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Iraqi Mother and Son--Nameless to us. Casey Sheehan, not just a number. The 5 Stages of Grief: 1)    Denial 2)    Anger 3)    Bargaining 4)    Depression 5)    Acceptance 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 loss such as: losing a limb, losing freedom, or a death of a close loved one. Subsequent studies have shown that most people suffering such a profound tragedy go through at least two of these stages, some go through all, few go through in the order the stages are listed, there is no set time-frame, but the theory is, each “griever” finally reaches the final stage of “acceptance.” As most of you who are reading this know, my son was killed on April 04, 2004, in the US’s illega

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PROTESTER IN EGYPT The “R” Word Cindy Sheehan More powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound--Revolution is simply joining forces to overthrow the status quo with uprisings against the world’s ruling class courageously springing up all over the globe. I have a few "friends" that have been rather indignant and have broken off contact with me because I frequently use the word, “revolution.” I wonder if these same people quit eating at IHOP when the restaurant chain, known for it’s pancakes started it’s new club: “The Pancake Revolution.” I’m serious, if one Googles the words, “Pancake Revolution,” you will be taken to IHOP’s page to sign up for the “Revolution.” The slogan for the Pancake Revolution, is, you guessed it: “Pancakes to the People.” The sign up page has a distinct revolutionary look to it.  What is a pancake revolution anyway? They make them into triangles? We are slammed with the word “Revolution” in advertising—w

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Statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception. - Mark Twain, "Chronicle of Young Satan" The current president of the USA is no less skilled at being the Liar-in-Chief than the last one—after all, to be fair, that is the job description of the CEO of the Empire. Near the end of 2010, the president, (whom, in instances pertaining to the eternal war in Afghanistan, I call: “Barackistan O’Bomber”), had this to say: "Today, al-Qaeda’s senior leadership in the border region is under more pressure than at any point since they fled Afghanistan nine years ago. Senior leaders have been killed. It's harder for them to recruit … It

Click here to listen Beginning at 2PM San Francisco time (and in the archives for eternity). This Sunday (January 16th), Cindy presents admirably scurrulous election satire by no less than George Carlin, and then "celebrates" two anniversaries, one famous and most healthy for our nation - but oh so hated today by the "religious right" (which is really neither ) - Roe versus Wade - and the other, a truly sickening anniversary, that of the opening of Guantanamo Bay Prison, on Jan 11th, 2002 .  Roe versus Wade is commemorated by Somer Loen , a long-time activist for the Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights, or BACORR.  The disgusting opening of Guantanamo Bay Prison by Matthew Daloisio of Witness Against Torture, another long standing activist against our modern Imperial "Death State" (as so eloquently designated by one of our webmaster's heroes, Arthur Silber ).  Cindy and Matt have an illuminating discusion about Guantanamo

"Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system." Dorothy Day I interviewed Yoko Ono on Thursday, January 4 th 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 does business, but I have done everything from camp out for weeks in Crawford, Tx to running for Congress in San Francisco. I have been arrested multiple times and have shaken my fist more than once at empty buildings in DC on those confusing Saturday marches. I think the emotion I can associate with my activism, besides continuing and constant sorrow (for Casey and all the other victims), is anger! I got to a point, that like a sponge, I had absorbed so much news of blood, gore, pain, greed, lies, oppression and overall suffering that it got to a point where the new info registered, but bounced off my psyche. As Popeye sa

Peace and Justice Groups Ask Military to End Inhumane Treatment of Bradley Manning January 12, 2011 Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 9999 Joint Staff Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20318-9999 Gen. George W. Casey Jr., Army Chief of Staff 1400 Defense Pentagon Washington DC 20301-1400 Gen. James F. Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps 3000 Marine Corps Pentagon Washington, DC 20350-3000 Colonel Daniel J. Choike, Base Commander Marine Corps Base Quantico 3250 Catlin Avenue Quantico, VA 22134-5000 Dear Adm. Mullen, Gen. Casey, Gen. Amos, Col. Choike, The undersigned organizations are deeply concerned about the inhumane treatment of Pfc Bradley Manning, who has not been convicted of any crime, and yet has been subjected to six months of solitary confinement with no known end date. It has been reported by his attorney and a visitor that Manning's mental health is suffering from this cruelty, which serves no

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO MY INTERVIEW WITH YOKO IMAGINE PEACE by CINDY SHEEHAN OCTOBER 5, 2007 Imagine all the people, living life in peace. John Winston Ono Lennon October 9, 1940-December 8, 1980 A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. Yoko Ono Lennon 10/05/07 -- -- O n October 9th, on what would have been John Lennon's 67th birthday, his widow, Yoko Ono is dedicating a peace tower in Reykjavik, Iceland in the memory of her husband. There will also be almost a half a million peace wishes buried in capsules around the tower which is a blue tower of light extending up to the sky above us. I received the link to the Imagine Peace website while I was on a layover in the airport in Las Vegas, Nv. Still reeling from the reports of hundreds, if not thousands of Burmese monks and other humans being slaughtered for protesting against their opp

“Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it. “ Spike Lee “I do not know a method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.” Edmund Burke January 8, 2011 was a tough day—six people were killed and many more wounded in a cowardly act of unspeakable violence. These people awakened on that day, ate their breakfasts, played with their children/grandchildren/parents/friends, made love, brushed their teeth, used the toilet, and any number of other “normal” activities we do every day, and they probably didn’t even imagine that it would be their last day on earth—beating hearts silenced by hatred, ignorance and bigotry. Lives cut short and futures canceled by a murderous and unconscionable massacre. I hope for the sake of the victim’s families and for international justice that those responsible fo

My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.    Government should be transparent.  Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing.   Taken from the White House Website - A message from President Obama to his staff. From the outset of Barack Obama's political career, up until his presidential election victory, a large part of his political platform was the concept of transparency in government. As a legal scholar of Constitutional Law, having taught the subject at the prestigious University of Chicago Law School, his promotion of political decision making transparency, at the time, seemed to be more substance than rhetoric. The politic

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January 17, 2011 Defend Free Speech and the Right to Organize! Opposing War and Occupation is not a crime ! Noon: Protest at FBI Headquarters   935 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 1 p.m.: Convoy to Quantico   Military Base caravan to Quantico, Virginia (about 1 hour south of DC ) Protest FBI Sureveillance and Harassment of Activists   Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and honor the hundreds of courageous civil rights activists who fought for justice during the 1960s and 1970s, but were spied on, harrassed, undercut and villified by the FBI. Protest surveillance, infiltration and attempts to entrap peace, environmental, animal rights civil rights and solidarity activists. Stand up for the 29 peace and solidarity activists from Chicago, Minneapolis and Michigan who have been subpeonaed to appear before a grand jury purportedly investigating material support of terrorism, but really meant to intimidate international solidarity activists. We'll con

In 2009, after the inauguration of Barack Obama, I was feeling out of step with the ½ of the country that I would usually be in step with: those Hope-notized by his campaign-ad/sound-bite rhetoric. I spent a lot of time pondering the why of this Hope-nosis and how badly our country was still doing economically and I was dismayed (but not surprised) by the increasing violence of Obama’s foreign and domestic policies. Now, two years later, we are a country in multiple crises because the very foundation of capitalist-imperialism is crumbling no matter how hard the capitalists try and keep it together using all the tools at their disposal: the US military, the corporate media, the fear of “terrorism,” wedge issues such as LGBTQ and immigrant rights, the farce of elections, etc. In 2009, I wrote a book called: Myth America: 20 Greatest Myths of the Robber Class and the Case for Revolution . In this book, I identified and dispelled 20 myths that I think keep us attached to the class tha