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Colombia Action Network participates in massive protests against 'School of Assassins'
The following article from Fight Back! Newspaper highlight some of the Colombia Action Network's activities at the School of the Americas protest at Ft. Benning. Members of the CAN gathered hundreds of signatures to demand Lily Obando's release, and distributed 2000 flyers with information about her struggle for justice. One of our national coordinators, Meredith Aby, spoke at two workshops to highlight Obando's case and the broader context of the assault on trade unionists, and the peasants and agricultural workers movement in Colombia; while Chapin Gray, an organizer with the Colombia Action Network in Alabama addressed the crowd of thousands on Sunday and urged people to join the cause to free Lily Obando.
Protest the School of the Americas
Join the Colombia Action Network at the School of the Americas Demonstration!
Ft. Benning, GA, November 21-23, 2008
Help us shut down the School of the Americas (SOA) this November! The SOA is a U.S. tax payer funded combat training school for Latin American soldiers, located at Fort Benning, Georgia. Frequently called the "School of Assassins," its graduates have left a trail of terror and suffering in every country where its graduates have returned. Over its 61 years, the SOA has trained over 60,000 Latin American soldiers in counterinsurgency techniques, psychological warfare, and interrogation tactics. SOA graduates have consistently used their skills to wage war against social movements and progressive communities in their own countries. Among those targeted by SOA graduates are trade unionists, human rights workers, teachers, religious workers, student leaders, and others who work for the rights of the poor. SOA training manuals made public in 1996 revealed that torture, extortion, and kidnapping are part of the curriculum. Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been assassinated, "disappeared," massacred, and displaced by those trained at the SOA.
Warning of an Imminent Massacre: Colombian's Call for International Support!
From the Action Center for Justice and the American Friends Service Committee:
Warning of an Imminent Massacre: Colombian's Call for International Support!
Just a few weeks ago Colombia's President Uribe was in the United States with a delegation of 80 people claiming the human rights situation in Colombia is better. Events of the last week show that the situation is worse.
Canadian National Campaign in Solidarity with Liliany Patricia Obando and all Political Prisoners
McCain's visit to Colombia
The Colombia Action Network is issuing the following call for protests at John McCain's campaign events and at the Republican National Convention, September 1-4 in St. Paul, MN. McCain arrived in Colombia on Tuesday and is promoting his close relationship to death squad leader Colombian President Uribe as a campaign issue. 
