Recruiter Station Shut Down

Recruiter station shut down. Yes its true. Sometimes we win. In this
case a demonstration, led by Iraq Vets Against the War (IVAW), marching
by the military recruiter stations in the Central District of Seattle
diverted into the parking lot and forced the recruiters to close the
office. Even more amazing, the outnumbered police decided to defuse the
situation by removing their forces from in front of the recruiter's
storefront. Its worth watching just to see the look of puzzlement on a
reporter's face when the police, who moments before were brandishing
pepperspray, abruptly abandon the recruiter station. This action
footage is set to David Rovic's powerful song "We'll shut them down."
(check out his website at www.davidrovics.com)

Next we feature an interview and a couple rap pieces performed by Son,
who was in the Seattle area to support Lt. Watada. This is a powerful
political rapster, worth checking out, both on the show this week, and
on his website: www.sonofnun.net.

Then we turn to the case of Agustîn Aguayo, an Army medic who became a
conscientious objector while serving in the Army. His formal
application for conscientious objector status was turned down by Army
brass, but that didn't change how he felt about things, so he did a
tour in Iraq without loading his weapon. When they were going to send
him back again, he escaped rather than return to the killing fields.
His court martial finally occurred recently, and he was given a
surprisingly light sentence. In our segment, filmed just before the
court martial, we meet his wife, kids, and mother, who were all at Fort
Lewis to support Lt. Watada.

We finish the show up this week with a rousing song: "The War is Over,"
performed live from the stage at the Lt. Watada rally.

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News & Politics

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• Iraq
• alternative
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• indymedia