Following are initial reports from Mar. 5 Anti-War 
Moratorium local actions. Please send in a report on your 
activity:

MARCH 5 ANTI-WAR MORATORIUM DAY GENERATES STUDENT 
WALK-OUTS, ANTI-WAR TEACH-INS & WORKPLACE LEAFLETING...
ANTI-WAR ACTIVITIES ACROSS COUNTRY HELP BUILD FOR NEXT 
NATIONAL MASS MARCHES IN WASHINGTON & SAN FRANCISCO ON 
MARCH 15!

Students, workers and others in the Bay Area and across 
the country participated in a National Moratorium Against 
the War today, with activities ranging from walkouts and 
rallies to anti-war teach-ins, workplace leafleting 
against the war, and civil disobedience. This morning 
banners protesting the war could be seen over Bay Area 
freeways.

"The Bush administration is about to carry out a high tech 
slaughter. This is a state of emergency for the whole 
world and we can't just carry out business as usual. I 
walked out of school today to say - 'No War On Iraq!'" 
said Natalie Alsop, a student at City College of San 
Francisco. One student at City College, Chris Kendricks 
was arrested. He had been encouraging students to walk out 
using a bullhorn. An administrator asked him for his 
student I.D. and he said he would leave. As he walked 
through the faculty parking lot in front of the Admissions 
and Records Building student witnesses say he was tackled 
by two campus police officers. Kendricks went limp and is 
being held for resisting arrest.

San Francisco State University students rallied on campus 
then blocked traffic on 19th Avenue in the afternoon. 
Hundreds of San Francisco high school students walked out 
and marched around San Francisco through Civic Center 
Plaza, the tourist hub at Powell and Market and by Justin 
Herman Plaza. Many carried signs and passed out flyers for 
the upcoming Mar. 15 march.

In Oakland, hundreds of students walked out, marched and 
then rallied at Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of City Hall. A 
few arrests were reported in Oakland. One arrestee is the 
educational reporter from the New Bay View Newspaper, an 
African American newspaper in San Francisco. Berkeley High 
students held a rally at Martin Luther King park with 
hundreds of students.

Seniors at Arroyo High School walked out to protest war. 
Their principal, Richard Lloyd, has revoked their senior 
"privileges" and is barring them from walking in the 
graduation ceremony. Everyone is encouraged to call 
Principal Lloyd at (510) 427-3873, email him at 
dlloyd@slzusd.org, and fax him at (510) 317-9067 to demand 
the punishment is revoked and support the students' rights 
to protest the genocidal war on Iraq.

San Jose State University students were joined by local 
high school students and students from nearby Notredame 
College. The San Jose students then marched to the City 
Council where a resolution to denounce the war was being 
taken up. Sonoma State University students also walked out 
and rallied against the war. Petaluma High School students 
walked out and blocked a main street in front of their 
school.

Walk outs also took place at California State University 
Sacramento. At UCLA where students protested at the 
Federal Building across from their campus. Walk outs also 
occurred at twelve other Los Angeles schools. UC Santa 
Barbara had a walk out and rally of thousands of students.

Activists across the Bay Area are also feverishly 
preparing for the March 15 National Mass March Against the 
War. The March 15 rally in San Francisco will gather at 11 
am at Civic Center Plaza for a rally and march. It is 
co-sponsored by the International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to 
Stop War & End Racism) Coalition, United for Peace & 
Justice; Bay Area United Against War; Not In Our Name 
Project; Vanguard Foundation & Vanguard Alliance; U.S. 
Labor Against the War; Bay Area Vets for Peace and many 
others.

Activists are also preparing for emergency response 
protests if the war breaks out in the next two weeks.  If 
war breaks out, in San Francisco people will walk-out of 
school & work or leave home and meet at Civic Center at 12 
noon, and at Powell & Market Streets at 5 pm.

For more info, to volunteer, or to stay updated, call 
ANSWER at 415-821-6545 or check 
www.InternationalANSWER.org.
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