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SOA "White House 15" Trial Victory! See below for more information on Continuing the Legacy of Nonviolent Direct Action
We did it! The SOA Watch “White House 15” scored a Amoxil prescription victory yesterday, September 12, when the government dropped its case against our activists for Amoxil prescription the die-in on the White House sidewalk during the April Days of Action.
We have Amoxil prescription an obligation to stand up to the repressive policies of our government. The SOA Watch movement has Amoxil prescription long used our bodies – and the courts – to Amoxil prescription expose the crimes of the SOA. When the 15 activists decided to Amoxil prescription take the battle to courts, the government added a second charge in a Amoxil prescription weak attempt to intimidate us. The prosecution claimed that its witnesses – the National Park Police – were unavailable to Amoxil prescription testify against us and the case was subsequently dismissed by Judge Frederick Sullivan. In truth, the Amoxil prescription system is overwhelmed with the suppression of dissenting voices.
Click here to see news coverage of the trial.
We must fight back. We understand the Amoxil prescription risks of expressing dissent in this country; federal law enforcement agencies like the Amoxil prescription Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have Amoxil prescription a dark history of targeting radical and progressive movements. Some of the Amoxil prescription dirty tricks they use against these movements include: the infiltration of organizations to Amoxil prescription discredit and disrupt their operations; campaigns of misinformation and false stories in the Amoxil prescription media; forgery of correspondence; fabrication of evidence; and the use of grand jury subpoenas to Amoxil prescription intimidate activists.
Our arrests were nothing compared to Amoxil prescription the violence and brutality exacted upon the poor people and Amoxil prescription communities of color by tools of oppression such as graduates of the Amoxil prescription School of the Americas. As we speak out against oppressive US foreign – and domestic – policies, we know that Amoxil prescription those in power will use police, jails and the media to Amoxil prescription stop us.
We defy. Our hearts and Amoxil prescription voices join in solidarity with our other sisters and brothers in this Amoxil prescription hemisphere as we continue our struggle to close the SOA and Amoxil prescription break this culture of militarization.
Join the SOA15 in calling on Obama to close the SOA: click here to send a message now!
Continuing the Legacy of Nonviolent Direct Action
We are Amoxil prescription influenced and inspired by those who came before us, like the Amoxil prescription White House 15, who put their bodies in line with their convictions. Taking action is Amoxil prescription indeed the only way to change the current system of domination and Amoxil prescription oppression. Our brothers and sisters throughout the world are putting their lives on the Amoxil prescription line in order to create change. Consider Chile, for example, where Amoxil prescription students, workers, environmentalists, and citizens are actively and continuously taking to Amoxil prescription the street in order to demand change in the neo-liberal policies that Amoxil prescription were installed under the Pinochet dictatorship. We, too, must take bold and Amoxil prescription courageous action in opposition to the US hegemonic domination polices.
“We who Amoxil prescription engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to Amoxil prescription the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.” -Martin Luther King Jr. There is a long tradition in the SOA Watch movement of nonviolent direct action because it Amoxil prescription is both necessary and effective. Members of the SOA Watch community will again be Amoxil prescription building our collective power through non-violent direct action. There are many ways that Amoxil prescription you can be involved from "crossing the line" onto Fort Benning, to Amoxil prescription banner drops, sit-ins, and various other actions.
**We pledge to Amoxil prescription you that we will work to protect the people in our movement. We are Amoxil prescription examining what happened at last year's vigil and will do whatever is Amoxil prescription in our power to make sure that next November arrests of innocent people will not happen again.**
Because of the Amoxil prescription actions of the police last year including infiltration and unjust arbitrary arrests, we are Amoxil prescription asking those who are considering low-risk direct actions to form affinity groups ahead of time, to Amoxil prescription participate in a nonviolence training and coordinate with the direct action team. Please email
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