AVAILABLE NOW! order from USA/Canada order from Overseas A LIFETIME OF TALKING TRUTH TO POWER AIN'T NOTHING LIKE FREEDOM by CYNTHIA McKINNEY Green Party Candidate for President 2008, and former Congresswoman ‘Cynthia McKinney’s passion to bring about social and political change through peace and politics is very inspirational to all who have the honor, like myself, of knowing her or will come to know her by reading something of her life in this challenging book.’ - Mairead Corrigan MaGuire, Nobel Peace Laureate,1976 "McKinney, an extremely realistic and well-informed person, unlike anyone in Washington or the media, remains confident that truth and justice will prevail.. America and the Constitution will be safe the day Cynthia McKinney or a similar person is president of the United States." excerpt from"Cynthia McKinney on Leadership"by PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS, former Asst. Sescretary, US Treasury TABLE OF CONTENTS > >Foreword >by Mike Ruppert / 9 > >Introduction >The Third Time Must Be the Charm! / 14 > >Chapter One >The Life I Live / 22 > >Chapter Two >From a Different Culture / 32 > >Chapter Three >How to Steal an Election / 42 > >Chapter Four >Overseeing the Pentagon / 46 > >Chapter Five >What Hurricane Katrina Exposed / 60 > >Chapter Six >America the Beautiful / 70 > >Chapter Seven >A Global View / 81 > >Chapter Eight >The U.S./World Conference on Racism Fiasco / 107 > >Chapter Nine >Tree Shakers and Jelly Makers / 122 > >Chapter Ten >The Politics of Love and Hate / 132 > >Chapter Eleven >Election Protection / 149 >Chapter Twelve >No Rainbows Without Rain / 153 > >Chapter Thirteen >Running for President in 2008 / 158 > >Chapter Fourteen >Stone Mountain, Israel and Gaza / 178 > >Chapter Fifteen >Racism Where You Least Expect It / 204 > >Chapter Sixteen >I’m Still Grieving / 207 > >Chapter Seventeen >The Power of Organizing / 212 > >Chapter Eighteen >It Doesn’t End Here / 218 > >FOR THE RECORD > >Appendix I: >Letter to Clinton on U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa / 231 > >Appendix II: >Letter to George W. Bush on the Congo /235 > >Appendix III: >Statement, Joint Sub-Committee Hearing on Sudan / 238 > >Appendix IV: Statement: >UN Commission on Human Rights / 242 > >Appendix V: >McKinney v. The Atlanta Constitution et al. / 246 > >Appendix VI: >Gus Savage: AIPAC Campaign Funding to Defeat >Candidates Critical of Israel / 257 > >Appendix VII: >Legal Complaint on Crossover Voting / 274 > > Available from: ISBN: 978-0-9853353-1-1. $19.95 279 pp. 2013 ebook $15.00 ISBN: 978-0-9860362-1-7 >Elected six times to the House from the state of Georgia, >Cynthia McKinney cut a trail through Congressional deceit >like a hot ember through ash. > >She discovered legislators who passed laws without >reading them. Party leaders who colluded across party >lines against their constituents' interests. Black-skinned >individuals shilling for the white status quo. > >She excoriated government lassitude over Hurricane >Katrina, uncovering dark secrets. She held the only critical >Congressional briefing on 9/11, introducing counter- >testimony of scholars, investigators, former intelligence >agents. > >As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, she >held Rumsfeld to account for malfeasance by military >contractors and missing billions in the Pentagon’s budget. >Then she hammered him on the reasons for the failure of >NORAD air defenses on 9/11. > >She read truth into the Congressional Record, held town >halls and hearings, led protests, showed up while others >played along to get along, took the side of the people >against the will of the Party. And when she got too truth >seeking and speaking, the Republicans rigged the >Democratic primaries to boot her out, leaving behind a trail >of achievements mostly won singlehandedlyas a result of >her service on the House International Relations, House >Agriculture, House Armed Services, and Budget >Committees and the Select Committee on Hurricanes >Katrina and RElected six times to the House from the state of Georgia, >Cynthia McKinney cut a trail through Congressional deceit >like a hot ember through ash. > >She discovered legislators who passed laws without >reading them. Party leaders who colluded across party >lines against their constituents' interests. Black-skinned >individuals shilling for the white status quo. > >She excoriated government lassitude over Hurricane >Katrina, uncovering dark secrets. She held the only critical >Congressional briefing on 9/11, introducing counter- >testimony of scholars, investigators, former intelligence >agents. > >As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, she >held Rumsfeld to account for malfeasance by military >contractors and missing billions in the Pentagon’s budget. >Then she hammered him on the reasons for the failure of >NORAD air defenses on 9/11. > >She read truth into the Congressional Record, held town >halls and hearings, led protests, showed up while others >played along to get along, took the side of the people >against the will of the Party. And when she got too truth >seeking and speaking, the Republicans rigged the >Democratic primaries to boot her out, leaving behind a trail >of achievements mostly won singlehandedlyas a result of >her service on the House International Relations, House >Agriculture, House Armed Services, and Budget >Committees and the Select Committee on Hurricanes >Katrina and Elected six times to the House from the state of Georgia, >Cynthia McKinney cut a trail through Congressional deceit >like a hot ember through ash. > >She discovered legislators who passed laws without >reading them. Party leaders who colluded across party >lines against their constituents' interests. Black-skinned >individuals shilling for the white status quo. > >She excoriated government lassitude over Hurricane >Katrina, uncovering dark secrets. She held the only critical >Congressional briefing on 9/11, introducing counter- >testimony of scholars, investigators, former intelligence >agents. > >As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, she >held Rumsfeld to account for malfeasance by military >contractors and missing billions in the Pentagon’s budget. >Then she hammered him on the reasons for the failure of >NORAD air defenses on 9/11. > >She read truth into the Congressional Record, held town >halls and hearings, led protests, showed up while others >played along to get along, took the side of the people >against the will of the Party. And when she got too truth >seeking and speaking, the Republicans rigged the >Democratic primaries to boot her out, leaving behind a trail >of achievements mostly won singlehandedlyas a result of >her service on the House International Relations, House >Agriculture, House Armed Services, and Budget >Committees and the Select Committee on Hurricanes >Katrina and Rita Elected six times to the House from the state of Georgia, >Cynthia McKinney cut a trail through Congressional deceit >like a hot ember through ash. > >She discovered legislators who passed laws without >reading them. Party leaders who colluded across party >lines against their constituents' interests. Black-skinned >individuals shilling for the white status quo. > >She excoriated government lassitude over Hurricane >Katrina, uncovering dark secrets. She held the only critical >Congressional briefing on 9/11, introducing counter- >testimony of scholars, investigators, former intelligence >agents. > >As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, she >held Rumsfeld to account for malfeasance by military >contractors and missing billions in the Pentagon’s budget. >Then she hammered him on the reasons for the failure of >NORAD air defenses on 9/11. > >She read truth into the Congressional Record, held town >halls and hearings, led protests, showed up while others >played along to get along, took the side of the people >against the will of the Party. And when she got too truth >seeking and speaking, the Republicans rigged the >Democratic primaries to boot her out, leaving behind a trail >of achievements mostly won singlehandedly as a result of >her service on the House International Relations, House >Agriculture, House Armed Services, and Budget >Committees and the Select Committee on Hurricanes >Katrina and Rita > >But McKinney rose again like a Phoenix, answering the call >to run as 2008 Green Party candidate for President, >challenging the corrupt two-party stranglehold on >American democracy. Then it was on to the Freedom >Flotilla to Gaza, to be seized on the high seas and >imprisoned in Israel. On to Tripoli, to serve as witness to >the NATO terror bombing of Libya. On to Malaysia to serve >on the War Crimes Commission... > >Often introduced as the Sojourner Truth, the Harriet >Tubman of our age, McKinney reflects here on the Biblical >figures of Esther, Deborah and Naomi. > >This is the Cynthia McKinney saga as it stands to date-- >what she saw, what she learned, and how she fought for >change. > >ABOUT CYNTHIA McKINNEY Cynthia McKinney is an internationally renowned peace advocate and human rights activist. She began this important work on Day One of her political life and hasn’t looked back. With her opinions, actions, and even her sense of style, McKinney has inspired both admiration and controversy. In 1988, McKinney won a House seat in the Georgia Legislature against all odds. She was the first African-American woman to represent Atlanta and Fulton County in an at-large district in Georgia’s history. She became a household name when she challenged the state’s leadership to abide by the Voting Rights Act and grant fair representation to all of Georgia’s residents, including the more than 30% who are of African descent. She appealed directly to the United States Justice Department and won. In 1991, speaking from the "well" of the Georgia House of Representatives, she made national headlines when she challenged President George Herbert Walker Bush’s decision to make war against Iraq. Despite the vilification by the state’s pro-war establishment, her voice for justice and peace was heard by the people. >In 1992, McKinney won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in a newly >created district, drawn from Atlanta to Savannah. Again, Cynthia made history >by becoming the first African-American woman to represent Georgia in the U.S. >Congress. Cynthia voted against every war-funding bill put before her. During >her tenure, her district was re-drawn several times and re-numbered. McKinney >protested the new boundaries, but was still reelected to the seat until the >pro-Israel Lobby targeted her because of her support for peace in Palestine. >After 11 September 2001, McKinney stated that based on her readings, the >President had received warnings and that the matter deserved independent >investigation. The criticism she received as a result, combined with being >targeted by the pro-Israel lobby, contributed to her defeat in the 2002 >election; however, she ran for the seat again and was re-elected in 2004. Once >again in Congress, McKinney was a vocal critic of the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina. Cynthia introduced legislation to release the documents related to the murders of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Tupac Shakur. She was the first Member of Congress to file Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush and Cynthia was forced out of Congress once more in 2007 when she was targeted for defeat, again, by donations from pro-Israel contributors that flooded into her opponent’s campaign coffers. Late in 2007, Cynthia became a Green Party Presidential Candidate. Cynthia won the Green Party nomination for U.S. President and in 2008 ran for President. > >In December 2008, Cynthia made international headlines when the Free Gaza boat >she was aboard was rammed by the Israeli military as she was attempting to >deliver medical supplies to the people of Gaza during Israel’s Operation Cast >Lead. Cynthia and her fellow humanitarian activists, rescued by Lebanon, never >made it to Gaza. In 2009, Cynthia attempted to reach Gaza again, this time >armed with crayons, coloring books, and school supplies for the children. She >and her fellow human rights workers became the Free Gaza 21 after their boat >was overtaken in international waters by the Israeli military and they were >kidnapped to Israel. Cynthia spent 7 days in an Israeli prison. Finally, >Cynthia entered Gaza by land in July 2009 with George Galloway’s >250-volunteer-strong Viva Palestina, USA. > >In 2011, Cynthia led a DIGNITY Delegation of alternative and independent >journalists to Libya while US and NATO bombs, laced with poisons including >depleted uranium, targeted civilian populations. She then edited The Illegal >War on Libya (Clarity Press, 2012). Afterward, she completed a successful >29-city peace tour in the United States and Canada to promote a more peaceful >U.S. foreign policy. Cynthia now travels the world speaking out on human >rights, nature’s rights, and peace while she completes her studies toward >obtaining a Ph.D. > >INVITE CYNTHIA TO SPEAK! > >CONTACT : [email protected] > > You are presently listed as a subscriber for press releases from Clarity Press, Inc. 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