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

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. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/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 WatchSOA Video of Border Actionshttps://vimeo.com/187456403Enough! A Report Back From the Border Vigil Against US State Violencehttp://www.truth-out.org/news/item/37968-enough-a-report-back-from-the-border-vigil-against-us-state-violenceBerta Cacereshttp://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/what-does-justice-for-berta-caceres-mean/Icelandic Women's Strike of 1975http://www.riverasun.com/know-your-nonviolent-history-icelandic-womens-strike-oct-24th-1975/The Dandelion Insurrection by Rivera Sunhttp://www.riverasun.com/online-store/the-dandelion-insurrection/Gentrification and Renters' Justice on Love (and Revolution) Radiohttp://occupyradio.podomatic.com/entry/2016-10-18T14_00_00-07_00Flush the TPP! Stop the Global Corporate Coup on Love (and Revolution) Radiohttp://occupyradio.podomatic.com/entry/2016-10-11T10_29_48-07_00Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.orgThis 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.comAbout 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/timelineRivera 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/