Cindy Sheehan Goes to Washington
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There is nothing unusual about the fact that I am heading to Washington, DC today. Indeed, since my son was killed in Iraq on April 04, 2004, I have been to our nation's capitol dozens of times.
The first time I went to DC was exactly six months after Casey was killed. We went for an anti-war march from Arlington Cemetery to the White House, in October. I remember on that trip sitting on the path in front of the Vietnam wall, with my friend Bill Mitchell, whose son Michael was killed on the same day as Casey in Sadr City, Baghdad. We were sobbing as we placed pictures of our sons at the base of the wall to join thousands of other troops who have been sacrificed by the Military Industrial Complex in idiotic wars for profit and corporate empire building.
Since that day in October 2004, I have traveled to DC for lobbying, protests, hearings, meetings, State of the Union addresses, and I have been arrested about 10 times there and have spent hours handcuffed to walls in its jails and am on a first name basis with many officers.
A year ago today, The Camp Casey Peace Institute's Journey for Humanity was in Washington, DC. We led an unpermitted march from Arlington Cemetery to John Conyers' office on Capitol Hill (quite a long march in the DC heat and humidity). Our focus was on impeachment. John Conyers was then and still is the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee that would oversee any kind of accountability for any member of the administrative branch.
Now that our campaign is really picking up momentum and excitement in San Francisco, the hearings that should have been, will be. Along with the thousands of activists who have been working diligently for impeachment for years, we can claim a victory for the people!
http://www.cindyforcongress.org/
The first time I went to DC was exactly six months after Casey was killed. We went for an anti-war march from Arlington Cemetery to the White House, in October. I remember on that trip sitting on the path in front of the Vietnam wall, with my friend Bill Mitchell, whose son Michael was killed on the same day as Casey in Sadr City, Baghdad. We were sobbing as we placed pictures of our sons at the base of the wall to join thousands of other troops who have been sacrificed by the Military Industrial Complex in idiotic wars for profit and corporate empire building.
Since that day in October 2004, I have traveled to DC for lobbying, protests, hearings, meetings, State of the Union addresses, and I have been arrested about 10 times there and have spent hours handcuffed to walls in its jails and am on a first name basis with many officers.
A year ago today, The Camp Casey Peace Institute's Journey for Humanity was in Washington, DC. We led an unpermitted march from Arlington Cemetery to John Conyers' office on Capitol Hill (quite a long march in the DC heat and humidity). Our focus was on impeachment. John Conyers was then and still is the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee that would oversee any kind of accountability for any member of the administrative branch.
Now that our campaign is really picking up momentum and excitement in San Francisco, the hearings that should have been, will be. Along with the thousands of activists who have been working diligently for impeachment for years, we can claim a victory for the people!
http://www.cindyforcongress.org/
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