Hi anti-DU activists - One thing recruiters lie about - or neglect to
mention - is expose to radioactive and toxic uranium weapons. Please
consider joining this campaign to support protest against military
recruitment and war at Kent State. Thank you. Charlie

http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/

"...My son, Casey Austin Sheehan, was recruited out of college and
his recruiter promised him the sun and moon to enlist and delivered
only an early grave. Not only should Mr. Airhart not be fined,
suspended or expelled for his heroic act, but he should be given some
kind of commendation from the college administration." --- Cindy
Sheehan, statement of support for David Airhart and Kent State students

"Surely, the memory of that shameful episode at Kent State in 1970
would be enough to make the university administration sensitive to
unjust wars and the right of protest." - Howard Zinn, from his letter
to the President Cartwright, Kent State University

"Soldiers like us know than even if the heart continues to beat the
spirit may die in many important ways, and we know that we can leave
a war zone, but the war never leaves us. Thank you, David, for your
action. Hell may be within us, but so is our freedom, never let go of
it.” -- Camilo Mejia

Anthony Arnove, Bonnie Weinstein, Brian Willson, Camilo Mejia,
Charles Jenks, Charles Peterson, Cindy Sheehan, Dave Zirin, David
Swanson, Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, Gilda Carbonaro, Hadas Thier,
Howard Zinn, Jeffrey St. Clair, Justino Rodriguez, Michael Letwin for
New York City Labor Against the War, Mitchel Cohen, Nick Bergreen,
Nicole Robinson, Norman Solomon, Pablo Paredes, Phil Gasper, Rania
Masri, Rebecca Sambol, Sally Shaw, Sheri Leafgren, Sherry Wolf, Stan
Goff, Sunny Miller for Traprock Peace Center, Tariq Khan and Ward
Reilly have taken a stand on behalf of students at Kent State
University.

In this remarkable collection of letters, they object to military
recruitment on campus and support the rights of students to protest
it. They demand that Kent State stop its disciplinary hearing against
David Airhart, a student and veteran of the Afghanistan and Iraq
wars, who non-violently demonstrated for peace at Kent State on
October 19th.

For the simple act of using a climbing wall erected by recruiters on
campus, and then displaying a banner that read "Kent, Ohio for
Peace", he was chased off the wall by recruiters who climbed up after
him. As David was trying to get down, he was physically pulled off
the wall by a recruiter. The recruiters face no inquiry; David,
charged with disorderly conduct, is now facing a disciplinary hearing
and possible expulsion from Kent State.

Kent State and Jackson State - where 6 students were killed in 1970 -
are hallowed ground for the peace movement. After an autumn of
repressions at Holyoke Community College, George Mason University and
the University of Wisconsin at Madison - where students protesters
have been harassed, attacked or brutalized - students at Kent State
have taken a stand. And veterans of war and peace are coming to their
defense.

Read Nicole Robinson's full account of David Airhart's quiet yet bold
demonstration, the assault on him by military recruiters, and the
Kent State administration's repression against him and free speech at
the Campus Antiwar Network's site:

http://www.campusantiwar.net/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=117

Statements of support and letters to Kent State are published on the
"Hands Off Dave" Blog at http://www.traprockpeace.org/
kent_state_students/
More statements are welcome, and we encourage people to contact the
Kent State administration (contact information below).

The statements and letters support David, Kent State students, and
all students who wish to exercise their rights of free speech on campus.

Anthony Arnove http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?
page_id=5

Bonnie Weinstein http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?
page_id=3

Brian Willson http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?
page_id=24

Camilo Mejia http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?
page_id=10

Charles Jenks http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?
page_id=36

Charles T. Peterson http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?
page_id=22

Cindy Sheehan http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?
page_id=23

Dave Zirin http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?page_id=6

David Swanson http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?
page_id=18

Elizabeth Wrigley-Field http://www.traprockpeace.org/
kent_state_students/?page_id=13

Gilda Carbonaro http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?
page_id=32

Hadas Thier, Justino Rodriguez and Nick Bergreen of the City College 4
http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?page_id=34

Howard Zinn http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?page_id=12

Jeffrey St. Clair http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?
page_id=26

Michael Letwin, New York City Labor Against the War http://
www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?page_id=9

Mitchel Cohen http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?
page_id=28

Nicole Robinson http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/

Norman Solomon http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?
page_id=20

Pablo Paredes http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?
page_id=15

Phil Gasper http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?page_id=7

Rania Masri http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?page_id=25

Rebecca Sambol http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?
page_id=14

Sally Shaw http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?page_id=16

Sheri Leafgren, Kent State http://www.traprockpeace.org/
kent_state_students/?page_id=29

Sherry Wolf http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?page_id=27

Stan Goff http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?page_id=19

Sunny Miller for Traprock Peace Center http://www.traprockpeace.org/
kent_state_students/?page_id=35

Tariq Khan http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?page_id=11

Ward Reilly http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/?page_id=17

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David is facing a disciplinary hearing in mid-November.

Call/email the Kent State University administration to tell them how
you feel.

Carol Cartwright - University President: 330.672.2210
Carol.cartwright@...

Greg Jarvie - Dean of Undergraduate Students: 330.672.9494
Gjarvie@...

William Ross - Executive Director of the Undergraduate Student
Senate: 330.672.3207 wross@...

Statements and letters in support of the Kent State students may be
forwarded to Traprock Peace Center, which is posting an index of
statements and letters. (Traprock is a 501 c 3 non-profit
organization. In consultation with the Kent State Antiwar Coalition
and the Campus Antiwar Network, Traprock reserves its right to
exercise its discretion in posting any submitted material.)

__________

Please sign the online petition by the Campus Antiwar Network at
http://www.petitiononline.com/CAN2005/petition.html

The petition reads:

To the administration of Kent State University:

"We, the undersigned, oppose disciplinary and criminal sanctions
against Dave Airhart (a Kent State Student and Iraq war veteran) by
Kent city police and Kent State University for demonstrating his
opposition to the war in Iraq.

Not only because we believe that students should have the right to
express their opposition to the war in Iraq and because we believe
that the war is unjust, but also because we believe that the
administration is using the charge of “disorderly conduct” to punish
Dave Airhart for his ideas, we call on the city of Kent, OH and the
administration of Kent State University to suspend all proceedings
against Dave Airhart."

__________

There is an excellent report on the Kent State situation in
Socialist Worker - http://www.socialistworker.org/
2005-2/564/564_12_Kent.shtml
It includes comments from David Airhart and quotes from the above
linked statements.

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Charles Jenks
Chair of Advisory Board and Web Manager
Traprock Peace Center
103A Keets Road
Deerfield, MA 01342
413-773-7427
fax 413-773-7507
http://www.traprockpeace.org
































Charles Jenks
Chair of Advisory Board and Web Manager
Traprock Peace Center
103A Keets Road
Deerfield, MA 01342
413-773-7427
fax 413-773-7507
http://www.traprockpeace.org