Sign Petition to President Obama! Close the SOA!

CRLN's ally, the School of the Americas Watch, will be meeting with the White House SOON! So they need your support to show President Obama that NOW is the time to close the School of the Americas. Please join with hundreds of people across the country in asking the President to sign an Executive Order closing the school. This will send a message not only to our Latin American brothers and sisters, but to everyone in the world that the United States truly supports democracy and human rights and will not stand for violations to these basic rights. Click below for more details!

Here's the text of the petition being signed around the country.

Dear President Obama,

The School of the Americas (renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) is part of the conventional thinking that military repression is a solution to social and political problems. The existence of the SOA/ WHINSEC is part of a larger failure in U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America. It is a symbol of oppression and U.S. domination for most Latin Americans and should be shut down without delay.

I am urging you to issue an executive order to close down the School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC)

Respectfully,

Click here to add your name to the list! Thank you for standing up for the oppressed and voiceless!