Buzberry...
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege- Unknown
URGENT!
28/03/07 23:46 Filed in: Politics
NEWS ALERT: STUDENTS AT A US UNIVERSITY DUE TO STRIKE AGAINST US POLICIES IN IRAQ
March 29, 2007: Medford, MA; Tufts University:
It has been officially announced here today by the Tufts Alliance for Peace and the Tufts Community Union (Student Government) that students of this prestigious institution will begin a ‘Walk-Out’ strike on April 19, 2007 for an indefinite period as the community’s response to President’s Bush unwillingness to cooperate with Congress and his continued rejection to ending the Iraq War.
The ‘Walk-Out’ strikes entail that the university’s entire student body (7,000 students) would launch a civil non-cooperation movement by “setting aside normal academic routine.” The university’s academic council is due to meet today to discuss the administration’s response and the repercussions of the intended ‘walk-out’ on the university.
A major problem that already faces the strike is time. Not only does it coincide with the university’s annual open-house reception to welcome incoming students, but is also only ten days away from the final exam period.
Of historical significance, “walk-out” strikes by students in the Boston-Metropolitan area have known to have direct impact on US policies. The thirty-five day ‘walk-out’ of 1969 held in Harvard Square by students of: Harvard, MIT, Tufts, and Boston University forced upon the White House to announce its willingness to discuss with congress a withdrawal plan from Vietnam to take over the course of two years, triggering the end of the Vietnam War.
Buzberry.com will be following this important event, and will update you with more news in due course.
Source: Photo
Posted By:
MHG
|