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Title

Not one more mother's child / Cindy Sheehan ; [foreword by John Conyers, Jr.].

Author

Sheehan, Cindy.

Publication

Kihei, HI : Koa Books, c2005.

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Description

xix, 204 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

• "Cindy Sheehan is a moving writer and vibrant storyteller. During her first year of activism, she chronicled her thoughts and actions, and now she shares them for the first time in book form. Reflecting on war and peace, truth and accountability, she takes the Bush administration to task for its corruption and incompetence and tells the story of her own journey from grieving mom to ardent activist. Cindy Sheehan is founder of Gold Star Families for Peace."--BOOK JACKET.
• "Cindy Sheehan lost her son in an ambush in Iraq in 2004. As information became available verifying that the war was based on lies and "cooked intelligence," she began speaking out and testifying in the halls of Congress. In August 2005, she went to Crawford, Texas, to confront President Bush, and the floodgates of a renewed American peace movement were opened. Ten thousand people joined her, and millions more worldwide.".

Subject

• Bush, George W. 1946-
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Moral and ethical aspects > United States
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Protest movements > United States
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Protest movements
• Sheehan, Cindy

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Part I: Writings, 2004-2005: An open letter to George W. Bush -- Casey's story -- The dangerous gold star families -- My "vacation" in Florida -- Not worth my son's sacrifice -- The amazing hypocrites -- Name withheld pending notification -- Still not worth it : Larry King, part 2 -- Unconscion able recruiting -- Why aren't liars held to the same standards as the people trying to expose them? -- The sounds of hope.
• Part II: Letters: To time magazine : rewarding incompetence -- To Donald Rumsfeld : your policies have created a hole in my heart that can never be filled -- To White House spokesperson Dana Perino : Bush is defending life? -- To Congressmembers : have you lost your minds?
• Part III: Speeches: Talk at the counter-inauguration protest, January 20, 2005, Washington, D.C. -- Peace rally outside Fort Bragg, March 19, 2005, Fayetteville, North Carolina -- Our country has been overtaken by murderous thugs, April 4, 2005, New York -- Congressional forum on the downing st reet memo, June 16, 2005, Washington, D.C. -- Address to veterans for peace convention, August 5, 2005, Dallas, Texas.
• Part IV: The peaceful occupation of Crawford, Texas, August 6-31, 2005: Day one : what noble cause? -- Day three : it is Freakin' amazing -- Day four : Dogging George -- Day five : the truth scares people -- Letter to President Bush from members of Congress -- Day six : how can you spread pe ace by killing people? -- Day seven : we have the power -- Day eight : hope is blossoming -- Photos of Camp Casey and W ashington, D.C. -- Day nine : "Casey would be proud of you" -- Day ten : this is George Bush's accountability moment -- Day ten : leave my family alone -- Day eleven : putting out fires -- Day eleven : misses and miracles -- Day twelve : vigils -- Day thirteen : it's not about me, it's about the war -- Day thirteen : leaving Camp Casey -- Associated pre ss : "peace mom" leaves Camp, her mother ill -- Democracy now! Interview : "I want to get back as soon as possible" -- Day fourteen : my mom -- Day fifteen : the Camp Casey movement will not die -- Day seventeen : go home and take care of your kids -- Day eighteen : my response to George as he speaks from his vacation away from his vacation -- Day eigh teen : coming back to Crawford -- Day nineteen : "good job, mom" -- Talk at Camp Casey : "thank you, mom. This was the best day of my life" -- Day twenty : press conference -- Day twenty : false freedom isn't free -- Day twenty-one : Ge orge Bush's new reason for staying in Iraq -- Day twenty-two : not one more -- Day twenty-three : in my life I loved yo u more -- Day twenty-five : goodbye to Crawford, but not to Camp Casey -- Day twenty-six : my last post from Crawford -- Associated press : anti-war protests near Bush Ranch end.
• Part V : The bring them home now bus tour, Crawford to D.C., September 1-26, 2005: How does Scotty McClellan live with himself? -- Dangerous incompetence -- How many more innocent people are their greed and indifference going to take down with them? -- "Meet with the moms" halls of fame a nd shame -- A bright spot in Bush world, amid miserable failures on the same planet -- We really support the troops -- It is time to start pumping hope back into our own communities -- Iraq and Katrina : failed bookends of a Bush presid ency -- Not one more mother's child -- We don't exist -- My first time.
• Part VI: The Camp Casey movement will not die: Why I must tell the President and the Congress to stop the war -- What kind of extremist will you be? -- From despair to hope.

ISBN

• 0977333809 (pbk.)
• 9780977333806

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library