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  • Every Mother’s Son
    9 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By William Rivers Pitt
    The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. - Stephen King
    George W. Bush hauled stakes for Texas and a vacation a few days ago. Cindy Sheehan followed. She got off a bus Saturday afternoon and started walking to the Crawford ranch. She wanted some answers and was going to get them.
    Sheehan had met Mr. Bush once before. On April 4, 2004, just shy of a year after Bush stood on an aircraft carrier beneath a banner that read "Mission (…)

  • Bush Refuses To Meet With Sheehan
    8 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Aides say ’Bush really cares’ [about avoiding her]
    CRAWFORD, TX - Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Sadr City, Iraq, on April 4, 2004, met with two Bush administration aides Saturday after president George W. Bush refused to come out to meet her.
    Sheehan, 48 (shown here), traveled to the president’s Crawford ranch after Bush said that fallen U.S. troops had died for a ’noble cause’ and that the mission must be completed.
    "I want to ask the president, ’Why did you kill my (…)

  • Suggested Chant for Antiwar Demonstrations, from Michael P. Wright
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Michael P. Wright Norman, Oklahoma USA mpwright9@aol.com
    In the 1960s, this was a popular chant for antiwar demonstrations against U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson:
    "Hey, hey, LBJ.
    How many kids did you kill today?"
    In alignment with this tradition, I suggest the current similar chant for today’s antiwar demonstrations. The chant addresses George W. Bush:
    "Excuse me, GWB.
    How many coffins will there be?"
    My memoirs about the Vietnam war years and antiwar activism are online at (…)

  • Police, protesters clash in Iraqi town
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    About 1000 protesters have clashed with Iraqi police in the town of Samawa, south of Baghdad, leaving at least one person dead and about 60 others injured, police say.
    The protest on Sunday was over the poor state of water and power supplies.
    Witnesses said police opened fire on the crowd.
    At least one person was killed and 46 civilians injured in the fighting, said Captain Hussein Manwar. Thirteen police officers were injured, he said.
    Witnesses said the demonstration in front of (…)

  • The September 24 National March on Washington DC will be the largest antiwar protest...
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    September 24 Will Be a Huge Success - But We Can’t Do It Without Your Help
    Dear A.N.S.W.E.R. friend,
    The September 24 National March on Washington DC will be the largest antiwar protest since the November election. Volunteers are working around the clock, and buses from all over the country have been reserved to bring people to DC.
    The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition relies on the generous contributions of people who are committed to building this movement. The costs of renting buses, sound (…)

  • Marchers Celebrate Voting Rights Act in Atlanta
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Hamil R. Harris
    ATLANTA, Aug. 6 — Thousands of marchers joined many of the icons of the American civil rights movement Saturday morning as they walked through the streets of Atlanta to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and to built support for extending protections from that bill.
    "Keep Hope Alive, Extend the Voting Rights Act," chanted the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, one of the leaders of the march. He was joined by former (…)

  • A Day in the Bar Ditch of Democracy USA
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Greg Moses
    “I’m back here where I met you, in the tent!” says 53-year-old Vietnam Veteran Michael Young, speaking by cell phone Saturday evening, with lots of commotion in the background to back him up. Yes, he went to Crawford like he said, and here’s what he reports:
    “Well, I got up around 7:30. Was already running a little late, because I didn’t get home until midnight. I put on a pot of coffee and then got in such a hurry that I forgot it. Didn’t take any of it with me. And I got (…)

  • Urgent: Woodstock 2005 Bands Needed NOW- Crawford, Texas- Drop your sched and GO
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Ben Frank
    To all who want peace in America, now is the time to expose the corruption. We urge everyone to drop their schedules and go to Crawford, Texas right now. It’s time to stage the Party to end all parties, camping out in the heat of texas will make for great tv ;-)
    The truth has emerged, it’s just a matter of getting it to the masses. They all Deliberately lied, they Used 9/11 as a pretext for war.
    Now Bush, Cheney and all those dopes in Congress are on Vacation! While more (…)

  • Cindy Sheehan: "The Secret Service is Trying to Intimidate Us"
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Cindy Sheehan called After Downing Street moments ago at 10 p.m. ET to report that the Secret Service is trying to intimidate her and members of Gold Star Families for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Veterans for Peace into leaving their protest near Bush’s Crawford, Texas ranch.
    This morning Cindy led dozens of protesters as close as they could get to the ranch; they were stopped by local police about five miles away. Cindy and others plan to stay there throughout Bush’s (…)

  • UPDATES ON CINDY SHEEHAN VISIT TO CRAWFORD
    6 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Lone Star Iconoclast is covering Saturday’s journey to Crawford by several groups, including Veterans For Peace, Military Family Speak Out, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Code Pink, Crawford Peace House, and others.
    Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq last year, is seeking a meeting with President Bush, who is vacationing in Crawford, to have some of her questions answered about the war. Several busloads of interested individuals are expected in Crawford to support (…)