Join DAWN as we caravan down to Columbus, GA to vigil and protest the School of the Americas/WHINSEC.
The SOA has trained many of Latin America's most notorius dictators (including
Noriega and Pinochet) in military torture techniques. For more than 10 years, SOA Watch has
organized an annual vigil including direct action against the school.
Cost: $80 includes transportation and a deferment of group housing.
Back from New York: DAWN RNC wrap-up DAWN sent four busloads of DC peace activists to New York for the
RNC protests. It was an amazing week with hundreds of protest events all
around the city. Check back here for narrative accounts and photos soon.
RNC Arrestee information
Tuesday August 31 was designated as a day of direct action and nonviolent
civil disobedience. DAWN participants and other DC activists were among
the 1,200 people arrested in Manhattan that day by the NYPD. If you were
arrested during the RNC and are looking for legal information or personal
support, start here:
Boston: DAWN report from the Democratic National Convention[Read
Jim's Trip Report] [View
Pictures]
DAWN sent a crew of 25 to Boston for the Boston Social Forum and for the
demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention. Since the Democratic
Party platform and John Kerry have been explicitly pro-war, calling for
40,000 more troops in the military and a homeland security apparatus they
liken to a "neighborhood watch" program, DAWN felt it important to make
an anti-war statement in Boston
At the convention, DAWN successfully let their anti-war stance known
to thousands of Democratic delegates as they entered Boston's Fleet Center.
Among the delegates was DC Mayor Anthony Williams. We specifically targeted
him not only for not standing up strong against the war, but not being
strong enough on DC statehood (which is missing from the platform) and
for shutting down DC General Hospital (the last public hospital in DC).
Read a couple articles featuring DAWN participants, especially an article
in Mother Jones.
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