Border Convergence: Challenging the School of Americas State-Sanctioned Violence

Love (and Revolution) Radio

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we feature the recent experiences of three activists, Jerry Monroe Maynard, Josie Lenwell, and Chris Nelson, who joined the School of Americas Watch Border Convergence in Arizona earlier this month to decry the state-sponsored violence that is causing displacement and heightening the already heated tensions over immigration issues.
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About Our Guests:
Jerry Monroe Maynard is a young, Catholic, Mexican American activist and an organizer with Campaign Nonviolence. Josie Lenwell is a long-time peace activist since the Vietnam War, and a member of Code Pink. Chris Nelson is a peace and environmental activist from Chico, CA, and works with the Chico Peace and Justice Center.
Related Links:
School of the Americas Watch
SOA Video of Border Actions
https://vimeo.com/187456403
Enough! A Report Back From the Border Vigil Against US State Violence
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/37968-enough-a-report-back-from-the-border-vigil-against-us-state-violence
Berta Caceres
http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/what-does-justice-for-berta-caceres-mean/
Icelandic Women's Strike of 1975
http://www.riverasun.com/know-your-nonviolent-history-icelandic-womens-strike-oct-24th-1975/
The Dandelion Insurrection by Rivera Sun
http://www.riverasun.com/online-store/the-dandelion-insurrection/
Gentrification and Renters' Justice on Love (and Revolution) Radio
http://occupyradio.podomatic.com/entry/2016-10-18T14_00_00-07_00
Flush the TPP! Stop the Global Corporate Coup on Love (and Revolution) Radio
http://occupyradio.podomatic.com/entry/2016-10-11T10_29_48-07_00
Music by:
"Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org
This week's featured music is La Mañana by Chad Wilkins from his album "Show Us The Way of the Heart". You can find his music at www.chadwilkinsmusic.com
About Your Co-hosts:
Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline
Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/