Nov. 18-20: Shut Down the School of the Americas!

Nov. 18-20: Shut Down the School of the Americas!



For November Mobilization information, visit http://www.SOAW.org.

On November 18-20, 2005 we will gather at Fort Benning, Georgia -- one of the largest military bases in the world and home of the notorious School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC) -- to confront injustice, to speak out for truth and to change oppressive US foreign policy.

The SOA has trained over 60,000 Latin American soldiers in counterinsurgency techniques, sniper training, commando and psychological warfare, military intelligence and interrogation tactics. Its graduates consistently use their skills to wage war against the poor and to maintain a racist system of greed and violence. Among those targeted are educators, union organizers, religious workers, student leaders, and others who work for the rights of the poor. Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been tortured, raped, assassinated, “disappeared,” massacred, and forced into refugee by those trained at the School of Assassins.

The SOA trains the Latin American soldiers whose job it is to impose neo-liberalism on their own people. Without these men with guns there would be no exploitative free trade deals. Throughout Latin America, the SOA and the multinational agreements are the military and economic sides of the same coin.

We are in a period of great change. Social justice movements throughout the Americas are mobilizing tirelessly, and civil society groups challenging U.S. militarism from Baghdad to Bolivia are increasingly more vocal. We are going to close this school that continues to create death and suffering. Justice is within our reach when we stand up in numbers too big to be ignored -- sending a powerful message by putting our bodies on the line. Stand up for justice this November 18-20!

For more information about the November Mobilization Information visit: http://www.SOAW.org