[Seattle-editorial] Re: FEATURE PROPOSAL (list is delayed)

[Jeremy Kahn]

Approve. Good, short, and to the point.

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 jl at u.washington.edu wrote:

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> 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?"
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