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A Lane County Circuit Court Judge has just signed a supplemental judgment granting Jeff an additional 30% reduction in his total incarceration time!!! This is huge news and could mean that Jeff is released much, much earlier than the expected date of December 16, 2009, and of course 12 years earlier than his original sentence prior to appeal....

In recent weeks the Maestr@s have spoken with teachers in Kent, Washington who started the year on strike, and teachers in Richmond, CA who started the year with a Strike Authorization Vote. There's also an update on the South Central Farm....

Today [9/17/09] Jesse was sentenced to 120 days in jail by Judge Flynn. What this means in Minnesota is that he should get 1/3 of his sentence off for good behavior, and 5 more days off for credit from when he was arrested last year, for a total of 75 days in jail. So our educated guess is that he’ll be free on December 2nd. We’ll keep you posted, of course....

Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) research team has assembled the most comprehensive online consumer guide ever to cell phone radiation, rating more than 1,000 cell phones marketed in the U.S....

Alerta: Fernando Velasquez del Informativo Pacifica de KPFK habla sobre la cancelacion potencial de esta recurso comunitario muy importante, y los poderes que esta en oposicion a la transmision en aire de las voces de hispanohablantes. Alert: Fernando Velasquez of KPFK's Informativo Pacifica talks about the potential cancellation of this important community resource and the powers that oppose broadcasting independent spanish speaking voices on the air....

Dear Friends, Jeff's latest dispatch from prison is below. He has also written an article "Climate Threats Demand Action" which is pasted below his dispatch. As always for more info or to make a donation, please go to http://freejeffluers.org/ Thank you! -Friends of Jeffrey Free Luers...

Kevin Kumashiro speaks with Teachers for Class War on Free Radio SC about reframing education debates, politics of education and realities of classrooms from grade 2 through teacher training programs, looking at intersections of race and sexuality for youth, as well as Asian American experiences....

Leonard Peltier, a political prisoner illegally extradited, tried in a sham trial, and denied justice for over thirty three years, had his first real parole hearing on Tuesday. The results have not yet been announced. Wanbli from the Leonard Peltier Defense/Offense Committee, gives an update on the process and the legal struggle to free Leonard....

On the night of Monday, July 13th, we attacked three separate Wells Fargo banks in Denver. At each location we smashed out their windows and at one we broke through the glass door, entered through it, and smashed up the ATM inside....

In the early hours of Sunday, July 12 the refugee settlement adjacent to the port of Patras was "mysteriously" set on fire during a police operation. According to eye-witness reports, the police cordoned off the area surrounding the settlement at about 5 a.m. Four greek citizens in solidarity who were near the settlement were immediately detained. Moments later the cops started ID'ing and arresting the refugees inside the camp. At the same time, a fire "mysteriously" started from one end of t...