Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox

Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox April 26, 2015 GUEST: Barry Crimmins TOPIC: Call Me Lucky      Barry with Gold Star Father, Bill Mitchell. Bill's son, Michael Mitchell was killed with Casey in Iraq. This week on the Soapbox, Cindy Sheehan interviews her friend: comedian, political satirist, and activist Barry Crimmins. Barry has a very interesting story of political and social activism, but of also overcoming abuse when he was a child to help others. Barry is the subject of a Bobcat Goldthwaite film called: Call Me Lucky Listen to the interview and check the movie out! Barry and Cindy became friends when Barry came to Camp Casey in the summer of 2005 to support Cindy and the other antiwar activists while Barry was then working for now defunct Air America Radio.  

 Take this Survey and SHOVE IT! I ain’t votin’ for you no more! Cindy Sheehan In 2007, to much hoopla and derision from what passes for the left in the USA, I publicly exited (Stage Far Left) the Democratic Party. So, imagine my surprise today when I got a letter from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) asking me “as a party leader” to participate in the Official 2015 Democratic Party Survey. I even have a “DNC MEMBERSHIP” number for cripessake! When I say that I “left the party” in 2007, I did not leave as a party apparatchik, or anything approaching a “party leader.” At best, I had been a loyal Dem voter for the majority of my life, but I had never belonged to the DNC nor had I even ever contributed to any political campaign. Before I get into the fluff of the survey (which has nothing about foreign policy/war/torture/CIA, because there is nothing there to distinguish the Dems from the Tea Party), for full disclosure, I have always lo

    Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox April 19, 2015 "Cindy's Picks" Every once in awhile, Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox, will re-present a re-broadcast from our vast stores of archival shows. This show is one of Cindy's all time favorites because of the guest actor/comedian/author Richard Belzer. He is such a gentle-man and very smart and articulate.  Please give it a listen, or re-listen!    Past Blog/Intro for the Show:   Dead Wrong with Richard Belzer: Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox (Jan 13, 2013) Sheeee's Baacckk!! Happy 4th Anniversary to  Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox! Today, Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox marks its 4th year on the air! We seriously COULD NOT have done it without the generous support of our loyal listeners. We have been through a lot toge ther and we have a ways to go before we can rest...but we wil l get there! ****************************** THIS WEEK'S SHOW (JANUARY 13) This week, Cindy interv

Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox April 12, 2015 Who are the terrorists?  GUEST: Raed Jarrar TOPIC: War, what is it good for? (Part II) Raed jarrar In 2003, Raed and his family hid in a bunker in Baghdad while the US rained down thousands of tons of bombs in the doctrine known as "Shock and Awe." Raed's family survived the terrorist attack by the USA and Raed now lives in WashedUp, DeCeit for the American Friends Service Committee and is a dedicated peace activist and intellectual. As Raed iterates in this interview, war is "ugly," but we say, "not only is war 'ugly' but war is barbaric and totally unneccessary."  This is a VERY IMPORTANT show that needs to be spread far and wide. USAians need to know the truth and the truth is urgent! Body Count: Casualty figures after 10 years of the US led war of terror Physicians for Social Responsibility  Off Target:The Conduct of the War and Civilian Ca

Hillary H.W. Obama, 2016 Cindy Sheehan Hillary H.W. Obama Hi, I am going to try and write this piece with as little vitriol as I can muster, but war criminals and their voracious appetites for grabbing as much power as they can by any corrupt or violent means really anger me. I am speaking of the recent news item that Hillary Clinton will announce her candidacy for POTUS (President of the United States) on Sunday, April 12. First of all, no one should be surprised, and secondly, all liberal-progressives should (but most won’t) vigorously oppose this person. Hillary Clinton is proof in living color that for one to rise to the top of Imperial dung-heap in the WaMPO (White Male Property Owner) dominated paradigm, she, or he person-of-color, MUST fully conform and be fully invested in that dominant paradigm. For example, during the run up to the invasion of Iraq, Clinton joined her Secretary of State predecessor (female and person of color) Condoleezza Rice an

Casey and Cindy Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox April 5, 2015 GUEST: KEVIN BENDERMAN TOPIC: WAR, WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? Part One* On the 11th year since Casey Sheehan (5-29-79 to 4-4-04),  The Soapbox is presenting in two parts, the horror and pain of war. This week's guest, Kevin Benderman,  was a US soldier who, after witnessing horrors and war crimes in Iraq on his first deployment, refused to  be re-deployed and was court-martialed in 2005 and served time in Federal Prison.   Kevin at his court-martial *Part Two will be on April 12th and feature Iraqi Raed Jarrar was in  Iraq with his family during "Shock and Awe." 

FOR IMMEDIATE                              RELEASE                                         April 2, 2015                                        Cindy Sheehan CindySheehansSoapbox@gmail.com                                                          Eva Golinger EvaGolinger@gmail.com Chuck Kaufman 202-540-8336; chuck@AFGJ.org Michael Bass 510-654-5355; michaelbass84@gmail.com Stansfield Smith 773-340-6720; stansfieldsmith@yahoo.com U.S. CITIZENS AND NGOs JOIN WORLD LEADERS IN CALL FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA TO RETRACT EXECUTIVE ORDER AGAINST VENEZUELA New York, April 2, 2015 – In an Open Letter addressed to President Barack Obama, over 119 U.S. academics, activists and NGOs called on their head of state to rescind his Executive Order declaring Venezuela “an unusual and extraordinary threat to U.S. national security”. On March 9, 2015, President Obama invoked his executive powers to decree a national emergency based on the alleged