Why Does the U.S. Have a Military Base in Cuba?
Latin America Solidarity Coalition Calls for Closing Guantanamo and Returning it to Cuba
The Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) demands that occupied Guantanamo, including its prison torture center, be shut down. Guantanamo is occupied against the will of the Cuban people, is used as a military base against Cuba and other Caribbean countries. LASC calls for shutting down not just the Guantanamo prison camp, but also demands the shutting down of the entire illegal Guantanamo US military base, and its return to Cuba. Continue Reading »
November 2011: Converge on Fort Benning, Georgia
The Latin America Solidarity Coalition has endorsed the November Vigil to Close the SOA and Resist Militarization from November 18-20, 2011 at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia. We are calling on solidarity activists to converge at the gates of Fort Benning to speak out against oppressive U.S. foreign policy.
Click here for more information about the vigil, workshops, nonviolent direct action and more.
October 2011: March on the U.S. Southern Command
Join us on October 8-9, 2011 in South Florida and at the gates of the U.S. Southern Command outside of Miami, Florida.
Click here to pledge your support for the mobilization.
For over 200 years the United States, with its military, has been interfering in the internal affairs of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. We want that to end! So on Invasion Day (Columbus) Weekend we will hold a series of events and actions centering around the U.S Southern Command in Doral Florida, just to the west of Miami Florida.
We are inviting groups and organizations to co-sponsor and participate in this national event. This weekend of education, entertainment, and protest, with groups from all over the country, grew out of last April’s conference on Latin America that was held in Washington DC.
LASC anti-militarization conference wraps up with raucous march to the White House
From SOA Watch
On Sunday, April 10, hundreds marched to the White House, where 27 human rights activists were arrested when they staged a die-in on the White House sidewalk to call attention to thousands of Latin Americans who were murdered by graduates of the U.S. Army School of the Americas. The march to close the SOA and to resist militarization included torture survivors, union workers, educators and students from across the Americas. Marchers carried banners, flags and large puppets, including a 14-foot tall Mother of the Disappeared with them to the White House. Check out the photos of the march to the White House and the Nonviolent Direct Action by Ted Majdosz and by Linda Panetta.
LASC Anti-Militarism Conference Schedule
LASC Anti-Militarism Conference at a Glance
Below is the full conference schedule including plenary speakers and workshops. Some workshop titles may change. Visit www.lasolidarity.org before the conference to see any last minute changes.
Conference Schedule
Friday, April 8
3-5pm Special delegate reception hosted by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (RSVP required to Chuck@AFGJ.org)
6-9pm Opening Plenary, American University Ward Circle Bldg.
Live Music! Son Jarocho music from Cosita Seria and alternative acoustic music from Colleen Kattau Continue Reading »
PUPPET BUILDING, PAGEANT AND PARADE
The Puppet Underground has joined the LASC in support of the demonstrations, conference, and the birth of a world without militarism. Together with the DC51 street arts collective they’re working to build the “art-tillery” for the conference and actions, as well as coordinate the beautiful and transformational pageant that’s rising up (with the help of bamboo, stilts, spirits, song) over the streets of DC on april 10.
here’s the build schedule…. we’d love for you to drop in when you can!
ART BUILDS:
wed Apr 6th, 6-10pm Art Build at DC 51 warehouse** Continue Reading »
