[Seattle-editorial] FEATURE PROPOSAL: Navy Recruitment Center

[Jill Freidberg]

thumbs up but note typo: "split" should be "spilt."

jill


At 11:16 AM 3/27/03 -0800, jl at u.washington.edu wrote:
>subtitle: BLOOD SPLIT TO PROTEST 'UNNECESSARY DEATHS'
>title: Women Shut Down Seattle Navy Recruitment Center
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>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?"
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