Strike Against War
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Title
Strike Against War
Description
A flier documenting students to cooperate in the anti-war strike by leaving classrooms on Friday, April 12, 1935.
Creator
Youth Section, American League Against War and Fascism
Source
Strike Against War, 1935, Box 1, Posters, Broadsides and Fliers collection, ua01321, University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Publisher
University of Minnesota
Date
1935
Rights
Use of this resource is governed by U.S. and international copyright laws. Resource is property of the University of Minnesota. Please contact the University of Minnesota Archives for permission to publish. https://special.lib.umn.edu/uarchives
Format
Flier
Language
English
Identifier
una803479
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Text
PLEASE READ THIS
AND HAND IT ON
Strike Against War!
Fellow Classmates:
[Boxed Text at Upper Right:]
FRIDAY
APRIL
12
at 11 a.m.
WE CALL upon the students of the United States in high schools, in preparatory schools, in colleges and universities to leave their classrooms on Friday, April 12th, at eleven a.m., eighteen years after our entrance into the World War, in solemn protest against the black pall of war that today encircles the world.
ALTHOUGH the storm spots shift, the threat of war remains everpresent. Imperialists still cry for new lands and markets and are willing to sacrifice the youth of the world to get them. At present fresh contingents of troops are embarking for Abyssinia. Conflicting oil interests prolong the war in the Gran Chaco between Bolivia and Paraguay. Japan and Germany, although their populations are starving, rocket their budgets in preparation for the march over the borders of the Soviet Union.
WE CALL upon you to act against the war makers in our own country. William Randolph Hearst, notorious for his war mongering, slanders and attacks professors and student organizations in his attempt to reduce the schools to servile instruments of the jingoists and the war department. Our government professes peace but, with an eye upon Japan, brings in the largest peace time military budget, including a $4,000,000 appropriation for the R.O.T.C. Student objectors to R.O.T.C. are being disciplined by the same administrations which converted the schools into barracks in 1917. The Supreme Court, upholding compulsory drill, has further entrenched militarism in education. We are threatened with universal military training.
IN BRUSSELS last December students from 31 countries pledged solidarity in the fight against war. Just one year ago, 25,000 students in America went out on strike. This year our strike will know no national boundaries—in North and South America students will rise on April 12th and strike against American imperialism. We strike in solidarity with the students and teachers of Cuba who are demonstrating the effectiveness of this student weapon.
WE CALL upon the progressive and liberal forces on the American campus to take a stand. We ask the cooperation of the faculty and administration in our anti-war strike. We call upon them at this particular hour when the atmosphere is so ominously like that of 1914 to support us.
IF WE are not willing to accept this responsibility, how grotesque it will seem to the youth who will be drafted into another world conflagration. Our lives are at stake. We have no alternative. Strike against war!
Strike Against Imperialist War
Fascism Breeds War—
Fight Against Fascism
Schools Not Battleships
Abolish the R.O.T.C.
(Signed)
National Council of Methodist Youth
Inter Seminary Movement (Middle Atlantic Division)
National Student League
Student League for Industrial Democracy
American Youth Congress
YOUTH SECTION, AMERICAN LEAGUE AGAINST WAR AND FASCISM
AND HAND IT ON
Strike Against War!
Fellow Classmates:
[Boxed Text at Upper Right:]
FRIDAY
APRIL
12
at 11 a.m.
WE CALL upon the students of the United States in high schools, in preparatory schools, in colleges and universities to leave their classrooms on Friday, April 12th, at eleven a.m., eighteen years after our entrance into the World War, in solemn protest against the black pall of war that today encircles the world.
ALTHOUGH the storm spots shift, the threat of war remains everpresent. Imperialists still cry for new lands and markets and are willing to sacrifice the youth of the world to get them. At present fresh contingents of troops are embarking for Abyssinia. Conflicting oil interests prolong the war in the Gran Chaco between Bolivia and Paraguay. Japan and Germany, although their populations are starving, rocket their budgets in preparation for the march over the borders of the Soviet Union.
WE CALL upon you to act against the war makers in our own country. William Randolph Hearst, notorious for his war mongering, slanders and attacks professors and student organizations in his attempt to reduce the schools to servile instruments of the jingoists and the war department. Our government professes peace but, with an eye upon Japan, brings in the largest peace time military budget, including a $4,000,000 appropriation for the R.O.T.C. Student objectors to R.O.T.C. are being disciplined by the same administrations which converted the schools into barracks in 1917. The Supreme Court, upholding compulsory drill, has further entrenched militarism in education. We are threatened with universal military training.
IN BRUSSELS last December students from 31 countries pledged solidarity in the fight against war. Just one year ago, 25,000 students in America went out on strike. This year our strike will know no national boundaries—in North and South America students will rise on April 12th and strike against American imperialism. We strike in solidarity with the students and teachers of Cuba who are demonstrating the effectiveness of this student weapon.
WE CALL upon the progressive and liberal forces on the American campus to take a stand. We ask the cooperation of the faculty and administration in our anti-war strike. We call upon them at this particular hour when the atmosphere is so ominously like that of 1914 to support us.
IF WE are not willing to accept this responsibility, how grotesque it will seem to the youth who will be drafted into another world conflagration. Our lives are at stake. We have no alternative. Strike against war!
Strike Against Imperialist War
Fascism Breeds War—
Fight Against Fascism
Schools Not Battleships
Abolish the R.O.T.C.
(Signed)
National Council of Methodist Youth
Inter Seminary Movement (Middle Atlantic Division)
National Student League
Student League for Industrial Democracy
American Youth Congress
YOUTH SECTION, AMERICAN LEAGUE AGAINST WAR AND FASCISM
Citation
Youth Section, American League Against War and Fascism, “Strike Against War,” Gallery, accessed November 7, 2026, https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/items/show/6472.