Street theatre to shut down the SOA

Human rights activists staged a street theater  action and passed out fliers in front of the Capitol South metro station in Washington, DC to remind hundreds of  congressional staffers who passed by that the decisions that they are making on Capitol Hill are causing death and suffering in Latin America. The street theater was part of the SOA Watch Spring event .

Visit www.SOAW.org  for a Spring Event report back by Cassandra Morgan.
 Click here  for additional photos of the street theater.


About the School of Assassins:
http://soaw.org/docs/outside2010.pdf



Educate your community
This street theater action can be easily replicated. Military uniforms are being sold for as little as $10 per outfit at military surplus stores and at thrift stores near military bases across the country. What else do you need? Cardboard-cut-out-guns, white T-Shirts, red paint, possibly a banner and a bunch of fliers to hand out to passerbys.xa0; xa0;

You can create your own flier or use this general tri-fold flier (legal size paper) about the SOA and the campaign to shut it down:
Frontpage: http://soaw.org/docs/outside2010.pdf    
Backpage: http://soaw.org/docs/inside2010.pdf    


Stage the street theater in a high traffic area in your community or in front of the congressional office of your Member of Congress if she/he has not gone on record against the School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC). In addition, you could also invite the local media to cover the protest, take pictures and post them on blogs and social networking pages, borrow a bullhorn from your union local and have a speaker on the scene who can give background information while the street theater is taking place. However, don't let the perfect become the enemy of the good - a basic action that is drawing attention is better than an action that is not happening because the preparations would be too involved. Contact SOA Watch at and let us know about your local events!

Click here for more ideas on local organizing and possible activities for your local SOA Watch group.