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An estimated crowd of 1000 or more braved the near-freezing cold and driving rain of a Tacoma, WA winter to march in protest against the continuing existence of the School of the Americas (SOA - now called the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, at Ft. Benning, GA), where "counter-insurgency" techniques are taught to soldiers and other agents of brutal Latin American dictatorships. SOA and its "graduates" have been implicated in the death and torture of untold numbers of Latin American citizens.
 Longtime friend of the November Coalition Tommy Walen entertains with a selection of folk and protest music |
 Traditional Latin musicians Correo Aereo |
 The two-and-a-half mile march to the Tacoma Federal Building begins, with black coffins representing 'Victims of U.S. Imperialism', and white crosses for the many innocent victims of SOA graduates |
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 Tom Murlowski, November Coalition, Kitty Klitzke of PJALS, Jay Sullivan of Veterans for Peace, and Rusty Nelson, director of PJALS |
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