<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">St. Jude Catholic Worker</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stjudecatholicworker@gmail.com">stjudecatholicworker@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 10:38 PM<br>Subject: Potluck + SOA discussion coming up at the Catholic Worker House<br>To: <br><br><br>Hello...<br><br>We are going to start hosting potlucks and roundtables again and we'd love to have you come join us for food and conversation! Starting in November we will have a Potluck on the first Monday of every month. Potlucks will begin at 6pm followed by discussion and hanging out!<br>
<br><span style="font-weight:bold">The topic for Monday, November 1st (next Monday) will be School of the Americas... we'll eat and watch the short film "On the Line," as well as hear from some folks who have been involved with SOAW and attended the annual SOA protest in Fort Benning, GA. Whether you're familiar with SOA or not, please come join us next Monday evening, and feel free to bring some food to share if you want!</span> Also, check out <a href="http://www.soaw.org" target="_blank">www.soaw.org</a><br>
<br>For the December potluck, we'll watch "Money as Debt," an animated short film that gives the history of currency, banking, and our government's "fractional reserve system:" the creation of money through citizens' debt. <br>
<br>Starting in 2011, potluck/roundtable topics will include Conflict in Palestine (to put it mildly), Alternative Education, Monsanto, and more...<div><br></div><div>Hope to see ya'll next Monday at 6PM (or whenever you can make it) for good food, good company, and hopefully good conversation. As always, please stop by and visit us anytime...</div>
<div><br></div><div>Grace + Peace + Love... <br>Tyler<br><br><span style="font-style:italic"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-style:italic"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The School of the Americas (SOA), in 2001 renamed the “Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation,” is a combat training school for Latin American soldiers, located at Fort Benning, Georgia. <br>
<br>Initially established in Panama in 1946, it was kicked out of that country in 1984 under the terms of the Panama Canal Treaty. Former Panamanian President, Jorge Illueca, stated that the School of the Americas was the “biggest base for destabilization in Latin America.” The SOA, frequently dubbed the “School of Assassins,” has left a trail of blood and suffering in every country where its graduates have returned. <br>
<br>Over its 59 years, the SOA has trained over 60,000 Latin American soldiers in counterinsurgency techniques, sniper training, commando and psychological warfare, military intelligence and interrogation tactics. These graduates have consistently used their skills to wage a war against their own people. Among those targeted by SOA graduates 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. </span></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Every November, thousands gather at the gates of Fort Benning to stand up for justice, to shut down the School of the Americas and to end the oppressive U.S. foreign policy that the school represents. We invite you to join us this November as we remember, in solemnity, the victims, and as we grow stronger than ever before in our resistance.</span></span></span><br>
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