, I fear.....Linda in Texas
ReplyDeleteI am glad the photo of Cindy with Chavez is no longer the first thing to see when opening the blog.
ReplyDeleteI live in Texas and I think it's great what she is doing :)
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