We'll see how many Wake high school students walk out of class today "to express their outrage at on-going US occupations in Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan."
Organizers say that students from Enloe, Broughton, Sanderson, Green Hope, Wakefield, Wake Forest-Rolesvile, and Athens Drive high Schools will walk out of class at 11:30 a.m. for a noon rally on the State Capital grounds.
Here's the press release that was sent from a group calling itself Muslims of America Joined as One:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
As Obama speaks, Raleigh High School Students Walk-Out Against War in Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan
Raleigh students from Enloe, Broughton, Sanderson, Green Hope, Wake Field, Wake Forest, and Athens Drive High Schools will be walking out of classes at 11:30am on Friday, February 27 and will convene at a rally at east side of State Capital grounds at 12noon to express their outrage at on-going US occupations in Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan.
After last months bloody seige on Gaza that killed over 1,300 Palestinians, we demand that the US ends it's military aid to Israel. We want the immediate withdrawl of all US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. During these harsh economic times, with sky rocketing unemployment, rising cost of college tuition and millions of US citizens without health care, we want the tax payer money to go to the needs of the US people, rather than the military of Israel or the US.
The rally is planned to occur simultaneously as President Barack Obama speaks in our state at Camp Lejune to address possible withdrawl of troops from Iraq. He will still leave ten's of thousands around to protect US interests and maintain the US occupation. We demand a complete withdrawl immediately to allow Iraq to be governed by the Iraqis.
President Obama has also recent authorized sending an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan. This is an outrage. "This will only make the conflict worse, " says rally organizer Zaid Alemam, senior at Enloe High School.
(Below that are contact numbers for students at Enloe, Sanderson and Broughton who are coordinating the event.)
UPDATE
The protest drew 10 students.
Comments
WakeEd - Walking out of
Sun, 11/08/2009 - 02:30 — joabbotWakeEd - Walking out of school for protest rally | newsobserver.com blogs How Grow Taller
seriously
Mon, 03/02/2009 - 01:08 — dabbagh_ayahGet real!
You guys dont know anything about what goes on outside the news channel. The numbers dont matter of who went cuz obviously this article was posted which means they were heard.
Palestine is being occupied everyday and since America stands by it, they are killers. Each one of you pays money out your pocket unknowingly to give guns and bombs and aircrafts to Iraq, Afghanistan, and mainly Isreal.
I have been to Isreal, and Isreali soldiers empty those weapons on children, women and men who have nothing to do with this conflict. They abuse those people mentally, physically and any other way possible. They strip them of homes, family and life.
IT IS A WHOLE NEW GENOCIDE AND NOBODY CAN HEAR THEM JUST LIKE NOBODY COULD HEAR THE JEWS IN WORLD WAR II.
OK But
Fri, 02/27/2009 - 12:42 — Voice_of_Reason_- Iraq, is a nation building "occupation" required by international law because of our invasion and overthrow of a mass murderer ,now at the invitation of it's recognized government.
- Palestine, since when are we occupying Palestine? Oh yeah, don't we have people there trying to give humanitarian aid.
- Afghanistan - Oh, I forgot 9/11 didn't happen (but maybe it's time to leave, the current admin doesn't have the guts to win that one completely and we did punish the Taliban.) I bet you didn't know most of that war was fought on the ground by Afghanis in the beginning with our help.
Oh well what do I know. I guess I just wasn't there and saw things first hand.
All they know.....
Fri, 02/27/2009 - 13:46 — WuptdoAll these kids know is what the editors of the NandO and local media want them to know. Heaven forbid they ever actually learn the "truth."
What they should be protesting is the rape, pillage, and plunder of our country by corporations and banks with the help of elected officials at all levels of government. Maybe they don't realize that the burden of the "bill" is going to be their "tax burden" as well. Oh silly me, I do forget the MSM doesn't want that to be an issue. Go on children, dance to the bell, dance to the bell.
"Truth is a 3-edge sword."
spittin it out
Fri, 02/27/2009 - 11:40 — robdarichWow, I'm impressed, young people with a clue of what's going on in the world.
I thought NC schools taught kids to swallow the party line, It's refreshing to see some students are acting like they've got minds of their own.
Well done and duly noted. this is a much better story than the one about the school-approved protest over parking spaces.
If they're going to walk out
Fri, 02/27/2009 - 11:40 — CaryCurmudgeonIf they're going to walk out of school, it should be to protest the war and violence going on right IN their own schools.
o please
Sat, 02/28/2009 - 11:50 — amro789the violnce at school is the gang fights and ignorent people that have nothing else to do and start trouble. the should see the people i other countrys fighting for freedom no for a gang or and othr stupid thing
Oh, well. That wouldn't
Fri, 02/27/2009 - 12:42 — NWRaleighMomOh, well. That wouldn't earn the approval from the lib crowd, would it?
A new generation of libs to be indoctrinated
Fri, 02/27/2009 - 11:33 — C060164What ever happened to contacting Yet another good reason not to send you children to the public schools.