Calling
all High School Students in Victoria!
Anti-war walkout lunch-time
Friday 14th February, Rally 2 pm at Federation Square, Melbourne.
Live bands, speeches and mass 'die-in' at BP.
Contact details for Youth Against
the War:
Yorran on 0411439762
Ceri on 0415490639
Alex on 96891387
Ria on 0438342602 (Regional)
Email: carnagefairy@hotmail.com
A new youth anti-war group, Youth Against the War,
has been established. It is a broad based anti-war group for
high school students. It is open to all high school students
(and primary students!) against the impending war on Iraq, a
war for oil profits.
Our first action is a high school walkout at lunchtime
on Friday February 14th, with all students to meeting at 2pm
at Federation Square in Melbourne (next to Flinders Street Railway
Station. There students will hear live bands Curse of Dialect
and TZU, speeches from students and supporters and then we'll
march through the city calling for mass action to stop this brutal
war against the Iraqi people. The job of overthrowing Saddam
is for the Iraqi people themselves, not the US imperialists who
will just put in a stooge like they did in Afghanistan last year.
During the march we will visit 'interesting spots'
around the city and finish up by joining the Victorian Peace
Network rally at State Library, which starts at 5pm.
This action by YAW is in solidarity with similar
actions worldwide by students co-ordinated by the International
Socialist Resistance organisation.
Already we have got big support for the walkout
and rally and march on the 14th. We handed out over 7000 leaflets
at the Big Day Out in Melbourne on Monday and have started sticking
up posters around town. As many schools as possible will be leafleted
inside and outside in the next 2 weeks.
Thanks to the CFMEU, FEDFA, Greens Yarra City Councillor
Gurm Sekron, Socialist Party and others for free use of their
photocopiers and other help.
The first general meeting of the YAW will on the
Wednesday (February 19th) after the rally at 5pm Trades Hall,
cnr Lygon and Victoria Sts, Carlton South. All students welcome.
If you are a student, join or help out now. You
can stick up a poster on your street, outside the local school,
inside your school, hand out leaflets to fellow students, speak
at the rally, do a media interview etc etc. Phone us now (see
below to help). If are'nt a student, you can still give solidarity
by postering, leafleting etc.
Contact details for YAW:
Yorran on 0411439762
Ceri on 0415490639
Alex on 96891387
Ria on 0438342602 (Regional)
Email: carnagefairy@hotmail.com