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Youth Against the War:

"Books Not Bombs" in KC!

Student Strike on March 5

UMKC Campus Greens, along with the Muslim Students Association and UMKC Alliance Against the War participated in the national "Books Not Bombs" student strike on Wednesday, March 5th.

> News coverage:

- Student Groups Plan Walkout to Protest War (New York Times, 3/1/03)
- Students left classrooms for “books not bombs” protests across the United States on Wednesday, rallying against President Bush’s threatened war on Iraq.  > read full MSNBC story (03/05/03)
- Students walk out; rally against war (KC Star, 3/5/03)
- KC area students walk out of class to protest possible war with Iraq (KC Star, 3/6/03)
 

KC area youth provide numbers and strength to the anti-war movement. Two reports of youth involvement against a war with Iraq appeared in local newspapers: "Young Blood" (The Pitch, 2/20) and "Teens at weekly protest rallies" (KC Star, page E-8 Teenstar section, 2/20)