SKIPPING SCHOOL TO PROTEST
Students walked on March 5 '03 Books Not Bombs, 02.04.2006 20:38
The power and vibrancy of youth
On March 5, 2003 the huge BOOKS NOT BOMBS rally in Ashland, Oregon saw students walk out from college, high school and the middle school. This preemptive rally BEFORE THE BOMBS DROPPED ON BAGHDAD had the bright vibrant faces of youth standing up for democracy in a very important way.
Three (3) years later we need to examine current news, this repost from the Portland Independent Media Center Newswire:
"SKIPPING SCHOOL TO PROTEST" (portland indymedia repost)
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/04/336996.shtml
MARCH 5, 2003
Part of an international day of action where youth walked out of class all over the globe, this day was truly what democracy looks like.
Here are a couple posts from the Rogue IMC which announce the Ashland event and also show some photos of what it looked like.
SOU and AHS Students Prepare For Strike (March 2, 2003)
http://rogueimc.org/en/2003/03/111.shtml
Pictures from M5 Ashland March
http://rogueimc.org/en/2003/03/132.shtml
More Pictures from M5 Ashland March
http://rogueimc.org/en/2003/03/141.shtml
More Pictures from M5 Books not Bombs
http://rogueimc.org/en/2003/03/186.shtml
BOOKS NOT BOMBS now on Television
http://rogueimc.org/en/2003/07/968.shtml
THAT WAS 2003, HERE IS THREE YEARS LATER
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/04/336996.shtml
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Sad Event, Go Light a Candle 10.04.2006 - 18:44 Eighth grader Anthony Soltero shot himself through the head on Thursday, March 30, after the assistant principal at De Anza Middle School told him that he was going to prison for three years because of his involvement as an organizer of the April 28 school walk-outs to protest the anti-immigrant legislation in Washington Rally to Honor the Student Walkout Leader Driven to Suicide By Our Education System and to Demand an Education System that Works for All Youth WHO: Education Not Incarceration Coalition and Allied Organizations What: A Rally to Honor Student Walkout Leader Driven to Death By Our Education System, and to Demand an Education System that Works for All Youth When: Noon, Monday, April 10 Where: State Building, 1515 Clay St, Oakland, CA 94612 Rally Information: Contact: Education Not Incarceration at 510.225.8491 For Information on Anthony Soltero's Death: Contact: R. SAMUEL PAZ (310) 410-2981, (310) 989-6815 Eighth grader Anthony Soltero shot himself through the head on Thursday, March 30, after the assistant principal at De Anza Middle School told him that he was going to prison for three years because of his involvement as an organizer of the April 28 school walk-outs to protest the anti-immigrant legislation in Washington. The vice principal also forbade Anthony from attending graduation activities and threatened to fine his mother for Anthonys truancy and participation in the student protests. Anthony was learning about the importance of civic duties and rights in his eighth grade class. Ironically, he died because the vice principal at his school threatened him for speaking out and exercising those rights, Ms. Corales said today. I want to speak out to other parents, whose children are attending the continuing protests this week. We have to let the schools know that they cant punish our children for exercising their rights. REST OF STORY HERE FROM OUR FRIENDS AT THE INDYBAY IMC http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/04/1814142.php
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