As the invasion began, students and school pupils walked out, held teach-ins and staged sit-ins in cities across Britain. Their actions made war a question for young people whose futures were being decided without them, and extended anti-war organizing beyond formal coalition marches.
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As the invasion began, students and school pupils walked out, held teach-ins and staged sit-ins in cities across Britain. Their actions made war a question for young people whose futures were being decided without them, and extended anti-war organizing beyond formal coalition marches.
School and university walkouts oppose the Iraq invasion. This movement opposed the issue described and was organized by a different coalition.
The record identifies Stop the War Coalition; student unions; local peace groups. Context: As the invasion began, students and school pupils walked out, held teach-ins and staged sit-ins in cities across Britain. Their actions made war a question for young people whose futures were being decided without them, and extended anti-war organizing beyond formal coalition marches.