Michael Moore encourages student walkout for Jan. 20

[yurbud]

I think this would be the most effective form of protest for those of us who aren't in school too.

General strikes have been done for years in Europe and seem to be very effective.

If the liberal employees stayed home or walked out, that could bring a lot of businesses to a grinding halt--it certainly would the news industry (even Fox).


http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=968

January 15th, 2005 6:48 pm
Ways to Hold a Student Walkout


1. WALK OUT FOR ENTIRE DAY
     Show up to school, go to your first hour class. When the bell rings (or the class starts), get up and leave the school.

2. WALK OUT FOR ONE HOUR
     Same as above, pick the hour everyone will leave, then leave and return for the next hour's class.

3. WALK OUT NEAR END OF DAY
     When the bell rings for your last hour class, get up and leave. Hold protest outside school.

NOTES:

1. Make sure you notify the local press you are going to do this. The only way for your actions to have nationwide impact is if the public knows of your actions.

2. Be completely nonviolent and peaceful. Do not cause any harm to person or property, even if you are confronted by those who disagree with you.

3. Tell your parents what you are going to do (if you have the kind of parents you can tell).

4. When you leave the school grounds, hold a peaceful protest outiside and then have a place for students to go and meet up to discuss what four more years of George W. Bush means and how we are going to deal with it.

5. Most schools will seek to stop this protest. They will promise severe punishment if you participate. This is their idea of teaching you how to be citizens in a fee society that is supposed to honor and encourage and RESPECT dissent. You can choose to listen to them or not. You must be able to accept the consequences they will use against you. Of course, if hundreds of students at your school participate, they will have a harder time punishing everybody -- so get as many students in the next few days to agree to participate. Strength in numbers! If you need any sort of legal help if you believe your rights are violated, contact your local American Civil Liberties Union. Most important, don't let the administrators in your school intimidate you with suspensions that may "cost you getting into the college of your choice, etc. etc." They are not telling you the truth. Good universities like students who stand up for what they believe in.

6. Remember, the most important thing is to ORGANIZE as many students as possible for the three days leading up to this Thursday. Decide what's right for your school in terms of the protest you hold.

And make sure the media knows about it!


Also Check Out J20's Student Walkout Page

[JohnLocke]

1. Wow. What an incredibly stupid form of protest (nt).

[klook]

2. Yeah, student protests have never really been that effective, have they?

[dolstein]

3. Newsflash: Student protests didn't end the Vietnam War

They probably ended LBJ's political career, as well as the draft, but the war dragged on for years, and Richard Nixon was overwhelmingly reelected.

[klook]

4. If they ended the draft, that's good enough for me. (n/t)

[Albert Einstein]

7. These protests were carried by the news. Moore is right.

During the first part of the attack war, these were the best covered protests in America. They get better coverage than the adult protests.

[yurbud]

8. when you come up with a better form of protest, let us know

seriously.

We've tried

donating money to candidates
writing letters to congressmen and representatives
protest marches
boycotts
voting

Several of which have been effective in the past, but which the media and elected officials seem to ignore now.

[Jamastiene]

5. Night classes

How about those of us who are in night classes? I could walk out early on my first class this Thursday. Oh please give me a reason. I hate that class. I always have wanted to just up and leave any class that jerk teaches anyhow.

[Albert Einstein]

6. Go to a J-20 protest or start your own if there are none.

Make sure your voices are heard.