From Chiapas to Philadelphia... 
Our Resistance Is As Transnational As Capital!


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the SOA protest at Ft. Benning, GA		 Join us for an event on December 19 in the A-Space (4722 Baltimore Ave) at 6:30 pm. Hear from activists who took part in the creation of the "Global Village" in front of Fort Benning's main gate on Nov.18 and the following successful Jail/Court-Solidarity Action - part of a variety actions to call attention and to shut down the School of the Americas (SOA).
Atlanta Independent Media Center Report

Also Live Music and the screening 
of "A Place called Chiapas"

A Place called Chiapas - a film by Nettie Wild

WINNER OF A 1999 GENIE AWARD
FOR BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY

On January 1, 1994, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, made up of impoverished Mayan Indians from the state of Chiapas, took over five towns and 500 ranches in southern Mexico. The Government deployed its troops, and at least 145 people died in the ensuing battle. Fighting for indigenous Mexicans to regain control over their lives and the land, the Zapatista Army, led by the charismatic, guerilla poet Subcommandante Marcos, started sending their message to the world via the Internet. The result was what The New York Times called "the world's first post-modern revolution." Filmmaker Nettie Wild travelled to the jungle canyons of southern Mexico to film the elusive and fragile life of the uprising. Her camera effectively and movingly captures the human dimensions behind this war of symbols.


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The Chiapas Rebellion and the School of the Americas (SOA)*
*in 2001 renamed to "Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation"
 Consistently the countries with the worst human rights record have sent the most students to the SOA during the heyday of repression. Given that history, it is no coincidence that Mexico became the largest country client of the SOA after the Zapatista uprising. In the first 49 years of the School, Mexico sent very few students (766 total) to be trained at the SOA. That number escalated sharply in 1996 and rose to 315 in 1997 – 1/3 of the graduating class. Proponents of the SOA claim that this training is necessary because of Mexico’s increased involvement in the "War on Drugs." However, that is just a smoke screen. The truth is that in 1997, only 10% of the Mexican students took counter- narcotic courses. The rest took the standard counterinsurgency classes. In 1999 not one soldier from Mexico took counter- narcotic courses, but 40 of them took military intelligence.

Wednesday, Dec.19 6:30pm at the A-Space (4722 Baltimore Ave)
For more information call: (215) 477-5892 or info@soawne.org

Admission Free!