Published on Peacework Magazine (http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org)
Live Blogging from the School of the Americas Protest 2006

Authors: Sam Diener [3]

Blogging from the protests for Peacework (our first hosted blogs!) will be Bill Sweet, Joanne Sheehan, Patrick Sheehan-Gaumer, and perhaps others.

Full Article:

10,000 people protest the SOA, Fort Benning, Nov., 2003. Photo: Herb Snitzer, Fine Art Photography

Go to the Blog. [4]

The School of the Americas (SOA, now officially known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation or WHINSEC) trains Latin American military officers. Over the decades, graduates of the school have been responsible for committing atrocities. For example, Col. Francisco del Cid Diaz returned to the SOA in 2003 despite being implicated in the shooting of 16 indigenous peasants in El Salvador.

For 17 years, activists have converged on Fort Benning, Georgia, the base which houses the terror-training school, to protest and to advocate shutting the SOA down. This year's protests will be held November 17-19, 2006.

From Issue 370 - November 2006 [5]

Regions:

Categories: 1. Wars and Militarism [6] 1.04 empires [7] 1.11 covert operations & low intensity conflict [8] 1.15 targeting civilians [9] 1.17 government secrecy [10] 1.18.04 military training [11] 1.19 cycles of violence [12] 2. Resistance to Militaries and Resistance to Militarism [13] 2.01 individual conscience [14] 3.01 peace protests (see also 4. Nonviolent Action) [15] 3.02.03 peace conferences and convention [16] 4.01.01 speeches and declarations [17] 4.01.05 pickets, marches, and rallies [18] 4.02.03 crossing legal lines [19]


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Links:
[1] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/forward/369
[2] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/print/369
[3] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/authors/sam-diener-0
[4] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/blog/soa
[5] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/issue-370-november-2006
[6] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/category/1-wars-and-militarism-0
[7] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/category/1-wars-and-militarism/1-04-empires
[8] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/category/1-wars-and-militarism/1-11-covert-operations-low-intensity-conflict
[9] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/category/1-wars-and-militarism/1-14-targeting-civilians
[10] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/category/1-wars-and-militarism/1-17-government-secrecy
[11] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/category/1-wars-and-militarism/1-18-militarism/1-18-04-military-training
[12] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/category/1-wars-and-militarism/1-12-cycles-violence
[13] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/category/2-resistance-militaries-and-resistance-militarism-0
[14] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/category/2-resistance-militaries-and-resistance-militarism/2-01-individual-conscience-0
[15] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/category/3-working-peace-conflict-transformation/3-01-peace-protests-see-also-4-nonviolent-action
[16] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/category/3-working-peace-conflict-transformation/3-02-peace-movements/3-02-03-peace-conferences-and-
[17] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/category/4-nonviolent-action/4-01-nonviolent-protest-and-persuasion/4-01-01-speeches-and-declaration
[18] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/category/4-nonviolent-action/4-01-nonviolent-protest-and-persuasion/4-01-05-pickets-marches-and-rall
[19] http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/category/4-nonviolent-action/4-02-nonviolent-direct-action/4-02-03-crossing-legal-lines
[20] http://www.afsc.org/store