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  • Student Groups [300 High School and Colleges] Plan National Wednesday Walkout to Protest War

    03/02/2003 1:36:11 PM PST · by ewing · 85 replies · 480+ views
    NY Times ^ | March 2, 2003 SGT | Tamar Lewin
    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...