Author Norman Solomon and peace mom Cindy Sheehan spoke at the Sacramento for Democracy meeting on Wednesday, April 4th. The title of the talk was "Meeting the Historic Challenge: War, Peace and the 2007 California Democratic Convention."

Cindy Sheehan had as harsh words for the Democrats who voted for the supplemental funding bill for the Iraq war as she did for the Bush administration and Congressional Republicans. “There is no such thing as a good war – ever, ever,” she emphasized. “People who say there is such a thing as a good war don’t know history. For example, if it wasn’t for World War I, there would have been no World War II. There is no such thing as bombing for peace, only preventing war to achieve peace.”

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Norman Solomon is a nationally syndicated columnist on media and politics and a newly elected delegate to the State Democratic Party from the 6th Assembly District. Norman Solomon spoke at UC Santa Cruz on February 7th.

Cindy Sheehan is the mother of Spc. Casey Sheehan who was killed in Iraq in 2004. After her son's death, she began protesting in her hometown of Vacaville, California, and eventually camped out in front of President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas demanding that he speak with her. She is the co-founder and president of Gold Star Families for Peace and The Camp Casey Peace Institute.

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