The Fall 2008 issue of ¡Presente!, the newspaper of the movement to close the SOA has been printed and will be sent out to distributors and subscribers in the next few days.
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The Fall 2008 issue includes an article by Adriana Portillo-Bartow about how to develop respectful and supportive collaborative relationships with survivors in the
movement to shut down the SOA, detailed information about the upcoming November 21-23, 2008 Vigil and Nonviolent Direct Action at the gates of Fort Benning in Georgia, and much more.
SOA Graduate Cited in Parapolitica Scandal
Colombian General Mario Montoya, the head of the Colombian military and a graduate
and former instructor at the SOA has been linked to paramilitary death squads.
Fernando Lugo Wins Elections in Paraguay
Known as the "Bishop of the Poor,” Monsignor Fernando Lugo has been elected as the next president of Paraguay.
Transforming Experience
Building Supportive, Respectful, and Collaborative Relationships with Survivors of Human Rights Abuses
When You Build It, They Will Come
An amazing grassroots organizing effort brought the vigil to close the SOA to life in Los Angeles, California in January 2008.
A Place of Initiation
Some say there is healing in remembrance. We remember our wounds so that we can make sense of them, acknowledge them, and then re-member ourselves in order to heal.
2008 Elections
Over the next months, presidential, house and senate campaigns will heat up. For SOA Watch, this is a critical time to influence candidates as they fight for your vote.
Choosing a New Path of Dignity and Sovereignty
Report Back from meetings with Nicaraguan human rights groups and President Daniel Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua.
Masculinity and Militarism
Tough, decisive, uncompromising, and ready to fight are among the masculine gender norms that are enforced on men through images in the media and film industry, sports, peer pressure and the "boys don't cry" socialization.
Eric J. Garcia
Eric J. Garcia created the Hypocrisy editorial cartoon from page 2 in the Fall 2008 issue of Presente.
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May God have mercy on the assassins. - Oscar Romero |
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A challenging new documentary has quickly become one of the
widest-reaching films to encapsulate the history of the SOA Watch
movement.
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
Taxi to the Dark Side
