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"Word began to spread as we researched the school and discovered what we had here was indeed a school of assassins, a school for dictators. These soldiers came here to learn counter insurgency. Who were the insurgency? They were the poor, the religious leaders, labor leaders, and many others. And then when the torture manuals were discovered in the curriculum, that got a lot of front-page coverage. Word began to spread, and our numbers in the movement grew." -- Father Roy Bourgeois, founder, School of the Americas Watch
The story of the School of the Americas, or School of the Assassins is a disturbing tale of such organized and planned terrorism; one would never believe it was real. Every year in Fort Benning, Georgia the people protest. This year we brought it to LA. Read Reports: by LadyMadonna | by Ross Plesset and Anna Kunkin | more pics by Anna & Ross
Top 10 LA Indymedia stories for the year 2007
The LA-IMC Collective has compiled a list of the top 10 local stories for the year 2007. The list is based on traffic, number of hits and the ongoing importance of the story to local activists. The list is not ranked. Stories are listed in chronological order of their first appearance on the newswire.
1. Peace Activists and Youth Harassed by Police at MLK Parade
Peace Activists at MLK Parade
2. Combating Police Terrorism in Maywood Maywood Residents Confront Police Brutality & Coalition of Groups Blast Maywood's Criminal Cops
3. Anti-War Action: UCSB Students Rise Up, Strike Against War & Block Freeway
4. USC Administrators Harsh Response to Student Activists USC Students Stage Anti-sweatshop Sit-in
5. Police Attack May Day Demonstration Police Attack May Day Demonstration | | Police Terror in the Park | | Bratton’s “Agitators” Story Untrue.
6. Countering Racism. Black Americans Choose: Minutemen Go Home
7. The War on Immigrants: ICE Raids Intensify: Families Torn Apart
8. The Criminal In-justice System: Manny Gonzales, the kid everyone forgot in the CA prison system
9. Exposing US Government Torture: CIA Expelled from UCSB Campus
10. The New Internationale: No Borders Camp
Past Years: 2006 | | 2005
All content on the newswire is user provided so the Los Angeles Indymedia Collective would like to thank all those reporters, photographers, video and sound recorders, organizers and activists for their contribution. Keep up the good work.
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