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The Americas have a brutal history of colonialism, slavery, war, racism and exploitation.  Five hundred years ago, the colonial powers depended on the conquistadors for brutal military repression in order to exploit the wealth of Latin America. The conquest continues today as the region's highly profitable natural resources are extracted by multinational corporations with little or no benefit returning to the people.  And, as in the colonial era, indiscriminate military force is used to control the people of Latin America, forcing them from their land and attempting to stifle widespread opposition to injustice and exploitation. The purpose of the School of the Americas has always been to maintain U.S. hegemony over the Western Hemisphere, to keep it safe for economic exploitation disguised as “investment,” and to maintain white supremacy over non-white populations. |
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In the fall 2009, U.S. and Colombian officials signed an agreement granting the U.S. military access to seven Colombian bases for ten years.
Click here to watch the Faultlines documentary about the agreement online.
Click here to read the article Seven Bases by Diane Lefer and Hector Aristizábal, in which they take a look at the history of each of these bases as well as conditions in the surrounding communities and Colombia as a whole.
Military Coup in Honduras
The School of Coups is at it again: In June 2009, SOA graduates overthrew the government of Honduras.
Seven Bases
U.S. and Colombian officials signed an agreement granting the U.S. military access to seven Colombian bases for ten years.
Interview with H.I.J.O.S.
¡Presente! talked with Cecilia Gonzales of H.I.J.O.S. about their activism, re-militarization and the School of the Americas.
Moving the Vigil to DC?
Ad your opinion about the proposal to move the 2010 November Vigil from Fort Benning, Georgia to Washington, DC.
It's time to turn hope into reality
Obama's first 100 days in the White House - an article by SOA Watch Communications Coordinator Pablo Ruiz.
Building a Cross-Continental Movement
In June 2010, grassroots activists from across the Americas will come together in Venezuela.
A Challenge to Institutional Racism
One New York activist group transforms how they approach their work.
Dan Archer
Dan Archer and Nikil Saval created the two-page, full-color comic about the history of the School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC).
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There never was a good war or a bad peace. - Benjamin Franklin |
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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
