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Presentation on the School of the Americas |
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Thursday, 28 October 2004 |
November 18th, 7pm at the Russell House Student Union, Room 303, University of South Carolina.
Learn about the school of the Americas, our nation’s terrorist training camp for Latin American militaries. Learn how you can get involved, and join our efforts on November 20th and 21st to shut down this monstrosity funded with our taxes.
Latin American / Africa committee members Dr. Norma Jackson and Carl Maas have planned three informative events featuring a video, speakers and discussions.
If you would like to sign up to join a carpool to go to the School of the Americas shutdown, contact Claire Ginocchio at 864-237-1999 or email her at
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Go to www.soaw.org for more information on the School of the Americas.
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Report Back from Palestine / Israel - Tues. Oct. 26 |
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Tuesday, 19 October 2004 |
Hear peace activist Jenna Bryner speak about the situation in the Middle East this Tuesday, Oct. 26th at 7pm in Room 151 of Gambrell Hall at the University of South Carolina.
Jenna Bryner of Ashville, NC travelled to Palestine / Israel this last summer with the Fellowship of Reconciliation as a witness fo Peace. In this talk, she will share her experiences and insight.
For more information or directions to Gambrell, call Michael Berg at 665-5683 |
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Unprecedented - Playing at Columbia Columbia College - Wed. Oct. 20 |
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Sunday, 17 October 2004 |
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Wednesday, Oct. 20, 8pm, Film and Discussion, Unprecedented, Columbia College Student Union, Columbia College (Columbia College Drive between North Main Street and Colonial Drive). See and discuss this film about the undemocratic irregularities in 2000 election. The movie is worth watching again if you have seen it, considering the distinct possibility that the upcoming election will face similar frauds and ineptitudes. |
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Shut Down the School of the Americas! |
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Sunday, 17 October 2004 |
November 20-21 – Shut down the School of the Americas, Fort Benning, Georgia – The US Army School of Americas (SOA), based in Fort Benning, Georgia, trains Latin American soldiers in combat, counter-insurgency, and counter-narcotics. Among the SOA\'s nearly 60,000 graduates are some of Latin America’s most notorious dictators such as Manuel Noriega and Omar Torrijos of Panama, Leopoldo Galtieri and Roberto Viola of Argentina, Juan Velasco Alvarado of Peru, Guillermo Rodriguez of Ecuador, and Hugo Banzer Suarez of Bolivia. Lower-level SOA graduates have participated in human rights abuses that include the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the El Mozote Massacre of 900 civilians. It is a terrorist training camp right here in our backyard, operated by our own government with our tax dollars.
Every year on the weekend before Thanksgiving people march in a silent funeral procession to the base, making our voice heard to commemorate the victims and say never again. It is a powerful and educational experience.
As we have done before, the CPRC is organizing the group from Columbia to go to Fort Benning, near in Columbus, GA. We will take carpools down. The march is on Sunday, the 21st, and there are activities going on all day on Saturday the 20th. Many people will be staying at a campground and others in hotels. The coordinator of the carpools is Claire Ginocchio. If you are interested in carpooling to Fort Benning, please call Claire at 864-237-1999 or email her at
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For more information on the SOA and the event, go to www.soaw.org
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Hijacking Catastrophe - Film at Nickelodeon |
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Tuesday, 12 October 2004 |
See on Thursday, October 21st at 4pm the film Hijacking Catastrophe – Fear and the Selling of the American Empire Nickelodeon Theater (937 Main St., just south of the State Capitol). This is an award winning film which examines how a radical fringe of the neo-conservatives in the administration used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home. With Noam Chomsky, Media Benjamin, Tariq Ali, Michael Eric Dyson, Stan Goff, Robert Jensen, Chalmers Johhson, Michael Klare, Karen Kwiatkowski, Norman Mailer, Scott Ritter and others.
See http://www.hijackingcatastrophe.com/ for more details.
If you have questions or you can volunteer to help with the tickets and the screening, call Lee Jane Kaufman at 799-1205.
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Women in Black meets in front of the state house at Gervais and Main at
5:00 pm every Wednesday until the US is out of Iraq. Please come.
Post Office Box 7933