Shut Down the School of the Americas.Fort Benning Fort Benning, U.S. army post, 189,000 acres (76,500 hectares), W Ga., S of Columbus; est. 1918. One of the largest army posts in the United States, it is the nation's largest infantry training center and the home of the Army Infantry School. , Georgia On November 18 and 19, more than 10,000 protesters took part in candlelight vigils A candelight vigil is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset. Such events are typically held either to protest at the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of lives lost to some disease, disaster, massacre or other tragedy. , rallies, and a funeral procession at the School of the Americas in Fort Benning. A cluster of 200 puppeteers from Mad River Puppets, the Eggplant eggplant, name for Solanum melongena, a large-leaved woody perennial shrub (often grown as an annual herb) of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family), and also cultivated for its ovoid fruit. Fairies, and Blac Bloc performed, while activists planted corn as a symbol of life and hope on the grounds across from the entrance gates. To date, the School of the Americas has trained more than 60,000 Latin American soldiers in civilian-targeted warfare. For more information, write to School of the Americas Watch School of the Americas Watch is an advocacy organization founded by Maryknoll Fr. Roy Bourgeois and a small group of supporters in 1990 to protest the training of mainly Latin American military officers, by the United States Army, at the School of the Americas (SOA). at P.O. Box 4566, Washington, D.C. 20017, or visit its web site at www.soaw.org. |
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