COUNTERING MILITARY RECRUITMENT
Articles: Counter-Recruitment: General
Marchers protest Iraq war, military recruiters
Jesse Fray, Lawrence Journal News
June 3, 2007
Anti-war demonstrators who stand outside the Douglas County
Courthouse each Saturday got some extra exercise this week.
Several joined a group of nearly 40 people who marched from Central
Junior High School, 1400 Mass., to the U.S. Army Recruiting Office, 2233 La.
Two people led the march with a handmade banner that said "Neighbors
Against War."
Others carried peace flags, wore plastic jewelry with peace signs and
carried anti-war messages.
"Recruiters are coming to our neighborhoods and our schools, where
they're not wanted," said protester Pat Miller, before the group
headed south along Massachusetts Street. "They must be confronted and
made to stop."
The march was organized by Kansas Mutual Aid, an anti-capitalist
organization based in Lawrence. Group members said it was their
fourth major demonstration.
Member Joe Carr wore an oversized puppet representing a military recruiter.
"We're trying to send a clear message to the recruiters that we won't
tolerate them in our communities, " he said.
"It's America, so that's their right to protest," said Staff Sgt.
Alphonso Johnson, who works at the recruitment center.
Carr said he and other group members have been targeting military
recruiters for more than two years.
"Most of us are banned ... from the property, for going in there and
telling them what we think," he said.
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