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Student Groups [300 High School and Colleges] Plan National Wednesday Walkout to Protest War
NY Times ^ | March 2, 2003 SGT | Tamar Lewin

Posted on 03/02/2003 1:36:11 PM PST by ewing

Students at hundreds of high schools are planning a walkout on Wednesday to protest the Bush Administration's plans for war in Iraq.

The 'student strike' is being coordinated by the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition, an organization of 15 student groups that came together after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

The coalition, which calls the action 'Books not Bombs,' has linked student protests against war in Iraq with a call for better financed schools.

'Were getting about 10 schools a day contacting us to participate, and it's probably about 35-40 percent high schools, said Andy Burns, an organizer who is signing up schools from his office in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Mr. Burns said he expected about 300 colleges and high schools to participate in the walkout.

Many of the students organizing next weeks actions have portrayed the latest round of tuition increases at state colleges and universities as a 'war tax' on the poor.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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To: goldilucky
These are just teenagers who want to oppose SOMETHING to allow them to build their idenity.
21 posted on 03/02/2003 1:53:20 PM PST by observer5
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To: mystery-ak
God bless you and your family.

What the freakniks can't figure out is that their freedoms to spew their crapola are protected by you and yours..

22 posted on 03/02/2003 1:54:11 PM PST by ewing
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To: ewing
On a related note, I heard the guys on FOX this morning talking about something Colin Powell told this idiot Iraqi journo who pointed out that only 13% of young adults in this country could find Iraq on a map. Powell said something along the lines of: Unfortunately for Iraq, they're all Marines. LOL.
23 posted on 03/02/2003 1:55:13 PM PST by mewzilla
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To: PoliticalGenius.com
I might go to a counter demonstration and ask these people if they are glad that the Taliban are free..
24 posted on 03/02/2003 1:56:00 PM PST by ewing
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To: observer5
Why don't these teenagers get a job? Better yet, study their constitution for God's sake. What are these school faculty and administrators preparing these students to be.....the future generation of half wits?
25 posted on 03/02/2003 1:56:26 PM PST by goldilucky
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To: mewzilla
Great line..Powell is quick with the ad lib!!
26 posted on 03/02/2003 1:56:51 PM PST by ewing
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To: ewing
First they march. Then comes student unrest, campus riots, civil disobedience, flag burnings....
27 posted on 03/02/2003 1:57:13 PM PST by Consort
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To: ewing
Any excuse for a day off.
28 posted on 03/02/2003 1:58:39 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy
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To: DensaMensa
Actually some principals do have the authority to lock the doors in an emergency..I would just lock it up that afternoon
29 posted on 03/02/2003 1:58:43 PM PST by ewing
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To: Consort; ewing
Previous FR thread on the student walkout (different source) here.

The linked website, unitedforpeace.org seems to be the clearinghouse for this sort of nonsense.

30 posted on 03/02/2003 1:59:25 PM PST by mountaineer
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To: Consort
There was already a couple of freaknik protesters at the UNC baskeball game running on the court..
31 posted on 03/02/2003 2:00:27 PM PST by ewing
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To: goldilucky
You're right. One unfortunate side effect of the sixties radicalism is that teaching was a draft deferral and resulted in an inordinate percentage of idiots with teaching credentials.
32 posted on 03/02/2003 2:00:33 PM PST by Eva
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To: ewing
I have always told Jonathan that ever since the American Revolution there has always been 1/3 of the people who oppose, 1/3 who have no opinion and 1/3 who have fought and made this country what it is today....I've told him to be apart of the ones who shaped this great country and fight for it.
33 posted on 03/02/2003 2:06:23 PM PST by mystery-ak (Saddam...your time is almost up..my hubby and son are on their way to kick your a$$ out of Baghdad!)
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To: mountaineer
I looked at the supporting groups of the coalition and it seems to have a pro-Arab viewpoint 'Return to Palestine' Committeee etc.
34 posted on 03/02/2003 2:07:28 PM PST by ewing
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Or an excuse to get some free local media without really doing anything.
35 posted on 03/02/2003 2:08:08 PM PST by ewing
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To: mystery-ak
And this time I dont even think that the other side has 33% in opposition.
36 posted on 03/02/2003 2:09:19 PM PST by ewing
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To: jaysgal
Look for the sheep, the cows, the nellies and keep an eye out for the pigs. Oh, and keep an eye out for the dogs who wear masks. Not one of the sheep, the cows, or the nellies ever read Animal Farm or if they did, they did so mindlessly. The pigs will use it as an operation manual. The dogs will get their reward, sex and drugs, from the pigs. I just hope the schools have plenty of mules.
37 posted on 03/02/2003 2:12:17 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts
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To: DensaMensa
- Properly disciplined, this act should be enough to drop a few of them out of contention for the colleges of their choice. (But it will never happen.) -

School districts ought to punish the pro-Saddam students who walk out during school hours. But, they won't. "Peace" protests are probably part of the NEA's lesson plan for the young skulls full of mush.

I wonder if school districts will permit Pro-America students to walk out during school hours?
38 posted on 03/02/2003 2:19:17 PM PST by Kuksool
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To: mcrommert
Hi, If students today are like they were when I was in High School, most of these are doing it because their teachers are telling them to, and are rewarding them with time off from class. .
39 posted on 03/02/2003 2:24:32 PM PST by Sci Fi Guy
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To: All
I checked their webpage and does it suprise anyone they are supported by Democrats/Socialists
40 posted on 03/02/2003 2:32:09 PM PST by Owatamla
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