IMC/Confluence writer's meeting
We need writers!
Thursday, Dec. 4 7:30 PM CAMP 3026 Cherokee @ Minnesota in south St. LouisMilitary
The Enclosed Public: Protest and Premonitions at the Vice-Presidential Debate in St. Louis
A record television audience of almost 70 million people viewed the vice-presidential debate last Thursday night at Washington University's Athletic Complex in St. Louis. But nearly a mile out of view of the complex lay an example of what corporations, the media, and the state have together tried to quell in increasingly forceful ways: public dissent.
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Over one hundred workers, activists, students, veterans and families gathered in Northmoor park near campus to voice alternatives to the candidates' discussion of abstract policy issues. Activist groups Instead of War, Code Pink, and Veterans for Peace organized the protest to highlight the narrow scope of the debate, and to expose the carefully mediated lack of public access to discussions of public policy.
Think Outside The Box
Let's not waste time cleaning up for the greedy.
Due to the strangulation of the U.S. Economy by the military, we now face total economic collapse. As happened in Germany in the wake of World War II, we are in a hole so deep that a generation may pass before we regain our footing. Unlike Germany, no one is going to provide us with a Marshal Plan.
"Let's Close The SOA!" Podcast of Nov. 9, 2007 St. Louis Local Protest to Close The School of The Americas
End human rights abuse in Latin America! Don't let your tax dollars fund corruption and torture training.
The SOA is a military training ground in Fort Benning, Georgia that teaches how to conduct torture, assassination, and other violent actions. The academy has been open for more than 60 years, and each year the cry to close the SOA gets louder. Learn about this human rights atrocity and how to stop it. This is a podcast of an event sponsored by The St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America(IFCLA), recorded on November 9, 2007 at Mokabee's coffee house. The keynote speaker is Tina Busch-Nema who was imprisoned for two months after being arrested in an act of civil disobedience at the annual protest outside Fort Benning. Marilyn Lorenz of the IFCLA also speaks, and a staged reading, "I Will Never Be Silenced, Testimonies of hope from Colombian Women," is performed. Live music from John McClellan & Atlas Dropped The Ball.
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22.1 kHz 32 Kbps min 02 _The Hundredth Monkey_.mp3 3:14 (0.74 MB)
22.1 kHz 32 Kbps min 03 Introduction_Welcome Pt. 2 - Emily Piro.mp3 3:17 (0.75 MB)
22.1 kHz 32 Kbps min 04 Marilyn Lorenz.mp3 2:12 (0.50 MB)
22.1 kHz 32 Kbps min 05 Tina Busch-Nima.mp3 8:59 (2.06 MB)
22.1 kHz 32 Kbps min 06 Introduction _I Will Never Be Silenced_ - Emily Piro.mp3 1:06 (0.25 MB)
22.1 kHz 32 Kbps min 07 I Will Never Be Silenced.mp3 19:33 (4.47 MB)
22.1 kHz 32 Kbps min 08 Rome is Burning(so you might as well dance).mp3 4:47 (1.10 MB)
22.1 kHz 32 Kbps min 10 20071109CloseTheSOAEventMokabees.mp3 43:44 (10.01 MB)
"Let's Close The SOA!" Nov. 9, 2007 St. Louis Local Protest to Close The School of The Americas held at Mokabees Coffee House
.jpg "staged reading \"I Will Never Be Silenced\" at St. Louis Local Protest to Close The School of The Americas")
Keynote Speaker:
Tina Busch-Nema
Band: John McClellan & Atlas Dropped The Ball
IFCLA Coordinator: Marilyn Lorenz
Event Co-coordinator: Margaret Murphy
MC: Emily Piro
DJ/Soundboard: Ryan Kohl
Filmographer: Jon Michael Ryan
Podcast: Peter Jones
Staged Reading:
"I Will Never Be Silenced"
Testimonies of hope from Colombian Women
Produced by American Friends Service Committee & The Fellowship of Reconciliation
adapted by: Emily Piro
Cast:
A - Madre -> Katie Cushwa
B - Madre, Debora -> Erica Irwin
C - Madre, Joven -> Margaret Murphy
Podcast: Marilyn Lorenz from St. Louis Interfaith Committee On Latin America speaks about the School of the Americas
The SOA is a military training ground in Fort Benning, Georgia that teaches how to conduct torture and other violent actions. The academy has been open for more than 60 years, and each year the cry to close the SOA gets louder. Learn about this human rights atrocity and how to stop it. This is a podcast of an event sponsored by Amnesty International at Washington University in St. Louis recorded on November 6, 2007. Marilyn Lorenz from the St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America speaks. There is a short documentary, and an extended question and answer session follows.
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Podcast: Marilyn Lorenz from St. Louis Interfaith Committee On Latin America speaks about the School of the Americas
Speakers:
Marilyn Lorenz, St. Louis Inter Faith Committee On Latin America
http://www.ifcla.net
http://www.soaw.org
http://www.amnesty.org
