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High School Walkout News Coverage Round Up

March 12, 2011

On Wednesday, we reported that WI high school students were calling for students nationwide to stand in solidarity with them to protest Governor Scott Walker’s union-busting bill by participating in a nationwide high school walk out. The walkouts were scheduled on Friday, March 11, 2011, at 2:00 PM local time.

Here’s a sample of the media and blog coverage of the high school walkouts on the net:

Eua Claire, WI walkout coverage includes an article and local TV footage.

From Urbana, IL, college and high school students joined the walk out together.

In Mankato, MN, more than 200 students walked out to join the protest.

Students in Skokie, IL are organizing continued protests and walkouts next week.

States as far away as Massachusetts saw students join the walkouts. From the east coast to the west coast, students across the nation made their voices heard. Here, Portland OR students rallied.

We could go on and on with lists. Google News links to similar articles across the country.

As an American, it makes me proud to see young people getting informed, and making their voices heard. Thankfully, this does not bode well for the nationwide movement to legally disenfranchise likely Democratic voters. College students, the poor, and other likely Democratic voters’ right to vote are under openly direct attack in 32 states.

For details and to learn more, watch this shocking video.

Money Quote:

Right now in 2011, Republicans in 32 states are considering adding more onerous ID requirements to make it harder to register and harder to vote. Which should bring down the number of Democratic voters nicely in time for the 2012 presidential election. And, which should limit any electoral damage these guys might be expecting from pushing for even wildly unpopular redistribution of resources and rights, away from American’s middle class. TADA!

National Student Walkout planned by Madison, Wisconsin High School Students

March 9, 2011 9:50 PM EST

High school students in Madison, WI are calling for and organizing a national high school student walkout on Friday, March 11th, at 2:00 PM, local time, Michael Moore reported Wednesday, at approximately 9:40 EST PM, on The Rachel Maddow Show.

This is class war that has been leveled against working people of this country,” said Michael Moore. (Michael Moore’s Twitter feed here.)

Video of Michael Moore’s original mention of the 2:00 PM walkout protest at the 2:55 mark. He goes on to mention why the walkout matters.

Twitter was already abuzz with tweets like this one from Untangled_Vines:

Untangled Vines: “Nationwide High school student walkout. This Friday at 2:00! We need to protest. Just walk right out of class!

From the main Facebook Nationwide Student Walkout event page:

We are asking all students in the United States to walk out at 2:00 PM local time in solidarity with Wisconsin and to organize teach-ins on the attacks on public education and working families where you live.

Another Facebook Public Event has been created for National High School Walkout 2PM Local Time For Friday Mar 11.

A Facebook Fan Page for the walkout has also been created.

How Can I Help?

I urge you to walk out, call your local media, blog about it, let people know on FB and Twitter what you are doing, and spread the word!

Join the movement. 40 hour work weeks, weekends, and a fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay are all standard because of unions.

Tell the billionaire puppet masters and their Republican puppets that they have gone too far, and that cops, teachers, nurses, firefighters, and working people matter!

Thanks to commenter David for pointing out that Friday is indeed March 11, not March 9.

Want to show your patriotic spirit? Buy an American Flag here.

Follow up:

Here is our round-up of the news coverage of the actual March 11, 2011 high school national walkouts.
Latest Update: March 10, 2011 7:14 PM EST

No to America

As dusk in America approaches, get ready for a very long two years

“No” to jobs for Americans.

“No” to health care for Americans.

“No” to successful governance.

“No” to constructively solving the country’s problems.

“No” to ending welfare for the wealthy.

Donna Brazile does have a way with words.