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News :: Education : Human Rights : International : Organizing : Politics |
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Anti-Recruitment Demonstrations Mark Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq |
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by Operation: Over Media Team
Email: operationover (nospam) hush.com (verified) |
20 Mar 2006
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On Monday morning, March 20, at around 11:00am, 10 protesters gathered outside the Northeastern University Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) office on Huntington Avenue to protest the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. "We wanted to make sure nobody forgets that both Iraqi civilians and American soldiers are dying everyday," said one protester. The protesters used colorful chalk to transform the sidewalk into a collage of messages such as "100,000 Dead for what?", "Military recruiters out of our schools," "Death zone," and "Recruiting the poor to die for the rich." Protesters also drew chalk body outlines to represent the dead, both Iraqi and American. |
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After Northeastern, the protestors went to the Boston University (BU) ROTC, where the same tactics were employed. On the way to the MIT ROTC, the protesters were accosted on their bikes in the middle of the Massachusetts Avenue bridge by two police officers in an unmarked car. One officer, who refused to identify himself, grabbed one of the protesters firmly on the wrist. The officers accused the protesters of spray-painting inside the BU College of Arts and Sciences building. When the protesters asked if they were being detained, the officers said yes and then demanded to see identification. After 20 minutes of harassment, during which another car and two more cops showed up, the officers left. The protesters continued on to the MIT ROTC and Tremont Street Armed Forces Recruitment Center to continue their demonstrations.
During the festivities, protesters talked to passersby about their feelings on the continuing war. Some stopped and talked, others watched and applauded the efforts of the demonstrators, and some walked by, unconcerned. "It was heartening to see how many people opposed the war and the presence of military in institutions of education," said another protestor. This was a part of the Operation: Over campaign of direct action against the war. |
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See also:
http://operationover.freeyouth.net/
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