Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox

https://soundcloud.com/ speaking-truth-to-empire/ 180530-peace-fresnos-stir-it- up-cindy-sheehan Stir It Up from Peace Fresno on KFCF 88.1 FM independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews Cindy Sheehan, America’s leading antiwar activist. They discuss Women’s March on Pentagon; Trump’s reckless and irresponsible cancellation of Iran nuclear deal and meeting with North Korean leader. ******* CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX 

 May 28, 2018   Paul Ortiz  Dr. Paul Ortíz is the director of the award-winning Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and associate professor of history at the University of Florida. He is president of the  Oral History Association  for the 2014-2015 term. He has previously served as vice-president as well as chair of the nominating committee for the OHA. His publications include the  Emancipation Betrayed  (University of California Press) a history of the Black Freedom struggle in Florida, and  Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell About Life in the Jim Crow South  (New Press) which went into its 4 th  printing in 2014. He is the recipient of several book awards including the Lillian Smith Book Prize conferred by the  Southern Regional Council  & the Harry T. and Harriett V. Moore Book Prize bestowed by the  Florida Historical Society  and the  Florida Institute of Technology .   Matt Sedillo and Irene Monica Sanchez Matt Sedillo is an L.A.

Just Say “NO” to Forced Military Conscription The US Congress has commissioned a “bi-partisan” panel of 11 people to study the future of a military draft in the United States. Since the beginning of forced conscription in the US (Civil War), a military draft for that war and subsequent wars has been highly unfair and class biased. For example, in the Civil War, conscripts could actually purchase the way for someone else to take his place. For every war during the 20th century, draft avoidance, resistance, or “dodging” has been practiced. During the US war crime in Vietnam, 2.15 million US troops were deployed there and at least three-quarter of them were from working-class or poor families. However, we all know the stories of former “deferred” war hawks like Dick (Five-Deferment) Cheney, Bill Clinton, Ted Nugent, Rush Limbaugh, Trump, and Mitt Romney and sub-par humans like George W. Bush being allowed to join an elite (safe) unit to avoid the carnage. Every time an

We have spent the time up to now on messaging, "branding," and literally circling our wagons to protect the integrity and non-partisan nature of WMOP, now it's time to get into the actual march. PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES:   COMMITTEES (IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE EMAIL CINDY AT CINDYSHEEHAN@WOMENSMARCHONPENTAGON.COM) STEERING COMMITTEE (Meets twice a month--for now--responsible for approving expenditures, messaging, outreach, social media, website, overseeing committees) Cindy, CHAIR MEMBERS: Bonnie Caracciolo Riva Enteen Emma Fiala Suzanne O'Keefe Paki Weiland  Heather Cottin ADVISORY COMMITTEE: (self-explanatory) Walter Teague, Veteran of 1967 March on Pentagon Margaret Flowers,  Co-director of Popular Resistance Kevin Zeese, Co-director of Popular Resistance Bruce A. Dixon, Managing Editor of Black Agenda Report  Ward Reilly, US Veteran-Activist  Doctress Neutopia, Utopian Vis

COMMUNITY CONFERENCE CALL SIGN UP TO HEAR FROM OUR MAIN ORGANIZERS ABOUT THE PROGRESS WE ARE MAKING TOWARDS ORGANIZING THE WOMEN'S MARCH ON THE PENTAGON! WHEN: MAY 30TH TIMES: 4PM PACIFIC 5PM MOUNTAIN 6PM CENTRAL 7PM EASTERN (ADJUST FOR YOUR TIME ZONE IF DIFFERENT FROM ABOVE) *** We have spent the time up to now on messaging, "branding," and literally circling our wagons to protect the integrity and non-partisan nature of WMOP, now it's time to get into the actual march. PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES:   COMMITTEES IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE EMAIL CINDY AT CINDYSHEEHAN@WOMENSMARCHONPENTAGON.COM STEERING COMMITTEE (Meets twice a month--for now--responsible for approving expenditures, messaging, outreach, social media, website, overseeing committees)   Cindy, CHAIR MEMBERS: Bonnie Caracciolo Riva Enteen Emma Fiala Helen Epstein Suzanne O'Keefe Paki Weiland  Heather C

https://soundcloud.com/ speaking-truth-to-empire/ 180516-speaking-truth-to- empire-david-swanson   “Speaking Truth to Empire” on KFCF 88.1 independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews David Swanson , an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is the director of WorldBeyondWar.org . He is the author of several books; they will discuss his latest book Curing Exceptionalism . He blogs at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsACrime.org . ********** CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX 

May 19, 2018 Guest: John Barbour Topic: The American Media and the Second Assassination of JFK  CLICK IMAGE TO WATCH FILM  John Barbour   Will be LIVE on the Hagmann Report Weds, May 23rd 8-10 eastern to speak about his film. ******** CINDY SHEEHAN'S SOAPBOX 

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Mother's Day for Peace by Cindy Sheehan Casey and Cindy I think that since I have been doing my "peace thing" for so long and I am such an outspoken critic of US militarism, and relentless supporter of civilians being harmed by the US Empire, that some people forget that I am also a grieving mother whose own son was a victim of US militarism. Trust me, I never have forgotten for one moment for the past 14 years. A couple of weeks after my son Casey was killed in Iraq on April 04, 2004, I was watching a cable news network (which shall remain nameless) and I saw a report on a memorial in Santa Barbara called " Arlington West " which was sponsored by Santa Barbara Veterans for Peace. I had never heard of this memorial, nor had I heard of Veterans for Peace at that point. However, since Mother's Day was approaching, I told Casey's dad and my then husband Patrick that going to Santa Barbara and going to Arlington West was what I want

WOMEN’S MARCH ON PENTAGON BIG AND BOLD   There is an imperial saying, "Peace through Strength,” which means that the stronger the US military is, the more peace there will be. Obviously, this is completely wrong and the opposite is true.  Dennis Kucinich with his Department of Peace idea changed the saying "Strength Through Peace,” which is better than promoting the farce that only peace can be achieved through killing and destruction, but we at WMOP believe that security is far more important to women as an idea than is strength. Women must feel secure in their homes, on the streets, and in their communities. War is the macro-expression of violence and contains all of the aspects of violence against women: murder, rape, other sexual assault and brutality; the murder/rape of her children; the destruction of her home/community; starvation, illness, terror: insecurity. Domestic violence and sexual assault/rape/harassment at home, at school, or in the workplace are the m

Revolutionary Organization of Labor, USA March/April #107-May/June #108 ___________________________________________________________ CLICK HERE FOR FULL NEWSLETTER MAIN ARTICLES: A MAY DAY 2018 Greeting and Salute to the High School Youth Protesting Violence in Public Schools and Communities Across the USA     — from RAY LIGHT and CINDY SHEEHAN — We are encouraged that tens of thousands of high school youth left their schools and took to the streets to protest the fact that, even in school, our youth, holding the future of our country in their hands, are not safe from an epidemic of violence that is sweeping across the USA. The youth are finally beginning to get the message, the wisdom, that  Martin Luther King, Jr.  had come to realize and courageously shared in the year before his assassination fifty years ago: “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world  today [is] my own government.” (MLK Speech at Riverside Church, April 4, 1967) ******