Is Peace a 'Student Issue'?

In "World Peace Forum: Unions and Peace," an article written for the lefty UBC magazine The Knoll, Steven Klein reflects on his experience attending the World Peace Forum, and asks: "What is the appropriate role of the AMS in social justice and foreign policy issues, and what lessons can UBC take from the trade union experience in organizing against war?" Klein notes that in the United States, trade unionists are facing the same internal debates that students' unions are facing: namely, whether to take positions on foreign policy issues, particularly the War in Iraq.