Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox

February 23, 2010 Dear President Obama, A contingent of Peace Groups and Activists will be setting up a Peace Camp across the street from your house on the lawn of the Washington Monument called, Camp OUT NOW. After over one year of your presidency, it's become crystal clear to even many of those who supported you, that your foreign policy is as much of a disaster as was George Bush's. On Sunday, 33 civilians were killed in a bombing raid on a caravan in Afghanistan, and no matter how many times you or your generals say, "Sorry," innocent civilians will always be killed in these insane wars of profit and occupation. Since, by your regime's own admission, civilian slaughter "can't be avoided," these wars must come to an immediate end. It's also quite tragic that your war in Afghanistan has victimized more of our troops than when Bush was president, and more of our returning vets are committing suicide with most of their needs still going unmet. Fo

Don't Shoot the Messenger! Back in the day, during time of war, messages were delivered by a person to the opposing camp. What a job to have, huh? Many times the messgenger was killed after the message was delivered out of rage, revenge, or just because. Today, during times of war, the messages are delivered quite differently, but being in the business of delivering messages is still risky, especially if some people very vehemently do not want to hear the truth. Now, "Attacking the Messenger" is a subdivision of the ad hominem logical fallacy, and boy, did I get attacked last week for having Glenn Greenwald on my show and exposing the Presidential Assassination Program. I haven't been so roundly, thoroughly or more vilely attacked since I started to publicly say that the war in Iraq was based on lies--but this time from the other "side." I got called "liar", and things

"The very word 'war', therefore, has become misleading. It would probably be accurate to say that by becoming continuous war has ceased to exist. ... War is Peace." George Orwell, 1984 If I forget everything else in my life, I will never forget the night I walked in my front door with my dogs, Buster and Chewy, and saw the three military officers standing in my living room. I knew the moment I saw them that Casey was dead. It doesn’t take a genius to put that equation together. On one side of the equal sign is your recently deployed soldier-son, and on the other side are three Army officers standing in your house looking like they would rather be just about anywhere else. I didn’t go to sleep that night, or indeed for a few nights. I didn’t want to go to sleep and have to wake up after brief oblivion to the realization that my oldest son was dead: Killed in a war that, like most wars, never should have been fought in the first place. Casey’s

Peace of the Action Cindy Sheehan “You must not kill your neighbor, whom perhaps you genuinely hate, but by a little propaganda this hate can be transferred to some foreign nation, against whom all your murderous impulses become patriotic heroism” Bertrand Russell In the movie, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington , at the end of a filibuster, idealistic freshman U.S. Senator, Jeff Smith (played by Jimmy Stewart) gives an inspiring speech where he says, “Lost causes are the only causes worth fighting for.” Before he collapses on the Senate Floor, he croaks out, “you fight for the lost causes even harder than the others—you even die for them.” “Love thy neighbor,” is the reason that Senator Smith (everyman) gives for fighting for “lost causes” the hardest. Whether one believes in this Christian command or not, it is the best reason to fight for lost causes. Here in the U.S., we rarely even know our next-door neighbor, let alone our planetary neighb

Camp OUT NOW We are planning on setting up Camp OUT NOW on Saturday, March 13th- -we need all of the help we can get that day and our first two weeks of operation and forward. SCHEDULE (WE WILL BE CONFIRMING MORE SPEAKERS AND PERFORMERS, SO CHECK BACK EVERY FEW DAYS FOR SCHEDULE UPDATES). MARCH 13-14: Set up camp and do community building and non-violence training. DURING THE WEEK OF MARCH 13-21, WE WILL HAVE REGULARLY SCHEDULED NON-VIOLENCE TRAINING, TEACH-INS AND OUTREACH DURING (CLICK HERE FOR DAYTIME SCHEDULE ) THE DAY AND IN THE EVENINGS, WE WILL BE HAVING: "DINING WITH A DOSE OF REALITY ." OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS: MONDAY, MARCH 15: KEVIN ZEESE (NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF VOTERS FOR PEACE) AND DR. MARGARET FLOWERS (SINGLE-PAYER ACTIVIST) SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ALWAYS LINKING THE U.S. WAR ECONOMY TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE REST OF THE ECONOMY AND HOW WE NEED TO END THE WARS TO HAVE POSITIVE SOCIAL PROGRAMS HERE AT HOME. TUESDAY, MARCH 16: EX-CIA AGENT, RAY MCGOVERN, TALKS A

Peace of the Action would like to initiate a short video contest with a winning prize amount of $200 and a POTA sweatshirt (we know that's a bit low but budgets are very tight). GUIDELINES: – Subject: Peace of the Action and/or attendance to our event Camp OUT NOW in Washington, DC. – We would like to see a general sense ... of promoting the search for solutions outside of the establishment and the status-quo. – Time Length: three to five minutes. – Must promote non-violent Civil Resistance (no promotion of violence allowed in any way). – Closing: must include request for donations at end and give POTA web site address. CONTEST DEADLINE: March 12th, 2010 (12 noon EST) SUBMISSIONS: For initial submissions please make video private on your YouTube account and send the link to info@peaceoftheaction.org. Once we have viewed and verified that the video is an original submission from you, you can then make it public. WINNING ANNOUNCEMENT: To be made on the

On today's Soapbox (2pm Pacific) www.CindySheehansSoapbox.c om, Cindy chats with Constitutional authority and Civil Li bertarian, Glenn Greenwald, about the U.S. government's murder by presidential decree program as outlined in this op-ed that Greenwald wrote for Salon.com: On the claimed "war exception" to the Constitution. It seems as with the recent Supreme Court decision that gives corporations even more say in our government than they had before and with this new Presidential Assassination Program, that the U.S. is even more of a rogue state under Obama's regime than we were under the Bush stain. On May 31, 2007, Cindy wrote this: "If we don't find alternatives to this corrupt "two" party system our Representative Republic will die and be replaced with what we are rapidly descending into with nary a check or balance: a fascist corporate wasteland." It seems like

FIRST PUBLISHED IN GLOBAL RESEARCH “The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief.” Jacques Ellul On Super Bowl Sunday, the reason that I wrote my new book: Myth America: 20 Greatest Myths of the Robber Class and the Case for Revolution , literally hit home. Since it was the Holy Day of Obligation for our national religion of Football, I headed for my health club because I have always been a heretic. I arrived there a little before kick off, so the club was still occupied, but after kick-off it was deserted. After my water workout and swim in the pool that I had all to myself, I headed to the hot tub which was occupied by another spa patron—an older gentleman named Bill whom seems to come to the club just to sit in the hot tub and chat. I get the feeling he is very lonely, and this following exchange may be why: Bill: I think what you do disgraces your son, his memory and what he died f

February 10, 2010 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE SOAPBOX! Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox will be uploading a new 30-minute version of her bold radio show to the Pacific Networks affiliates’ server. The first show Cindy will upload on March 8 th will be her in-person and in-depth interview with Venezuelan Populist President, Hugo Chavez. Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox will have a new 30-minute show uploaded to the affiliate server every Monday after that. Cindy is moving to Washington DC in the middle of March to direct Peace of the Action . Cindy’s archived shows can be accessed at: www.CindySheehansSoapbox.com For more information, please email Cindy at: Cindy@CindySheehansSoapbox . com

VENTURA, CALIFORNIA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH UUCV 5654 Ralston St Ventura 93003 @ Ventura . 7:00 PM NEWBURY PARK, CALIFORNIA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH Newbury Park this Friday evening, starting at 7:30pm. The location is Conejo Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. The address is 3327 Old Conejo Road. She has advised us that she will talk about the peace movement and her latest book, "Myth America: 20 Greatest Myths of the Robber Class and the Case for Revolution." ORDERING INFO FOR MYTH AMERICA (CLICK LINK)

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, Cindy and Film Crew have raised half the money to travel to South America to interview Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The U.S. is placing troops on bases in Columbia ostensibly to fight "drugs." U.S. drones and other aircraft have been spotted flying over Venezuelan airspace and the demonization of Chavez and Venezuela is escalating. There are always "two sides" to a story and our corporately controlled mainstream propaganda media rarely even reports one side accurately. Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox has been a courageous voice for truth and peace since its inception in January of 2009, but this will be a sharp increase in the influence and credibility of the Soapbox... ...Other great news--Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox is in negotiations to be placed on the Pacifica Network's affiliates and the Chavez show will be the premier event. Please support our trip to V

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I don’t want this column to be seen as bashing the US. However, there is much to validly criticize about the current model in the US and much to dissent from, also. There is little that comes from above that I agree with here in my accidental country of birth—I didn’t agree with it when Bush was president—and I still oppose the policies with all my might now that there is a new Emperor. During the Nuremberg trials, the chief prosecutor for the US, Supreme Court Justice, Robert H. Jackson, made the distinction between the actions of the Third Reich and the German people. While “just following orders” could not be used as a defense, merely living in a country that was committing atrocities could not be turned against a “regular” German citizen in a court of law. Now, while I agree with the legality of that stance, I do not agree with the morality of this position. How can one just turn a blind eye and ones back to atrocities that their country is commit

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We are going to Venezuela! Our request to interview President Hugo Chavez of VZ has finally been granted. Cindy and a film crew will be heading down to VZ on February 25th not only to interview Chavez (which will also air on the audio and video Soapbox), but to film in communities and interview Venezuelans about the state of affairs there and to be witness to what a grassroots revolution looks like. This entire trip will be captured on film and edited into a documentary about the populist (anti-Empire) uprising in South America to help foster a pan-Americanism that is needed for Peace on our continent. The Soapbox is selling pre-orders for the short documentary tentatively entitled: We are all Americans: Todos Somos Americanos to help fund our trip. The DVD will include the full-unedited interview with President Chavez and pictures from the trip. To pre-order your copy for $20 (plus $3 shipping), please click BUY NOW: O