Forum and demo against military recruiting

The following is an announcement I just got by e-mail. Let's make it clear we don't want Chapel Hill's sons and daughters deceived into sacrificing themselves for Bush's ignoble cause.

Friends,

On Wednesday, November 15, 2006, Chapel Hill's first military recruitment station is scheduled to open. This Army recruiting facility is being built because the military is desperate for more young people to continue occupying Iraq and to wage new wars on people all around the world. Military recruiters will use any means necessary to recruit our young people--their deceptive practices are well-documented. Please join us for the following events as we send a clear message of opposition to the militarization of our community and this blatant attempt to pull even more of our young people into the war to kill and be killed.

Community Forum on New Army Recruiting Station
WHEN: November 12, 2pm
WHERE: UNC-Chapel Hill Student Union room 3411
WHAT: In light of the new Army recruiting station opening in Chapel Hill, various student and community organizations will be hosting a community forum to discuss the implications of this new station for our town. These different organizations will offer their perspective on the new recruiting station. UNC-Chapel Hill SDS, Feminist Students United, NC Choices, Raleigh F.I.S.T., and more will be present at the event. Come out to learn more about the new recruiting station, ask any questions you may have, and help prepare for the demonstration on November 15. There will be music, as well as free food and drink.

NO NEW ARMY RECRUITING STATION IN CHAPEL HILL! SHUT THE WAR DOWN!
WHEN: November 15
WHERE: 3pm-March From McCorkle Place, Quad across from Post Office on Franklin St
4pm-Rally at the New Recruiting Station - 1502 E. Franklin St.
WHAT: Join students, youth, and community members as we stand up to the new Army recruiting station, the continued occupation of Iraq, and U.S. threats against other nations. We'll gather at McCorkle Place, the large quad on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus across from the Post Office on Franklin St, at 3pm and march down to the recruiting station at 1502 E. Franklin St. At 4pm, we'll begin a rally outside of the station, where members of the community will speak out against this new recruiting station, a blatant attempt to pull more youths and students into the U.S. war machine and the occupation of Iraq.

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Will, I guess that I don't agree with what you and Mark are calling medical research in the context that he introduced it, just as we will never agree on what is and isn't torture. This went from Mark Schultz talking at UNC to the kind of research that might be done at CN to Gitmo. What does all of this have to do with you being invited as a Chamber Board member to an opening by a member?

Whoa... Who invited me to be a member of the Chamber?

Mark M,

While vigilance is always important, nothing that UNC has ever done that I am aware of would lead me to believe that its medical researchers would corrupt their mission in as perverted a fashion as suggested by some of the articles referenced. They are a dedicated group of individuals seeking to improve health care and its delivery for the citizens of this state, the country and the world. Until there is any evidence to suggest otherwise I will continue to give them all the accolades and credit they deserve.

You posted a memo from Aaron Nelson addressed, "Dear Chamber Board Members." I just assumed that he sent it to you, as you indicated where the info on Bill of Rights Day came from.

From organizers

Stop war where it starts! Stop the war on youth! Shut the recruiting station down!

WHEN: Friday, December 15----3:30 PM

WHERE: 1502 E. Franklin St., in the shopping center between Estes Dr. and Elliot Rd.--the Army recruiting station

WHAT: On Friday, December 15, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce will officially "welcome" the new Army recruiting station located at 1502 E. Franklin St. to Chapel Hill, thus sanctioning the deceptive, racist, and sexist practices of military recruiters and welcoming an arm of the U.S. war machine into our community. The sole purpose of this facility is to pull more young people into the failing occupation of Iraq to kill or be killed for an illegal and unjust war. Join us as we send a clear message of opposition to the new recruiting station, the occupation of Iraq, and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce's complicity in the war. While the politicians of Chapel Hill welcome this station into our community, we will join with other youth and community members to say: SHUT IT DOWN!

For more information, visit our website at http://chapelhillsds.org or send an email to unc.sds@gmail.com!

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