A new antiwar movement on campus

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

NY Times, Oct. 12, 2002

STIRRINGS OF OPPOSITION
Seeds of Protest Growing on College Campuses
By TAMAR LEWIN

BOSTON, Oct. 10 -- Mike McLinn never showed the faintest interest in
political protest, but he has plunged headfirst into the effort to
prevent an American attack against Iraq.

On Tuesday night, Mr. McLinn, a senior at Northeastern University, went
to a planning meeting for a citywide demonstration on Nov. 3. Wednesday
night, he went to the Boston Mobilization office, where two dozen
students from Boston University and Boston College talked about the "No
War, No Way" Walk for Peace on Oct. 20. Mr. McLinn, a computer studies
major, has also been meeting with other campus groups to explore joint
actions.

"The only thing I ever did on campus was run the outdoors club, which is
about having fun," Mr. McLinn said. "But this is about saving lives.
We're talking about attacking Iraq, attacking first, which is something
this country's never done before. We're turning into an imperialist
power. So for the first time, I made the decision to act on my angst."

As the threat of military action against Iraq looms, students across the
country are talking about the possibility of war. The first stirrings of
an antiwar movement are emerging, even as a few conservative students
who support the president are starting to organize.

"We've made a board with all these pins on it, showing where there have
been demonstrations or teach-ins, or where there are things planned, and
we have more than 135 campuses in 35 states," said Martha Honey of the
Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, who has been helping
organize student protests against military action. "It's growing
exponentially, each day."

full: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/12/national/12PROT.html

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Louis Proyect
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