One week into the 8th year of the war in Iraq, the We Are Not Your Soldiers tour is on the ground  in Cleveland Ohio today. Tomorrow Liz and Anthony will  head to Columbus and tomorrow evening, Cleveland Revolution Books is hosting a fundraising party where people can come meet these speakers.   Here is a snapshot of what happened today:  These students were very sharp and really wanted to act to drive out recruiters to stop the war. One student talked about how it was hard to speak out when everyone else is being silent. Another student said that the recruiters come to the local recreation center where kids hang out and that she was going to bring a stack of the What Are The Recruiting For flier to this center.  Students were asking very thoughtful questions such as, ” Anthony, did they degrade you in boot camp?”  Liz and Anthony gave out orange We Are Not Your Soldiers bandannas to the students, which students really liked because it meant you could start resisting recruiters right now! One student said, ” If a recruiter comes by us and tries to get us to join, we should go up them and say ‘ Hey, We Are Not Your Soldiers!'”

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Pictures from today

Anthony Wagner and students today at a high school in Cleveland

Liz and Anthony in the classroom

We got love for the people who stand up to military recruiters