History of the School of the Americas (SOA)

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The U.S. Army School of the Americas aka School of Assassins
From S.O.A. Watch, 9 February 1995. On the 15th anniversary of Salvadorian Archbishop Oscar Romero's murder at the hands of SOA graduates, people across the U.S. will participate in a 7-day fast.
Close the ‘school of assassins!’
By Julia Lutsky, People's Weekly World, 20 January 1996. Including a brief history of the School of the Americas (SOA), Fort Benning GA.
Close School of Americas; Release jailed protestors
Rep. Joe Kennedy press advisory, 27 September 1996. Kennedy's reaction to the release of the SOA training manuals.
Commentary on the US Army School of the Americas
By Dennis Dunleavy, 9 November 1996. The crimes of SOA graduates.
Update on assassins' school
Special to the People's Weekly World, 17 May 1997. Opposition in US to SOA.
Closing the School of the Americas
AFL-CIO Executive Council Statement, 4 August 1999. The AFL-CIO's new committment to labor solidarity throughout the Americas requires it to address the objections of the working class in Latin America to the SOA.