US STUDENTS in their thousands walked out of schools and colleges today in a coast-to-coast protest against gun violence, united by the slogan “We want change.”
The National School Walkout spread across the US time zones from east to west as each area of the country timed its action for 10am.
Hundreds gathered in front of the White House in Washington DC, telling elected politicians that they are the future and would soon be old enough to vote them out of office if they don’t hear the demand to curb gun ownership.
PATRICK CHURA reflects on the mass murder of civilians in wartime and his own visit, 10 years ago, to My Lai where US soldiers slaughtered over 500 men, women, children and infants
Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
From terrifying the children of immigrants to pepper-spraying frogs, the US under Trump is rapidly descending into mayhem, writes Linda Pentz Gunter



