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"US Threatens Canada Over Marijuana Decriminalization"

Tim Harper,
The Toronto Star, May 3, 2003. 08:36 AM

U.S. drug czar John Walters says Ottawa is wrong to consider decriminalizing
simple possession of marijuana.

Pot plan puts U.S. noses out of joint

Trade at risk, warns drug czar

Decriminalization called a mistake

WASHINGTON-Welcome to the latest flashpoint in Canada-U.S. relations, one
that has nothing to do with regime change or war and everything to do with
pot.

nolympics writes:

"Volunteers of the Biotic Baking Brigade landed a multilayered cream and strawberry pie in the face of Luca Casarini just before he was to speak at the feminist bookstore, Bluestockings, in the Lower East Side. Casarini is the self described 'leader' of the Disobbiedienti (a current of the Italian anti-capitalist and anti-war movement that was once popular but is now not so sweet due to half-baked behavior on the part of its leader). Some examples incude: the taking over of anarchists' actions in Torino and other parts of Italy, the disruption of the Bologna Social Forum and the attempt to lead the dockworkers war resistance in Tuscany, which ended with his being driven off physically by the workers.

The doughy Pie-zano was frosted sucessfully on his way into the store where a crowd had gathered to hear a presentation on anti authoritarianism and academia. Casarini made one good point though - the movement is now as globalized as capital. One consequence of this is that self-styled 'leaders' will be held accountable for their actions and cannot escape by touring new territories and "re-branding" themselves.

No flakeout!

Video available at the link below.

Pied!

nolympics submits

My name is Scott Fleming. I am an Oakland resident and an attorney. On April
7, the Oakland Police Department shot me five times with wooden bullets, four
times in the back, as I ran away from them during a completely peaceful protest
at the Port of Oakland. I am speaking here today on behalf of all of the
anti-war protesters who were attacked and injured by the Oakland Police
Department.

Anarchist Prisoners' Legal Aid Network writes "COMBAT
FIGHT, CONTEND: To struggle or work against: OPPOSE

Anarchists Settle Oregon Department of Corrections Repression Suit

Salem, Oregon ? 22 April, 2003 ? Oregon Anarchist?s federal lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) has been settled by compromise.

Thomas Seay writes:

Good day to all,


I have the immense pleasure to inform you that Toni
Negri is finally completely free. Free to go home (or
elsewhere) at whatever time suits him. Free to come
and go as he likes in Italy. Once his papers are in
order, he can travel wherever he likes.


April 7th, 1979 to April 25, 2003...all told, 24
years!


This calls for a celebration!

Feds Target New Jersey Activists for Animal Rights

Terror Task Force Agents Raid Leader's Home in Somerset County

Brian Donohue, Star-Ledger Staff, Friday, April 25, 2003

Federal agents from the Joint Terrorism Task Force raided a Somerset
County house this week that served as the headquarters for an animal
rights organization, authorites said yesterday. The raid on Wednesday
was
part of a nationwide investigation into possible criminal activities
by
the group, authorities said yesterday.

my dear kasamas and friends,

i hope you're all doing well. i would like to inform you about an emergency indignation rally happening tomorrow, saturday, april 26th, 6-7pm in front of the philippine consulate. it's to condemn the murder of 2 prominent kasamas in the philippines.

National television outlets rarely if ever offer in-depth analysis of U.S. foreign and domestic policy, not to mention shows that document organized opposition to war. Filling this vacuum, as the 1990s began, was one of the first antiwar TV campaigns to air nationally: The Gulf War Crisis TV Project was the first series designed to mobilize people against U.S. imperialism in Iraq and the Middle East. Created through a wide collaboration of filmmakers, peace activists and war resisters, it was produced and distributed over public access TV by the Deep Dish collective and broadcast on the 90's Channel, the first full-time progressive network to air independent productions on cable systems around the country.

mtn_magpie writes:
"www.observer.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,935460,00.h tml"

This man is called Matthew Branton and he wants to give you a present. It's the previous two years of his life: two years spent honing and crafting and agonising over his latest novel, The Tie and The Crest, the story of a poor little rich girl and 'the best thing I've ever done'. For his previous four (The Love Parade, The House of Whacks, Coast, and The Hired Gun), Matthew averaged about £50,000 a book, and every one was optioned for a film.

Cool, clever, with a sizeable following for his witty, zippy, modern writing ('both wise and cracking,' said Esquire), Matthew is shaped like a publisher's dream. The Tie and The Crest was all set to be his proper 'breakthrough' book. But - to Bloomsbury's immense chagrin - he's decided to give it away for free. You can download it from his website, www.matthewbranton.com. I've read it. It's great.

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