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I Couldn't Care Less about the Royal Wedding

VIDEO: I COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT THE ROYAL WEDDING: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxi6XQWQMhQ&feature=player_embedded#at=22 Perfect companion piece to my piece: One Wedding and Unlimited Funerals

One Wedding and Unlimited Funerals by Cindy Sheehan

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I guess I must be a glutton for punishment because I just snapped off CiaNN in frustration and anger for about the 5000 th time. Yesterday, I was treated to Candy (“I never met a warmonger I didn’t love”) Crowley fairly gushing with bloodlust over her three warmonger, kill Qaddafi, bomb the shit out of the Libyan people, guests—Republican Senators: Lindsey Graham (R-Closet); John McCain (R-Mordor) and Joseph Lieberman (R-Tel Aviv {okay, I know that Lieberman is technically an "I," but he out Republicans Ronald Reagan in every instance}). (Wow, even I got lost in that last round of parenthetical statements.) Anyway—if one has an insatiable thirst for institutional violence on a massive and very extravagant scale—like Miss Crowley—then whom else would you have on your program to talk about the US/British/NATO war crimes in Libya? Certainly not Cindy Sheehan, Cynthia McKinney or Dennis Kucinich? Heck no, if one of us were interviewed on CiaNN, we may actually tell the t

STRIKE CALIFORNIA!

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Dear Friend, Today, I diverted from my regular course of planned chores to economize on gas/energy, to make an unplanned trip to check my P.O. Box--it's Saturday, so the traffic was light and there were many available parking spaces. On my way into the post office, I passed an elderly couple holding a sign reading "Homeless, Please Help!" The woman was stooped and looked worn out and stressed and the man was bundled up in a wheelchair as it's still very unseasonably cold here in the North Bay. I am unusually skilled at sniffing out BS and very experienced in homeless people and sometimes there are scams. I lived in San Francisco for two years where one can't walk 10-20 feet without being hit up, but these two elders were in Vacaville--where the homeless population is escalating and not the "traditional" population. I gave the couple all the cash I had in my purse, which wasn't much, (only about $5) and, more importantly, I chatted with them. The

$13 for Peace and Justice (TAX DEDUCTIBLE)

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Hit the DONATE BUTTON to DONATE $13.00  or SEND A  CHECK/MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO: "PEACE OF THE ACTION" PO BOX 6264 VACAVILLE, CA 95696 OR CLICK THE NEXT BUTTON TO DONATE ANY AMOUNT:

HARD-BOYLED TRUTH: PROF FRANCIS BOYLE ON CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX !

Hell Boyles Over :   (Not really.)  Click here to listen or download, beginning at 2:00 PM San Francisco time.  This Sunday (April 17th), Cindy presents one hellaciously illuminating show, featuring popularly demanded Professor Francis Boyle , who refuses to buy the common brown, squishy and stinky "party line" proffered by our ruling class, or corporatocracy.  (See his Faculty profile here.)  He wants WORLD PEACE!  The man speaks good sense.  He PREFERS logic and truth - a very serious "character defect," which can cost an adherent profoundly in terms of popular acceptability.  (Non-"official" viewpoints completely disqualify one from being a "serious" and relevant pundit.)  No; the real truth about this show is that Professor Boyle's Integrity boils over.  He and Cindy discuss the Democratic Party's immense skills at co-opting social movements that might be effective.  Both agree that today our Peace Movements are

From "Vulnerable" to Invincible: A program and action for economic health.

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"There’s class warfare, all right but it’s my class the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning." Warren Buffett From “Vulnerable” to Invincible “Mayday! Mayday! Cindy Sheehan “Our problems stem from acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.”      Dorothy Day Once upon a time, many years ago, when things weren’t quite so f’ed up here in Duh-merica, the Democratic candidate for president from Nowhereville, Arkansas made the expression, “It’s the economy, stupid,” a catch-phrase for his successful bid to unseat the incumbent, George H.W. Bush. Pappy Bush had been wildly popular (we love our “successful wars” here) after his attack on Iraq but had not addressed the recession we were suffering under at the time. Now, as we all know, Bill Clinton was elected and enacted NAFTA, GATT and other so-called Free trade agreements, which had the affect of sending our decent paying jobs with benefits to other countries that didn’t have such “horrible” restric

Take California: Call for March & Strike on Sacramento

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Take California: Call for March & Strike on Sacramento Peace of the Action (POTA), CodePINK, Cindy Sheehan, several other entities, and all Vulnerable Folks are calling on us to march, strike, and occupy Sacramento and beyond beginning May Day, 2011. We seek your endorsement for - and participation in - this march/strike to strengthen our approach, our numbers, and our will. Strike: No Business As Usual No More Taxes for Wars & Occupations No More Tax Breaks for the Rich & Their Corporations To be clear, this is a march and strike in direct challenge to Governor Jerry Brown and the legislature’s austerity measures in California. The budget “fixes” proposed will come down on the backs of the most vulnerable, while continuing to provide corporate welfare, funds and use of California National Guard in wars of aggression, and a regressive tax structure. We believe there is a better way. Close Corporate Tax Loopholes & Incentives Fully fund edu

NEW INFO FOR RE-CREATING REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNITIES--AUDIO FILE OF 4/10 CONFERENCE CALL

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  Re-Creating Revolutionary Communities bi-weekly conference call featuring activist, Kevin Zeese .  Besides being articulate, well-informed, dedicated to peace, economic equality and social justice, Kevin is a very good friend of mine--this picture is Kevin and I in my trailer at Camp Casey in Crawford, Texas in the summer of 2005. Listen to the one hour call to hear what Kevin is up to this days with ItsOurEconomy.org. Kevin also referenced this study: Competing Budget Priorities  and these websites: www.USUncut.org and www.AmpedStatus.org RECORDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE CALL WAV FILE MP3 FILE   NEXT CONFERENCE CALL FOR RE-CREATING REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNITIES IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 25--MORE DETAILS AT THE DATE APPROACHES. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR  RRC 1. Transcription Volunteer - In addition to the audio versions of our conference calls, we'd like to make available transcribed versions for those that cannot listen, or prefer the written word. With that

Cindy Sheehan's 90 Second Speech at NYC Antiwar Rally yesterday

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DEAR FRIEND, CHECK OUT THE VIDEO OF MY 90 SECOND SPEECH IN NYC YESTERDAY: CLICK THIS LINK TO WATCH THE SPEECH ALSO, DON'T FORGET TO LISTEN TO CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX TODAY AT www.CINDYSHEEHANSSOAPBOX. COM , 2PM PACIFIC TIME (OR ANYTIME AFTER AT THE ARCHIVES) OUR GUESTS TODAY ARE KAREN TOSTADO FROM UNITED WE STRIKE AND FORMER ECONOMIC HIT MAN, JOHN PERKINS. REMEMBER, I CAN ALWAYS BE REACHED AT:  CINDY@ CINDYSHEEHANSSOAPBOX.COM Peace Cindy CINDY'S EVENTS IN BOSTON MONDAY, APRIL 11 1PM:     UMASS BOSTON IN THE CAMPUS CENTER 7PM:     First Parish In Cambridge (Harvard Square)           3 Church St           Cambridge, MA

CINDY IN NYC AND BOSTON, APRIL 9-11; OVERTHROW THE CORPORATOCRACY!

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Cindy in NYC ON SATURDAY, APRIL 9 12 NOON: Cindy will be speaking at the UNAC (United National Antiwar Committee) rally and march in NYC on April 9th. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO 4:30 PM: Cindy will be speaking at the Brecht Forum with Green Party Candidate for NY Governor, Howie Hawkins on: "Dawn of a New Revolt, Challenging Corporate America's Two Parties" CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ************************************************** CINDY IN BOSTON ON MONDAY, APRIL 11TH 1PM: UMASS BOSTON IN THE CAMPUS CENTER 7PM: First Parish In Cambridge (Harvard Square) 3 Church St Cambridge, MA ************************************************* DON'T FORGET TO LISTEN TO CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2PM (PDST) AND ANY TIME AFTER AT THE ARCHIVES www.CindySheehansSoapbox.com Cindy's guests this Sunday are Karen Tostado from United We Strike and former Economic Hit Man, John Perkins! Listen for the reasons to and so

GOP is Concerened About Spilled Milk guest article by Nicholas Scott

GOP Is Concerned About Spilled Milk It comes as no surprise to see the GOP’s recently unveiled legislation proposing to strip the Environmental Protection Agency’s power over emission regulations. The proposal slices the EPA’s budget by 30% -- the largest cut to any agency. In addition, it restricts the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions and from employing water pollution limits in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This, of course, was but a small component of a much larger flank against the White House environmental and energy agenda that has been taking place recently. The assault on energy took place on Capitol Hill last Thursday, bringing out the EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to face the House Republicans for the first time since they had initially proposed to cut her budget. A battle took place in front of a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing, and some blows were exchanged. A variety of concerns were raised to Jackson, some going as far as asking whether th

My grandpa the Mohatma interview with Arun Gandhi

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