On Thursday, March 20th, 2003, the day following the announcement of the United States' war on Iraq, several hundred students from Western Washington University took the streets in outrage. Later in the afternoon, the students along with others in the Bellingham community - who they had met up with at the local Federal Building - proceeded to I-5, peacefully blockading the freeway for approximately half an hour. They eventually returned to the Federal Building for a rally.
Several weeks later, on Friday, April 4th, WWU students returned from spring break with a vengance. Defying a death threat called in earlier in the morning to the school, 911, and the local newspaper, roughly a thousand streets gathered at WWU's red square, then proceeded to march downtown to rally at the Federal Building.
Prior to April 4th, walkout organizers issued a call concerning students and the domestic impact of war. Click here to read it.
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Listen to the death threat here
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Click here for fliers from the day of the walkout
