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The SOA 37 – Visit the 'site for the Bay Area Three – Frs. Louie & Bill & Leone Reinbold.


Dear SOAWatch West,
     Several of you have inquired about Charlie Liteky and the Iraq Peace Team currently in Iraq.  Voices in the Wilderness is in communication with the group, and maintains a website with updates on their work at:

http://www.iraqpeaceteam.org/

In peace and hope,
Julia Dowd

Update– Article on Fr. Louie.
Events!– SOAW-EB meets Feb. 19th; Celebration for Fr. Bill
March 9th!  Read all about it in: Upcoming events.
Trial– Please click on: Rachel's trial: 6 mos., $500 fine.
News– Please click on: Update & Events – & a sadness.

News– Please click on: Trial Update – Day 2.
News– Please click on: A note from Bob Nixon & a letter from the O'D.
Iraq– Here's the latest dispatch from Claire on Ted.  Click on: Latest Notes from Baghdad w/some talkin' blues.
Iraq– Here's the second latest dispatch from Claire on Ted.  Click on: FurtherNotes from Baghdad.
This just in: Thurs. Feb. 13, 7:00 PM
Talk by Charlie Liteky on his seven weeks in Iraq.
He will be returning next week.
St. John of God Parish Hall, 1290 Fifth Avenue at Irving St.
San Francisco (N Judah line stops on Irving at Fourth Ave.)

News– Please click on: Trial Update – Day 3.
News– Please click on: Trial Update – Day 2.
News– Please click on: Trial Update – Day 1.
Iraq– Here's the latest dispatch from Claire on Ted.  Click on: More Notes from Baghdad.
Press Coference– Click on: SF Press Conference with P'sOC.

Fr. Louie– He's home now! To read about his recent sojourn chez Uncle Sam, click on: Letters from Fr. Louie.

Iraq – The subject may not be directly related to the WHISC, but you may wish to read about SOAW'a own Ted Saxauer's experiences there.  Click on: Notes from Baghdad.
Press Coference– Click on: SF Press Conference with P'sOC.
Fr. Louie– He's home now! To read about his recent sojourn chez Uncle Sam, click on: Letters from Fr. Louie.
Iraq – The subject may not be directly related to the WHISC, but you may wish to read about SOAW'a own Ted Saxauer's experiences there.  Click on: Notes from Baghdad.
News – Please click on: Prisoners of Conscience - Out, In, and Standing for Trial.
Article – Please click on: Read it in the Chron.

Ft. Benning – Please click on: Report #4 (Wednesday).
Ft. Benning – Please click on: Update from Rachel.
Ft. Benning – Please click on: Report #3 (Tuesday).
Ft. Benning– Please click on: Report #2 (Monday).
Ft. Benning – Please click on: Report #1 (Sat. & Sun.)

Song – Please click on: A Ditty to take to Ft. Benning by YT.
SOAWEB – Please click on: East Bay SOAW Update.
Events – Please click on: "Glimmer of Justice"; Prayer Vigil & Send-off.
Book – Please click on: "Protest In the Land of Plenty" book-signing at Ft. Benning.
News – Please click on: News, articles, & a letter from Fr. Louie.

Solidarity –Please click on: Guatemala and Dublin, CA.
News – Please click on: November 3rd.
Event! – Please click on: Panel Discussion Nov. 15th.
News – Please click on: October 27th News.
Action Alert! – Please click on: Protest jail conditions of political & other prisoners.

News – Please click on: October 23rd Reminder.
News – Please click on: October 10th SOAW-W News & Information.
Update – Please click on: October 14th East Bay Update.
Fr. Bill – Please click on: An article from the Berkeley Daily Planet.
News – Please click on: Another appearance with Fr. Roy & two radio interviews.

Fr. Roy! – Please click on:

Fr. Roy's NEWLY updated schedule!

Article – Please click on: Andrew Gumbel talks to Father Bill O'Donnell.
Urgent! – Please click on: SOAW East Bay needs YOU!!!.
Urgent Alert! – Please click on: Prisoners of Conscience need your help.
AI Award – Click on: Award winning article on SOA by Times (UK) journalist.
News – Please click on: Another appearance with Fr. Roy & two radio interviews.

Article – Please click on: Andrew Gumbel talks to Father Bill O'Donnell.
Urgent! – Please click on: SOAW East Bay needs YOU!!!.
Urgent Alert! – Please click on: Prisoners of Conscience need your help.
AI Award – Click on: Award winning article on SOA by Times (UK) journalist.

Those wishing to view the photos from the Saturday, April 20 demonstration in the City may do so by clicking on the thumbnails below:


 

Press Release – Click on: SOADeclaration-jpg or Declaration-pdf (requires program such as Acrobat Reader – you may need to save to disk (right-click on link; "save link as") first) to read "Declaration and Condemnation".


Press Release – Click on: SOADeclaration-jpg or Declaration-pdf (requires program such as Acrobat Reader – you may need to save to disk (right-click on link; "save link as") first) to read "Declaration and Condemnation".

A tremendous victory for human rights was won in Florida a week ago (Tuesday July 30.)  Come celebrate with us Friday, Aug. 9 with Carlos Mauricio.  (Click on the preceding name, or on the icon below:)

Our upcoming Big Event is this Saturday, August 3rd at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in Berkeley.  Click here for info: All hail, Leonie, Louie & Bill!

News – Click on: SOA 37 Trial — Days 5 & 6.

News – Click on: SOA 37 Trial — Days 5 & 6.

Media – Click on: Fr. Vitale on the radio in Australia (You can listen on-line.)

News – Click on: Day 4 (cont.).

Press Release – Click on: Human Rights Activists Convicted; Sentencing Today.

Trial Report – Click on: Summary of Day 4.

News – Click on: July 11th.

News – News just keeps on coming. click on: July 9.

News – Please click on: More July News.

News – For the Latest from SOA/WHISC Watch, click here.

Press Release – Press Conference Tuesday, July 22, San Francisco.   Three Bay Area SOA Watch defendants to deliver statement to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. PDF-formatted PR.  Click here for Text Version. Or contact Michael Bass, (510) 654-5355 for further information.

The Saturday, April 20 demonstration in the City was Huge!  For photos of the event, click on the thumbnails below:



FYI – Please click on Venezuelan Generals
FYI – Please click on Updated Legistative Information
Events – Please click on Important Upcoming Events 4/20 & 4/23; Note: corrected time for Gerardi Memorial Mass
Events – Please click on Monsenor Gerardi Memorial Events ~ April 20-28
News – Please click on April News

News – Please click on Roy's visit; "Seasons of Nonviolence"; Lobby & Rally Days
Action – Please click on Action Response & 60 Minutes show
Meeting – Please click on New Meeting Place for an important announcement
News – Please click on January SOAW-W News & Future Events
Link – We are not alone!  Visit the new San Jose SOAW Website, School of Americas/WHISC Watch-San Jose

Photos – For images of the 2001 Vigil, please click on: ¡Presente! SOA 2001
Events & News – Please click on: December events & SOAW-W News
Letter – Please click on: Army Retiree Applauds Columbus Judge's Decision
Justice – Please click on: The First Amendment Is Alive and Well in Columbus
Article – Please click on: The Chron's Stephanie Salter on Charlie

[By the bye, just going through archives ... remember Margaret Knapke?  To visit her old page, click on:

    News – Please click on: November's offerings from SOAW–W
    Event – Please click on: SOAW-W Dinner Nov. 2
    Important Events! – Please click on: Nonviolent Action Training for Ft. Benning
    Urgent Action – Please click on: URGENT ACTION! Peace Community displaced!
    News – Please click on: SOAW-W News; Meeting, Oct. 4th

    We hope you had the chance to see Fr. Roy! (Click on this line for a message from Judy)

    Announcement – Please click on: Watershed Poetry Festival on 9/8/01 featuring SOAW-W supporter, Ted Sexauer
    Urgent Action – Please click on: Negroponte hearings on Sept. 6
    Meeting – Please click on: Next Meeting's Date & Agenda
    Event – Please click on: Marin Interfaith Task Force Anniverssary Dinner
 

    ACTION! – Please click on: Demo. in Solidarity with the Women of Colombia/Wed. Aug.15TH
   FYI – Please click on: New Prison Addresses for John & Bill
   Urgent Action – Please click on: RE: Negroponte Nomination
   News! – Please click on: SOAWW News ~ July 6, 2001
   Cuba – Please click on: 5 Cuban Patriots Convicted in FL
 
 

"Free at Last" Picnic for Charlie Liteky Friday, July 27 11 a.m.
          La Purisima Mission State Park
          2295 Purisima Road
          Purisima Road is a right turn as you leave town on Highway 1 heading north. Lompoc, CA 93436

          Day Parking Fee (per car) -- $5 if staff is there to collect it.

Estimated driving time from San Francisco is 5 hours.

          Party begins at 5:00 (to 6:30 PM) on Thursday the 26th with appetizers and drinks in Judy Liteky's room (probably #127) a the Holiday Inn Express. Dinner at local dinner spot(s) is at 6:30 PM.

          For info re overnight accomodations click on Overnight @ Lompoc or contact: Judy Liteky

          Meet Friday at the picnic tables under the old oak trees.
          Lunch will be provided. (Extra ice chests would be great.)

          Weather forecast:
          Cold, warm, or hot.
          Bring layers!

   News! – Please click on: SOAWW News ~ June 26, 2001
   News! – Please click on: SOAWW News ~ June 12, 2001
   Urgent Action – Please click on: Navy Bombing of Vieques to Resume June 13
   Articles – Please click on: Two articles from Columbus newspapaer
   Article – Please click on: Salter in the Chronicle

   News! – Please click on: SOAWW News ~ June 12, 2001
   Urgent Action – Please click on: Navy Bombing of Vieques to Resume June 13
   Article – Please click on: SOA Prisoners of Conscience
                          Address in Columbus, GA Jail
   Meeting – Please click on: Next Meeting's Date
   News! – Please click on: SOAWW News ~ May 30, 2001

   Article – Please click on: This Week in Columbus, Ga.
   Article – Please click on: Great piece on Charlie!
   Urgent Action – Please click on: Support HR 1810
   Action – Please click on: Fast and Prayer Vigil @ Ft. Benning
   Article – Please click on: New Ripples in an Evil Story:
                          the Negroponte Nomination for UN Ambassador
 

Friends of Charlie: Check this out. It ends at Lompoc!
 
   Event – Please click on: Colombian Speakers' Tour
   Guatemala Delegation – Please click on: Application deadline
                                extended to 4/1/01
   Article – Please click on: Army protesters face charges
   Minnesota – Please click on: Local (Minneapolis) Actions
   On-line – Please click on: Family Life and Activism
   Action – Please click on: 40-Day Fast, Prayer Vigil,
                                Witness Action at Benning Beginning April 6 (S-W)
   Report – Please click on: Ash Wednesday Action
   News – Please click on: WINTER/SPRING 2001 SOAW Newsletter
   DELEGATION – Please click on: EPICA invites you to participate

   LETTERS – Please click on: Letters from Charlie – February 7th & 8th
   REPORT – Please click on: SOA Watch West Momentum
   COLOMBIETNAM – Please click on: More on the new Vietnam War
                                in Colombia
   URGENT ACTION – Please click on: STOP THE BOMBS
   MARCH 1-2 – Please click on: Two Events Toward Community
                                Education and Discourse on Colombia

   LETTERS – Please click on: Letters from Charlie – January 18-31
   Article – Please click on: Joe Moakley
   Urgent Action – Please click on: Threats to PBI and other
                                Human Rights groups in Colombia
   COLOMBIETNAM – Please click on: My Journey to Colombia and
                             Fasting at the WHISC
   LETTERS – Please click on: Letters from Charlie – January 11-17, 2001
 

   VIDEO – Please click on: Fr. Roy video, Channel 9, Sun. 01/28
   LETTERS – Please click on: New Letters From Charlie
   NEWS – Please click on: Jan 17th News Update
   ACTION – Please click on: January Vigil at Ft. Benning
   NEWS – Please click on: Roy, Meeting, Colombietnam, Happy Holidays!

   ARTICLES – Please click on: Two Columbus articles on WHISC
   LETTERS – Please click on: Letters from Charlie – 12/24/00 - 1/3/01
   REPORT – Please click on: Report on SOA Protest at Fort Benning
   WHISC – Please click on: Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
                                                – a new name for an old dog

   Event – Please click on: Roses In December
   Events – Please click on: November/December SOA Events
   Event – Please click on: An evening and day of solidarity,
                         action and reflection
   Event – Please click on: December 2 commemoration
   E-mail – Please click on: from SOA Watch, D.C.

   Meeting – Please click on: November Meeting/Non-violent Civil Disobedience Training
   Articles – Please click on: 2 Pieces on Trial for Slain Churchwomen
   Anouncement – Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:42:42 EDT re: Margaret Knapke: She's back!!
   Events – Please click on: Young Adults Convergence @ Koinania 11-16
   Letters – Please click on: from Charlie: September 21-October 1, 2000

   Letters – Please click on: from Charlie: August 28-September 19, 2000
   Article – Please click on: Trial of 2 Salvadoran Generals in Florida
   Letters / Report – Please click on: Peru & Lori
   News Update – Please click on: Read the Latest!
   New Website! – Please click on: UCSB Chapter

   Letters – Please click on: Letters – Late August 2000
   New Webpage – Please click on: Colombietnam
   LINK – Please click on: St. John of God Catholic Church
   New Webpage – Please click on: Columbia–Viet Nam All Over
                                                            Again
   URGENT ACTION – Please click on: Update of Lori Berenson

   Article – Please click on: The Ghost of Vietnam Haunts 'Plan Colombia'
   Letters – Please click on: "Charlie's Challenges in Nonviolence ...
                                       Letters from Lompoc
   FYI – Please click on: Columbia–Viet Nam All Over Again
   Letter – Please click on: Greetings from Margaret
   FYI – Please click on: Late Posting re Columbia on KQED

   Meeting – Please click on: August Notes
   ARTICLE – Please click on: Potluck for Charlie
   FYI – Please click on: NEW ADDRESS FOR MARGARET
   REPORT ON PHILLY – Please click on: SOA Watch Activists Arrested
   RE: CHARLIE – Please click on: Lompoc

Upcoming Event:

 Archbishop Oscar A. Romero and the Martyrs of El Salvador: Their Legacy and Lesson
A Retreat with Fr. Jon Cortina, SJ of the University of Central America (UCA) San Salvador, El Salvador
On November 16, 1989, Fr. Cortina's six Jesuit brothers and their two co-workers were brutally murdered by the Salvadoran Military. Fr. Cortina, also a member of this community survives the massacre. Fr. Cortina was in the province of Chalatenango at the time of the murders. The other survivor of this massacre, Fr. Jon Sobrino, was out of the country at the day of the killings.

          Date: Saturday, October 21, 2000
          Time: 9:00 AM - Noon
          Place: St. Andrew Catholic Parish Social Hall NE 8th and Alberta

($10 donation to defray expenses and support Fr. Cortina's ministry with Salvadoran children)

Pre-registration suggested to ensure seating. To pre-register, call The Jesuit Spirituality Center at (503) 242-1973.

Sponsored by The Jesuit Spirituality Center, Portland, Oregon and Catholic Charities-El Programa Hispano. 

WINTER/SPRING 2000 SOAW Newsletter
          Did you receive yours?
          If not, then send your name and address to:
          SOA Watch, P.O. 4566, Washington, DC 20017-0566

          Or use the Web:soaw.org
          and click on "Current Information".

"This is from Katharine Cristiani, one of the Oberlin students arrested in May. –Beth"

hey everyone-
i got this email from my dad today and i thought i'd pass it on for those of you who are not home to get this news.. we didnt get a court date for our action in may.. we got the five year ban and bar as expected. (this is a huge relief for me personally, though i know some of you were wanting to face trial..).. i hope all is well and maybe i'll see some of you in philly, eh?

love
katharine

To continue reading, click on: Oberlin Students

Adriene Fitch-Frankel and Sandra Alvarez from Global Exchange are organizing against the military build up in Colombia. They are interested in connecting with groups in the SOAW west network. They both can be reached at Colombia@globalexchange.org or at (415)255-7296.

Inga Olson
Sacramento

Original Message:
     From: JLiteky@aol.com [SMTP:JLiteky@aol.com]
     Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 10:36 PM

July 13 (Terror on Trial, A12-14) and July 14 (Massacre Survivor Returns to Find Sorrow - And Strength, A1 and A11) (click on the preceding) brought superb reporting about the suffering of the people at the hands of the Guatemalan military and paramilitary.

Letters to the editor of the Chronicle - one good response - can be done by e-mail. Go to www.sfgate.com and scroll down to "Feedback" in the left hand column.

Today I received a letter from Rep. Tom Lantos with strong language:

          "On May 18 I voted for the Moakley amendment to oppose the efforts of the Department of Defense to reestablish the School of the Americas under a different name with only minor, cosmetic changes. While this measure failed by a narrow margin, I will continue to work with my congressional colleagues to ensure that America's commitment to human rights at home and abroad will no longer be blemished by our sponsorship of this school."

It is encouraging to me to have him on record with this analysis and commitment to closing the SOA under a different name.

          Judy Liteky

(CLICK ON:) letter to the editor* (and read the letters that follow as well) in Sunday's Examiner with picture of Charlie, Judy and their cat, Cece!

*Search also revealed (CLICK ON:) COLOMBIA -- THE NEXT VIETNAM. Great going, Judy!

Excellent, extensive editorial on Monday, July 10. Write your letters to the editor!
      –Judy

A War by Any Other Name
Monday, July 10, 2000
©2000 San Francisco Chronicle
Click on: ACCORDING TO our Constitution, the United States may not engage in foreign combat without Congress declaring a state of war. Yet, ever since World War II, our country has declared war on communism, poverty, drugs, teenage pregnancy and gun violence – but, oddly enough, not on Korea, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Iraq, Somalia, or Kosovo..

"Dear family and friends,

I just wanted to let you know that I have received my reporting date to the Federal Prison Camp at Lexington, and it is July 31, just 2 weeks from today. The Dayton POR (Pledge of Resistance) will be hosting a Commissioning Ceremony at Mack Memorial Church of the Brethren at 1717 Salem Avenue on Sunday, July 30 at 7 pm. It will be short and sweet, with light refreshments following it."

To continue, click on: Letter from Margaret

Dear SOA 10. . . . . .
          Today, via a friend who lives in New Jersey, a letter from Megan arrived with a salutation to Plowshares "Steve, Phil, Susan, Liz and all at J.H." . The first half of the letter describes her situation in Columbus ....

Only the first half was transcribed. You may read that portion by clicking on Sister Megan in Columbus.

Click here: U.S. Aid to Colombia: The Outlook in Congress

I found this site today which seems to be the best I've ever seen on the legislative part of the Colombia Aid Package. My read is that letters to Senators about the matter are appropriate for some time to come because the Senate floor debate is still to come. Then a Conference Committeee to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate.

Anyone interested in following this regularly for the benefit of all of us?

          Judy

Veterans for Peace announces a Potluck BBQ Sendoff for Charlie Liteky (Charlie expects to be around here until mid July or so) Sat. June 17 from noon to 6 PM Home and yard of Paul and Margo Cox, 890 Camelia, Berkeley. RSVP not necessary

Potluck suggestions: something for the grill, salad, desert, drink

Directions: Take I-80 and use Gilman Exit. Go east on Gilman. Turn Right on 7th Street. Home is on the corner of 7th and Camelia.

Press Release:

COLUMBUS, GA—Ten protesters received sentences of up to 12 months in prison today for their part in a November 1999 funeral procession onto Fort Benning property calling for the closure of the School of the Americas.

To read the release, click on: SOA Ten.

          Dolores & Karen send this message:

"We are saddened to hear of Charlie's sentence and fine yesterday. However, he and Judy have calmly accepted it. The other defendants were also very calm and accepting. We thought you would want a copy of today's article from the San Francisco Chronicle by Michael Taylor. We understand Charlie will report for incarceration in about two months."

To view the article, please click on: Charlie Sentenced and Fined

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