Today We Return to the Gates of Fort Benning in Memory and Resistance
Close the School of the Americas!
Polly Mann: Betty McKenzie, a Prisoner of Conscience
Betty's Pekin home housed about 300 inmates, all nonviolent offenders—a few were bank robbers, one had been an embezzler, but most had been convicted of drug-related charges. Some were there because they could not afford first-rate legal aid. The majority were African American and Latina and young. By Polly Mann WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org Summer I July 2015 More
Judge Dismisses All Charges Against ‘The Stewart 5’
From the article: Through their peaceful action, the Stewart 5 were prepared to speak about the inhumane conditions that exist there, while at the same time raising public awareness about the racist immigration policies that allow places like Stewart to exist.
SOA Watch: Court Hearing on April 9 for Acts of Nonviolent Civil Disobedience
SOA Watch stands in solidarity with the "Stewart 5", and continues to call for the closure of Stewart Detention Center Court Hearing on April 9 for Acts of Nonviolent Civil Disobedience April 6, 2015 soaw.org "The depth of a loving society is going to be marked by how quickly we can close More
THOUSANDS GATHERED AT THE GATES OF U.S. MILITARY BASE IN GEORGIA TO CLOSE THE SOA/WHINSEC
THOUSANDS GATHERED AT THE GATES OF U.S. MILITARY BASE IN GEORGIA TO CLOSE THE SOA/WHINSEC 3-DAY MOBILIZATION CULMINATES WITH MASS DIE-IN AND FUNERAL PROCESSION TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTIMS OF SOA/ WHINSEC VIOLENCE AND U.S. MILITARIZATION NASHUA CHANTAL, 60 OF AMERICUS, GEORGIA CROSSES OVER THE FENCE TO CARRY THE PROTEST ONTO THE MILITARY BASE, FACES SIX More
Ed Kinane> Drones Over the Americas
“Santa’s Sleigh” Over Venezuela? Drones Over the Americas by ED KINANE September 7-9, 2012 Counterpunch Syracuse, New York. Like the School of the Americas, the weaponized drone perpetrates terrorism. As Predator drones come to Ft. Benning, some SOA Watch activists are applying our SOAW experience to “outing” the Predator and Reaper drones already in our More
Ed Kinane> Drones Over the Americas
“Santa’s Sleigh” Over Venezuela? Drones Over the Americas by ED KINANE September 7-9, 2012 Counterpunch Syracuse, New York. Like the School of the Americas, the weaponized drone perpetrates terrorism. As Predator drones come to Ft. Benning, some SOA Watch activists are applying our SOAW experience to “outing” the Predator and Reaper drones already in our More
Video> Fr. Roy Bourgeois> School of the Americas Watch, speaks at Peacestock, Parts one & two
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/45867085 w=500&h=283] <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/45867085">Fr. Roy Bourgeois, Peacestock, Part one</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user11898489">Bill Sorem</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/45871090 w=500&h=283] <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/45871090">Fr Roy Bourgeois Peacestock, Part 2</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user11898489">Bill Sorem</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> Fr. Roy Bourgeois, Peacestock, Parts one & two by Bill Sorem PLUS 1 week ago Born in Louisiana in 1938. He graduated from the More
Video> Fr. Roy Bourgeois> School of the Americas Watch, speaks at Peacestock, Parts one & two
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/45867085 w=500&h=283] <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/45867085">Fr. Roy Bourgeois, Peacestock, Part one</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user11898489">Bill Sorem</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/45871090 w=500&h=283] <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/45871090">Fr Roy Bourgeois Peacestock, Part 2</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user11898489">Bill Sorem</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> Fr. Roy Bourgeois, Peacestock, Parts one & two by Bill Sorem PLUS 1 week ago Born in Louisiana in 1938. He graduated from the More
Shut Down the School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC)!
Shut Down the School of the Americas We won't stop until the SOA is shut down and the U.S. government has stopped relying on violence - be it military, political, or economic - to enforce its oppressive foreign policy in Latin America and the Carribean. Join us for the 21st anniversary of non-violent protest at More