[Imc] IMC NEWS BLAST | Nov. 20, 2000 (fwd)

Tue Nov 21 00:35:50 UTC 2000

I wanted to send you all an example of the IMC NEWS BLAST Indymedia.org
puts out irregularly.  Mail to the address below to get on their listserv.
--danielle

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 IMC NEWS BLAST | Monday, November 20, 2000 

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 A compilation of breaking stories, photos, and video from the Independent
 Media Center on Monday, November 20, 2000.

 INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER of ATLANTA 
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org 

 FOCUS ON THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS: The IMC Reports from Fort Benning,
 Columbus, GA, the day following a weekend of protests, vigils and actions
 surrounding the School of the Americas.

 OVERVIEW 
 This weekend between 10-12,000 people gathered outside the entrance to the
 US Army Reservation, Fort Benning, in Columbus, GA to try once again to shut
 down the School of the Americas.  SOA Watch, an organization founded by
 Maryknoll Priest Father Roy Bourgeois in 1990, has gathered at this time
 every year at Fort Benning in memory of six Jesuit priests, their
 housekeeper and her daughter, that were killed Nov 19, 1989 in El Salvador
 by graduates of the School of the Americas.  The vigil has grown steadily
 and for the past several years has included acts of non-violent civil
 disobedience.  Referred to as "crossing the line", activists march in a
 solemn funeral procession onto base property carrying caskets and crosses
 with names of those killed in Central and South America by SOA grads.  This
 year a total of 3600 people crossed the line, leading to over 2100 arrests. 
 For more information on the School of the Americas, you can find SOA Watch's
 website at http://www.soaw.org.

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 WRITTEN REPORTS:

 PUPPETS, SOLDIERS AND BUSSES:  CROSSING THE LINE 
 by Wajid Jenkins  
 Mad River puppeteers, Radical Cheerleaders and the Bucket Percussion Brigade
 bring non-violent, creative resistance to the actions of N19, ending in
 arrests and ban and bar letters for all.
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=376&group=webcast

 CITY POLICE TARGET COLUMBUS YOUTH 
 by S. Al Maneer and W. Goodwin 
 Three children are kidnapped by Columbus police after being told they would
 *not* be arrested for trying to leave Fort Benning.
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=373&group=webcast

 AFFINITY GROUP SNEAKS ONTO BASE THROUGH WOODS 
 by W. Goodwin 
 Civil Disobedience to close the SOA! - Shortly after the 1st funeral
 procession began this morning, an affinity group from Missouri performed an
 individual act of civil disobedience by entering Ft. Benning from a nearby
 city park.
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=360&group=webcast

 GIANT PUPPETS TO TAKE FORT BENNING!
 Puppeteers from across the country are converging this weekend on Ft.
 Benning Georgia to protest the continued operations of the School of the
 Americas. Two stories.
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=331&group=webcast
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=317&group=webcast

 BUDDHIST MONKS MARCH ON FORT BENNING 
 by W.B. Reeves & W. Goodwin
 Buddhist monks and friends march more than 120 miles from Atlanta to
 Columbus and Arrive at the main gate of Fort Benning at 11:45 am.
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=316&group=webcast

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 PHOTOS:

 ENDLESS FUNERAL PROCESSION 
 by Wajid Jenkins & Unknown Photographer 
 The first wave of line crossers. A solemn funeral procession, as vigilers
 crossed the line onto Ft. Benning carrying crosses and caskets. The Army
 estimated 3500 crossed, SOA Watch estimated 3600. 
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=374&group=webcast

 SCANNED BAN & BAR LETTER
 By F. Salerno
 An example of the letter received by over 2100 people arrested for crossing
 onto Fort Benning property.
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=372&group=webcast

 DIE-IN AT HIGH NOON 
 by e!i  
 Demonstrators imitate SOA victims forcing MPs to "bloody" their hands as
 bemused rangers look on.  
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=343&group=webcast

 THE FIRST LINE CROSSING 
 by e!i 
 At 11:45 nearly approximately 3,400 demonstrators marched on Ft Stuart with
 crosses and coffins
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=341&group=webcast

 6 PHOTOS OF THE SATURDAY PUPPET PARADE 
 by e!i 
 CDU Carpenters, skeletons, and robber barons were all part of the 11-18-00
 SOA protests  
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=334&group=webcast

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 MPEG VIDEO:

 CROWD DANCING AT VIGIL
 By Pedro
 15 second mpeg of vigilers dancing to music outside the Fort Benning gates. 
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=354

 VIDEO OF FATHER ROY BOURGEOIS LOOKING ON AS PROCESSION ENTERS BASE 
 by Pedro 
 Shouting "Presente!", Marchers Enter the Base, carrying Crosses symbolizing
 the Victims of U.S. Imperialism in South America.
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=345

 THREE VIDEOS OF THE PUPPET PROCESSION
 By Pedro

 Puppet Parade
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=355
 Puppets at the Gate
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=358
 Puppets After Crossing Line
 http://atlanta.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=359

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 MORE STORIES:

 For more articles about these actions, check back throughout the week with
 the Independent Media Center of Atlanta at http://atlanta.indymedia.org 

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 INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER 
 The IMC is a decentralized network of independent media makers, organizers,
 and activists working to increase democracy and social justice by reporting
 events and producing information as acts of autonomy, resistance, and
 liberation from corporate control. 

 The IMC was established to cover the WTO protests in Seattle last November.
 Hundreds of media activists have since setup independent media centers in
 London, Canada, Mexico City, Prague, Belgium, France, and Italy, with more
 to come.

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