Original article in Socialist Worker Why is the antiwar movement so weak? October 12, 2007 ERIC RUDER analyzes the state of the national antiwar struggle and what lies ahead. SINCE THE start of the Iraq war, antiwar sentiment has grown dramatically in the U.S. In 2003, 23 percent of the U.S. population thought the U.S.… Continue reading Eric Ruder on the weak antiwar movement
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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
Open Letter to Cindy Sheehan
Open Letter to Cindy Sheehan: We need you now more than ever from the Campus Antiwar Network We remember first hearing about you standing up to Bush in Crawford, Texas with admiration and hope. Just months before he had been re-elected, not because the majority of people supported the war, but because John Kerry offered… Continue reading Open Letter to Cindy Sheehan
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
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
Frances Crowe – Blow up Balloons Not Bombs
On Mother’s Day – May 13, 2007 – Frances Crowe tells story from a previous Mother’s Day protest of 25 years ago. She was speaking with Sunny Miller, Executive Director of Traprock Peace Center. Frances Crowe is a prominent peace organizer and pacifist. She was a co-founder of Traprock Peace Center. She urges Traprock to… Continue reading Frances Crowe – Blow up Balloons Not Bombs
Kent State Keynote by Cindy Sheehan
Kent State 37 Years Later Cindy Sheehan This is the keynote address Cindy gave on May 04, 2007, at the commemoration of the Kent State Massacre. First of ail, I would just like to say that I am not only in favor of impeaching George Bush and Dick Cheney, but of trying them for war… Continue reading Kent State Keynote by Cindy Sheehan
Four Dead in Ohio
Four Dead in Ohio Cindy Sheehan May 4th, 2007 will be the 37th year since the Kent State, Ohio, massacre where four anti-war protesters were killed by Ohio National Guardsmen during a protest against Richard Nixon’s announced escalation in Vietnam. On that day in 1970, anti-Vietnam war sentiment in the entire nation was high as… Continue reading Four Dead in Ohio