By Susana Pimiento Aftermath of a Massacre On June 5, the Antioquia State Court overturned the acquittal for four of ten Army officers in the case of the 2005 San José de Apartadó massacre and sentenced them to 34 years in prison. Though this ruling could be...
Peace and Nonviolence
Winning on Both Counts: How Colombian Students Won by Rooting Out Violence from Student Protest
By Susana Pimiento On October 7, as the Occupy Wall Street movement was starting to get media attention in the United States, Colombian students held a big mobilization, inaugurating a series of massive nationwide protests and events. Despite a government smear...
The Hike That Kills
By Liza Smith Friday, December 3, 2010, 12:19pm by Jon Patberg, current Accompaniment Team Member in Colombia I recently came back from a six day accompaniment journey to a remote village called Mulatos about 16 miles to the northeast of La Union. Mulatos is the site...
The Balance Of Our Tour: Everything Is Both Different And The Same
By Liza Smith After 21 days on the road, 2557 miles driven and countless cafeteria meals — things are both different and the same. For example, before the tour our van was just another rental car with nothing unique about it. We returned it well used, more fragrant...
Drop Beats Not Bombs slideshow
By Maryrose Dolezal Here's a slideshow of photos from the tour so far. Click the arrow in the center to start the show. Maryrose Dolezal's blog
Liza transforming the war machine — singlehandedly! — through Theatre of the Oppressed
By Liza Smith Me (at left) facilitating the transformation of the war machine at Goshen College in Goshen, IN. At Goshen we had over 100 people gathered for both Paula's keynote lecture and Invicible's show, and we facilitated two Not Your Soldier workshops & one...
Dropping Beats in Carbondale
By Maryrose Dolezal We kicked off the Carbondale stop last Sunday with an Art and Action training attended by ~20 students and community members. The Art and Action workshops are facilitated by Invincible and Isaac Martin. Along with a mix of pop ed, it includes...
A few words from tour member Isaac Martin
By Maryrose Dolezal With us on the Drop Beats Not Bombs tour are Invincible, Paula Galeano, Not Your Soldier facilitator Isaac Martin, & FOR staff Liza Smith and Maryrose Dolezal. Missing from the tour, at the moment, are tour members Shauen Pearce and Brie...