(An unidentified protestor holds a sign near President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, Aug. 12, 2005.)
Cindy Sheehan Solidarity Day!
Aug. 15, 5:00 pm
Rally in Union Sq
Join us, Aug. 15 to stand in Solidarity with Cindy Sheehan!
Cindy is camped out in the hot desert sun, speaking out about the occupations of Iraq and Palestine and demanding answers from the criminal regime that killed her son along with more than 1800 other soldiers and more than 100,000 Iraqi people. She has vowed to stay at the roadside encampment, called Camp Casey, until she meets with the President or is arrested.
On Aug. 15 antiwar activists, veterans, community organizers, and military families will gather in Union Square-"Camp Casey-NYC"-at 5:00 pm for a demonstration of solidarity with Cindy Sheehan. The Troops Out Now Coalition has called on local activists everywhere to demonstrate their solidarity with Cindy Sheehan.
Monday is allso the day that the U.S.-appointed regime in Baghdad is scheduled to announce its new constitution, a reactionary document forced on the people of Iraq at gunpoint. Aug. 15 is also the day that occupation forces are scheduled to withdraw from Gaza.
So, Monday will be an excellent day, to stand in solidarity with Cindy Sheehan.
Dozens of protesters from across the country have joined Cindy at Camp Casey, the roadside encampment where she waits to speak to President Bush about the war and about the death of her son.
Bush thought he could escape the rapidly deteriorating situation in Iraq by hiding out on his 1,600-acre Crawford, Texas, ranch for a five-week vacation. But the horrors of the war have followed him to his vacation hideaway.
Cindy Sheehan--whose 24-year old son, Spc. Casey Sheehan of Vacaville, Calif., was killed in Baghdad's Sadr City on April 4, 2004--is determined to confront Bush. She said at a press conference today, "The election of Nov. 2 was not George Bush's accountability moment. This is George Bush's accountability moment, and I'm not leaving Crawford until we hold him accountable."
Camp Casey has grown to about 50 people, including other military families, veterans, and activists from all over the region, and there are predictions that numbers will swell to several thousand this weekend. Organizers are asking anyone who can to join them in Crawford, Texas.
Sheehan has vowed to stay in Texas, saying that there only three things that would prompt her to leave, she said: "a good meeting with the president, the end of August, or I get arrested."
Facing enormous public pressure, President Bush felt compelled to respond to Cindy Sheehan.
(AP Photo/LM Otero)
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