Hello...<br><br>Just a reminder that we will be hosting a potluck tomorrow evening (Monday, November 1st) starting around 6PM. We will also show "On the Line," a film about what has been going on at S.O.A. in Fort Benning, GA. If you don't know what S.O.A. is, you should definitely come. If you do know what S.O.A. is, you should also come and help educate the rest of us. If you are able, bring a dish to share; if not, please come anyway! Hope to see you tomorrow night!<br>
<br>Love,<br>St. Jude Catholic Worker <br><br><br>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. <br clear="all"><br>-- <br>------------------------------------------------------------<br>St. Jude Catholic Worker<br>317 S. Randolph St.<br>Champaign, IL 61820<br>(217) 355-9774<br>------------------------------------------------------------<br>
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