DN!: Cindy Sheehan, From Grieving Mother to Antiwar Leader//Sheehan Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 15:37:05 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST May 30, 2007 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! has an urgent need for Mac Mini desktops and Mac Book Pro laptops for television video editing and graphics. If you can donate one, please contact us at equipment@democracynow.org. Don't forget, your equipment or financial donation is tax deductible. Thanks in advance for your support! = = = = = = = = = DN! will be an exhibitor at the 2007 Harmony Festival (http://harmonywinterfestival.com) at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, CA from June 8-10, and we are looking for volunteers to staff our booth. Volunteers will be responsible for selling merchandise, passing out brochures, gathering emails for the Daily Digest and providing booth visitors with information about the show and local broadcast info. Ideal volunteers will be knowledgeable about the show, enthusiastic about talking about media issues, and environmentally conscientious (this is a ³leave-no-trace² event). In addition to a free DN! t-shirt, volunteers get free entrance to the Festival on the day they volunteer (day pass only). Volunteers should be committed to working 5-hour shifts: Friday 6/8 12:00 PM ­ 5:00 PM 5:00 PM ­ 10:00 PM Saturday 6/9 10:00 PM ­ 3:00 PM 12:00 PM ­ 5:00 PM 2:00 PM ­ 7:00 PM 4:00 PM ­ 9:00 PM Sunday 6/10 10:00 AM ­ 3:00 PM 3:00 PM ­ 8:00 PM Please email emily@democracynow.org if you are interested in volunteering for one or more shifts. = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml Full-Time TV Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Cindy Sheehan, From Grieving Mother to Antiwar Leader * Peace activist Cindy Sheehan has announced she is stepping back from her role as a leading campaigner against the Iraq war. 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. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/30/1343243 * "We Will Retool...and Come at it from a Different Direction" - Cindy Sheehan Says She Will Return After Stepping Back as Antiwar Leader * Cindy Sheehan has been the face of the US antiwar movement for the past two years. In August 2005, she set up Camp Casey outside President Bush's Crawford estate in memory of her son Casey, who was killed in Iraq. Now Cindy says she is stepping back from her role as a leading campaigner against the Iraq war. In this Democracy Now! special, Cindy Sheehan joins us for the hour to talk about her decision. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/30/1343232 * Headlines for May 30, 2007 * - Supreme Court Limits Job Discrimination Complaints - Bush Admin Taps Zoellick to Head World Bank - 5 British Citizens Kidnapped in Baghdad - April-May Deadliest 2-Month Period of Iraq War for U.S. - Top U.S. General Undercounts U.S. War Deaths - American al-Qaeda Member Warns of More U.S. Attacks - U.S. Speeds Military Aid to Lebanon - U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Darfur - Iran Charges 3 U.S. Citizens With Espionage - Jailed in 3 East African Nations, U.S. Citizen Returns Home Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/30/1343237 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Wednesday, May 30, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/30/1826205 To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! Thursday, May 31, 2007: * A Debate Over Hugo Chavez's Decision to Shut Down RCTV, The Nation's Oldest Private TV Channel // Ari Berman of The Nation on "Hillary, Inc" -- Sen. Clinton vows to defend Americans against the privileged and powerful, but Berman reports that her ties to big business compromise her populist promises. = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "Trading Secrets" http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070522_trading_secrets/ note that this news site, Truthdig, allows readers to post comments. Consider posting your own. Consider writing your local newspaper and asking for them to carry the column, distributed by King Features. Many papers across the US have done so already. If you see the column in your paper, please mail us a copy of the full page, to Democracy Now! 100 Lafayette St New York, NY 10013 Thank you! = = = = = = = = = DN! AT 10! TOUR DATES Amy and David Goodman and the DN! team are on tour. Visit http://tour.democracynow.org for more information. Forward tour dates to your friends & family! 5/31: New York, NY 6/07: New York, NY 6/09: Santa Rosa, CA 06/15 Chicago, IL 06/16 Chicago, IL 05/31 New York, NY 06/30 Washington D.C. For more tour information: http://tour.democracynow.org/ = = = = = = = = = * New stations broadcasting Democracy Now! * KSKQ-LP 94.9 FM in Ashland, Oregon is now airing Democracy Now! at 6 a.m., 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., M-F New Pacifica affiliate KAYO-LP 94.7 FM, 94.3 FM, 92.9 FM in Aberdeen, WA is now airing Democracy Now! at 6:30 a.m., 11 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. KPUP-LP 100.5 FM, in Patagonia, AZ is now airing DN! at noon, M-F Willits Community TV, Ch. 3 in Willits, CA is now airing Democracy Now! 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