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{{short description|American antiwar activist}} | |||
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| name = Cindy Sheehan | |||
| image = Cindy Sheehan at White House.jpg | |||
| caption = Sheehan gives the peace sign in front of the White House in 2006. | |||
| birth_name = Cindy Lee Miller | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|07|10}} | |||
| birth_place = ], U.S. | |||
| death_date = | |||
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| alma_mater = ]<br>] | |||
| occupation = Activist | |||
| party = ] (before 2007)<br />] (2007–2010)<br />] (2010–present) | |||
| spouse = | |||
| children = 4 | |||
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'''Cindy Lee Sheehan''' ({{nee}} Miller; born July 10, 1957) is an American anti-war activist,<ref name=Geraghty>Geraghty, Jim (2011-05-02). ''National Review''. Retrieved May 2, 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2010/09/cindy-sheehan-truther/181881/|title=Cindy Sheehan, Truther|website=]|date=28 September 2010}}</ref> whose son, ] ] Casey Sheehan, was ] during the ]. She attracted national and international media attention in August 2005 for her extended antiwar protest at a ] outside President ]'s ]—a stand that drew both passionate support and criticism. Sheehan ran unsuccessfully for ] in 2008. She was a vocal critic of President ]'s ]. Her memoir, ''Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey Through Heartache to Activism'', was published in 2006. In an interview with '']'' in 2017, Sheehan continued to hold her critical views towards George W. Bush, while also criticizing the militarism of ].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Matt |title=Cindy Sheehan: 'Bush Was No Better' Than Donald Trump |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/cindy-sheehan-bush-was-no-better-than-donald-trump |access-date=8 January 2019 |work=The Daily Beast |date=24 October 2017 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
Sheehan was the ] of the ],<ref name="trending">{{cite news | url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/05/america-one-step-closer-to-president-roseanne/ | title=TRENDING: America one step closer to President Roseanne | publisher=CNN | date=August 5, 2012 | access-date=August 5, 2012 | author=Yoon, Robert | archive-date=November 15, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115200358/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/05/america-one-step-closer-to-president-roseanne/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> and received 1.2% of the statewide vote in the ].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-cindy-sheehan-jerry-brown-governor-20130827,0,6554578.story | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Anthony | last=York | date=2013-08-27 | title=Cindy Sheehan announces run for California governor}}</ref> | |||
] in August ]]] | |||
==Early life== | |||
'''Cindy Sheehan''' (born ''circa'' ]) is an ] ] and the mother of ] Casey Sheehan, who was killed in action at age 24 in ], ], on ] ], just five days after arriving in the country for duty in ]. Cindy Sheehan is one of nine founding members of ], a group that campaigns to bring US troops home from Iraq. | |||
Cindy Sheehan was born '''Cindy Lee Miller''' in ], in 1957. Her father worked at the ] while her mother raised her family. Sheehan graduated with honors from ] and studied history at ]. She worked as a ] at St. Mary's Catholic Church in ] for eight years, and also coordinated an after-school program for at-risk ] children for the City of ]. | |||
==Casey Sheehan== | |||
She gained national attention in early ] ] when she traveled with about 50 people to the ] belonging to ] ] just outside ] during the President's vacation there, to demand a meeting and an explanation of the "noble cause" for which her son died. | |||
] | |||
Casey Austin Sheehan (May 29, 1979 – April 4, 2004) was a ] in the ] who was killed during combat action while serving in the Iraq War. | |||
===Military service=== | |||
She has been called "the ] of the anti-war movement" by her supporters | |||
In May 2000, Casey Sheehan enlisted in the ] as a light-wheeled vehicle mechanic, ]. It has been reported that he may have considered enlisting as a chaplain assistant | |||
]. <!-- citation overlinked --> (Sheehan had acted as an ] during the ] mass on the morning of his death).<ref>, '']'', February 22, 2005</ref> | |||
Near the end of his active service, the ] began. Sheehan reenlisted, knowing that his unit would be sent there.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307193953/http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=1860 |date=2017-03-07 }}, ''American Chronicle''</ref> Sheehan's division, the ], was sent to Iraq. On March 19, 2004, Sheehan's Battery C, 1st Battalion, ], arrived at ] ] in ]. On April 4, 2004, Sheehan was killed in action after volunteering to be part of a ] to rescue American troops in the "Black Sunday" incident that began the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/inside-ambush-black-sunday/story?id=50962302|title=Inside the ambush known as Black Sunday|website=ABC News}}</ref> | |||
== Chronology == | |||
], ] on ] ]. (Photo: Jeff Patterson)]] | |||
===Son Killed=== | |||
] ] Casey Sheehan killed in action. | |||
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===Burial=== | ||
Casey Sheehan is buried in Vacaville-Elmira Cemetery in ]. In May 2006, the tombstone that Casey's family had been designing and commissioned was finally ready and placed at Casey's grave. Cindy Sheehan paid for the tombstone herself, which is normally the case, stating, "It is important for the rest of Casey's family to have one.... I guess the pain of seeing it etched in marble that he is dead is another pain I will have to deal with." Cindy Sheehan maintains that the U.S. government "should have paid for it because of its responsibility for his death." The Sheehan family did not want the furnished monument that the government provides because it didn't reflect Casey's entire life or personality. | |||
===Legacy=== | |||
] 2004 Cindy Sheehan talks with President ] at ] near ], ]. | |||
Casey Sheehan was awarded the ] and ] with V for Valor posthumously for his actions April 4, 2004.<ref name="Black5">, ''] blog''</ref> The chapel at ] started a new ] chapter that was named the Specialist Casey Austin Sheehan Council.<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519215203/http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081305B.shtml |date=May 19, 2008 }}, '']'', August 13, 2005</ref> | |||
==Antiwar campaign== | |||
] 2004 Cindy Sheehan responds to ] magazine's choice for "]". | |||
] on October 2, 2004.]] | |||
Sheehan has said she initially questioned the urgency of the invasion of Iraq but did not become active in the antiwar effort until after her son's death.<ref name=buzzflash410>{{cite web| url=http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/04/10/int04050.html| publisher=BuzzFlash| work=BuzzFlash Interviews| title=Cindy Sheehan Is Working To Bring Our Troops Home: "Mr. President. You have daughters. How would you feel if one of them was killed?"| date=2004-10-07| access-date=2007-04-08| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423184537/http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/04/10/int04050.html| archive-date=2007-04-23| url-status=dead}}</ref> Sheehan and other military families met with President ] in June 2004 at ], near ], about three months after her son's death. In a June 24, 2004, interview with the ], published soon after the meeting, she stated, "We haven't been happy with the way the war has been handled. The president has changed his reasons for being over there every time a reason is proven false or an objective reached." She also stated that President Bush was "sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis. I know feels pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of God."<ref>{{Cite news| last = Henson | first = David | title = Bush, Sheehans share moments | newspaper = ] | location = Vacaville, CA | date = 2004-06-24 }}</ref> Sheehan gave another interview on October 4, 2004, stating that she did not understand the reasons for the Iraq invasion and never thought that Iraq posed an imminent threat to the United States. She further stated that her son's death had compelled her to speak out against the war.<ref name=buzzflash410 /> | |||
] ] ] is founded. | |||
For the ], Sheehan traveled to Washington, D.C. to speak at the opening of "Eyes Wide Open: the Human Cost of War," a traveling exhibition created by the ] that displays pairs of combat boots to represent U.S. military casualties.<ref name="Buzzflash02-05">{{cite web| url=http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/05/02/con05067.html| first=Cindy| last=Sheehan| publisher=BuzzFlash| work=BuzzFlash Reader Contribution| title=1492 Empty Pairs of Boots| date=2005-02-28| access-date=2007-04-08| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329131333/http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/05/02/con05067.html| archive-date=2007-03-29| url-status=dead}}</ref> She also traveled with the exhibition to other locations and donated her son Casey's boots, stating, "Behind these boots is one broken-hearted family."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.catholicpeacefellowship.org/nextpage.asp?m=2107 |title=Anti-war memorial stirring passions among parents |publisher=Catholicpeacefellowship.org |date=2005-03-10 |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/03/26/BAGTBBV26U1.DTL| first=Joe| last=Garofoli| publisher=San Francisco Chronicle| title = Empty boots are silent testament to war's toll| date=2005-03-26| access-date=2007-04-08}}</ref> Sheehan was one of the nine founding members of ], an organization she created in January 2005 with other families she met at the inauguration. It seeks to end ], and provides support for families of soldiers killed in Iraq.<ref name="Buzzflash02-05"/><ref>Michael A. Fletcher, , ], August 13, 2005.</ref> | |||
] 2005 Cindy Sheehan speaks to three thousand people who had converged on ] to mark two years of war and occupation in Iraq. | |||
Sheehan gained international attention in early August 2005, when she traveled to President Bush's ], just outside ], demanding a second meeting with the President.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/06/AR2005080601337.html| newspaper=The Washington Post |title= Mother of Fallen Soldier Protests at Bush Ranch| date=2005-08-07| access-date=2011-08-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.veteransforpeace.org/convention05/sheehan_transcript.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061101054305/http://www.veteransforpeace.org/convention05/sheehan_transcript.htm| archive-date=2006-11-01| title= Cindy Sheehan Address Veterans For Peace Convention, August 5, 2005| access-date=August 22, 2011}}</ref> She told members of ], "I'm gonna say, 'And you tell me, what the noble cause is that my son died for.' And if he even starts to say freedom and democracy, I'm gonna say, bullshit. You tell me the truth. You tell me that my son died for oil. You tell me that my son died to make your friends rich.... You tell me that, you don't tell me my son died for freedom and democracy." She also vowed not to pay her federal income tax for 2004 because that was the year her son was killed. | |||
] 2005 U.S. Congressman ] presides a hearing or forum on the so-called ] in a basement room in the Capitol where Cindy Sheehan among others testifies. | |||
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===Camp Casey=== | ||
{{Main|Camp Casey, Crawford, Texas}} | |||
] 2005 Bush starts his five week vacation. | |||
On August 6, 2005, Sheehan arrived at the ] on a bus full of combat veterans, including Desert Storm Veteran Dennis Kyne and ]. They marched along a dirt road in the direction of The Bush Ranch. Stalled by law enforcement from walking all the way to the front door because the group refused to march as ordered in the Barr ditch, she created a makeshift camp that would be remembered as the "ditch". Three miles (5 km) from President Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas, Sheehan announced her intention to stay (sleeping in a ] at night) until she was granted a face-to-face meeting with the president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kcentv.com/news/c-article.php?cid=1&nid=7708|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070624205253/http://www.kcentv.com/news/c-article.php?cid=1&nid=7708|url-status=dead|title=Mom of soldier killed in Iraq stages protest near Bush's ranch|archive-date=June 24, 2007}}</ref> Sheehan started her protest the day the president started a planned five-week vacation. The encampment was publicized widely on behalf of Gold Star Families for Peace and ]. A few days later, the media began referring to Sheehan's camp as "]."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.khou.com/news/state/stories/khou050808_gj_outwornwelcome.54eae939.html |title=Grieving mom may have worn out welcome outside Bush's ranch |access-date=2010-04-10 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080324012123/http://www.khou.com/news/state/stories/khou050808_gj_outwornwelcome.54eae939.html |archive-date = March 24, 2008}}</ref> ] | |||
Sheehan spent most of the next four weeks in Crawford, drawing global media coverage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Engler |first=Mark |last2=Engler |first2=Paul |date=2024-08-19 |title=How to Make Sure Your Disruptive Protest Helps Your Cause |url=https://commonslibrary.org/how-to-make-sure-your-disruptive-protest-helps-your-cause/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU}}</ref> On some days as many as 1,500 supporters visited Camp Casey,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050813/APN/508130949&cachetime=3&template=dateline |title=Tuscaloosa News |publisher=Tuscaloosa News |access-date=2010-04-10 |archive-date=2009-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611100909/http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050813/APN/508130949&cachetime=3&template=dateline |url-status=dead }}</ref> including members of the ], as well as several notable actors, singers, and ] activists. | |||
] 2005 Bush delivers a speech in ], in which he said that the sacrifices of U.S. troops were "made in a noble cause" and reiterated that he will not set a timetable for withdrawal. | |||
Gold Star Families for Peace, of which Sheehan is a founding member, released a TV commercial featuring Sheehan, broadcast on Crawford and ] cable channels near Bush's ranch.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thenewswire/archive/2005/08/gold-star-families-for-pe_5552.html |title=Gold Star Families For Peace Launches New Ad Supporting Cindy Sheehan |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=2005-08-12 |access-date=2010-04-10 |first=Alex |last=MacCallum}}</ref> The group conducted a walk to a police station just outside Bush's ranch and delivered a bundle of oversized letters written by them to First Lady ], appealing to her as a mother to support their movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=060000&biid=2005082014748 |title=Please Convince the President, First Lady Laura Bush |publisher=English.donga.com |date=2005-08-20 |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref> | |||
] In a speech given at the 20th annual convention of Veterans for Peace in ], Sheehan calls Bush a "lying bastard" and a "maniac," and states that she hopes he is tried for war crimes. She also claims that she refuses to pay taxes for the year 2004. | |||
On August 16, Sheehan moved her camp closer to the Bush ranch after being offered the use of a piece of land owned by a supporter, Fred Mattlage.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brown |first=Angela |title=Neighbor Allows War Protesters to Camp on his Land |work=Common Dreams.org / AP |date=2005-08-17 |url=http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0817-06.htm |access-date=2011-10-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617011936/http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0817-06.htm |archive-date=2013-06-17 }}</ref> | |||
] 2005 Cindy Sheehan starts her vigil. She makes a makeshift camp in a ditch by the side of the road leading to the ] near ] and announces her intention to stay (sleeping in a pup tent at nights) until she is granted a face-to-face meeting with Bush. | |||
In late August, Sheehan stated that she would continue to campaign against the Iraq war even if granted a meeting with Bush. She also announced the ], to depart on September 1 and arrive in Washington, D.C., on September 24 for three days of demonstrations. The tour, which covered 42 cities in 26 states, was publicized by the Mintwood Media Collective, and garnered international media coverage. On the third day, Sheehan and about 370 other antiwar activists were arrested for demonstrating on the White House sidewalk.<ref>, Washington Post, September 27, 2005</ref> | |||
] 2005 National security adviser ] and deputy White House chief of staff ] meet briefly with Cindy Sheehan. Sheehan later calls the meeting "pointless." | |||
Sheehan's actions led supporters such as ], CEO of the ], to describe her as "the ] of the antiwar movement."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bloggernews.net/showstory.asp?page=blognews/stories/UP0000471.txt| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509222713/http://www.bloggernews.net/showstory.asp?page=blognews%2Fstories%2FUP0000471.txt| archive-date=2006-05-09| title=Cindy Sheehan's Iraq War Protest: A Woman Scorned| access-date=2011-08-22| url-status=usurped}}</ref> Sheehan also gained the label of "Peace Mom" from the mainstream media.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/18/crawford.protest/| first=Bash, Dana| last=Meucci, Jason| publisher=CNN| title=Sheehan leaves antiwar camp| date=2005-08-19| access-date=2007-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Sean Alfano |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joan-baez-joins-peace-moms-cause/ |title=Joan Baez Joins Peace Mom's Cause |publisher=Cbsnews.com |date=2005-08-22 |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-08-24-peacemom-returns_x.htm?csp=34 |title='Peace Mom' returns to Texas to continue anti-war protest |publisher=Usatoday.com |date=2005-08-24 |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref> | |||
] 2005 Cindy Sheehan states that she has been informed that beginning Thursday, ] ] she and her companions will be considered a threat to national security and will be arrested. Later there was a retraction of the story by the Daily Kos. Sheehan's camp is first referred to in the media as "Camp Casey." | |||
==Political activism== | |||
] 2005 Democrat congressmen request that Bush meet with Sheehan and the other relatives of fallen soldiers. The congressmen call on Bush to ensure that no one will be arrested for having a peaceful demonstration. | |||
In September 2005, Sheehan moved into the ], home of ] and Virginia Pearcy,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?archiveDate=10-18-05&storyID=22543|title=Cindy Sheehan Moves to Berkeley, Joins Call for National Guard Return By RICHARD BRENNEMAN. Category: Features from The Berkeley Daily Planet|first=Berkeley Daily Planet, Berkeley|last=California}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/19/INGEQHOQAA1.DTL&type=printable|title=THE DEFIANT WAR / When it began three years ago, few people could have anticipated that the combat in Iraq would last so long or that the enemy would become a stubborn and resilient insurgency / Cindy Sheehan's year of living famously|newspaper=Sfgate |date=19 March 2006 |last1=Haddock |first1=Vicki }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.law.com/jsp/llf/PubArticleLLF.jsp?id=1188982955198|title=Law.com|accessdate=25 February 2024}}</ref> where she lived for just over a year, during which time she wrote two books. Also that month, Sheehan met with Senator ], and later called him a "warmonger."<ref>{{Cite news | last = House | first = Billy | title = 'Peace Mom' Assails McCain | newspaper = Arizona Republic | url = http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0928mccain-sheehan.html | access-date = 2011-08-22}}</ref> Between 2005 and 2007, Sheehan attended several antiwar events in ] organized by the Pearcys.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=234393 |title=SN&R > Local Stories > The Cindy Sheehan show > 11.02.06 |date=November 2006 |publisher=Newsreview.com |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=semp |url=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/10/15/17748051.php |title=Anti War Pics from Sacramento 10 15 05 |publisher=Indybay |date=2005-10-15 |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Pearcy |first=Stephen |url=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/15/18347484.php |title=Cindy Sheehan to attend two BIG events Friday in Sacramento |publisher=Indybay |date=2007-01-15 |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=271454 |title=SN&R > Columns > Bites > The party's over > 01.25.07 |date=24 January 2007 |publisher=Newsreview.com |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Pearcy |first=Stephen |url=http://sfbay.indymedia.org/newsitems/2007/05/06/18410720.php |title=Sheehan and Others Converge Upon Matsui's Home : Indybay |publisher=Sfbay.indymedia.org |date=2007-05-06 |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Pearcy |first=Stephen |url=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/30/18324976.php |title=Democratic Congressional Candidate's Wife Asks Sheehan Not To Protest Iraq War |publisher=Indybay |date=2006-10-30 |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref> Also in September 2005, the Bring Them Home Now Tour was organized by Gold Star Families for Peace, ], Military Families Speak Out, and ]. Inspired by Sheehan and frequently including Sheehan as a speaker, it was a rolling antiwar protest against the Iraq War, beginning in ], traveling three routes across the country (with rallies along the way) and culminating in a rally in Washington, D.C., later in September 2005. | |||
On October 24, 2005, Sheehan said that she planned to speak at the White House and then tie herself to the fence.<ref>{{cite news |author=Kristen Lombardi |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0543,lombardiqa,69280,2.html |title=Mother of All Protesters |publisher=Villagevoice.com |date=2005-10-18 |access-date=2010-04-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829185044/http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0543%2Clombardiqa%2C69280%2C2.html |archive-date=2008-08-29 }}</ref> She and 28 others were arrested in a sit-in at the White House on October 26.<ref>Henri E. Cauvin, , ], November 18, 2005.</ref> | |||
] 2005 Bush holds a press conference, which mentions Cindy Sheehan's right to her view. | |||
Sheehan visited London in early December 2005 and was interviewed by ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2005_49_fri_05.shtml?wkp |title=On her son's death and meeting Mr Bush |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |access-date=2010-04-10 |archive-date=2011-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629055445/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2005_49_fri_05.shtml?wkp |url-status=dead }}</ref> and by '']''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Duncan Campbell |url=https://www.theguardian.com/antiwar/story/0,,1663388,00.html |title='I feel I'm carrying the world on my shoulders' |publisher=Guardian |date= 2005-12-09|access-date=2010-04-10 | location=London}}</ref> On December 10, Sheehan addressed the ], organized by the ]. Later in the evening, she attended the London Premiere of '']'', a play written by ] about her,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dariofo.it/files/peace%20mom%20FoRame%20(English).pdf |title=PDF |access-date=2010-04-10 |archive-date=2009-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928174107/http://www.dariofo.it/files/peace%20mom%20FoRame%20(English).pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> in which the role of Sheehan was played by ]. On December 13, Sheehan traveled to Ireland, where she met Irish Foreign Affairs Minister ]. She voiced her objection to U.S. aircraft refueling at ], stating, "Your government, even though they didn't send troops to Iraq, are complicit in the crimes by allowing the planes to land and refuel."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=672721 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220131638/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=672721 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-02-20 |title=Belfast Telegraph |publisher=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=2010-04-10 }}</ref> | |||
] 2005 Cindy Sheehan writes an open letter to President Bush in response to his press conference statement. In this open letter, she demands to know the "noble cause" behind the war in Iraq, as well as the reason why, if the cause is so noble, Bush's daughters are not volunteering in the war effort. | |||
On January 31, 2006, Sheehan wore a T-shirt reading "2,245 Dead. How many more?" to Bush's ] address and was removed and arrested by Capitol Police.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/sheehan.arrest/index.html |title=Activist Sheehan arrested in House gallery |publisher=Cnn.com |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref> | |||
] 2005 ] releases a TV commercial featuring Cindy Sheehan, broadcast on Crawford and ] cable channels near Bush's ranch. | |||
], May 2006.]] | |||
] 2005 Camp Casey protest draws hundreds of supporters, with a constant presence of just over 100.. | |||
On March 7, 2006, Sheehan was arrested in New York "after blocking the door to the U.S. Mission to the ] offices" during a protest with Iraqi women against the war.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11706772 |title=Cindy Sheehan arrested during NYC protest |work=NBC News |date=2006-03-07 |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref> | |||
Sheehan and Gold Star Families for Peace were awarded the 'Domestic Human Rights Award' by ], an international human rights organization based in San Francisco. | |||
] 2005 Bush's motorcade passes within 100 feet of Sheehan's roadside encampment en route to a nearby ranch to attend a fundraising barbecue expected to raise US$2 million for the ]; Sheehan holds a sign reading "Why do you make time for donors and not for me?" | |||
Several organizations planned a ] to begin on July 4, 2006;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://troopshomefast.org |title=troopshomefast.org |publisher=troopshomefast.org |date=2006-07-04 |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref> Sheehan stated she would participate. On July 5, Sheehan appeared on ]'s '']'' to discuss the war and her upcoming hunger strike. On the show, she called Bush "the biggest ] in the world" and "worse than ]," and conceded that she would rather live under ]'s ] than Bush.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna13735484 |title='Hardball with Chris Matthews' for July 5 |work=NBC News |date=2006-07-06 |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref> Later that month, Sheehan purchased {{convert|5|acre|m2}} of land in Crawford, Texas, near Bush's private residence. | |||
===Week 2=== | |||
] 2005 Cindy Sheehan makes front page news in the ]. | |||
On May 26 and May 28, 2007, Sheehan posted two messages to '']'' announcing that she was leaving the ] after the Democratic-controlled Congress passed a bill authorizing the continued funding of the war in Iraq.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/5/26/10135/7518 |title=Dear Democratic Congress |author=Cindy Sheehan |publisher=] |date=May 26, 2007}}</ref> She also submitted her resignation as the "face" of the American antiwar movement, stating that she wanted to go home and be a mother to her surviving children. However, on July 3, 2007, in response to President Bush's ] of ]'s sentence, she announced her return to activism.<ref>U.S. Conflicts in the 21st Century: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, and the War on Terror : Afghanistan War, Iraq War, and the War on Terror, Spencer C. Tucker, ABC-CLIO, 2015, </ref> She focused on her ] in 2008. | |||
] 2005 A morning ] was reported to bring over 250 people for some hours in the morning shouting pro-Bush slogans. More than 350 anti-war demonstrators gathered at a park near downtown and then moved to the main demonstration area. The core group seems to be around 100 people. | |||
In August 2009, Sheehan protested at ] during President ]'s stay there. According to ]: "Sheehan invoked Senator ]'s passing as part of her message, noting that he was firmly antiwar and how he said his proudest vote as a senator was his 2002 vote against the Iraq war."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/08/cindy-sheehan-brings-antiwar-antiobama-message-to-marthas-vineyard.html |title=Cindy Sheehan Brings Anti-War, Anti-Obama Message to Martha's Vineyard - Political Punch |publisher=Blogs.abcnews.com |date=2009-08-27 |access-date=2010-04-10}}</ref> On October 5, 2009, Sheehan was arrested with 60 others at the White House protesting President Obama's continuation of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She told ]: "I think the mood of the country and the mood of our movement is getting a little bit more desperate, and this will be the time to be able to translate our tireless activism and work for peace."<ref>, ], October 5, 2009.</ref> On December 10, 2009, Sheehan protested on the streets of ], Norway, as President Barack Obama ] the ].<ref>, ], December 11, 2009.</ref> In 2009, she was awarded the US Peace Prize by the US Peace Memorial Foundation for “extraordinary and innovative antiwar activism."<ref>{{cite web |title=Cindy Sheehan awarded 2009 US Peace Prize |url=https://www.uspeaceprize.org/ |publisher=US Peace Memorial Foundation |access-date=22 November 2019}}</ref> | |||
== Background == | |||
On March 20, 2010, Sheehan was again arrested in front of the White House, along with seven others, after they refused to listen to orders by officers of the ] to clear the sidewalk on ].<ref name="march2010">{{cite news|url=http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/03/ap_iraq_war_protests_032010/|title=Thousands rally on anniversary of Iraq invasion|last=Barakat|first=Matthew|date=21 March 2010|agency=Associated Press|publisher=]|access-date=22 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714034338/http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/03/ap_iraq_war_protests_032010/|archive-date=14 July 2011}}</ref> On July 12, Sheehan and four other activists were on trial in the Superior Court of the ] stemming from the arrests. The government decided not to try three others arrested that day, and had their cases dismissed. Sheehan and two others were acquitted of crossing a police line, while the other two were found guilty.<ref name="20 July 2010">{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/celebrities/sheehan-cleared-in-dc-protest.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010201516/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/celebrities/sheehan-cleared-in-dc-protest.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 10, 2012|title=Sheehan cleared in D.C. protest case|date=13 July 2010|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> | |||
===Political activism=== | |||
Sheehan is one of the nine founding members of ], an activist organization that seeks to end the occupation of Iraq and provide support for families of fallen soldiers. As of August 2005, at least sixty-three other relatives of fallen soldiers are listed as members. Their current demands include: | |||
:''1) We want our loved ones sacrifices to be honored by bringing our nation's sons and daughters home from the travesty that is Iraq IMMEDIATELY, since this war is based on horrendous lies and deceptions. Just because our children are dead, why would we want any more families to suffer the same pain and devastation that we are. | |||
On May 2, 2011, Sheehan released a statement indicating that she considers the ] to be a ], stating: "If you believe the newest death of OBL, you're stupid."<ref name=Geraghty/> She referred to America as a | |||
:''2) We would like for him to explain this "noble cause" to us and ask him why ] are not in harm's way, if the cause is so noble. | |||
"lying, murderous empire" and told Americans, whom she called "brainwashed," to "put flags away."<ref name=Geraghty /><ref name="IBT">{{cite news |title=Osama photo decision fuels conspiracy theories |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/141402/20110504/osama-photo-decision-fuels-conspiracy-theories.htm |newspaper=] |date=May 4, 2011 |access-date=May 5, 2011}}</ref> | |||
In October 2011, Sheehan was arrested in Sacramento as part of an ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/anti-war-activist-cindy-sheehan-18-other-wall-street-protesters-arrested-in-sacramento/2011/10/16/gIQAkm1KpL_story.html|title=Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, 18 other Wall Street protesters arrested in Sacramento|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=20 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209122812/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/anti-war-activist-cindy-sheehan-18-other-wall-street-protesters-arrested-in-sacramento/2011/10/16/gIQAkm1KpL_story.html|archive-date=9 December 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | |||
:''3) If George is not ready to send the twins, then he should bring our troops home immediately. We will demand a speedy withdrawal. | |||
Although Sheehan agreed to run as the vice presidential nominee of the ] for the 2012 elections, the party's national convention voted on October 15, 2011, to block her candidacy, on the official grounds that she was not a member of the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://socialist-tea.com/2011/10/19/how-the-spusa-2012-ticket-came-to-be|title=How the SPUSA 2012 Ticket came to be|publisher=www.socialist-tea.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308150628/http://www.socialist-tea.com/2011/10/19/how-the-spusa-2012-ticket-came-to-be|archive-date=March 8, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The nomination went to ], of Texas. | |||
] announced on ] ] that it is gathering signatures and comments to place in a two-page newspaper spread in a Sunday newspaper local to ] in support of her and her efforts. Tom Matzzie of MoveOn says the following: | |||
:''"In her grief and bravery, Cindy has become a symbol for millions of ] who demand better answers about the Iraq war. Though right-wing ] have attacked her personally, her honesty is unimpeachable. Now more and more mothers (and fathers, brothers, sisters, wives, husbands, sons and daughters) are standing up with Cindy. Please join us, and together, we'll make sure that President Bush can't escape the ] of this war—even in Crawford, Texas."'' | |||
In 2017, when the U.S. President ] was expected to announce the sending of thousands of additional troops, Sheehan feared that more opposition to the war would be only because of who occupies the presidency, stating, "If Trump announces that there will be a continued U.S. military presence or an increased presence, I am afraid any opposition from the 'left' will only be anti-Trump, because, of course, Obama escalated in Afghanistan and maintained that illegal war for the entire eight years of his presidency with not a peep from those same pro-DNC forces." Additionally, she believes "nothing but total withdrawal to give the people of Afghanistan autonomy over their own country will be acceptable" but said that she's concerned about the sincerity of possible protests.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/antiwar-activists-seek-boost-from-trumps-afghanistan-announcement|title=Antiwar activists seek boost from Trump's Afghanistan announcement|date=21 August 2017|website=Washington Examiner}}</ref> | |||
Supporters point out that the Crawford protest highlights the Bush administration's belief in selective violence and the claim that the President is not responsible for the deaths of those he commands . | |||
Sheehan hosts a weekly radio show which began in 2009. She has interviewed activists and world leaders, including ], ], ], and ]. Sheehan maintains a blog, "Cindy's Soapbox."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/|title=Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox|website=cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com|accessdate=25 February 2024}}</ref> | |||
On the week of ] ] several other groups were reported traveling to Texas to join the protest. Sherry Bohlen, field director of the ] (PDA), is one person traveling to Crawford, and says this of the protest: | |||
===Refusal to pay taxes=== | |||
:''"We'll be sleeping in a tent in the ditch along the roadside (the only place that the authorities will allow us to be). I spoke with Cindy by phone again yesterday. She said that local authorities have told her that if we're still there by Thursday we'll be arrested as "national security risks"... She could well be the ] of the movement against the ]. Just as Rosa refused to leave the bus, Cindy is refusing to leave the roadside. She's the spark that is igniting the anti-war movement."'' | |||
In 2012, Sheehan was sued by the federal government for failure to pay back taxes. "I feel like I gave my son to this country in an illegal and immoral war. I'll never get him back," Sheehan said. "And, so, if they can give me my son back, then I'll pay my taxes. And that's not going to happen."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/22/us/california-sheehan-taxes/index.html |title=Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan won't pay back taxes |date= 2012-02-22|access-date=2012-02-22 |work=CNN}}</ref> Sheehan appeared in court on April 19, 2012, and in IRS offices on May 9, 2012, refusing to provide information on the basis of the First Amendment and the Fifth Amendment.<ref>{{cite web | author = National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee |year = 2012| title = Sheehan Case Update | url = https://nwtrcc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mtap0812.pdf |access-date= 2022-11-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = Sheehan, Cindy |year = 2012| title = Conscience and the Constitution: They Fought on their own Battlefield | url = https://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/2012/05/conscience-and-constitution-they-fought.html |access-date= 2022-11-03 }}</ref> The government dropped its case against her in February 2013.<ref>{{cite web | author = National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee |year = 2013| title = Congratulations, Cindy Sheehan | url = https://nwtrcc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mtap0413.pdf |access-date= 2022-11-03 }}</ref> | |||
==Congressional election campaign== | |||
PDA lists several other groups who are publicly supporting Sheehan, including : | |||
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In July 2007, Sheehan announced that she would run against ] ] for ] of California's ], based on Pelosi's failure to attempt impeachment of Bush.<ref>{{cite news| title = Sheehan arrested while calling for Bush, Cheney impeachment | agency =Associated Press | publisher = CNN | date = July 23, 2007 | url = http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/23/sheehan.impeachment.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch| access-date=January 9, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080323114931/http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/23/sheehan.impeachment.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch |archive-date = March 23, 2008}}</ref> Up until her run for the U.S. Congress, Sheehan lived outside Pelosi's district, in ]; however, she moved to San Francisco's ] after declaring her candidacy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19665569 |title=Sheehan weighs run against Pelosi |work=] |date=July 8, 2007}}</ref> Earlier, in 2006, she had spoken of ambitions to challenge ] for her seat in the ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-28-sheehan-senate_x.htm |title=Sheehan considers challenging Sen. Feinstein |work=] |date=January 28, 2006}}</ref> | |||
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Sheehan ran on a platform of ], media reform, overturning all ] agreements, repealing the ], ], nationalizing oil and electricity, ending the ], legalizing ], ensuring all talks in the Middle East are fair to all parties, ending torture, closing ], overseas commitment to cleaning up ] sites, ending ], ending ], and legalizing ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cindyforcongress.org/article.php?list=type&type=13 |title=Cindy Sheehan For Congress |publisher=Cindyforcongress.org |access-date=2010-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223180949/http://www.cindyforcongress.org/article.php?list=type&type=13 |archive-date=2009-02-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sheehan lost the 2008 election to the ] Pelosi. In a seven-way race, Sheehan came in second with 46,118 votes (16.14%) to Pelosi's 71.56%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=1793 |title=SFGOV |publisher=SFGOV |access-date=2010-10-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704024244/http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=1793 |archive-date=2013-07-04 }}</ref> | |||
===Reaction from the Bush Administration=== | |||
On ] ], Sheehan met with two high-level Bush administration officials, National Security Adviser ] and deputy ] ]. According to the New York Times (August 6, 2005) the meeting lasted 45 minutes. The Times also reported that Ms. Sheehan told the two officials she appreciated their meeting with her. | |||
==2012 vice-presidential candidacy== | |||
There had been reports, disseminated by Ms Sheehan, that the police had threatened to arrest all protesters on site on Thursday, ], ] when Secretary of Defense ] and Secretary of State ] would be at the president's nearby ranch. However, no arrests in connection with the protest occurred. President ] did speak to reporters at his ranch saying: | |||
In the summer of 2012, television personality ] named Sheehan as her ] for the presidential nomination of the ] in the ]. Barr and Sheehan were nominated by that party as its ] on August 4, 2012.<ref name="trending"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/08/roseanne-finally-won-a-presidential-nomination.html | title=Roseanne Barr Finally Won a Presidential Nomination | work=] | date=August 5, 2012 | access-date=August 5, 2012 | author=Bankoff, Caroline}}</ref> | |||
==2014 California gubernatorial candidacy and campaign== | |||
:''"I sympathize with Mrs. Sheehan," Bush said. "She feels strongly about her position, and she has every right in the world to say what she believes. This is America. She has a right to her position, and I thought long and hard about her position. I've heard her position from others, which is: Get out of Iraq now. And it would be a mistake for the security of this country and the ability to lay the foundations for peace in the long run if we were to do so." '' | |||
On March 12, 2013 ], state chair of California's ], made the announcement that the central committee of the party had unanimously endorsed Cindy Sheehan for ] in the ], should Sheehan choose to run. Sheehan formally announced her campaign for Governor of California at a news conference Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at the State Capitol in ].{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} | |||
Ms Sheehan later issued a statement, which among other things outlined the purpose of the protest . | |||
Sheehan said she planned to unseat incumbent Gov. ], and to bring California "peace, economic equality and environmental sustainability," and reforms through an EPIC (End Poverty in California) program. Her EPIC campaign harkened to the ] campaign of the ] ]. Sinclair garnered 879,537 votes in that race.<ref>{{cite web|title=California Democratic Primary, 1934|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=103765|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref> | |||
===Comments on the Israeli-Arab conflict=== | |||
Along with criticizing the Bush Administration and the War in Iraq, Sheehan has been quite vocal in her attacks on ] and so-called ]. In a letter, written on ] ], Sheehan claims that her son died, "for a ] Neo-Con agenda to benefit Israel." Sheehan further comments that her son joined the armed forces to "protect America, not Israel." | |||
==Political positions== | |||
Sheehan has also said that in order to stop terrorism, Israel must get "out of ].". | |||
Sheehan has, through her own blog, described herself as a ].<ref>{{cite web|title=A Socialist's Response to The Greatest American Scoundrel Show (Debate)|date=4 October 2012|url=http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/a-socialists-resonse-to-greatest.html|publisher=Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox|access-date=October 4, 2012}}</ref> She has also criticized ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/19022020-cindy-sheehan-socialism-for-the-ill-informed-oped/|title=Cindy Sheehan: Socialism For The Ill-Informed – OpEd|date=February 12, 2020|access-date=December 21, 2020|work=Eurasia Review}}</ref> In 2010, Sheehan changed her voter registration in California and became a member of the ].<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210043609/http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/component/content/article/12-general/752-cindy-sheehan-joins-peace-and-freedom |date=2017-02-10 }}. Peace and Freedom Party.</ref> Sheehan has expressed opposition to COVID-19 restrictions, mask mandates, and vaccine mandates.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2021/03/01/cindy-sheehan-open-the-schools/|title=Cindy Sheehan: Open the schools|date=March 1, 2021|access-date=November 3, 2022|work=Times-Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thereporter.com/2020/08/02/cindy-sheehan-youth-deserve-better/|title=Cindy Sheehan: Youth deserve better |date=August 2, 2020|access-date=November 3, 2022|work=The Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cindysheehan.substack.com/p/un-jabbed-black-dc-teens-denied-schooling|title=DC Mayor Says No Digital Learning, Giving Unvaccinated Black Teens Zero Alternative Option|date=August 25, 2022|access-date=November 3, 2022}}</ref> She published a paper about former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's nursing home controversy.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}} | |||
In 2024, Sheehan signed an open letter in support of a ] activist who was excluded from a ] action for opposing trans rights.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oc-drl.site/Menasche%20open%20letter.html|title=OC/DRL|accessdate=25 February 2024}}</ref> | |||
These comments have led to accusations of ]. | |||
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==Personal life== | ||
In 1977, she married Patrick Sheehan, a sales representative, in ]; they had four children, including Casey Sheehan (born in 1979), who was killed in action in Iraq on April 4, 2004. Patrick Sheehan filed for divorce on August 12, 2005, citing irreconcilable differences.<ref name="SmokingGun1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0815051sheehan2.html |title=The Smoking Gun |publisher=The Smoking Gun |access-date=2010-04-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003105359/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0815051sheehan2.html |archive-date=2009-10-03 }}</ref><ref name="SFGate1">{{cite book|first1=Peter|last1=Fimrite|title=Activist mother sued for divorce / Vigil for dead son outside Bush ranch|url=https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/2005-08-16/news/17385299_1_patrick-sheehan-cindy-sheehan-president-bush-s-texas-ranch|access-date=May 6, 2010|date=August 16, 2005|newspaper=]|publisher=Hearst Communications|location=San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.|isbn=9781416541059|issn=1932-8672|oclc=33123981|quote=Her husband, Patrick Sheehan, filed for divorce Friday in Solano County District Court, and he apparently wants to keep their house.}}</ref> | |||
At least sixteen ] signed a letter on ] ] asking that Bush meet with Sheehan and the other relatives of fallen soldiers, as well as calling on Bush to ensure that no one will be arrested for having a peaceful demonstration. | |||
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==Published works== | ||
* ''Dear President Bush''. San Francisco: ], 2006. {{ISBN|0872864545}} | |||
* ''Peace Mom''. San Francisco: City Lights Publishers, 2006. {{ISBN|074329792X}} | |||
==See also== | |||
Sheehan has been criticised by ], ], ] and other conservative commentators. | |||
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On ] 2005, Internet blogger ] charged that Sheehan had "flip-flopped' (changed her opinion) about her meeting with President Bush: "... has dramatically changed her account about what happened when she met the commander-in-chief last summer!". Drudge quoted part of a 24 June 2004 with Sheehan published in the Vacaville ''Reporter'' newspaper, which took place after the meeting. In it, Sheehan appeared to praise Bush: "I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis...I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith." An examination of the same interview shows, however, that Sheehan is also quoted as saying "We haven't been happy with the way the war has been handled...The president has changed his reasons for being over there every time a reason is proven false or an objective reached." | |||
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Sheehan is also reported to have stated prior to the meeting, "We support the military, but not the war in Iraq." 18 days after the meeting with Bush, Cindy Sheehan and her daughter are listed on a news release from Military Families Speak Out as willing to speak with reporters about their opposition to the war. | |||
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Drudge has also printed a report headlined "FAMILY OF FALLEN SOLDIER PLEADS: PLEASE STOP, CINDY!". The report is based on an sent by Cherie Quartarolo, Casey's paternal aunt; the letter is signed "Casey Sheehan's grandparents, aunts, uncles and numerous cousins." The letter was also read out by ] on his radio show. Dede Miller, identified by a ''New York Times'' reporter as Casey's aunt, said that Quartarolo does not speak for her, that she could not be more against the war and would join Sheehan at Crawford if she could. None of the other persons listed as signatories in the letter have made a public statement confirming or denying their support for its content. | |||
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Sheehan rejected this criticism in an interview with ] , "They didn't even know Casey. They didn't spend any time with him in his life, and now they're using his death for political reasons, I think". Sheehan also claimed the support of "My immediate family, Casey's dad and my three children and my sister, we're all on the same page. And I really think that some of my husband's siblings are with us too." | |||
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On ] 2005 ] on his Fox News television show criticized Sheehan as a victim of "far left elements" who are exploiting her for their own purposes. The next day O'Reilly criticized Sheehan for refusing to appear on his show and repeated his claim about "far left elements". | |||
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The ] featured an editorial entitled "" on ] 2005 where "she has put herself in league with some extreme groups and individuals." | |||
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“The biggest terrorist is George W. Bush.” | |||
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“George Bush and his neo-conservatives killed my son.” | |||
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“9/11 was Pearl Harbor for the neo-conservatives’ agenda.” | |||
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"I DEFINITELY think that we should support war resisters in the military." | |||
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"You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine, and you'll stop the terrorism." | |||
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"Thank God for the Internet, or we wouldn't know anything, and we would already be a fascist state." | |||
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"We’re not letting them intimidate us. If we get killed out here, know that the Secret Service killed us." | |||
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"My first born was killed violently for a neo-con agenda that only benefits a very chosen few in this world." | |||
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"You tell me the truth. You tell me that my son died for oil. You tell me that my son died to make your friends rich. You tell me my son died to spread the cancer of Pax Americana, imperialism in the Middle East. You tell me that, you don't tell me my son died for freedom and democracy." | |||
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"It has been two days since your dishonest campaign stole another election… but you all were way more subtle this time than in 2000, weren’t you?" (An open letter to George W. Bush, Nov. 4th, 2004) | |||
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"I don't believe his phony excuses for the war. I want him to tell me why my son died. If he gave the real answer, people in this country would be outraged — if he told people it was to make his buddies rich, that it was about oil." | |||
"Am I emotional? Yes, my first born was murdered. Am I angry? Yes, he was killed for lies and for a PNAC Neo-Con agenda to benefit Israel... My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel... Am I stupid? No, I know full-well that my son, my family, this nation, and this world were betrayed by a George Bush who was influenced by the neo-con PNAC agenda after 9/11." | |||
"Is there anyone in America who cannot yet see that Donald Runsfeld is a liar... that he, as with Hitler and Stalin... will say anything so long as he thinks it will help shape the world to his own liking?" | |||
"Our country has been overtaken by murderous thugs... gangsters who lust after fortunes and power; never caring that their addictions are at the expense of our loved ones, and the blood of innocent people near and far... The US government is now ruled by murderous hypocrites... criminals who should be arrested, charged appropriately, confined behind bars... In their secret hiding places, while celebrating newly won fortunes with their fellow brass, these men must surely congratulate themselves with orgies of carnal pleasure as they mock the dwindling multitudes who are yet so blind as to mistake them for God's devoted servants." | |||
"Every member of Bush's executive branch (past and present) and every member of Congress who voted to give George the authority to invade Iraq have innocent blood on their hands. For the next State of the Union address, maybe the hypocrites in Congress should shamefacedly display blood-soaked hands, instead of proudly wriggling fingers stained with ink to symbolize sham Iraqi elections." | |||
"We can't let somebody rise to the top who will pardon these war criminals. Because they need to go to prison for what they've done in this world. We can't have a pardon. They need to pay for what they've done." | |||
"When I was growing up, it was Communists. Now it's terrorists. So you always have to have somebody to fight and be afraid of, so the war machine can build more bombs, guns, and bullets and everything." | |||
"I know several people who are being court-martialed, and they need support--they need monetary support, they need our moral support, and they need to know that we’re with them... We need to encourage more people to do this." | |||
"Why does Terri Schiavo deserve to live more than my son, Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan?" | |||
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American antiwar activistCindy Sheehan | |
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Sheehan gives the peace sign in front of the White House in 2006. | |
Born | Cindy Lee Miller (1957-07-10) July 10, 1957 (age 67) Inglewood, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Cerritos College University of California, Los Angeles |
Occupation | Activist |
Political party | Democratic (before 2007) Independent (2007–2010) Peace and Freedom (2010–present) |
Children | 4 |
Cindy Lee Sheehan (née Miller; born July 10, 1957) is an American anti-war activist, whose son, U.S. Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, was killed by enemy action during the Iraq War. She attracted national and international media attention in August 2005 for her extended antiwar protest at a makeshift camp outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch—a stand that drew both passionate support and criticism. Sheehan ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008. She was a vocal critic of President Barack Obama's foreign policy. Her memoir, Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey Through Heartache to Activism, was published in 2006. In an interview with The Daily Beast in 2017, Sheehan continued to hold her critical views towards George W. Bush, while also criticizing the militarism of Donald Trump.
Sheehan was the 2012 vice-presidential nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party, and received 1.2% of the statewide vote in the 2014 California gubernatorial election.
Early life
Cindy Sheehan was born Cindy Lee Miller in Inglewood, California, in 1957. Her father worked at the Lockheed Corporation while her mother raised her family. Sheehan graduated with honors from Cerritos College and studied history at UCLA. She worked as a youth minister at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Vacaville, California for eight years, and also coordinated an after-school program for at-risk middle school children for the City of Vacaville.
Casey Sheehan
Casey Austin Sheehan (May 29, 1979 – April 4, 2004) was a specialist in the United States Army who was killed during combat action while serving in the Iraq War.
Military service
In May 2000, Casey Sheehan enlisted in the United States Army as a light-wheeled vehicle mechanic, MOS 63B. It has been reported that he may have considered enlisting as a chaplain assistant MOS 56M. (Sheehan had acted as an altar server during the Palm Sunday mass on the morning of his death).
Near the end of his active service, the 2003 invasion of Iraq began. Sheehan reenlisted, knowing that his unit would be sent there. Sheehan's division, the First Cavalry Division, was sent to Iraq. On March 19, 2004, Sheehan's Battery C, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, arrived at FOB Camp War Eagle in Sadr City. On April 4, 2004, Sheehan was killed in action after volunteering to be part of a Quick Reaction Force to rescue American troops in the "Black Sunday" incident that began the Siege of Sadr City.
Burial
Casey Sheehan is buried in Vacaville-Elmira Cemetery in Vacaville, California. In May 2006, the tombstone that Casey's family had been designing and commissioned was finally ready and placed at Casey's grave. Cindy Sheehan paid for the tombstone herself, which is normally the case, stating, "It is important for the rest of Casey's family to have one.... I guess the pain of seeing it etched in marble that he is dead is another pain I will have to deal with." Cindy Sheehan maintains that the U.S. government "should have paid for it because of its responsibility for his death." The Sheehan family did not want the furnished monument that the government provides because it didn't reflect Casey's entire life or personality.
Legacy
Casey Sheehan was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star with V for Valor posthumously for his actions April 4, 2004. The chapel at Fort Cavazos started a new Knights of Columbus chapter that was named the Specialist Casey Austin Sheehan Council.
Antiwar campaign
Sheehan has said she initially questioned the urgency of the invasion of Iraq but did not become active in the antiwar effort until after her son's death. Sheehan and other military families met with President George W. Bush in June 2004 at Fort Lewis, near Tacoma, Washington, about three months after her son's death. In a June 24, 2004, interview with the Vacaville Reporter, published soon after the meeting, she stated, "We haven't been happy with the way the war has been handled. The president has changed his reasons for being over there every time a reason is proven false or an objective reached." She also stated that President Bush was "sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis. I know feels pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of God." Sheehan gave another interview on October 4, 2004, stating that she did not understand the reasons for the Iraq invasion and never thought that Iraq posed an imminent threat to the United States. She further stated that her son's death had compelled her to speak out against the war.
For the presidential inauguration in January 2005, Sheehan traveled to Washington, D.C. to speak at the opening of "Eyes Wide Open: the Human Cost of War," a traveling exhibition created by the American Friends Service Committee that displays pairs of combat boots to represent U.S. military casualties. She also traveled with the exhibition to other locations and donated her son Casey's boots, stating, "Behind these boots is one broken-hearted family." Sheehan was one of the nine founding members of Gold Star Families for Peace, an organization she created in January 2005 with other families she met at the inauguration. It seeks to end U.S. presence in Iraq, and provides support for families of soldiers killed in Iraq.
Sheehan gained international attention in early August 2005, when she traveled to President Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch, just outside Crawford, Texas, demanding a second meeting with the President. She told members of Veterans for Peace, "I'm gonna say, 'And you tell me, what the noble cause is that my son died for.' And if he even starts to say freedom and democracy, I'm gonna say, bullshit. You tell me the truth. You tell me that my son died for oil. You tell me that my son died to make your friends rich.... You tell me that, you don't tell me my son died for freedom and democracy." She also vowed not to pay her federal income tax for 2004 because that was the year her son was killed.
Camp Casey
Main article: Camp Casey, Crawford, TexasOn August 6, 2005, Sheehan arrived at the Crawford Peace House on a bus full of combat veterans, including Desert Storm Veteran Dennis Kyne and Camilo Mejía. They marched along a dirt road in the direction of The Bush Ranch. Stalled by law enforcement from walking all the way to the front door because the group refused to march as ordered in the Barr ditch, she created a makeshift camp that would be remembered as the "ditch". Three miles (5 km) from President Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas, Sheehan announced her intention to stay (sleeping in a pup tent at night) until she was granted a face-to-face meeting with the president. Sheehan started her protest the day the president started a planned five-week vacation. The encampment was publicized widely on behalf of Gold Star Families for Peace and Military Families Speak Out. A few days later, the media began referring to Sheehan's camp as "Camp Casey."
Sheehan spent most of the next four weeks in Crawford, drawing global media coverage. On some days as many as 1,500 supporters visited Camp Casey, including members of the U.S. Congress, as well as several notable actors, singers, and civil rights activists.
Gold Star Families for Peace, of which Sheehan is a founding member, released a TV commercial featuring Sheehan, broadcast on Crawford and Waco cable channels near Bush's ranch. The group conducted a walk to a police station just outside Bush's ranch and delivered a bundle of oversized letters written by them to First Lady Laura Bush, appealing to her as a mother to support their movement.
On August 16, Sheehan moved her camp closer to the Bush ranch after being offered the use of a piece of land owned by a supporter, Fred Mattlage.
In late August, Sheehan stated that she would continue to campaign against the Iraq war even if granted a meeting with Bush. She also announced the Bring Them Home Now Tour, to depart on September 1 and arrive in Washington, D.C., on September 24 for three days of demonstrations. The tour, which covered 42 cities in 26 states, was publicized by the Mintwood Media Collective, and garnered international media coverage. On the third day, Sheehan and about 370 other antiwar activists were arrested for demonstrating on the White House sidewalk.
Sheehan's actions led supporters such as Rev. Lennox Yearwood, CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, to describe her as "the Rosa Parks of the antiwar movement." Sheehan also gained the label of "Peace Mom" from the mainstream media.
Political activism
In September 2005, Sheehan moved into the Berkeley, California, home of Stephen Pearcy and Virginia Pearcy, where she lived for just over a year, during which time she wrote two books. Also that month, Sheehan met with Senator John McCain, and later called him a "warmonger." Between 2005 and 2007, Sheehan attended several antiwar events in Sacramento organized by the Pearcys. Also in September 2005, the Bring Them Home Now Tour was organized by Gold Star Families for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, and Veterans For Peace. Inspired by Sheehan and frequently including Sheehan as a speaker, it was a rolling antiwar protest against the Iraq War, beginning in Crawford, Texas, traveling three routes across the country (with rallies along the way) and culminating in a rally in Washington, D.C., later in September 2005.
On October 24, 2005, Sheehan said that she planned to speak at the White House and then tie herself to the fence. She and 28 others were arrested in a sit-in at the White House on October 26.
Sheehan visited London in early December 2005 and was interviewed by BBC Radio 4 and by The Guardian. On December 10, Sheehan addressed the International Peace Conference, organized by the Stop the War Coalition. Later in the evening, she attended the London Premiere of Peace Mom, a play written by Dario Fo about her, in which the role of Sheehan was played by Frances de la Tour. On December 13, Sheehan traveled to Ireland, where she met Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern. She voiced her objection to U.S. aircraft refueling at Shannon Airport, stating, "Your government, even though they didn't send troops to Iraq, are complicit in the crimes by allowing the planes to land and refuel."
On January 31, 2006, Sheehan wore a T-shirt reading "2,245 Dead. How many more?" to Bush's State of the Union address and was removed and arrested by Capitol Police.
On March 7, 2006, Sheehan was arrested in New York "after blocking the door to the U.S. Mission to the U.N. offices" during a protest with Iraqi women against the war.
Sheehan and Gold Star Families for Peace were awarded the 'Domestic Human Rights Award' by Global Exchange, an international human rights organization based in San Francisco.
Several organizations planned a hunger strike to begin on July 4, 2006; Sheehan stated she would participate. On July 5, Sheehan appeared on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss the war and her upcoming hunger strike. On the show, she called Bush "the biggest terrorist in the world" and "worse than Osama bin Laden," and conceded that she would rather live under Venezuela's Hugo Chávez than Bush. Later that month, Sheehan purchased 5 acres (20,000 m) of land in Crawford, Texas, near Bush's private residence.
On May 26 and May 28, 2007, Sheehan posted two messages to Daily Kos announcing that she was leaving the Democratic Party after the Democratic-controlled Congress passed a bill authorizing the continued funding of the war in Iraq. She also submitted her resignation as the "face" of the American antiwar movement, stating that she wanted to go home and be a mother to her surviving children. However, on July 3, 2007, in response to President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence, she announced her return to activism. She focused on her congressional campaign in 2008.
In August 2009, Sheehan protested at Martha's Vineyard during President Barack Obama's stay there. According to ABC News: "Sheehan invoked Senator Ted Kennedy's passing as part of her message, noting that he was firmly antiwar and how he said his proudest vote as a senator was his 2002 vote against the Iraq war." On October 5, 2009, Sheehan was arrested with 60 others at the White House protesting President Obama's continuation of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She told CNN: "I think the mood of the country and the mood of our movement is getting a little bit more desperate, and this will be the time to be able to translate our tireless activism and work for peace." On December 10, 2009, Sheehan protested on the streets of Oslo, Norway, as President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2009, she was awarded the US Peace Prize by the US Peace Memorial Foundation for “extraordinary and innovative antiwar activism."
On March 20, 2010, Sheehan was again arrested in front of the White House, along with seven others, after they refused to listen to orders by officers of the United States Park Police to clear the sidewalk on Pennsylvania Avenue. On July 12, Sheehan and four other activists were on trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia stemming from the arrests. The government decided not to try three others arrested that day, and had their cases dismissed. Sheehan and two others were acquitted of crossing a police line, while the other two were found guilty.
On May 2, 2011, Sheehan released a statement indicating that she considers the death of Osama bin Laden to be a hoax, stating: "If you believe the newest death of OBL, you're stupid." She referred to America as a "lying, murderous empire" and told Americans, whom she called "brainwashed," to "put flags away."
In October 2011, Sheehan was arrested in Sacramento as part of an anti–Wall Street movement.
Although Sheehan agreed to run as the vice presidential nominee of the Socialist Party USA for the 2012 elections, the party's national convention voted on October 15, 2011, to block her candidacy, on the official grounds that she was not a member of the party. The nomination went to Alejandro Mendoza, of Texas.
In 2017, when the U.S. President Donald Trump was expected to announce the sending of thousands of additional troops, Sheehan feared that more opposition to the war would be only because of who occupies the presidency, stating, "If Trump announces that there will be a continued U.S. military presence or an increased presence, I am afraid any opposition from the 'left' will only be anti-Trump, because, of course, Obama escalated in Afghanistan and maintained that illegal war for the entire eight years of his presidency with not a peep from those same pro-DNC forces." Additionally, she believes "nothing but total withdrawal to give the people of Afghanistan autonomy over their own country will be acceptable" but said that she's concerned about the sincerity of possible protests.
Sheehan hosts a weekly radio show which began in 2009. She has interviewed activists and world leaders, including Howard Zinn, Ray McGovern, Ann Wright, and Hugo Chávez. Sheehan maintains a blog, "Cindy's Soapbox."
Refusal to pay taxes
In 2012, Sheehan was sued by the federal government for failure to pay back taxes. "I feel like I gave my son to this country in an illegal and immoral war. I'll never get him back," Sheehan said. "And, so, if they can give me my son back, then I'll pay my taxes. And that's not going to happen." Sheehan appeared in court on April 19, 2012, and in IRS offices on May 9, 2012, refusing to provide information on the basis of the First Amendment and the Fifth Amendment. The government dropped its case against her in February 2013.
Congressional election campaign
In July 2007, Sheehan announced that she would run against Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for representative of California's 8th District, based on Pelosi's failure to attempt impeachment of Bush. Up until her run for the U.S. Congress, Sheehan lived outside Pelosi's district, in Dixon, California; however, she moved to San Francisco's Mission District after declaring her candidacy. Earlier, in 2006, she had spoken of ambitions to challenge Dianne Feinstein for her seat in the United States Senate.
Sheehan ran on a platform of single-payer health care, media reform, overturning all free trade agreements, repealing the Patriot Act, renewable energy, nationalizing oil and electricity, ending the War on Drugs, legalizing cannabis, ensuring all talks in the Middle East are fair to all parties, ending torture, closing Guantanamo Bay detention camp, overseas commitment to cleaning up Superfund sites, ending deregulation, ending No Child Left Behind, and legalizing same-sex marriage. Sheehan lost the 2008 election to the incumbent Pelosi. In a seven-way race, Sheehan came in second with 46,118 votes (16.14%) to Pelosi's 71.56%.
2012 vice-presidential candidacy
In the summer of 2012, television personality Roseanne Barr named Sheehan as her running mate for the presidential nomination of the Peace and Freedom Party in the 2012 presidential election. Barr and Sheehan were nominated by that party as its presidential ticket on August 4, 2012.
2014 California gubernatorial candidacy and campaign
On March 12, 2013 Marsha Feinland, state chair of California's Peace and Freedom Party, made the announcement that the central committee of the party had unanimously endorsed Cindy Sheehan for Governor of California in the 2014 election, should Sheehan choose to run. Sheehan formally announced her campaign for Governor of California at a news conference Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at the State Capitol in Sacramento.
Sheehan said she planned to unseat incumbent Gov. Jerry Brown, and to bring California "peace, economic equality and environmental sustainability," and reforms through an EPIC (End Poverty in California) program. Her EPIC campaign harkened to the End Poverty in California movement campaign of the 1934 California gubernatorial candidate Upton Sinclair. Sinclair garnered 879,537 votes in that race.
Political positions
Sheehan has, through her own blog, described herself as a socialist. She has also criticized capitalism. In 2010, Sheehan changed her voter registration in California and became a member of the Peace and Freedom Party. Sheehan has expressed opposition to COVID-19 restrictions, mask mandates, and vaccine mandates. She published a paper about former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's nursing home controversy.
In 2024, Sheehan signed an open letter in support of a trans-exclusionary activist who was excluded from a Jewish Voice for Peace action for opposing trans rights.
Personal life
In 1977, she married Patrick Sheehan, a sales representative, in Norwalk, California; they had four children, including Casey Sheehan (born in 1979), who was killed in action in Iraq on April 4, 2004. Patrick Sheehan filed for divorce on August 12, 2005, citing irreconcilable differences.
Published works
- Dear President Bush. San Francisco: City Lights Publishers, 2006. ISBN 0872864545
- Peace Mom. San Francisco: City Lights Publishers, 2006. ISBN 074329792X
See also
- Views on the 2003 invasion of Iraq
- Movement to impeach George W. Bush
- List of peace activists
- Reg Keys
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- "Cindy Sheehan: Youth deserve better". The Reporter. August 2, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
- "DC Mayor Says No Digital Learning, Giving Unvaccinated Black Teens Zero Alternative Option". August 25, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
- "OC/DRL". Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- "The Smoking Gun". The Smoking Gun. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
- Fimrite, Peter (August 16, 2005). Activist mother sued for divorce / Vigil for dead son outside Bush ranch. San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.: Hearst Communications. ISBN 9781416541059. ISSN 1932-8672. OCLC 33123981. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
Her husband, Patrick Sheehan, filed for divorce Friday in Solano County District Court, and he apparently wants to keep their house.
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External links
- Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox Radio, blog and action page
- Former blogs at Crawford Update, DailyKos and Huffington Post
- Cindy Sheehan Sets Up "Camp Out Now" in Antiwar Protest - video report by Democracy Now!
- Cindy Sheehan On "Peace Heroes: Albert Einstein". 18 May 2010.
- Dissent in the age of Obama - an article by Cindy Sheehan, 5 October 2010
- Injustice in the age of Obama - an article by Cindy Sheehan, 16 October 2010
- Bush was No Better Than Donald Trump - an interview between Cindy Sheehan and The Daily Beast, Oct. 23rd 2017.
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Cindy Sheehan Papers, Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University Special Collections
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