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Protest demands 'Close the SOA'
BY Beto Soto | Ft. Benning, GA | 11/30/09
With chants of “The people, united, will never be defeated!” and “Close the SOA!” thousands marched here Nov. 21-22. Students, clergy and Latin America solidarity activists demand the immediate closing of School of the Americas.
School of the Americas
Huge protest at School of the Americas
BY Staff | Ft. Benning, GA | 11/22/09
15,000 people from across the U.S. and Latin America protested this weekend at Fort Benning, Georgia to say, “Shut down the School of Assassins.”
School of the Americas
No to U.S. Intervention in Colombia
BY Staff | Colombus, GA | 11/20/09
The following flier will be distributed at the School of Americas Protest in Columbus Georgia on Nov. 21.
Colombia Action Network, Liliany Obando, National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera, School of the Americas
Anti-war protesters say: "Close the SOA, End the occupations"
BY Natasha Morgan | Milwaukee, WI | 11/30/08
50 people turned out for an Iraq Moratorium and anti-School of the Americans march here on the evening of Nov. 21.
School of the Americas, SOA
Huge protest against 'School of Assassins'
BY Staff | Columbus, GA | 11/25/08
Over 20,000 people from across the country flooded Fort Benning on the Nov. 22-23 weekend, calling for the School of the Americas (SOA), a U.S. military training institute that trains Latin American soldiers in ‘counter-insurgency’ techniques, to be shut down.
School of the Americas, SOA
Protest at School of the Americas Nov. 21-23
BY Colombia Action Network | Columbus, GA | 11/16/08
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call from the Colombia Action Network to demonstrate at the School of the Americas.
CAN, Colombia Action Network, School of the Americas, SOA
25,000 protest at 'School of Assassins'
BY Michael Graham | Columbus, GA | 12/01/07
25,000 protesters arrived at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia to participate in the 2007 SOA Watch vigil to close the School of the Americas, Nov. 16 -18.
School of the Americas, SOA, SOA Watch
Shut Down School of the Assassins
BY Doug Michel | Columbus, GA | 11/28/06
Nearly 22,000 activists from around the country, gathered Nov. 17 through 20 to protest the School of the Americas (SOA) at Fort Benning, Georgia.
School of the Americas, SOA
Say No To U.S. Intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean
BY Colombia Action Network | Washington, D.C. | 9/01/01
On Sept. 29, an important demonstration will take place in Washington D.C. In conjunction with the protests surrounding the meeting of the International Monetary Fund, thousands will raise their voices against U.S. intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean.
free trade, FTAA, IMF, International Bank, Plan Colombia, School of the Americas, World Bank
"Shut Down the School of Assassins!"
BY Brad Sigal | Fort Benning, GA | 12/01/00
en thousand people descended on Fort Benning, Georgia, Nov. 18-19 to shut down the School of the Americas (S.O.A.). Also known as the School of Assassins, the S.O.A. has trained over 60,000 Latin American soldiers in counter-insurgency so they can repress the people in their homelands.
Colombia, School of the Americas, SOA
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