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An interview with antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

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“The Nation magazine has been supportive of me since March 2005. I think they exploited me and my popularity several times along the way. Now I think the editorials they’ve published are undermining my candidacy. That angers me. I feel like asking: do you care about the Democrats or do you care about democracy? These people who only care about the Democrats, I don’t think they care about democracy.”

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The Nation urges Cindy Sheehan not to run for Congress against Nancy Pelosi

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

The Nation magazine, a leading voice of left-liberalism, has come out in opposition to antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan’s decision to run for Congress as an independent against Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

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On Cindy Sheehan and impeachment: a reply to a Stalinist critic

Monday, July 30th, 2007

The Communist Party’s essential functions remain: collaborating with the Democrats, serving as political hitmen for the labor bureaucracy, apologizing for and justifying countless acts of swinishness. Such a movement attracts unscrupulous people, people to whom history and principle mean nothing.

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The political meaning of the conflict between Cindy Sheehan and the Democratic Party

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

The arrest of antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan along with several dozen others on July 23 in the office of Rep. John Conyers, Democratic congressman from Detroit, has a political significance that transcends the immediate event.

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Iraq war opponent Cindy Sheehan arrested at Democratic Congressman’s office

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and dozens of supporters were arrested at the Rayburn House office building in Washington DC on Monday following an hour-long meeting with Democratic Representative John Conyers of Michigan.

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