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<span
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2010 - Converge on Fort Benning, Georgia</span><br>
<span
style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial; line-height: 150%;">November
18-21, 2010: Close the SOA and take a stand for justice in the
Americas. </span><br>
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The November Vigil to Close the School of the Americas at the gates of
Fort Benning, Georgia will be held from <b>November 18-21, 2010</b>. <img
moz-do-not-send="true"
src="http://www.soaw.org/img/fort-benning-march.jpg" vspace="5"
width="350" align="right" hspace="5">The annual vigil is always held
close to the anniversary of the 1989 murders of Celina Ramos, her
mother Elba and six Jesuit priests at a the University of Central
America in El Salvador.<br>
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<span
style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial; line-height: 150%;">Organize
your community for the 2010 vigil!</span><br>
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November 2010 will mark the 20th anniversary of the vigil that brings
together religious communities, students, teachers, veterans, community
organizers, musicians, puppetistas and many others. New layers of
activists are joining the movement to close the SOA in large numbers,
including numerous youth and students from multinational, working-class
communities. The movement is strong thanks to the committed work of
thousands of organizers and volunteers around the country. They raise
funds, spread the word through posters and flyers, organize buses and
other transportation to Georgia, and carry out all the work that is
needed to make the November vigil a success. <b>Together, we are
strong!</b><br>
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<span
style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial; line-height: 150%;">Vigil
and Rally at the Gates, Nonviolent Direct Action, Teach-In, Concerts,
Workshops and a Anti-Militarization Organizers Conference</span><br>
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There will be exciting additions to this year's vigil program. Besides
the rally at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia with inspiring speakers
and amazing musicians from across the Americas, the four day
convergence will also include an educational teach-in at the Columbus
Convention Center, several evening concerts, workshops and for the
first time, the Latin America Solidarity Coalition will stage a one-day
Anti-Militarization Organizers Conference on Thursday, November 18,
2010.<br>
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<span
style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial; line-height: 150%;">Shut
Down the SOA and Resist U.S. Militarization in the Americas</span><br>
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Our work has unfortunately not gotten any easier and U.S.
militarization in Latin America is accelerating. The SOA graduate led
military coup in Honduras, <img moz-do-not-send="true"
src="http://soaw.org/img/hondurascoup1.jpg" vspace="5" width="320"
align="left" hspace="5">the continuing repression against the Honduran
pro-democracy resistance and the expansion of U.S. military bases in
Colombia and Panama are grim examples of the ongoing threats of a U.S.
foreign policy that is relying on the military to exert control over
the people and the resources in the Americas. <b>Join the people who
are struggling for justice in Honduras, Colombia and throughout the
Americas as we organize to push back.</b><br>
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Spread the word: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=1&url=">Click
here to tell a friend about the November Vigil</a>.<br>
For more information, visit <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.SOAW.org">www.SOAW.org</a>.<br>
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<b><i>See you at the gates of Fort Benning in November 2010</i></b><br>
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