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Announcement :: Activism : Civil & Human Rights : Globalization : International Relations : Latin America : Peace : Protest Activity

SHUT DOWN THE SOA: Massive Protest and Direct Action at U.S. Military Base

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  • SOA Watch

Date Created

  • 20 Jun 2003
Join thousands from across the Americas from November 21-23, 2003 at the gates of the U.S. military base Fort Benning in Georgia - home of the notorious School of the Americas (renamed Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) - to stand in Solidarity with the victims of the School of Assassins and to speak out against terror and violence. ENGAGE IN NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD, TO CLOSE THE SOA/WHISC, AND TO CHANGE OPPRESSIVE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY.

 

For over a decade, students, religious, labor, veterans, human rights, and social/global justice groups have been converging every November at the gates of Fort Benning, GA to speak out in solidarity with the people of the Americas and to engage in nonviolent direct action. We will gather again this year on November 22 and 23, 2003 and continue together in the struggle until the School of the Americas is closed and the policies it represents are changed forever. The events this year will be preceded by teach-ins, trainings, and caucuses on Friday, November 21.

The spirit of liberation is rising up in the people all around the globe. It cannot be silenced by threats and violence any more than it can be contained by prison walls. Our friends who were prosecuted for their witness against the SOA in November 2002 will continue to speak out during their sentences of prison and probation. We call on everyone to speak out against the continuous atrocities perpetrated by graduates of the SOA/WHISC throughout Latin America and to come to Georgia in November.

What you can do:

Organize nonviolent direct action trainings, talks about the SOA, video showings or other educational events in your community in the months leading up to November. Write to your Members of Congress and ask them to support legislation to close the SOA/ WHISC. Organize a bus, vans or car-pool to Georgia, publicize the vigil action in your region and invite others to join you. Discern together with family and friends and consider engaging in nonviolent civil resistance in November.

Resistance organizing costs money. To help to cover the costs of the November organizing click here

 

Download and Distribute the Mobilization Flier

Please download the November 2003 flier, make copies and distribute them at events, meetings, bookstores, coffeeshops, schools etc.

          

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Join the Organizing!

Order videos about the SOA to educate your family and friends about the School of the Americas/WHISC - Organize a video showing and a discussion in your school, place of worship or community center.

Contact SOA Watch: PO Box 4566 ~ Washington, DC, 20017
Phone: (202) 234 3440 ~ email: info@soaw.org
 
 
 

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