Torture is a War Crime Journey for Humanity and Accountability Day 5 Cindy Sheehan Today our Journey took us to Ft. Benning, Ga, where the cancer of the School of Americas (WINSEC) is housed. I have written on torture before and I believe that BushCo’s policy of imprisoning people without their basic due process and… Continue reading Torture is a War Crime by Cindy Sheehan
Category: Iraq
Summer of Love 07 by Cindy Sheehan
Summer of Love ‘07 On a Journey for Humanity Cindy Sheehan The other day I came out of my short retirement due to yet another Bush flagrant abuse of power. We decided that we would walk from Atlanta to DC to gather a people’s movement for humanity. The longer BushCo are in office the less… Continue reading Summer of Love 07 by Cindy Sheehan
Call Out the Instigator by Cindy Sheehan
[July 3, 2007 note by Cindy: Since I sent out the last piece, the Rev’s hearing has been postponed for a month…so our walk will be starting on July 10th from Camp Casey…details TBA.] Call Out the Instigator Cindy Sheehan Call out the Instigator Because there’s something in the air We got to get together… Continue reading Call Out the Instigator by Cindy Sheehan
Turn-Turn-Turn by Cindy Sheehan
Turn, Turn, Turn Cindy Sheehan To everything there is a season. A time for war, a time for peace. Ecclesiastes, Hebrew Scriptures I wish I could say I thought of something profound as I saw the president and his wife’s picture on that billboard on Hwy 317 in my rear view mirror on my way… Continue reading Turn-Turn-Turn by Cindy Sheehan
Being Hope, by Kathy Kelly
Being Hope by Kathy Kelly May 31, 2007 Earlier this week, the American Friends Service Committee asked me to speak about finding hope in hard times as part of an interfaith service to conclude their “Eyes Wide Open” display in Chicago’s Grant Park. The display arranged 3,438 soldiers’ boots to commemorate U.S. military people killed… Continue reading Being Hope, by Kathy Kelly
Cindy Sheehan’s Heartbreaking Conclusion
[Ed. Note: This writer (Charles Jenks) fully agrees with Cindy Sheehan about the peace movement. It too often works at cross purposes, and is beset by turf defending and sectarianism. I also believe that partisan politics has failed the American people, the Iraqi people and the people of the world. The Iraq War is a… Continue reading Cindy Sheehan’s Heartbreaking Conclusion
No Honor for Andrew Card
Subscribe to TraprockPeaceTV at Youtube. On May 25, 2007 Andrew Card faced hundreds of boos and catcalls as he was given an honorary degree during the graduate school commencement at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.Before the commencement, over a hundred protesters staged a rally and press conference outside the Mullin Center on the UMass campus.… Continue reading No Honor for Andrew Card
Where Have All the Giants Gone by Cindy Sheehan
Where have all the Giants Gone? Cindy Sheehan We have an old saying in my adopted state of Texas and you may have it in your own state too: “Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” America is not unique for perpetuating a history that was founded on genocide and where… Continue reading Where Have All the Giants Gone by Cindy Sheehan
UMass Protests Honoring Andy Card
Newsflash: Members of the UMass faculty senate voted 31-0 to oppose an honorary degree for Andrew Card. The vote was not ‘official’ as it missed a quorum by 1 member.Action Announcements at UMass – May 21, 23, 25thOn May 15, 2007, hundreds of students, faculty and staff protested the decision by the University of Massachusetts… Continue reading UMass Protests Honoring Andy Card
Protesting Honorary Degree for Andy Card – Part 1
Petition to Revoke Offer of Honorary Degree to Andrew H. Card, Jr. Please see Part 2 below.On May 15, 2007, hundreds of students, faculty and staff protested the decision by the University of Massachusetts to give an honorary degree to Andy Card, and former head of the Bush Administration’s White House Iraq Group. Students held… Continue reading Protesting Honorary Degree for Andy Card – Part 1