Nov. 2 - Support the student walk-outs. Drive out the Bush Regime

[katinmn]

http://www.yawr.org/files/85x11msp.pdf
http://www.worldcantwait.org/index.php

I plan to support the student walk-out Nov 2 at the University of Minnesota as part of "The World Can't Wait" national protest.

Anti-war and labor groups have been invited to attend the U of M rally and march to a military recruitment station.

Be there. Bring the kids!

[seg4527]

1. i'm helping organize this, and

we've runinto some problems because the highschools are having finals that day. like, all of them. and we were expecting like 1,000 kids from the highschools. so any help we can get in people attending will be great. i will also try to get a list to contact high school administration.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. That's the day after I return from Japan, and I may be too jet-lagged

to find my front door, much less the U of M.

But at least I'll be with you in spirit!

[katinmn]

3. Have a great trip!

I know you're going on business but I KNOW you've added a couple personal days to your trip.

We will be interested in hearing what the Japanese are saying about us at the next meet up. :hi:

[CatholicEdHead]

4. Well, it was Protestors = Marxist Communists in Kersten's collumn

today about this protest. She is trying to use that old fallback.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/191/5707602.html

"What lesson did these kids learn? If you want to get attention and be the envy of your peers, this is the way to do it. While others are quietly slogging away in geometry class, you're parading about, waving signs, and reveling in the stares of other, less enlightened folks. You get that wonderful feeling of moral righteousness, and the thrill of self-dramatization. What more gratifying way to spend a sunny November afternoon?

But before we laugh off this attempt at skip day, we should take a closer look at the most serious folks in the rally crowd. The event was organized by Socialist Alternative, which prominently displayed its big red banner.

Just what is Socialist Alternative? According to the organization's website, it is the American branch of the Committee for a Workers' International, which seeks to "win support for the ideas of genuine Marxism among working class people." A CWI website says its goal is to advance "the struggle to overthrow the rule of big business and global capitalism." Its "recommended reading" includes Karl Marx's "Communist Manifesto" and Vladimir Lenin's "State and Revolution," along with tracts celebrating the achievements of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.

I have a suggestion. Before letting these kids rejoin their classes without penalty, assign them to read about the fate of people who join protests in the socialist paradises created by Marx, Lenin, Che and their followers.

Katherine Kersten • [e-mail]."