Military Avoids Job Fair as Students Protest to "Unplug UCSC from the War Machine!"

UCSC Students Against War (SAW) organized a protest on April 24th which included breakfast and began as a celebration, but quickly focused back on challenging militarism at UCSC and in the community, such as Lockheed Martin located in Bonny Doon. Jeff Englehart, a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), was the first to speak at the rally in the Baytree Plaza which kicked off the actions. Students then marched from the plaza to the next rally point in front of the new Humanities building where the October 18, 2006, protest against the UC Regents took place. From the Humanities building, students marched towards the Social Sciences buildings where another rally was held. Students then marched to the new Engineering building where more speeches were given. Finally, students marched to Kerr Hall for a final rally and memorial for victims of war.

The march and rallies demonstrated the student body’s continued opposition to war and ongoing campaign to untangle the University of California from military-related research, nuclear weapons production, and the other aspects of what might be termed ‘the war machine.’

Read the April 18th press release from UCSC Students Against War

With Major Protests Imminent, Military Recruiters Withdraw from UCSC Job Fair
http://indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/18/18400957.php

and check out the Santa Cruz IMC feature for past coverage and must-read articles:
http://indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/18/18401106.php

* note, if this were an article for school, I would cite some of these words and ideas to UCSC Students Against War. However, this is not for academia, so I will just invite you to visit the website for UCSC Students Against War, form a posse, publish on indymedia and then kick the military recruiters out of your school too!
http://saw.revolt.org

Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW)
http://www.ivaw.org

Sir No Sir!
http://sirnosir.com

** final note, although the military stayed away from the Job Fair, there were still plenty of institutions present to represent the police states of amerikkka.