[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [NCAN] High schoolers in Savannah, Ga., punished for Green Party activity

[Michael Walcher]

--- Fred  Feldman <ffeldman at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> From: "Fred  Feldman" <ffeldman at bellatlantic.net>
> To: "marxmail" <marxism at lists.panix.com>, "107"
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>    "620" <620peace at yahoogroups.com>, "antiwar
> network" <nsan at lists.riseup.net>,
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> Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 19:47:28 -0500
> Subject: [NCAN] High schoolers in Savannah, Ga.,
> punished for Green Party activity
> 
>  From:  metrogpcc at lycos.com (kgasink)
>  To:    DavidMcR at aol.com
>  
>  On September 19, 2002, GPUSA-affiliated local Green
> Party of Chatham 
>  County (GPCC), in the Center of Savannah, put forth
> a Youth Speak-out 
>  Against the War on Iraq & To Repeal the U.S.A.
> P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act. 
>  This rally was well attended, and GPCC high school
> students were 
>  forced to pay the City of Savannah $75 in order to
> put on the Rally. 
>  As a result of this rally, some of GPUSA's youngest
> members, 17 years 
>  old, were subjected to extremely harsh treatment.
> One GPUSA member 
>  was suspended from school and another GPUSA member
> was forced into 
>  home schooling.
>  
>  GPUSA-affiliated local GPCC has received legal
> harassment from 
>  Chatham County, GA school district officials who
> now wish to protect 
>  themselves from lawsuit. So far, the School
> District has been able 
>  to maintain its policy of preventing school
> students from engaging in 
>  political activity.
>  
>  As a result of that Rally, a Coalition has formed
> to submit 
>  legislation to the Savannah City Council. On
> October 24, 2002, the 
>  School Board President candidate Hugh Golson was
> grilled by panelists 
>  that included GPUSA member, Kellie Gasink, on what
> he would do in the 
>  future to prevent the Chatham County School
> District from facing a 
>  multi-million dollar lawsuit, as it would now be
> facing. Golson 
>  responded that he would encourage students to
> engage in political 
>  activity. On November 4, 2002, legislation to
> Repeal the Patriot Act 
>  was submitted to Savannah City Aldermen. There have
> been weekly anti-
>  -war demonstrations in Savannah since August 19,
> 2002.
>  
>  Kellie Gasink
>  
>   >>
> 
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