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Build the student anti-war movement in Boston!

Anti-war student organizng meeting Friday, 10/7 at Northeastern U.
5:30, Curry Student Center rm.442
Take the Orange line to Ruggles or E-line to Northeastern

The start of the school year has brought with it a rise in anti-war activism. The spectacular
anti-war demonstration on September 24 in Washington DC mobilized 250,000 people from all around
the country, inspiring new and experienced activists to take action to end the US occupation of
Iraq. In the schools and on the campuses of Boston, there have been organizing meetings,
educational events, vigils and demonstrations. These have been organized by existing anti-war
groups, but there are many students in the city who would like to start new anti-war organizations
at their schools and on their campuses, and come together to unite efforts accross campuses.

The Northeastern University Campus Against War and Racism (NUCAWR) has had a busy and exciting
past few weeks, organizing meetings on campus, attending anti-war events around Boston, and
organizing vans to go to the September 24 demonstration. Recently while organizing vans to go
down to D.C. we met antiwar student groups and activists from 15 high schools and colleges around
Boston — this can lay the basis for a student network in boston that can expand even more we are
meeting anti-war students from other schools and campuses. It is becoming clear that anti-war
students need to link up around the city, learning from and supporting each other in our work at
our campuses and schools, and working together on city-wide events. Here are just a few upcoming
possibilities for organzing:

- sharing information with each other about building anti-war
committees on our campuses and in our schools
- mobilizing for the anti-war demonstration on October 29 in downtown Boston
- going to the national “On the Frontlines” student & allies anti-war
conference in Berkely, CA (organized by the Campus Anti-war Network & Military Out of Our Schools)
- organizing the petition campaign to win a ballot initiative calling
for the withdrawal or the MA Nat’l Guard from Iraq

This is a short list, but in a city with so many campuses and high schools in Boston, the sky’s
the limit! NUCAWR is calling an organizing meeting for anti-war high school or college students
to link up and organize in Boston. NUCAWR is a part of the Campus Anti-war Network (CAN), a
nationwide network of high school and campus based anti-war committees, and we can also discuss
CAN’s counter-recruitment and other campaigns, in addition to the national conference in Berkeley
mentioned above. The meeting will be held at 5:30 at Northeastern on Friday 10/7 in room 442 of
the Curry Student Center.

ALL ANTIWAR STUDENTS ARE WELCOME!

For more info, email neucawr@yahoo.com, or call Khury at 617 739 9217.

CAN’s website: www.campusantiwar.net
Frontlines conference website: http://www.objector.org/moos-bay.html

in solidarity
Khury
NU Campus Against War and Racism