The neo-cons are aware that Americans are un-informed (by corporate design) and domicile (courtesy of ESPN). Americans will not leave the couch and a good game on TV to stand out on the street to protest anything nowadays. So the onslaught continues. Congress is making haste at taking away rights that have been built up through decades of struggle.

Students for Peace and Justice was a club formed three years ago by a group of students who wanted to conduct random acts of kindness on campus and in the community. After 9/11 and the following US military actions they saw a need for a student walk-out protesting the decision of going to war with Iraq. After that it became a club that concentrated primarily on resisting war.

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On March 3rd, Students Against War (SAW), a newly formed UCSC organization, held a teach-in about the war in Iraq. SAW is comprised of three different campaigns that work closely together to fight against manifestations of the war-machine on a very local level. At the teach-in each group presented its current projects and through break-out groups, encouraged new students to get involved. Here is an overview of what was brought up at the event.

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world demonstrated against the War in Iraq on Mar. 19th and 20th.