A child's account of the SOA protest

[G_j]

http://www.agrnews.org/issues/254/culture.html#4


(AGR)-- My family and I went to Fort Benning, GA on the weekend of Nov. 22-23 to help protest the School of the Americas (SOA), now renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC). Over 10,000 people were there to shut down the SOA because it is a military training camp for mass murderers. I traveled on a bus with 35 people from Asheville, NC. It was a fun, long ride. There were about 150 people from Asheville at the protest. There were many different people from all over, but we were all there for the same reason. Everyone was really friendly. I listened to speakers from around the world tell stories and sings songs in protest. Some of the speakers were refugees, some were political prisoners, and some were famous activists like Pete Seeger. I was part of a beautiful peace ritual where we wove a cloth web and wrote on it what we intended to do
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[whatelseisnew]

1. thanks

[jonoboy]

2. makes me feel good reading that

[G_j]

3. I found it refreshing

to read also. ..pretty hip ten year old

[Stone_Spirits]

4. go

Asheville! there is a huge contingent of SOA activists here.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Contrary to some "children" I've seen write about politics...

...this ine DOES sound like a 10-year old. Articulate above average, yes, but a 10yo nonetheless. Made me happy.

My country is one of many that were at the wrong end of the SOA.

[G_j]

6. kick