[Seattle-editorial] FEATURE PROPOSAL: Navy Recruitment Center

[jl at u.washington.edu]

subtitle: BLOOD SPLIT TO PROTEST 'UNNECESSARY DEATHS'
title: Women Shut Down Seattle Navy Recruitment Center

This morning, a group of women blocked and disrupted the entrance to a Navy Recruitment Center in Seattle, calling attention to the violent effects of war on women and the exploitative nature of recruitment in poor communities and communities of color. The women announced that the recruitment center was "closed for business" in honor of the soldiers and civilians who continue to be placed in harm’s way in Iraq. A <a href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=24699">statement from the group</a> said in part, "The real effects of war are death and violence, not ‘liberation’.  As the young people from our communities come home in body bags, “we have to ask ourselves:  Is it worth it?"