Peace

March 19th marks the 5th Anniversary of the Iraq War. Across the country, youth and students are mobilizing to take action to end the war on their campuses and communities. Find out more on how you can get involved today!

Youth and students took to the ballot box in 2006 to demand a change. Two of the top issues on the minds of young people were the war and funding for education. Yet Bush and his war supporters continue to ignore the voices of young people and the 70% of the US population that is against this war. They continue to spend billions of dollars on the war in Iraq that could be spent on funding education and rebuilding our cities from New Orleans to Minneapolis.

On October 27th, 2007 people will be gathering in 11 cities to raise our voices together and demand an end to the war.

Americans Against the Escalation in Iraq is launching a summer project aimed at organizing voters in key Republican House and Senate Districts. You can earn money while helping to end the war in Iraq! Check out the article for job description and information. You must get your in application by June 7th!

Monday, March 19, 2007 will be the 4th Anniversary of the United States’ immoral and illegal invasion of Iraq. The National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC) is asking for its members and member groups to collectively display youth and student solidarity against the war and the priorities of this country by wearing a “Books Not Bombs” button, t-shirt or armband.

Young people face the greatest threats from the war, both at home and in the battlefield. The Young Communist League, has joined young people in resisting the militaristic foreign policy of the Bush administration from the beginning.

NATIONAL DAY OF RESISTANCE - MARCH 16, 2006

On Mar. 16, JOIN the NATIONAL YOUTH AND STUDENT PEACE COALITION in organizing a national youth-led day of action against the war! In March of 2003, NYSPC activists led 500 student actions to stop the war. Three years and thousands of deaths later, NYSPC is calling for actions across the country to demand an end to this disastrous occupation, and we urge young people everywhere to call upon Congress to fund BOOKS NOT BOMBS!

Click here to find out how you can organize an action on your campus or in your community.

National \\\"Not Your Soldier\\\" Youth and Student Day of Action
Thursday, November 17th at a high school or college campus near you....

On campuses around the country this fall young people will be gathering to learn about and discuss the reality of the war on Iraq and its connection to the struggles of youth and students in our high schools, colleges and communities.

On February 24, protest Halliburton, Bechtel, and the other corporations that are making millions in Iraq, and speak out for Iraqi workers\' rights and self-determination.

Our generation will speak out to demand: Funding for Education, Not Empire
We demand the immediate restoration of all funds for public schools and universities cut from local and federal budgets over the last three years, and the reversal of all tuition hikes in the same period. We demand dramatic increases in assistance to low-income youth through Pell Grants, TRIO, and all programs for students in need...

Momentum is building across the globe for the Global Day of Action against War and Occupation on March 20, the one-year anniversary of the U.S. bombing and invasion of Iraq.

March 10 of this year, Texas country-pop stars Dixie Chicks became infamous when their lead singer Natalie Maines declared that they \"are ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas,\" in criticism of the imminent U.S. invasion of Iraq. This comment brought an onslaught of criticism, caused their No. 1 song \"Travelin\' Soldier,\" a sad lament about the victims of war, to fall off the charts completely, and even spurred some Deep South radio stations to boycott their songs completely. But do these young women deserve so much controversy?

Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 much discussion and debate has taken place among educators and on college campuses as to how the US should respond, the history of US foreign policy and whether or not the Bush sdministration�s policies will actually stop terrorism.
The Oakland Education Association (OEA) Executive Board passed a motion Sept. 20 in sympathy with the victims and pledging to be a \"voice for non-violence, defense of democratic rights and civil liberties and resistance to ethnic and religious scapegoat.\"

On November 30, 1999 in Seattle, a five-day protest against the World Trade Organization (WTO) began, marking a new phase of the movement for global justice. Over 50,000 trade unionists, farmers, students, environmentalists, workers, and other activists swarmed over the city and shut down the meetings of the WTO. Major sectors of the country identified global corporations and capitalism as the source of our world�s problems. A new generation of young people saw the incredible power they could hold if they simply organized, mobilized, and became active together with the labor and people�s movements.

A little more than a week after President Bush announced the US military response to the September 11 attacks, youth and student organizations convened to represent an opposing view. Prior to the meeting, about 150 campus actions were called on September 20th as a Day of Action.

The United States Student Association (USSA) and its millions of members across the country believe that we all have a responsibility to question the actions of our government. The �war on terrorism� that our government has started has gone unchecked for too long. The casualties of this war are too many to name.

The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) strongly condemns the Government of Israel for declaring open war against Palestine by mobilising thousands of its troops with sophisticated and heavy weaponry against the Palestinian people. The Israeli army took over the headquarters of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) with tanks and armed troops. Israeli troops entered Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat\'s compound on after Israeli forces knocked holes in the walls. Chairman Arafat was inside the compound, which was under heavy attack. WFDY believes there is severe risk to the life and security of Mr. Arafat.

Today, we face new challenges to our search for peace. The interim government of Afghanistan is falling into civil war. The \"War on Terrorism\" has become a slick marketing tool to try and sell us the expansion of the American military machine. Troops are being stationed in the Philippines to take up �advisory positions.� U.S soldiers are being deployed to Colombia to combat the people�s growing resistance movement. There is chilling talk about resuming air strikes of Iraq.

Immediately after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, George Bush gave his now famous ultimatum: "You are either with us, or against us," meaning you either support US imperialism and the murderous aggressive war Bush would soon initiate or you support the criminal and inhuman attacks of September 11.