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HISTORY SCAW was formed in early 2005 out of the demonstrations against George W. Bush 's visit to Ottawa on November 30 , class="copylinks">2004 . SCAW Was Initially An Alliance Of [[Carleton University and University Of Ottawa students. Groups that merged into SCAW included the smaller campus anti-war group Global Peace Coalition. Organizations that originally helped build SCAW included Opirg -Carleton, Opirg-Ottawa and the Carleton International Socialists . SCAW's first action was March 19 2005 on the second anniversary of the Iraq War . SCAW rallied at the University of Ottawa and marched to the intersection of Rideau and Sussex and occupied the intersection with 130 students for thirty minutes before leaving to join the city-wide rally. At Carleton University on September 22 2005, SCAW organized an information picket of a speech by Chief of the Defence Staff, General Rick Hillier for his aggressive promotion of Canada's Role In The Invasion Of Afghanistan . The picket caught the university's organizers off-guard when SCAW members flooded the microphones during question time. The moderator cut the quetsion period short. SCAW participated in the September 24 2005 demonstration against the occupation of Iraq, gathering about 100 students in a feeder march to the main rally. SCAW organized a protest at the Prime Minister's Residence on October 24 2005 when Condoleezza Rice visited Prime Minister Paul Martin . 150 participated on short notice, at 6pm on a Monday. One member of SCAW was arrested during the protest. On the third anniversary of the Iraq War, SCAW organized a street occupation of Rideau and Sussex for over an hour. It involved over 200 people, including a converted ambulance which hot food was served from in the below-zero temperatures. SCAW handed out an Afghanistan pamphlet during the protest. This was its first publication. Most recently, on March 30 2006, members of SCAW attended a speech by Michael Ignatieff . In orange jumpsuits and black bags over their heads, four members of SCAW stood up, turned their backs to Ignatieff and stood during his entire speech holding anti-war, anti-torture placards. RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PEACE GROUPS SCAW has friendly relations with the local peace groups, NOWAR-Paix and Rassemblement Outaouais Contre la Guerre (ROCG). SCAW has positive relations with the Canadian Peace Alliance but has not formally affiliated to it. SCAW is also in contact with a social justice group of the same name based in Halifax , Nova Scotia . SCAW-Halifax has provided Ottawa's SCAW with some resources, including a banner and webspace. MEMBERSHIP AND POLITICS SCAW's membership is varied. Organized groups within SCAW include Opirg-Carleton, Opirg-Ottawa, Carleton International Socialists, Students With A Collective Conscious and some members of the Carleton University Muslim Students' Association. SCAW has members at Algonquin College , Université Du Québec En Outaouais and two Cegeps , but no organized presence beyond Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. Its email list has 185 subscribers and its meetings range from 10 to 30 in attendance, and occasionally involve translation in french and english. Its recent pamphlet on Afghanistan was done with help from members of the Canadian Peace Alliance and University Of Toronto 's Students for Peace in Iraq. SCAW opposees the occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan and Haiti, though Iraq and Afghanistan are generally more prominent in terms of activity. SCAW has also done work to help the War Resisters Support Campaign . The political composition of SCAW includes NDP members, International Socialists , anarchists, left liberals and many others. EXTERNAL LINKS News Coverage of SCAW actions
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