Student Strike for Books Not Bombs!

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1 Organizing Packet The National Youth & Student Peace Coalition 1413 "K" Street NW, 9th Floor Washington, DC Phone:

2 Student Strike for Books Not Bombs! The Bush administration is intent on plunging America into an illegitimate and pre-emptive war that will only increase danger for Americans and the world. At the same time education, healthcare, the environment, and the economy are being neglected. Its time for youth and students to take a stand for America s future! One-Day National Student Strike, March 5th, 2003 To be combined with a Mock Election on your campus Books Not Bombs! Stop The War Against Iraq! The National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC) calls upon students on campuses across the United States to join us in a one-day student strike and mock election on March 5 th, See < for details on what to do and how to plug in. As students and youth, our futures will be shaped by the actions that the Bush administration takes today. A US attack on Iraq will inevitably: Endanger the lives of US servicemen and women Increase the suffering of the Iraqi people while slaughtering thousands of innocent people Encourage terror attacks against the US around the world and at home Be used as an excuse to erode civil liberties Divert resources from education and social services Subvert historical precedent and international law As students and youth, the future of this country, we are disturbed by the lack of attention paid to the real needs of Americans, especially education. Financial aid opportunities and family income are rapidly losing ground to the rising cost of higher education. * 1 Low-income families are facing decreasing access to education. Student debt is increasing. * 2 All while the US military budget steadily increases (12% from 2000 to 2002 * 3). We say NO! to this war of terror to increase American power and take control of strategic oil supplies. (continued ) 1

3 Join us in a student strike and mock election on campuses everywhere March 5 th to demand: US Government: End the drive for military action and economic sanctions that target the people of Iraq Fund education to ensure that everyone in the US has access to higher education Re-allocate military funds to eliminating poverty and building peace and home and abroad Repeal the provision of the "No Child Left Behind" Act that requires schools to give out student information to military recruiters Campus Administrators: Declare opposition to the war Disclose and eliminate military research contracts Freeze or lower tuition and fees Stop sending student information to military recruiters without consent from parents and students The Bush Administration s war on Iraq is a venture for control of the region and its oil supplies, not national security, democracy, or human rights. Our campuses provide implicit support for this through military research, recruiting, and ROTC programs. As students who value freedom, democracy, and our education we say: THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE! The best way to improve our national security is to halt drives for illegal and immoral wars and redirect public funds from the military and arms trade to education and social services at home and humanitarian aid abroad. Take a stand with students across the nation on March 5 th to build toward this collective vision. Sources: 1. College Board (as reported in the Michael A. Fletcher, Washington Post, Dec. 10, 2001, Page A01) 2. Sherschel, Particia M. USA Group Report. June, See: < 3. Deen, Thalif. U.N. says Nations Reveal Arms Spending - but Spend More. Inter Press Service. Oct. 7, 2002 *As of Feb. 15th 2003, this campaign is heating up! We need your help! In addition to organizing a strike and mock election on your own campus, the campaign needs your help with outreach, resource development, and fundraising. See < for details as they become available! NYSPC is a coalition made up of the following national organizations: 180/Movement for Democracy and Education, Black Radical Congress-Youth Division, Campus Greens, Muslim Students Association of the US and Canada, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Not With Our Money, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Student Peace Action Network, Students United for a Responsible Global Environment, Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations, United Students Against Sweatshops, United States Student Association, Young Communist League, Young Democratic Socialists, Young People's Socialists League 2

4 Frequently Asked Questions Page 4 Basics of Organizing Page 5 Talking Points Page 6 - The War is a domestic issue - National actions make a difference - Now is the time to act - This is a Broad movement Table of Contents Books not Bombs National Student Strike Organizing Packet Leafleting, Postering, and Getting the Word out Page 7 - Post The Flyers Everywhere - Do Class Raps - Speak at organization club meetings - Set up key distribution sites - Phone banking - E-Mobilize Fundraising for the strike Page 8 - Get those activity fees - Table with donation buckets - Hit up the Faculty - Party for peace - Sell things for the strike - Keep accurate records - There should be an agreement Publicity for student strike Page 9 - Write Letters to the editor - Immediately start to form a list of media contacts\ - Getting good media converge Program for the strike Page 10 - No 20 minute speeches - Have cultural performances - Your Program must be diverse - Use a schedule How to incorporate the Mock Election Page 11 - Mock Election as part of the student strike - How it Works - Basic Supplies you'll need - Why an election? - Media Visibility Additional Materials: -Sample Ballot for the Mock Election (double-sided) -Flyer for the Strike (double sided) -Quarter-page handouts for strike (double sided) 3

5 Frequently Asked Questions What exactly is a student strike, and why are we doing it? This strike is about POWER; youth and student power! During the One-Day International Student Strike, students will walk out of class to oppose the war, and make anti-war demands on Bush, Congress and their local administrators and officials. We hope to shut down our schools for a day to demonstrate our power to disrupt our institutions if we go to war. We also hope to promote real democracy and display our voting power by casting our votes against the war and for education in a nationwide Anti-War Election, and mail the ballots in to our Congressional Representatives. We must let the Bush Administration and other leadership know that we will not stand for war in Iraq! Who is the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition? The National Youth and Student Peace Coalition was founded in October 2001 to represent the youth voice of military dissent during the aftermath of the September 11 tragedies. The NYSPC is a collaboration of a broad base of national organizations: 180/Movement for Democracy and Education, Black Radical Congress-Youth Caucus, Campus Greens, Muslim Students Association of the US and Canada, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Not with the Our Money, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Student Peace Action Network, Students United for a Responsible Global Environment, Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations, United Students Against Sweatshops, United States Students Association, Young Communist League, Young Democratic Socialists, and the Young People s Socialists League. What should I do after I leave class? How do we pull off an Anti-War mock Election during the strike? Most students are planning a march from the school to a planned rally. At the rally, youth and students (and nonyouth supporters) will participate in a national Anti-War mock Election. You won t need much to pull off the election; just a table, some postcard stamps and the Anti-War ballots downloaded from Organizers will give rally-goers an election ballot asking them to vote against the war on Iraq and for increased education spending. One recommended rally and poll site is in front of the local post office because here we can mail in our ballots right away to Congress! I am not a student, what can I do? We knew that not all youth were students, and that not only youth would want to participate! That is why the Anti- War mock Election is so important. Anyone who opposes a war in Iraq can come to a rally and cast their vote against the war and for education. Just contact your local chapter of any of the organizations listed above, your regional anti-war coalitions or a local campus group that has been active around the war to find out the specifics of your local actions. You can also check to find out who is participating in your area. Who is involved, and how do can I get more involved? Over 200 schools have signed on to the student strike just in the United States. Elsewhere, students in Greece, Australia, Canada and Cuba among others will be acting in solidarity. To get more involved, visit the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition s web site at to sign up for a working committee, or to simply download more information. You can also download a resource organizing packet which gives step by step details on pulling off an Anti-War mock Election, how to coordinate your local media with the national strategies, and some basic talking points on why to strike. See for more information! 4

6 Basics of Organizing Books not Bombs Student Strike One of the first steps is to call a strike meeting. The meeting should be widely advertised, open, and maximize participation of organizations (with active membership) on your campus. If possible talk to groups and/or leaders before the meeting to make sure that they are on board Open the meeting with the reason NYSPC has called for a strike and why your campus should get involved use talking points to help prepare. Then let people who wish to speak. Limit the length of time for each speaker so as many people as possible can speak, but not to the point where people begin to drift off. Then take a strike vote. After the vote set up strike committees such as fundraising, publicity, communications, leafleting, materials preparation, picketing, speakers, security, education, community liaison, and so forth. Involve as many people as possible. The more people who have specific responsibilities and feel a part of the strike, the more likely it will succeed. Set up frequent and regular strike meetings to evaluate. Plaster the campus with the strike posters and flyers every day leading up to the strike. Special attention should be given to any rallies or teach ins that are going on before the strike. If there is going to be some sort of action on February 15th this will be key to getting the word out about the strike. On the day of the strike have the entire strike force out at all entrances, key gathering points, and major lecture halls with strike placards leaflets, etc. The two key task forces are coordination and communication. You must be able to turn out posters and leaflets rapidly. An important element to the success of any student strike is the support of the surrounding community: campus workers as well as workers from the community who do not work on campus, poor people, people of color, shopkeepers, the middle class, and others. Approach these constituencies on how the issues of the strike affect them and how they can help. In addition to the strike education and publicity efforts, other types of activities might be phased in. Your committee should hold at least one event prior to the strike such as a teach in or vigil. This will help build the momentum for the strike. The day of the strike be sure and have activity planned. If people are expected to just stand out side and be on strike they will quickly become bored. There should be a program, with speakers and cultural performances. There should be several activities going on through out the day, such as marches around campus, making giant postcards to send to congress, or participating in the peace plebiscite. One of the ways to assure that many organizations actively participate is to divide up the day into blocks that each group will be in charge of organizing activities for. A strike should be fun. 5

7 Talking points The war is a domestic issue Bush's federal budget creates a federal, state, and city funding crisis for education, health care, housing, and public employees. People's programs have been cut across the board but the military budget has all the money it needs to destroy the war. This war would cost billions of dollars, money that should be spent for education & people's needs instead of killing innocent people around the world. National actions make a difference The national march in Washington Saturday January 18th has made a large impact on the national war debate. Many national leaders and elected officials who had been reluctant to come out against the war have be emboldened by the turn out and are now actively participating in the debate demanding that Bush stop the war drive. The pro-war movement has been forced to change it's rhetoric and have been forced to admit that they do not have black check support. A large student strike will send home the message that average students don't want the war, and that the peace movement will not be stopped. Now is the time to act The UN inspection team is giving it's report to the UN, as the Bush war machine escalates it's threats and drive for war. The fact that the UN has not approved a war on Iraq has been one of the obstacles for Bush's war drive. It is necessary to keep the pressure on the UN to not back down to Bush's threats. At a time when the rightwing is just beginning to feel the pressure of a united movement in the US against the war we have to mobilize more and more people from all walks of life to actively participate in actions against the war. We can stop the war before it starts. Books not Bombs is the perfect opportunity to do that. This is a broad movement In the past few weeks a tremendous amount of statements and positions against the war have come out. The United Farm Workers, AFCME, and hundreds of Union Locals and Central Labor Councils have come out against the War. The Chicago City Council and City Councils across the country have passed overwhelming resolutions against the war. National and International Churches and Religious leaders have announced their opposition to the war. The Pope has released an unprecedented against war in general. The NAACP and other people's organization have come out against the war. Almost every major youth and student organization in the country are actively mobilizing against the war. 6

8 Leafleting, postering, and getting the word out We are providing sample flyers and posters for the Student Strike. We are leaving spaces on them for you to put in you specific information and contact info. Below are some ideas on getting the flyers out spreading the word on the student strike. Post the flyers and posters everywhere. Use public and student bulletin boards. Slide them under the doors of dorm rooms, and put them in dorm room mail boxes if possible. Go to any and every business that is frequented by students and ask permission to post the posters and flyers. Try to do this yourself, often times if you leave them for the business to put up when they get a chance, they never get put up. Ask faculty members to if you can put up posters in their rooms. Do Class raps. Ask faculty members to let someone from your committee speak at the beginning or ending of their classes about Books not Bombs. Keep a calendar and make sure to be on time. This will add legitimacy to the strike and provide the opportunity to talk face to face with hundreds of students. Bring a sign up/contact sheet. Speak at organization Club Meetings. Ask every club on campus to let someone from the committee to be on the clubs' agendas. Focus on getting the clubs to participate and build for the strike. You should bring plenty of flyers and posters and bring a sign up/contact sheet. Set up regular key distribution sites. Is there somewhere that hundreds of students pass at certain times during the day? If so there should be someone there passing out flyers. The focus here should be getting the flyer out more than spending large amounts of time speaking one or one, unless there are enough volunteers for one person to talk while the other gives out flyers. The flyers should have contact information. Phone bank. Get a group of volunteers to call any and all phone list you can get your hands on to remind everyone about meetings, events, and the strike. E-mobilize. Get posted on local websites and e-list. 7

9 Fundraising for the Strike While a Books not Bombs should not be a big financial drain, there are expenses that you will want to raise money for such as copies, signs, posters, hot chocolate/coffee, markers, paint, and other things depending on what activities are planned for the day. If possible there should be a small committee in charge of this aspect. Listed below are some basic ways to raise money for these expenses: Get those activity fees. If you are on a college campus, there are usually funds available for campus events. While you might not be able to get funding for the strike you can most likely get funding in the form of an honorarium for someone to speak at a teach in ahead of time. If your club is registered or there are official clubs in the strike committee they will probably know the ins and outs of accessing student activity money. It's important to remember that student activities money are paid by students, so we should have no qualms about asking for our money back. Table with donation buckets. When the outreach committee is tabling or giving out fliers it is always a good idea to have buckets or coffee cans and ask for donations. While this probably won't bring in hundreds of dollars, it will often pay off. You should check and see if this is permitted on campus. If it is not you could do it just outside of campus grounds, or on the side walk somewhere that is frequented by students. Hit up the faculty. Often there are members of faculty who will ask how they can support. While it is unlikely that they will strike on March 5th, they should be encouraged to make a donation to the strike committee. Such donations should be anonymous for their protection, unless they request that the donation be made public. Party for Peace. Find a location, get music and drinks, publicize the party, charge admission and party. Be sure to also use this as an opportunity to get more students involved and get out the word about the strike. Sell thing for the strike. Have a cake, pizza, or tamale sale. Get everyone in the committee to make or buy something and set up a eat for peace table. Again check with campus rules about selling food on campus. Raising money sometimes also raises drama. The best way to avoid this is to: Keep accurate records of how much is raised and how much has been spent. There should be an agreement before any money is raised on what purchases will need to be approved before hand, and which should not have to go before a large meeting. You probably wouldn't need to discuss buying a packet of markers at the 99 store, but you probably would want to discuss renting a flatbed truck for the strike. The clearer these matters are from the get go the better. 8

10 Publicity for Strike If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it does it make a sound? Maybe, but not a loud enough sound to reach Washington, DC. It is no secret that a major objective of the Books not Bombs strike is that we want to send the message to the world that US students do not and will not support the war. One of the keys to making sure that that is accomplished is outreaching to the media outlets and trying to get coverage locally, regionally, and nationally. NYSPC has set up a media outreach committee which can be reached through Patrice Armstrong, <soljourner2001@yahoo.com>. Your Publicity team or coordinator should be in frequent communication with the National team. Some quick pointers include: Write letters to the editor. As soon as possible send a letter to all the campus, and local/regional newspapers outlining why students are opposed to the war and why there will be a student strike. Immediately start to form a list of media contacts. This can be done by getting the Yellow pages and calling every TV and Radio station and asking for the Fax, address, and information for where to send Press releases for news events. At some point during and/or before the Student strike you should hold a press conference about the Strike. The press conference should last no longer then 30 minutes and have a representative group of representatives but very few speakers. In order to get good media coverage it is important to call & send your press release a week before, 2 days before, 1 day before, and the day of the event you want the media to cover. Even if you have already been told that they are coming you should call with updates and confirm that they are still coming. The day of the strike you should have packets prepared with background on the strike and NYSPC and the members of your local committee, as well as a list of Spokes People and how to get in touch with them. 9

11 Program for the Strike What will strikers will remember years later about the strike will be the program. If it is lively, diverse, fun, full of culture and creativity, then strikers will be anxious to participate in the next event, and they will bring more people. Here are a few things to keep in mind when organizing the program: No 20 minute speeches. No really, long speeches are never good. If there is that much to say than divide up more who will speak about what. Have cultural performance. Songs, poetry, and street theatre will liven up your program and make it fun. Participants often will remember the culture at an event more than any one speech. Your program must be diverse. We must not only give lip service to diversity we should be diverse. Involve as many different constituencies as possible in the program. If appropiate to your campus have multilingual speakers. Your program must be broad. The majority of students are against the war. The point of the strike is not to demonstrate that leftist are against the war, and so the speaker's list should not be all leftists. The program should have a broad representation of a cross section of campus and community groups. Use a Schedule. Have speakers and performers scheduled to perform. Think out the program make sure the list mixes up a variety of speakers and performers. If you have 10 musicians but they all perform in a row than you are looking at a long cultureless day. 10

12 How to Incorporate the Mock Election Mock Election as part of the student strike A mock election allows us to add a unifying element to the strike that everyone can participate in yet it allows for flexibility depending on the situation of each high school or college campus. Most college and h.s. campuses should be able to do this so that those who aren't able to hold a full scale strike will be able to participate in solidarity. In practical terms, having ballots cast by all those who participate will also help to give accurate numbers of how many people participated. How it Works How you want to run the election will depend on what your local group or coalition is able to pull off. One way is to set up a fake polling site on March 5th. Students could march together to the fake polling site, hold a rally outside and then students can proceed to the booths to cast their "votes." If you wanted to set up real poll sites it may cost a bit, however, a poll site could be as easy as setting up a couple of tables in the middle of campus or somewhere else in the city. At the end of the day the organizers can collect all the ballots and send them in (make sure to tally the votes for yourselves and let us know how many you got). You could also set up the polling site near a mailbox and people could put the ballots directly into the mail box. Make sure you mail all ballots to: The National Youth & Student Peace Coalition c/o United States Student Association 1413 "K" Street NW, 9th Floor Washington, DC Basic Supplies you'll need Postcards/ballots (you can download them from table to set up ballot area, box (could be as simple as a shoe box with a hole cut in the top) or mail box (you could set up the polling place near a post office or mail box and folks can mail their ballots right in), pens to fill out the ballots, postcard stamps. Why an election? By mailing fake ballots to Congress, we're demonstrating that not only will the youth vote turn out if issues of war and terrorism are seriously addressed, but we're also exercising our grassroots lobbying abilities by sending the postcards to our representatives in Congress. Media Visibility The media will eat up a mock election. While pictures of students leaving class should draw interest, a shot of them "voting" may make the front page. The mock election also can be pitched to media who are focusing on the 2004 elections as a story showing youth will vote. 11

13 As a youth/student, I vote: March 5, 2003 o NO to military action against Iraq! o Yes to military action against Iraq. o Yes to increased funding ($ figure) for education! o No to increased funding for education. I also demand Congress to *End the drive for military action and sanctions that target the people of Iraq*Fund education to ensure that everyone in the US has access to higher education*re-allocate military funds to eliminating poverty and building peace at home and abroad*repeal the provision of the No Child Left Behind Act that requires schools to give out student information to military recruiters and my Campus and Local Officials to *Declare opposition to the war*disclose and eliminate military research contracts*freeze or lower tuition and fees*stop sending student information to military recruiters without consent from both parents and students BOOKS NOT BOMBS! * As a youth/student, I vote: March 5, 2003 o NO to military action against Iraq! o Yes to military action against Iraq. o Yes to increased funding ($ figure) for education! o No to increased funding for education. I also demand Congress to *End the drive for military action and sanctions that target the people of Iraq*Fund education to ensure that everyone in the US has access to higher education*re-allocate military funds to eliminating poverty and building peace at home and abroad*repeal the provision of the No Child Left Behind Act that requires schools to give out student information to military recruiters and my Campus and Local Officials to *Declare opposition to the war*disclose and eliminate military research contracts*freeze or lower tuition and fees*stop sending student information to military recruiters without consent from both parents and students BOOKS NOT BOMBS! * As a youth/student, I vote: March 5, 2003 o NO to military action against Iraq! o Yes to military action against Iraq. o Yes to increased funding ($ figure) for education! o No to increased funding for education. I also demand Congress to *End the drive for military action and sanctions that target the people of Iraq*Fund education to ensure that everyone in the US has access to higher education*re-allocate military funds to eliminating poverty and building peace at home and abroad*repeal the provision of the No Child Left Behind Act that requires schools to give out student information to military recruiters and my Campus and Local Officials to *Declare opposition to the war*disclose and eliminate military research contracts*freeze or lower tuition and fees*stop sending student information to military recruiters without consent from both parents and students BOOKS NOT BOMBS! * As a youth/student, I vote: March 5, 2003 o NO to military action against Iraq! o Yes to military action against Iraq. o Yes to increased funding ($ figure) for education! o No to increased funding for education. I also demand Congress to *End the drive for military action and sanctions that target the people of Iraq*Fund education to ensure that everyone in the US has access to higher education*re-allocate military funds to eliminating poverty and building peace at home and abroad*repeal the provision of the No Child Left Behind Act that requires schools to give out student information to military recruiters and my Campus and Local Officials to *Declare opposition to the war*disclose and eliminate military research contracts*freeze or lower tuition and fees*stop sending student information to military recruiters without consent from both parents and students BOOKS NOT BOMBS! *

14 Your Name: Your Address: Your Zipcode: Your Phone: Your Your School/Organization: 180/Movement for Democracy and Education, Black Radical Congress- Youth Caucus, Campus Greens, Muslim Students Association of the United States and Canada, National Youth Books not Bombs! Place postcard stamp here, only if election organizers are not mailing ballots together! Advocacy Coalition, NATIONAL Not with YOUTH Our Money, AND STUDENT Student PEACE Environmental COALITION Action Coalition, Student 1413 K Peace Street, Action NW Network, Students United for a Responsible 9 Global th Floor Environment, Students Transforming and Resisting Washington, Corporations, DC United Students Against Sweatshops, United States Students Association, Young Communist Put League your USA, Young Democratic Socialists, Young People s organization s/coalition s Socialist League logo here! Your Name: Your Address: Your Zipcode: Your Phone: Your Your School/Organization: 180/Movement for Democracy and Education, Black Radical Congress- Youth Caucus, Campus Greens, Muslim Students Association of the United States and Canada, National Youth Books not Bombs! Advocacy Coalition, Not with Our Money, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Student Peace Action Network, Students United for a Responsible Global Environment, Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations, United Students Against Sweatshops, United States Students Association, Young Put your organization s/coalition s logo here! Place postcard stamp here, only if election organizers are not mailing ballots together! 1413 K Street, NW 9 th Floor Washington, DC Communist League USA, Young Democratic Socialists, Young People s Socialist League Your Name: Your Address: Your Zipcode: Your Phone: Your Your School/Organization: 180/Movement for Democracy and Education, Black Radical Congress- Youth Caucus, Campus Greens, Muslim Students Association of the United States and Canada, National Youth Books not Bombs! Place postcard stamp here, only if election organizers are not mailing ballots together! Advocacy Coalition, NATIONAL Not with YOUTH Our Money, AND STUDENT Student PEACE Environmental COALITION Action Coalition, Student 1413 K Peace Street, Action NW Network, Students United for a Responsible 9 Global th Floor Environment, Students Transforming and Resisting Washington, Corporations, DC United Students Against Sweatshops, United States Students Association, Young Communist Put League your USA, Young Democratic Socialists, Young People s organization s/coalition s Socialist League logo here! Your Name: Your Address: Your Zipcode: Your Phone: Your Your School/Organization: 180/Movement for Democracy and Education, Black Radical Congress- Youth Caucus, Campus Greens, Muslim Students Association of the United States and Canada, National Youth Books not Bombs! Place postcard stamp here, only if election organizers are not mailing ballots Advocacy Coalition, Not with Our Money, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Student Peace Action Network, Students United for a Responsible 1413 Global K Street, Environment, NW Students Transforming and Resisting 9 Corporations, th Floor United Students Against Sweatshops, United Washington, States Students DC Association, Young Communist Put League your USA, Young Democratic Socialists, Young People s Socialist League organization s/coalition s logo here!

15 NATIONAL BOOKSSTUDENT STRIKE BOOKS NOT NOT BOMBS BOMBS US Government: - End the drive for military action and sanctions that target the people of Iraq - Fund education to ensure that everyone in the US has access to higher education - Re-allocate military funds to eliminating poverty and building peace and home and abroad - Repeal the provision of the "No Child Left Behind" Act that requires schools to give out student information to military recruiters Campus Administrators: - Declare opposition to the war - Disclose and eliminate military research contracts - Freeze or lower tuition and fees - Stop sending student information to military recruiters without consent from parents and students MARCH 5th 2003 Join us in a student strike March 5th to demand: NYSPC Member Organizations include: 180/Movement for Democracy and Education, Black Radical Congress-Youth Division, Campus Greens, Muslim Students Association of the US and Canada, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Not With Our Money, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Student Peace Action Network, Students United for a Responsible Global Environment, Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations, United Students Against Sweatshops, United States Student Association, Young Communist League, Young Democratic Socialists, Young People's Socialists League For more info go to

16 On March 5, we as youth and students will demonstrate our collective power in 3 distinct ways. We will disrupt our everyday institutions to oppose the war. We will display our voting power in Anti-War Elections to show all 2004 electoral candidates what they can expect from us. And we will mail our ballots in to Congress to lobby that they do something to Stop the War now! So be strategic, and don t forget to STRIKE to Oppose the War! VOTE to set the stage for 2004! MAIL IN your ballots to pressure Congress to fund education, not war! BOOKS NOT BOMBS One Day National Student Strike March 5 To download the Anti-War Ballot postcard and other Strike materials or for information on how to pull off a Strike and Anti- War Election, visit us at Called by the

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18 The Bush administration is intent on plunging America into an illegitimate and pre-emptive war that will only increase danger for Americans and the world. At the same time education, healthcare, the environment, and the economy are being neglected. Its time for youth and students to take a stand for America s future! Join high school and college students across the country in a Student Strike to demand: From the US Government: End the drive for military action and economic sanctions that target the people of Iraq Fund education to ensure that everyone in the US has access to higher education Re-allocate military funds to eliminating poverty and building peace and home and abroad Repeal the provision of the "No Child Left Behind" Act that requires schools to give out student information to military recruiters From Campus Administrators: Declare opposition to the war Disclose and eliminate military research contracts Freeze or lower tuition and fees Stop sending student information to military recruiters without consent from parents and students Say NO! to this war of terror to increase American power and take control of strategic oil supplies. For more information see: clearinghouse@tao.ca NYSPC is a coalition made up of the following national organizations: 180/Movement for Democracy and Education, Black Radical Congress-Youth Division, Campus Greens, Muslim Students Association of the US and Canada, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Not With Our Money, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Student Peace Action Network, Students United for a Responsible Global Environment, Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations, United Students Against Sweatshops, United States Student Association, Young Communist League, Young Democratic Socialists, Young People's Socialists League The Bush administration is intent on plunging America into an illegitimate and pre-emptive war that will only increase danger for Americans and the world. At the same time education, healthcare, the environment, and the economy are being neglected. Its time for youth and students to take a stand for America s future! Join high school and college students across the country in a Student Strike to demand: From the US Government: End the drive for military action and economic sanctions that target the people of Iraq Fund education to ensure that everyone in the US has access to higher education Re-allocate military funds to eliminating poverty and building peace and home and abroad Repeal the provision of the "No Child Left Behind" Act that requires schools to give out student information to military recruiters From Campus Administrators: Declare opposition to the war Disclose and eliminate military research contracts Freeze or lower tuition and fees Stop sending student information to military recruiters without consent from parents and students Say NO! to this war of terror to increase American power and take control of strategic oil supplies. For more information see: clearinghouse@tao.ca NYSPC is a coalition made up of the following national organizations: 180/Movement for Democracy and Education, Black Radical Congress-Youth Division, Campus Greens, Muslim Students Association of the US and Canada, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Not With Our Money, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Student Peace Action Network, Students United for a Responsible Global Environment, Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations, United Students Against Sweatshops, United States Student Association, Young Communist League, Young Democratic Socialists, Young People's Socialists League The Bush administration is intent on plunging America into an illegitimate and pre-emptive war that will only increase danger for Americans and the world. At the same time education, healthcare, the environment, and the economy are being neglected. Its time for youth and students to take a stand for America s future! Join high school and college students across the country in a Student Strike to demand: From the US Government: End the drive for military action and economic sanctions that target the people of Iraq Fund education to ensure that everyone in the US has access to higher education Re-allocate military funds to eliminating poverty and building peace and home and abroad Repeal the provision of the "No Child Left Behind" Act that requires schools to give out student information to military recruiters From Campus Administrators: Declare opposition to the war Disclose and eliminate military research contracts Freeze or lower tuition and fees Stop sending student information to military recruiters without consent from parents and students Say NO! to this war of terror to increase American power and take control of strategic oil supplies. For more information see: clearinghouse@tao.ca NYSPC is a coalition made up of the following national organizations: 180/Movement for Democracy and Education, Black Radical Congress-Youth Division, Campus Greens, Muslim Students Association of the US and Canada, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Not With Our Money, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Student Peace Action Network, Students United for a Responsible Global Environment, Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations, United Students Against Sweatshops, United States Student Association, Young Communist League, Young Democratic Socialists, Young People's Socialists League The Bush administration is intent on plunging America into an illegitimate and pre-emptive war that will only increase danger for Americans and the world. At the same time education, healthcare, the environment, and the economy are being neglected. Its time for youth and students to take a stand for America s future! Join high school and college students across the country in a Student Strike to demand: From the US Government: End the drive for military action and economic sanctions that target the people of Iraq Fund education to ensure that everyone in the US has access to higher education Re-allocate military funds to eliminating poverty and building peace and home and abroad Repeal the provision of the "No Child Left Behind" Act that requires schools to give out student information to military recruiters From Campus Administrators: Declare opposition to the war Disclose and eliminate military research contracts Freeze or lower tuition and fees Stop sending student information to military recruiters without consent from parents and students Say NO! to this war of terror to increase American power and take control of strategic oil supplies. For more information see: clearinghouse@tao.ca NYSPC is a coalition made up of the following national organizations: 180/Movement for Democracy and Education, Black Radical Congress-Youth Division, Campus Greens, Muslim Students Association of the US and Canada, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Not With Our Money, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Student Peace Action Network, Students United for a Responsible Global Environment, Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations, United Students Against Sweatshops, United States Student Association, Young Communist League, Young Democratic Socialists, Young People's Socialists League