Kent State Peace PROTESTERS killed 35 years ago today

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Kent State
Today, for my five minutes of democracy, I looked for a website that I could share with my college-age nieces and nephews. I found a wonderful site called May 4 Archives and I e-mailed it to all of them, and asked them to respond to what they read and saw there.

Why share it with them?

Because I believe Kent State could happen again.

Because we are beginning to see the seeds of protest rise and grow--Princeton's protest of the filibuster is one example of that.

Because telling the stories of our lives, as we live them, and about the times in which we live them, is a sacred duty and a trust which must be honored from one generation to the next.

Why this site over others?

I chose this site because it was done by people who knew the four students who were killed on that day, thirty-five years ago at Kent State. They were their classmates and friends. From an historical, artistic, and contextual sense, the information and the storytelling here are both comprehensive and compelling.

http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/

http://www.democracycellproject.net/index.php


Pleae keep this kicked.

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1. I agree with you

I believe this will happen again but in a broader scope.

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3. Please email the media and email everyone you know.

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12. I hope it doesn't.

[Vox_Reason]

2. 4 Dead in Ohio

http://www.spectacle.org/595/kent.html

You better believe it could happen today--and on a much larger scale.

I heard the end of a piece about this on NPR today, an interview with Phillip Caputo about his book, which apparently this guy isn't too fond of:
http://alancanfora.com/

Never forget.

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4. thanks for replying! Yep, NEVER forget!

We have to be the media. We are so close to seeing this whole thing explode while the power hungry republicans keep pushing people to their limits. Hmmmm...could be why they're pushing National Id cards.

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5. kick

[librechik]

6. most of them weren't there protesting

they just got shot by mistake as they walked on campus.

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7. Right

But even back then, they hated the dissenters. this is why these swift boat liars for bush could take that negative anger and bring it back to the surface. However, I don't beleive that will work in 06 or 08. People now don't want to see their own kids in Iraq.

[ginnyinWI]

8. See part of the Emmy-award winning documentary on Kent State

It's really impressive--a great way to show someone what it was all about. It's at Amy Goodwin's Democracy Now site. Watch today's broadcast and then go to about minute 42:00 to see it.


http://www.democracynow.org/

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9. Thanks for the link.

I'll forward it too.

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10. another link

http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/05/may_4lives_unde.html#comments

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11. Anybody know how many college students know about kent State?

[WillyT]

13. Another Link... With Pics...

Link: http://may4archive.org/