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Mintpress News
March 16, 2018
In her 2007 junket and her subsequent trips to Venezuela as an intern for the human rights organization, School of the Americas Watch, Anaya found herself enthralled with citizens' media — its reimagining of the Fourth Estate as a kind of bulletin board for revolution, and of the journalist as a public servant,ÃÂ ...
ThinkProgress
March 1, 2018
Dr. Maha Hilal is co-director of Justice for Muslims Collective, an organizer with Witness Against Torture, and a council member of School of the Americas Watch. Darakshan Raja is co-director of Justice for Muslims Collective, and is a board member of South Asians Leading Together and the board ofÃÂ ...
The Ithacan
February 16, 2018
The protest was organized by School of the Americas Watch in Arizona, a nonviolent movement that strives to end U.S. militarization, particularly in Latin America. Both students said they used their grants to pay for travel expenses. Mulvey said he is interested in indigenous activism and how indigenousÃÂ ...
National Catholic Reporter
February 12, 2018
Marcia Lee attends a School of the Americas Watch event with Franciscans, including Capuchins. (Courtesy of Marcia Lee). There is no such thing as a typical day's work for people who coordinate the justice, peace and ecology ministries of male religious orders. "It is difficult to create a 'day in the life,'ÃÂ ...
National Catholic Reporter
December 21, 2017
Tucson, Ariz. — Two weekends before Thanksgiving, I traveled to Arizona to participate in the School of the Americas Watch protests. SOA Watch organized protests at Fort Benning, Georgia, for 20 years. Two years ago, it moved its focus to the border wall in Arizona. CEL-holy-week.jpg. Download theÃÂ ...
National Catholic Reporter
November 14, 2017
Editor's note: Welcome to NCR's Justice Action Bulletin, where every Tuesday we bring you the latest news on active nonviolence in the service of peace and justice. Do you have news you would like to share? Contact Maria Benevento at mbenevento@ncronline.org.
Nogales International
November 13, 2017
A weekend of events in Ambos Nogales and Southern Arizona that included vigils, concerts, workshops and the protest march, the second annual Border Encuentro is the re-imagining of longstanding School of the Americas Watch protests in Fort Benning, Ga., with organizers calling for an end to U.S.ÃÂ ...
WRBL
November 8, 2017
WRBL Staff - COLUMBUS, Ga. -- For the first time ever in nearly 30 years, the School of the Americas Watch annual protest, will not happen this year. According to our media partner The Ledger-Enquirer, organizers missed the permit deadline to hold what would have been the 27th year for the vigil.
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
November 7, 2017
For the first time in the history of the annual School of the Americas Watch protest at Stone Gate in Columbus, organizers have missed the permit deadline to hold what would have been the 27th year for the vigil. Columbus Police Lt. Herman Miles said a permit requesting the closure of Fort Benning RoadÃÂ ...
Nogales International
November 6, 2017
The march, part of a three-day “Border Encuentro” hosted by School of the Americas Watch in Ambos Nogales, will be led by the group Veterans for Peace, who plan to protest, among other things, U.S. immigration policy that has led to the deportation of veterans who served the country honorably, leadersÃÂ ...
The Ithacan
February 17, 2018
The protest was organized by School of the Americas Watch in Arizona, a nonviolent movement that strives to end U.S. militarization, particularly in Latin America. Both students said they used their grants to pay for travel expenses. Mulvey said he is interested in indigenous activism and how indigenousÃÂ ...
National Catholic Reporter
February 12, 2018
Marcia Lee attends a School of the Americas Watch event with Franciscans, including Capuchins. (Courtesy of Marcia Lee). There is no such thing as a typical day's work for people who coordinate the justice, peace and ecology ministries of male religious orders. "It is difficult to create a 'day in the life,'ÃÂ ...
The Nation.
February 1, 2018
This could be true of any civil-society group, but the FBI doesn't monitor just any group. It singles out for counterterrorism investigation groups like the anti-war School of the Americas Watch or the Occupy Wall Street movement. Just as was true in the time of J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI has an institutional biasÃÂ ...
Q Costa Rica News
January 2, 2018
The School of the Americas Watch, SOA Watch, says that the government is falsely accusing Moreno, and several other human rights activists in Honduras of having ties to “narcotrafficking” in order to “detract” from Moreno's work. Moreno has been an outspoken critic of Hernandez, whom Moreno said hasÃÂ ...
National Catholic Reporter
December 21, 2017
IMG_2947 crop.jpg. Protesting Operation Streamline at the Federal Courthouse in Tucson, Arizona (Eileen Harrington, CoL). Tucson, Ariz. — Two weekends before Thanksgiving, I traveled to Arizona to participate in the School of the Americas Watch protests. SOA Watch organized protests at Fort Benning,ÃÂ ...
National Catholic Reporter
November 14, 2017
Editor's note: Welcome to NCR's Justice Action Bulletin, where every Tuesday we bring you the latest news on active nonviolence in the service of peace and justice. Do you have news you would like to share? Contact Maria Benevento at mbenevento@ncronline.org.
Nogales International
November 13, 2017
A weekend of events in Ambos Nogales and Southern Arizona that included vigils, concerts, workshops and the protest march, the second annual Border Encuentro is the re-imagining of longstanding School of the Americas Watch protests in Fort Benning, Ga., with organizers calling for an end to U.S.ÃÂ ...
WRBL
November 8, 2017
WRBL Staff - COLUMBUS, Ga. -- For the first time ever in nearly 30 years, the School of the Americas Watch annual protest, will not happen this year. According to our media partner The Ledger-Enquirer, organizers missed the permit deadline to hold what would have been the 27th year for the vigil.
WRBL
November 8, 2017
COLUMBUS, Ga. — For the first time ever in nearly 30 years, the School of the Americas Watch annual protest, will not happen this year. According to our media partner The Ledger-Enquirer, organizers missed the permit deadline to hold what would have been the 27th year for the vigil. The number ofÃÂ ...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
November 7, 2017
For the first time in the history of the annual School of the Americas Watch protest at Stone Gate in Columbus, organizers have missed the permit deadline to hold what would have been the 27th year for the vigil. Columbus Police Lt. Herman Miles said a permit requesting the closure of Fort Benning RoadÃÂ ...
Nogales International
November 6, 2017
The march, part of a three-day “Border Encuentro” hosted by School of the Americas Watch in Ambos Nogales, will be led by the group Veterans for Peace, who plan to protest, among other things, U.S. immigration policy that has led to the deportation of veterans who served the country honorably, leadersÃÂ ...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
October 11, 2016
The School of the Americas Watch returns to Stone Gate outside Fort Benning next month, almost a year after organizers said the direction of the annual protest was unclear. Hendrik Voss, national organizer for the Washington-based group, said activists will focus their attention on a scaled-back protest inÃÂ ...
America Magazine
October 5, 2016
School of the Americas Watch supporters will gather on Oct. 7-10 in Nogales, straddling the border between Arizona and Sonora to demonstrate against "militarization" of the border region and the "criminalization" of refugees and migrants, said SOA Watch national organizer Hendrik Voss. Advertisement.
National Catholic Reporter
November 14, 2017
Editor's note: Welcome to NCR's Justice Action Bulletin, where every Tuesday we bring you the latest news on active nonviolence in the service of peace and justice. Do you have news you would like to share? Contact Maria Benevento at mbenevento@ncronline.org.
Nogales International
November 13, 2017
A weekend of events in Ambos Nogales and Southern Arizona that included vigils, concerts, workshops and the protest march, the second annual Border Encuentro is the re-imagining of longstanding School of the Americas Watch protests in Fort Benning, Ga., with organizers calling for an end to U.S. ...
WRBL
November 8, 2017
COLUMBUS, Ga. — For the first time ever in nearly 30 years, the School of the Americas Watch annual protest, will not happen this year. According to our media partner The Ledger-Enquirer, organizers missed the permit deadline to hold what would have been the 27th year for the vigil. The number of ...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
November 7, 2017
For the first time in the history of the annual School of the Americas Watch protest at Stone Gate in Columbus, organizers have missed the permit deadline to hold what would have been the 27th year for the vigil. Columbus Police Lt. Herman Miles said a permit requesting the closure of Fort Benning Road ...
Nogales International
November 6, 2017
The march, part of a three-day “Border Encuentro” hosted by School of the Americas Watch in Ambos Nogales, will be led by the group Veterans for Peace, who plan to protest, among other things, U.S. immigration policy that has led to the deportation of veterans who served the country honorably, leaders ...
WRBL
October 13, 2017
COLUMBUS, Ga. — The film industry has brought in nearly $10 billion to Georgia's economy this year since tax cuts and new development put the state on filmmakers' radar. That makes around $2.5 billion more than last year. The local Way Down Film Festival hopes to make sure Columbus is no ...
Pensacola News Journal
August 26, 2017
Christopher Scott Satterwhite is president of Veterans for Peace Pensacola and member of School of the Americas Watch; Elizabeth ...
The Nation.
July 12, 2017
... its undercover operatives conceded were nonviolent and peaceful, such as School of the Americas Watch and Occupy Wall Street.
People's World
March 22, 2017
WASHINGTON – Protestors, including a sister and niece of the late Berta Caceres , blocked the door to the room where Honduran President ...
The Ithacan
March 1, 2017
The School of the Americas Watch was founded to try to stop the violations. A few years ago, the SOA moved its annual demonstration walk for ...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
October 11, 2016
The School of the Americas Watch returns to Stone Gate outside Fort Benning next month, almost a year after organizers said the direction of ...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
October 5, 2016
A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the School of the Americas Watch the names of students and instructors at ...
America Magazine
October 5, 2016
School of the Americas Watch supporters will gather on Oct. 7-10 in Nogales, straddling the border between Arizona and Sonora to ...
CatholicPhilly.com
October 3, 2016
School of the Americas Watch supporters will gather Oct. 7-10 in Nogales, straddling the border between Arizona and Sonora to demonstrate ...
NACLA
May 19, 2016
Established in 1990, School of the Americas Watch (SOAW) has long been a leading voice against the militarization of U.S. foreign policy in the ...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
November 22, 2015
The School of the Americas Watch annual protest is leaving Columbus and moving to the border of the United States and Mexico.
Sputnik International
September 10, 2017
... Justice, and Eduardo Garcia, Media and Communications Coordinator at School of the Americas Watch, discuss the impact of the disaster.
Pensacola News Journal
August 26, 2017
Christopher Scott Satterwhite is president of Veterans for Peace Pensacola and member of School of the Americas Watch; ElizabethÃÂ ...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
August 19, 2017
That's a 2003 amendment likely tied to the “School of the Americas Watch” protest outside Fort Benning. It challenged the city's protestÃÂ ...
San Francisco Foghorn
February 4, 2017
Lisa Sullivan from the School of the Americas Watch laid out the context of the coup in Honduras during the break-out session the night beforeÃÂ ...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
February 2, 2017
Charlie Liteky, an original member of School of the Americas Watch and Medal of Honor recipient, died Jan. 20 at a hospital in San Francisco.
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
November 17, 2016
A scaled-back School of the Americas Watch vigil may attract 100 protesters Saturday instead of thousands at the Stone Gate on Benning RoadÃÂ ...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
November 3, 2016
School of the Americas Watch has been granted a permit for a scaled-down, one-day protest this month outside the gates of Fort Benning onÃÂ ...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
October 11, 2016
The School of the Americas Watch returns to Stone Gate outside Fort Benning next month, almost a year after organizers said the direction ofÃÂ ...
America Magazine
October 5, 2016
School of the Americas Watch supporters will gather on Oct. 7-10 in Nogales, straddling the border between Arizona and Sonora toÃÂ ...
Between The Lines
December 31, 1999
Jason Lydon, who's a UU (Unitarian Universalist) minister, was incarcerated doing civil disobedience at the School of the Americas Watch.
People's World
March 23, 2017
... Hernandez as he left the meeting amid heavy security, asking why he refuses to allow an international investigation into the murder of her aunt.
