philly funk the war: drop debt not bombs dance party

Philly Students for a Democratic Society: phillysds.org/

Images from the "Funk the War / Drop Debt Not Bombs Dance Party" on March 21, 2008, sponsored by the Philadelphia chapter of Students for a Democratic Society.

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FUNK THE WAR with Philadelphia Students for a Democratic Society on March 21st as we dance through Penn and Drexel Universities to demand an end to war and student debt! We are celebrating the launch of our Drexel and Penn chapters with a sonic boom for the 5th anniversary of the War in Iraq. Across the nation, Students for a Democratic Society is holding walk outs, nonviolent actions for student power, peace, and affordable education.

The $500 billion dollar war in Iraq has been paid for with cuts in education and student aid. A struggling economy, rising tuition, predatory loan companies and expensive textbooks have shouldered more than 2/3 of students with an average of $19,000 in individual debt. Universities should be actively rejecting the Federal cuts to education by funding loan education programs, providing more need based financial aid, freezing tuition, and creating more opportunities for low income students.

More info: phillysds.org/

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items are from 21 Mar 2008.