As dozens of young
people from across the country arrived in New York City for The World
Can’t Wait’s student and youth training project in early June, the
story of the Haditha massacre was on everyone’s mind. After seven
months of cover up, the details of the Marines’ systematic killing of
24 civilians in Iraq had finally made its way into the major media. A
shudder spread across the country. But still the streets were calm. And
still, the murderous war lumbered on. [read more]