| An edited transcript of a day-long interview conducted with Cindy Sheehan by Open Media pamphlet co-founder Greg Ruggiero.
There's certainly never been a better time to resurrect the pamphlet series. And there's perhaps never been a better author to rush out there.
'...I interviewed Cindy about her personal journey, Martin Luther King, Jr., social change, and how the senseless killing of her son Casey triggered a prairie fire within her that spread to Crawford, Texas, and from there to the rest of the nation. Peace advocate, movement leader, passionate speaker, nonviolent resister, inspired writer - Cindy Sheehan is all of these things. But after spending last Monday with her, I realised that above and beyond all else, Cindy is a Mother. Not just a Mother, but Mom Laureate, Subcommandante Momus, Nobel Peace Mom, Dr. Mom, Jr., Mahatma Momdi, National Mom, World Mom, Milky Way Mom. Which is to say, Casey's Mom. Cindy summons and delivers a message from the unbearable anguish a parent suffers when their child dies before their time. ..Until she hears the shouts of joy when the last U.S. soldier returns home from occupied soil, she is not going to stop. The pamphlet in your hands is her voice. If you listen you can hear the Roar. If you listen, you can hear your name being called out to get involved. This pamphlet is dangerous. It's a spark that can start prairie fires. Please use it.' [from the 'Letter To The Reader' by Greg Ruggiero] |