[lbo-talk] Cindy Sheehan Arrested at White House

[amadeus amadeus]

Yes, it was a bad idea to arrest Sheehan. It was also a great idea for the administration, and the event should remind us that anyone who interferes with the propaganda message of the day/week/month WILL be taken care of, whether by arrest, murder, or co-optation. One can be sure that the FBI knows every porn pop-up to have ever appeared on her web browser, as well as every song she's downloaded.... Meanwhile sister Lynndie England was sentenced, an event that Sheehan's arrest seems to have overshadowed among liberals... England was nicked for no reason other than the fact that she is a poor working class woman from 
Appalachia, whose choices were apparently to get court-martialed for not following orders, or court-martialed for following them, with an additional court martial by the media. 
In both cases, we see that working class women have taken the fall for the interests of the bourgeoisie, a policy which has been a "good idea" for capitalists for the last couple centuries. This is, as Lenin would have said, "bullshit."
--adx

Marta Russell <ap888 at lafn.org> wrote:

On Sep 26, 2005, at 8:29 PM, joanna wrote:

Ohhh. Bad idea. I mean, their arresting her.

Joanna

It made the LA Times today:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/complete/la-na-antiwar27sep27,1,5948056.story
Sheehan, Activists Arrested at White House
By Ryan G. Murphy and Emma Vaughn
Times Staff Writers

September 27, 2005

WASHINGTON — Cindy Sheehan, the Vacaville, Calif., woman whose protest this summer outside President Bush's Texas ranch became a focal point of the antiwar movement, was arrested Monday at the White House during a civil disobedience campaign.

On the third day of demonstrations that began with tens of thousands of protesters rallying Saturday on the National Mall, a group of about 300 sat on the sidewalk in front of the executive mansion after being refused the opportunity to meet with a White House staff member to present a petition calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. About 370 people were arrested.

Before Sheehan was detained, she removed a picture of her son, Casey, who was killed last year in Baghdad, from around her neck and tied it with a pink ribbon to the wrought-iron fence that surrounds the White House. Sheehan, 48, was the first to be arrested.

Earlier Monday, 41 protesters were arrested near the subway stop at the Pentagon. They were charged with disorderly conduct and impeding people's ability to enter and leave the building. 

The protesters at the White House were given three warnings, then arrested for demonstrating without a permit. A Park Police representative said they would be taken to a local facility, charged and given a court date. The offense is a misdemeanor that carries a $50 fine. 

On Capitol Hill, meanwhile, other foes of the war sought to lobby Congress to withhold funding for military operations.

Mimi Kennedy, who chairs the Progressive Democrats of America, and other activists spent the day seeking to meet with Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California and other Democrats. Feinstein left her office moments before the group arrived.

"Feinstein wasn't there to hear our concerns, and she could have been," Kennedy said. "She chose not to because she does not want to hear our concerns." 

Times staff writer James Gerstenzang contributed to this report.

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