Cindy Sheehan to Receive Prestigious Eugene V. Debs Award
Cindy Sheehan The officers and directors congratulate Cindy Sheehan as the 2016 Debs Award winner. Ms. Sheehan is an anti-war activist and a lifelong and public admirer of Eugene V. Debs. She gained national attention during her campaign in opposition to the Iraq War after her son, Casey Sheehan, was killed in action near Baghdad on April 4th of 2004. Cindy Sheehan, the 2016 Eugene V. Debs Award Winner Her media exposure came after she set up a makeshift camp outside of President George W. Bush’s Texas ranch to protest the Iraq War. The camp, sometimes referred to as “Camp Casey”, attracted thousands of supporters and drew tighter focus to the many salient objections to US involvement in Iraq (and to war in general). She, like Debs, has run for office many times, including for Vice-President of the United States on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket as well as in congressional and gubernatorial races. Ms. Sheehan has maintained her anti-war activism through the y