Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox

December 15, 2016 Guest: Anthony Freda Topic: Shining the light of truth for peace Cindy and Anthony at Occupy Peace (2015) www.anthonyfreda.com This week, Cindy chats with great friend of the Soapbox, artist and political commentator, Anthony Freda. Cindy and Anthony chat about the hypocrisy of liberals and the  outright lies of corporate media and a strategy to work together  for peace. *************************************************** This will be the final Soapbox Podcast for 2016. This has been a challenging year for Cindy as she has been dealing with her sister and her sister's battle with cancer, but we in the Soapbox family are proud of the shows that we presented to you this year and are excited about 2017 and the new challenges and opportunities for organizing that will be presented in a Trump regime.  With your help and dedication to The Soapbox for eight years, we will be entering our 9th year in January. Tha

  Independent Canadian journalist  Eva Bartlett , newly arrived from Syria, will report on her experiences in Aleppo and elsewhere in Syria, as will  Gerry Condon , US Veterans for Peace VP and member of the US Peace Council Delegation to Syria. You will definitely hear much that you have not heard elsewhere, and perhaps question what you think you know about Syria.  Eva lived in Gaza for three years and was one of the few western reporters present during the Israeli attacks that killed thousands of Palestinians. Wednesday, Dec. 14, 7 PM Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St., Santa Cruz, CA Thursday, Dec. 15, 7 PM Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland, CA  (between Broadway and Telegraph, 19th St. BART), with brief intro from Jeff Mackler of UNAC Friday, Dec. 16, 7 PM Eric Quezada Center, 518 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA (16th & Mission BART), with brief intro from Jeff Mackler of UNAC Admission:  $10-20 sliding scale.  No one

December 10, 2016 Guest: Bev Harris Topic: Election Integrity in the U.S. (or lack thereof) This week, Cindy chats with the founder of Black Box Voting, Bev Harris. Bev is one of the pioneers of analyzing the results of easily tamper-able voting machines.    

“On January 20th I will become the first President of the United States to serve two full terms during a time of war.” — @POTUS — The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 6, 2016 The above is an actual TWEET of a line from a speech that Barack Obama gave at MacDill AFB on December 6th. The reaction of the crowd was to cheer for that line, but even though even Obama can't control what thugs applaud in his speeches, one can tell that he is proud of the fact that he has been a war criminal for all eight years of his regime. One would think that The White House intern in charge of twittering wouldn't tweet something that he/she thought would bring shame on POTUS--so I come to the conclusion that Obama is just as proud to be a war president as Bush was.  Then Obama went on to say, "We did not choose this fight." Of course, the USA was an innocent bystander on September 11, 2001. It's a given that the US only spreads goodwill and material aid around a

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Young Cubans wait in line to pay their respects to Fidel Castro "The Cuban economy is a disaster. No, I do not praise Fidel Castro." Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) to Martha Raddatz (ABC) Where to start about last week's death of 90-year old revolutionary, Fidel Castro?  Well, we'll get to the adverse propaganda soon, but to be clear, I admire Castro and I admire the people of Cuba and the Cuban Revolution. ( Read my piece on the occasion of Fidel's 90th birthday .) Because I admire them, it does not mean I worship Fidel, or deny anything negative about him or Cuba. Was Fidel perfect? Is any person perfect? Despite any criticism of Fidel, we should evaluate Cuba today--the "pudding" as you will, or the Fruits of the Revolution. A lot of people denounce the Castros and the Cuban Revolution because it was "violent." Needless to say, Fidel didn't set out to overthrow a utopian society. The revolution waged battle against a

December 1, 2016 Guest: Andrea Mérida Cuellar (National Co-Chair of Green Party US and Chair of Colorado Green Party) Topic: Green Party opposition to Jill Stein's recount efforts This show is a must listen for Andrea's cogent and articulate comments. "Lavender's blue, dilly-dilly, lavender's green; When I am king, dilly-dilly, you shall be queen."  Old English Folk Song-Nursery Rhyme When I first heard of the Jill Stein (Green) campaign's   efforts to raise millions to recount states where Hillary Clinton (Democrat) lost by a narrow margin (Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania) the above song started to run through my mind. I thought, "why do we even need a Green Party if it is going to regularly collude with the Democrats ?" During the summer, I was dismayed when Stein courted the imperialist Bernie Sanders to step into her slot and run as a Green, but recounting states that could help the mega-