The Anti-War Struggle in Italy Let’s Face the Truth: A Report from an International Protest Gathering in Rome By Katrina Yeaw On Sunday, October 2, 2005, I attended the conference “Let’s Face the Truth”, an international protest gathering in support of the Iraqi resistance, organized by Free Iraq Committees in Rome. The nature of the… Continue reading The Anti-War Struggle in Italy – Let’s Face the Truth: A Report from an International Protest Gathering in Rome

SOLIDARITY MARCH WITH HCC ANTI-WAR STUDENTS Thursday, October 6, 11 am Starts at G Building, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, Massachusetts March for Free Speech! March Against the War in Iraq! March for College, Not Combat! The UMass-Amherst Anti-War coalition, in solidarity with HCC counter-recruitment students, has called for a peaceful mass march at Holyoke Community… Continue reading SOLIDARITY MARCH WITH HCC ANTI-WAR STUDENTS

The antiwar movement is back. The quarter-million marching past the White House on September 24 heralded its reemergence, and none too soon. For those of us on campuses, it was particularly gratifying to see evidence of the national student movement that is beginning to cohere — with “College Not Combat, Relief Not War” contingents organized… Continue reading We Will Not Be Intimidated by Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, Campus Antiwar Network

By Elizabeth Wrigley-Field Republished with permission of the International Socialist Review Issue 43, September-October, 2005 WITH SUPPORT for Bush’s occupation of Iraq at an all-time low, reflected in plummeting rates of military enlistment, the antiwar movement has begun to reemerge. At the head of this revival has been a counter-recruitment movement that rapidly developed nationwide… Continue reading College Not Combat – Elizabeth Wrigley-Field

The following very powerful statement was read at the press conference. The member of the AWC who wrote this does not want to give her name at this time and so she wrote it in the “third person” and another student read it. “The counter-recruitment protest was an important event for the HCC Anti war… Continue reading HCC Anti-War Coalition Press Conference

I am writing to demand a full investigation of the recent police assault on students on your campus. The students should not be repressed or punished for being ahead of their time. The use of any pepper spray or gas has far greater health effects than recognized officially, in part because studies by state health… Continue reading Tom Hayden demands full investigation

Please convey our support and solidarity to the students who were attacked for protesting. The war criminals Bush and Blair are increasingly resorting to force to silence debate. Only last week an 82 year old Labour Party member _a founder member of CND and a current member of our steering committee_ was ejected from Labour’s… Continue reading International Solidarity from the UK

PRESS ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Justin LeFurjah 413-320-1358 Email: info.hcc-awc@hotmail.com OCT. 2, 2005 5:26PM Students Will Hold Press Conference to Speak Out Against Police Attack at Holyoke Community College When: MONDAY OCT 3, 2005 11AM Where: Front steps of City Hall in Holyoke 536 Dwight St, Holyoke MA HOLYOKE– Students from Holyoke Community College… Continue reading Students Will Hold Press Conference to Speak

I am appalled that students exercising their (fully sanctioned) rights to free speech and to peaceably assemble were abused by law enforcement officials. The right to patriotically dissent from our government is a sacred right and these students should be given commendations, not black eyes. They were claiming their places in our democracy. The people… Continue reading Cindy Sheehan’s statement of support for the students

Follow developments here and at the Campus Antiwar Network site. URGENT UPDATE—PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! Student who was Maced By Police is Now Banned from Campus! At approximately 1pm on Sept 30, Sgt. Richard H. Wheeler and State Trooper Vasquez delivered a notice to Charles T. Peterson at the doorstep of his home in Springfield, MA. Charles… Continue reading URGENT UPDATE – Student who was Maced By Police is Now Banned from Campus!