WLRN's Thistle Pettersen Interviews Anti-War Activist Cindy Sheehan

Published: Oct. 24, 2019, 12:20 a.m.

b'Cindy Sheehan is an American anti-war activist, whose son,\\xa0U.S. Army\\xa0Specialist\\xa0Casey Sheehan, was\\xa0killed by enemy action\\xa0during the\\xa0Iraq War in 2004. Since then, she has traveled in the USA and abroad to speak out against US led wars and war time economics that fuel endless wars.\\n\\nIn October 2019 Ms. Sheehan was dis-invited from speaking at an anti-war event in Carbondale Illinois due to trans activist pressure on the organizers of the event. This interview focuses on the story of her de-platforming at that event and also her thoughts and analysis of what trans activism is and the role it is playing in leftist movements.'