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"I've watched Sunsara Taylor stand her ground against the odious Bill O'Reilly on his show and make her points with power and eloquence.  Having read some of her writings I can say she speaks and writes clearly, vividly, boldly, on the critical issues of our time."

-- Howard Zinn

You're a lunatic...Miss Taylor, with all due respect, you're a loon."

-- Bill O'Reilly

SUNSARA TAYLOR is a spokesperson for the generation whose mission must be to bring the Bush regime to a halt and bring into being a far better world.  A co-founder of World Can't Wait -- Drive Out the Bush Regime, she has traversed the country speaking to the burning issues of our time: the Iraq war, torture, the rise of theocracy and its assault on women, gays and science, as well as the criminal treatment of Black people during Katrina and by police 24/7.  She challenges her audiences to fight these horrors to win and takes responsibility for showing them how.

Before the war, Sunsara helped initiate the Not In Our Name movement and was key in leading 2,000 students in the first anti-war walk-out.  Days after the Military Commissions Act legalized torture, she produced and co-hosted an Evening of Conscience at NYC Cooper Union's Great Hall featuring Mark Ruffalo, Craig Murray and Olympia Dukakis.  On the opening day of Congress, she entered the Spin Zone of the O'Reilly Factor and calmly broke down how the Iraq war fits the Nuremberg standards for war crimes.

Sunsara reported live from Terri Schiavo's hospice, two Justice Sunday events, and the 2006 siege on the last abortion clinic standing in Mississippi.  Her three-part series on BattleCry (truthdig.com, counterpunch.org, Revolution newspaper) was the first to expose the militaristic stadium events that draw tens of thousands of young people and the support of President Bush.  At the last such spectacular, after filling the stage with gun-toting Navy SEALS who called the youth to join "God's Army," BattleCry projected Sunsara's face on the big screen, running a (soundless) clip from her debate with BattleCry on O'Reilly Factor.

Sunsara's audacity stems from her determination to see a world without the horrors of the Bush Regime and, going beyond that, without the system of capitalism that spawned such a monstrosity.  She is dedicated to bringing into being the radically different and far better world achievable through communist revolution as it has been re-envisioned by Bob Avakian.

Having spoken on over 50 campuses, Sunsara has a reputation for capturing an audience, pretty much any audience -- from a massive street rally to a forum with leading scientists to a cafeteria at a Black college.

Sunsara co-hosts WBAI/Pacifica radio's "Equal Time for Free Thought" where as an uncompromising atheist she interviews cutting edge authors on the dangers of the Christian right and offers commentary on the importance of science, critical thinking and an unfettered search for the truth.

Taylor writes for Revolution Newspaper (revcom.us), a regular contributor to CounterPunch.org, and has written for Truthdig.com, Truthout.org, Znet.org, OnlineJournal.com, and numerous other sites.  She's on the Advisory Board of World Can't Wait -- Drive Out the Bush Regime.

She has appeared in the New York Times, Amsterdam News, on the O'Reilly Factor, CNN's Showbiz Tonight, Hannity & Colmes, Fox & Friends, Alan Colmes Radio, Air America, Independent Film Channel's SoapBox, The Black Eagle with Joe Madison, and countless local, Pacifica, web and college radio programs. 

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"I've watched Sunsara Taylor stand her ground against the odious Bill O'Reilly on his show and make her points with power and eloquence.  Having read some of her writings I can say she speaks and writes clearly, vividly, boldly, on the critical issues of our time."

-- Howard Zinn

"You're a lunatic...Miss Taylor, with all due respect...you're a loon."

-- Bill O'Reilly

"Interviewing Sunsara immediately enlivened my radical tendencies and I've yet to turn back. Driven, energetic, determined, intelligent and best of all, a stellar speaker who keeps O'Reilly in check with lines like 'A fetus is not a baby, abortion is not murder and women are not incubators!!'  It's women like her that give me the strength to take on this world and make me proud to be a woman."

-- Jacquelyn Arsenuk, radical feminist radio host, "The F-Files", WNHU

"Taylor, as always, was tough and confident telling [O'Reilly] all the truths that drive him crazy.  She noted the criminality of the war, torture, war crimes without taking a breath to give him an opening... Taylor was rolling along, talking over Bill's jabs without as much as a stutter."

-- NewsHounds.us

"Sunsara is a Jedi Master who can control the Force to perform amazing feats.  Using her words of truth like a light saber, Sunsara neutered Bill O'Reilly when she appeared on his show."

-- Missy Comley Beattie, Gold Star Families for Peace

"Sunsara Taylor is simply the perfect voice for the genuine antiwar movement in this country, the movement that distinguishes criminal aggression from mere 'mistakes,' deliberate lies and disinformation from 'intelligence flaws,' imperialism as a system from imperialism as mere policy...She is a powerful weapon of the movement to end the war, to thwart the moves towards an assault on Iran, and to drive out the Bush regime."

-- Gary Leupp, Professor of History, Tufts University, Author

"A genuine antidote to the truly apathetic climate in which much of these issues are debated, Sunsara poses an important question, a challenge, to the American people.  Substantive and level headed, Sunsara's approach to deconstructing the complex problems surrounding the most heated issues being debated today leaves the listeners of her speeches with the most profound question of all, the world is truly on fire--and what are we going to do about it?"

-- Anastasia, NYU Grad Student, Communications

"In order for there to be a vibrant youth and student movement in this country, there needs to be dynamic leaders who are willing to step up and let their voices be heard.  Sunsara Taylor is one of those leaders.  We had her speak in Texas and to hear Sunsara is to be confronted by reality which can be harsh yet remain optimistic for a better future."

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