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  Link   MSNBC's Ed Schultz Predicts: Sheehan Unseats Pelosi in 2010
MSNBC's second string liberal yakker Ed Schultz predicts Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war protester who took a failed shot at Nancy Pelosi's congressional seat in 2008, will make a go again in 2010 ... SF Weekly; 12/31/09 		75
  Link   Pelosi: Nobel prize vindicates Obama's effort to 'restore American leadership
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) used the Nobel Committee's decision to award President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize as a vindication of his effort to "restore American leadership worldwide." The Hill; October 9, 2009 		47
  Link   Pelosi Statement on Announcement of President Obama as Winner of Nobel Peace Prize
"President Obama is working to restore American leadership worldwide and build bonds of friendship across the globe. The Nobel Peace Prize is a testament to his leadership and vision and ... PR Newswire; October 9, 2009 		54
  Link   An Evening With Cindy Sheehan
... She also pointed out something more serious: the way House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rounded up votes to keep funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Anti-War.com; September 7, 2009 		97
  Link   Anti-war activist faces long odds to unseat Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi is expected to win an easy re-election to Congress on Nov. 4, but not before her liberal San Francisco constituents get the chance to cast symbolic votes against the war ... SJ Mercury News; Sept. 24, 2008 		123
  Link   Targeting Pelosi and the War Machine: An Interview with Cindy Sheehan
Cindy Sheehan’s independent antiwar campaign against Rep. Nancy Pelosi is beginning to gain steam in San Francisco. OpEdNews; August 25, 2008 		132
  Link   Protesters interrupt Pelosi speech
A major CodePINK action disrupted the Unconventional Women symposium Monday morning, delaying Nancy Pelosi's talk with former U.S. Ambassador Swanee Hunt at the Buell Theater. Denver Post; August 25, 2008 		132
  Link   Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on the ballot
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan qualified Friday for a November showdown with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, collecting the signatures needed to get on the ballot as an independent candidate for Congress. SF Chron; 8/9/08 		114
  Link   Ask Not What ...
The above excerpt is from a speech that the “peace” candidate, Barack Obama gave in Colorado on the 2nd of July. ... I feel these two paragraphs highlight the continuing subservience to ... War, Inc. FCJ; 7/4/08 		85
  Link   Sheehan Calls for a Revolution
Independent candidate for Congress Cindy Sheehan yesterday called for a revolution in America to help bring to an end the domination of corporate influence over politics. Fog City Journal; June 29, 2008 		122
  Link   SF Greens aim to help Cindy Sheehan get on the ballot against Pelosi
Cindy Sheehan's endorsement by San Francisco's Green Party today will give the anti-war activist's longshot campaign for Congress a boost ... SF Gate; June 24, 2008 		186
  Link   Sheehan condemns Pelosi on ‘blank check for war
In a message sent to supporters tonight, independent Congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan slammed her opponent, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, over the passing of the latest war-funding bill. Independent Political Report; June 19, 2008 		17
  Link   McKinney Joins Forces with Sheehan to Oust Pelosi
Two’s company. Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney announced today she has joined the campaign to elect Cindy Sheehan to Congress. FCJ; June 24, 2008 		202
  Link   Misleader Pelosi, Meet Your Replacement
Video. Fog City Journal; Linked on June 13, 2008 		121
  Link   Memorial Day Tears on the Tombstones of War
Memorial Day is a double-whammy for me. You see, my son Casey was born on Memorial Day 29 years ago. When he was growing up, we would gather dozens of our friends and relatives to celebrate his birthday. FCJ; 05-26-08 		152
  Link   Mother’s Day 2008: Peaceful Idealism vs. Political Pragmatism
Sadly, this is the fifth Mother’s Day since Casey was killed in Iraq on April 04, 2004. The people who told me that “time will heal” were wrong, or maybe it just takes more time? Fog City Journal; May 11, 2008 		21
  Link   Give Me a "d"
“But it was only over time that I came to understand Sheehan as a Jeffersonian Democrat in the best sense of that term.” - John Nichols, The Nation, June 2, 2007; FCJ; April 28, 2008 		125
  Link   Sheehan files to oust Pelosi
Peace Mom Cindy Sheehan filed papers Friday at the San Francisco Department of Elections formally declaring her intent to challenge Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the 8th Congressional District seat. FCJ; 4/28/08 		129
  Link   Anti-war activist to take on Pelosi in U.S. congressional election
U.S. anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has launched a congressional campaign, in an uphill effort to snatch incumbent ... Nancy Pelosi from her seat in the November election, a report said Saturday. Xinhua; 4/27/08 		96
  Link   Nancy Pelosi's Day Job
I arrived home from Oakland where I had just been doing my day/night job and I turned on the TV in time to see the end of the Larry King interview with ... Nancy Pelosi. Fog City Journal; April 25, 2008 		203
  Link   Corrupt Systems
Pelosi), too, is frustrated with the ongoing war in Iraq but believes that impeachment would be divisive and distract Congress from improving the lives of working families. ... FCJ; April 20, 2008 		129
  Link   Get Your War On
JUST IN TIME FOR THE ELECTION... AND THE FINAL "GET YOUR WAR ON" BOOK... AND FAREWELL TOUR... Get Your War On; uploaded on March 30, 2008 		94
  Link   The War at Home; Sheehan's Uphill Battle
Cindy Sheehan barely fits into her "campaign limo," her sister's blue Hyundai Tiburon. Newsweek; March 21, 2008 		262
  Link   Arrested journalist Josh Wolf recounts his day in police detention
“You’ll be the first one cited and released,” the officer reassured me as I protested my unlawful detention. FCJ; March 20, 2008 		136
  Link   Fog City photo montage of antiwar protest
Photo montage. FCJ; March 20, 2008 		183
  Link   Peace Vigil: Out of Iraq Now
Like many American high school students, I read All Quiet on the Western Front. I still remember the book’s message that was not-so-subtlely relayed to us by my history teacher: “War is hell.” FCJ; 3/17/08 		198
  Link   A day of protest across Bay Area
Hundreds of war protesters rallied Wednesday at San Francisco's City Hall, condemning the Iraq war on its fifth anniversary and wrapping up a day's worth of often-contentious gatherings in the region. SF Gate; March 19, 2008 		230
  Link   ILWU Shutting Down West Coast Ports to Protest War
On May 1, 29 U.S. Pacific ports will cease operation during the 8-hour day-shift as members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) protest of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. SF Weekly; March 7, 2008 		259
  Link   Sheehan hopeful for country's future
Upon first glance, Cindy Sheehan hardly seems like the woman who some say reinvigorated the antiwar movement in the United States four years ago by camping outside President Bush's Texas ranch. The Santa Clara; 2/7/08 		120
  Link   Open-Armed Policy with Cindy Sheehan
Last year, on the 5th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo torture camp in Cuba, I had the singular privilege of being able to travel there. FCJ; February 21, 2008 		101
  Link   Pushing Pelosi
One morning last August in San Francisco, six women in pink sweaters marched up a hilly boulevard towing pink roller bags full of shoes. Mother Jones; January 31, 2008 		164
  Link   Peace out, 2007!
Fog City Journal toasted the end of 2007 with the ladies of Code Pink (and some dudes here and there) for Global Exchange's Imagine Peace 2008 event at the Wax Museum in Fisherman's Wharf. FCJ; January 2, 2007 		132
  Link   Campus anti-war protesters confront Pelosi on home turf
On Sept. 19th, students from the Campus Antiwar Network from SFSU, CCSF, and UC Berkeley gathered outside of Nancy Pelosi's office in the Federal Building ... Indybay; Sept. 26, 2007 		113
  Link   Nancy Pelosi Should Listen to Karl Rove
Karl Rove might be a nasty guy, but heÂąs no dummy. Medea Benjamin in the Fog City Journal; September 5, 2007 		151
  Link   Pelosi won't see pink
Nancy Pelosi has almost entirely ignored the Code Pink protesters who have camped outside her Pacific Heights home since Aug. 12. Except for the first night of the campout, when she called them "nuts." SFBG; August 29, 2007 		170
  Link   Feds arrest peace group members
Five CodePink anti-war protesters were arrested yesterday in San Francisco outside the Phillip Burton federal building. Fog City Journal; August 24, 2007. 		208
  Link   Cindy Sheehan takes on Pelosi
Cindy Sheehan, who turned the loss of her son Casey in Iraq into a major national antiwar campaign, became a lighting rod for right-wing attacks ... SFBG; December 13, 2007 		140
  Link   Through the Lens: August 12-August 18
Code Pink activists march on the Golden Gate Bridge as a prelude to their hunger strike. Chronicle photo by Brant Ward. SF Chron; August 19, 2007. 		228
  Link   Pelosi Refuses Hunger Strikers Request forPublic Meeting on War
Women for Peace, along with other peace groups, have been asking for a meeting with Congresswoman Pelosi about the war from the time she became Speaker in January 2007. Fog City Journal; August 18, 2007. 		244
  Link   Hungry for end to war, activists set up camp
Marghi Dutton is 90 and losing her eyesight, but nothing was going to stop her from trekking to midspan of the Golden Gate Bridge on Sunday with the anti-war group Code Pink: Women for Peace. SF Chron; 08-12-07 		187
  Link   Feds arrest anti-war "die in" protestors
Eight protestors were arrested yesterday outside the San Francisco Federal Building during an anti-war protest against the U.S. occupation of Iraq. FCJ; August 3, 2007. 		202
  Link   THOSE PESKY PEACENIKS
CodePink -- an anti-war group founded by Bay Area activists and known for colorful and theatrical protests -- is turning up the pressure on congressional Democrats. SF Gate; July 7, 2007. 		286
  Link   Cindy Sheehan to Lead March From Crawford to Washington
Cindy Sheehan will return to her protest site near President Bush's ranch in Crawford this weekend to bid farewell to the peace movement - but not with an anti-war rally. Truthout; July 3, 2007. 		222
  Link   Good Riddance Attention Whore
I have endured a lot of smear and hatred since Casey was killed and especially since I became the so-called “Face” of the American anti-war movement ... Cindy Sheehan in Common Dreams; May 29, 2007. 		206
  Link   Cindy Sheehan steps down as anti-war leader
We take a look back at how she helped galvanize the antiwar movement over the past two-and-a-half years following the death of her son Casey in Iraq. Democracy Now; May 30, 2007. 		161
  Link   Cindy Sheehan meets aunt of #3,291
I met the aunt of number 3291 today. ... a flight attendant gave me a note from a woman in seat 33C: “My nephew was killed in Iraq yesterday. I would like to meet you.” Common Dreams; April 12, 2007. 		86
  Link   Get Your Telephone Excise Tax Refund: It’s Your Money
The IRS has a $10 billion tax credit for 140 million Americans. But the deadline is April 17th - unless you file for an automatic extension. Ralph Nader in Common Dreams; April 7, 2007. 		61
  Link   Perata's advisory bill would call for immediate Iraq pullout
State Senate leader Don Perata proposed Thursday an advisory ballot measure calling for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. SF Chron; April 5, 2007. 		163
  Link   War protesters gather at Port of Oakland
About 100 veterans and anti-war activists gathered at the Port of Oakland today to demand that the port stop shipping military equipment to Iraq. SF Chron; April 7, 2007. 		239
  Link   Iraq Body Count
Official website. Posted April 4, 2007. 		131
  Link   Code Pink tea party keeps up pressure on Pelosi
Members of the women's peace group Code Pink staged an April Fool's Day tea party outside Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Pacific Heights mansion yesterday. FCJ, April 2, 2007. 		397
  Link   After weekend rallies, protests continue against Iraq war
Protesters this morning are rallying outside the headquarters of Chevron in San Ramon to object to what they say is the oil giant's role in driving the war in Iraq. From the FCJ, March 19, 2007. 		217
  Link   Home page for Truthout.org
Truthout.org. Posted March 25, 2007. 		118
  Link   Sean Penn, Rep. Lee rally against the war ...
Where's Nancy? From SF Gate. March 25, 2007. 		396
  Link   Protesters continue vigil outside Pelosi's S.F. home
A small group of protesters continued a vigil at Rep. Nancy Pelosi's Pacific Heights home today, where members of an anti-war group have been posted for 12 days. From SF Gate. March 23, 2007. 		163
  Link   'Camp Pelosi' gears down
Anti-war protesters in their 11th day of a round-the-clock vigil in front of Rep. Nancy Pelosi's home were ordered by San Francisco police Thursday night to remove protest signs. From SF Gate. 03-23-07. 		224
  Link   Code Pink, San Francisco Supervisors, step up pressure on Pelosi over support for war funding
Krissy Keefer and Code Pink rally in front of Nancy Pelosi's office. From the Fog City Journal. Posted March 22, 2007. 		392
  Link   Most Iraqis Favor Immediate U.S. Pullout, Polls Show
A strong majority of Iraqis want U.S.-led military forces to immediately withdraw from the country, saying their swift departure would make Iraq more secure and decrease sectarian violence. 3/21/07. 		294
  Link   The Country Rallies Against the Supplemental
Rallies are being held all over the country marking the fourth anniversary of the official start of the war, and many of them are focusing on opposing the supplemental spending bill. March 21, 2007. 		204
  Link   Antiwar movement turns four
Protests are mostly peaceful for anniversary of Iraq invasion BY AMANDA WITHERELL. Posted on March 21, 2007. 		170
  Link   After Four Years of War, Congress Should Cut the Funds
This weekend, in hundreds of cities throughout the country, Americans commemorated the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq by participating in marches, rallies and vigils. March 19, 2007. 		158
  Link   The 'Support our Troops' Myths
Are you hoping those spineless Democrats in Congress will cut off the money for the war? Well don’t hold your breath. Posted March 19, 2007 		173
  Link   Pelosi Vigil - on the sidewalk in front of Nancy Pelosi's SF house
The Ghandi Brigade and Code Pink hold a 24 hour vigil in front of Nancy Pelosi's residence in SF urging the passage of HR 508. Posted March 19, 2007. 		152
  Link   KTVU coverage of Camp Pelosi
Claudine Wong Reports On Rep. Nancy Pelosi's Cold Reaction To Demonstrators. Posted 03-14-07. 		269
  Link   CNN reports result of poll on Iraq war attitudes
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Less than half of Americans think the United States can win the war in Iraq, according to a CNN poll released Tuesday. Posted 03-14-07. 		420
  Link   Protesters occupy Congress ...
Protesters take over the offices of members of Congress in Washington, DC. Posted March 11, 2007. 		189
  Link   Anti-war protesters converge on Market Street; Pelosi goes to Green Zone
While anti-war protesters rallied throughout the nation, including members of Congress, Nancy Pelosi went to the Green Zone in Baghdad. 01/28/2007. 		298
  Link   Helen Thomas on Democracy Now!
Helen Thomas crtiques George W. Bush, the Iraq War, and the media. 		344
  Link   Are congressional Democrats ignoring the Iraq war?
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now! host a debate between anti-war Gold Star Mother, Cindy Sheehan, and Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America's Future. 		256
  Link   Marc Sandalow on Democracy Now!
Marc Sandalow, Washington Bureau Chief for the SF Chronicle, spells out the reasons for the existence of the Green Party. 		300
  Link   Progressive Democrats of America
Vote for impeachment! 		361
  Link   The Way Out of Iraq
George McGovern offers his ideas on how the US can get out of Iraq. From Harpers magazine. 		282
  Link   Dems warn Bush on Iraq funding
Finally, we begin to see some backbone from more than jusr Barbara Lee and other members of the Out of Iraq caucus ... From the December 6, 2006 SF Chronicle, by Edward Epstein. 		182
  Link   Peace Majority
Peace majority rates Pelosi on her anti-war/anti-militarism votes. 		214
  Link   Greens hope anger over war opens doors
The SF Chronicle on the Green Party in California. By John Wildermuth 		216
  Link   Voters for Peace
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