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De Anza College students march in protest of U.S. policies on the Middle East, immigration and the environment
Waymark Code: WM1H68
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/09/2007
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De Anza students march on campus
War, immigration debated
By Cody Kraatz
MediaNews
Article Launched: 05/01/2007 03:14:47 PM PDT
De Anza College students and faculty marched through campus at lunchtime on Tuesday to protest U.S. policies on the Middle East, immigration and the environment. The protest was timed to coincide with May Day, which is widely recognized as a day to honor labor movements.
About 100 students and faculty, many of them skipping classes to attend, joined the march, which ended in the busy main quad of the campus. Hundreds of students there watched or listened as they ate lunch and socialized.
"Take a stand. It doesn't have to be a big huge stand, but do something," said world and environmental history instructor Ben Kline. He said that stopping global warming would be a good one because it is an urgent problem.
English teacher Karen Chow called for solidarity with Latin American immigrants, citing recent federal immigration raids in the Bay Area recently.
"They don't want to leave their homes. They don't want to leave their families," she said, arguing that U.S.-brokered trade agreements such as NAFTA are responsible for the poverty that brings Latin Americans to the United States.
The event was organized by the Students for Justice club, the Muslim Student Association and the college's Office of Community and Civic Engagement, which provided $200 for drinks and pizza. Some students around the campus reacted will calls of support while others simply watched.
Type of publication: Newspaper
When was the article reported?: 05/01/2007
Publication: San Jose Mercury News
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News Category: Society/People
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