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Abu Ghraib:
What to do now?? |
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From School of the Americas
Watch
From Abu Ghraib to
Latin America:
Pattern of abuse grows
Torture of Iraqi soldiers
indicative of ongoing policy of systematic and illegal abuse
[5-8-04]
Recent reports of the torture of Iraqi
detainees at the Abu Ghraib military prison near Baghdad are part of a
larger pattern of abuse and torture at the hands of U.S. soldiers,
U.S.-trained soldiers, "independent contractors" and intelligence agents
around the world. In fact, U.S. Army intelligence manuals advocating torture
techniques and how to circumvent laws on due process, arrest and detention
were used for at least a decade to train Latin American soldiers at the U.S.
Army's School of the Americas, renamed in 2001 the Western Hemisphere
Institute for Security Cooperation or WHINSEC.
"We see a consistent pattern of the
Pentagon claiming to work for democracy," says Fr. Roy Bourgeois, founder of
SOA Watch, "while in their prisons and training centers, reports of torture
and human rights abuses continue to surface."
Read the rest of the article at
http://www.soaw.org/new/
We've been contacted by many SOA Watch
activists this week asking what we can all be doing to make the connections
between torture in Iraq and torture in Latin America. Below are a few
suggestions of actions you can take today:
For more article listings, visit
www.SOAW.org
Can your offer more suggestions?
Have you done something yourself in response to this challenge?
Please send a
note to be shared here!
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Some blogs worth visiting |
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Voices of Sophia blog
Heather Reichgott, who has created this new blog
for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:
After fifteen years of scholarship and activism,
Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the voices of
feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy, students,
exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers and
devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God in
whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God
through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through
articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and
thoughtful community. |
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Witherspoon’s Facebook page
Mitch Trigger, Witherspoon’s
Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where
Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and
views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both
personal and organizational. But there’s room for more!
You can post your own news and views, or initiate
a conversation about a topic of interest to you. |
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John Harris’ Summit to Shore blogspot
Theological and philosophical reflections on
everything between summit to shore, including kayaking, climbing,
religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology, politics, culture,
travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New York City and the
Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive New York City
Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the Witherspoon
board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian Church in
Flushing, NY. |
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John
Shuck’s Shuck and Jive
A Presbyterian minister, currently serving as
pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton, Tenn., blogs
about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized and
disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and lightening
up. |
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Got more blogs to recommend?
Please
send a note, and we'll see what we can do! |
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Plan now for our 2010 Ghost Ranch
Seminar!
GHOST RANCH SEMINAR
July 26-August 1, 2010
WE’RE
ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
CONFRONTING THE STRUCTURES OF INJUSTICE |
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