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calendarED ROSENTHAL'S WONDERS OF CANNABIS
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by Angela Bacca
Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park (9th Ave at Lincoln), acessible by MUNI N, 71, 44, 6, and Culture Bus lines...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 25, 2008 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:33am PDT
textHow deeply is the U.S. involved in the Afghan drug trade? by RAWA (reposted)
Experience in Indochina and Central America suggests that CIA, the principal paymaster for US-backed Afghan warlords, may be more deeply involved in the drug trade than we yet know....
Posted: Wed, Oct 22, 2008 7:43pm PDT
textMongols motorcycle gang brought down by feds by Michael Webster Investigative Reporter
A federal indictment accuses members of the Mongols motorcycle gang of murder, attempted murder, drug trafficking, assault, procuring, money laundering and firearms violations....
Posted: Wed, Oct 22, 2008 12:00am PDT
calendarCINDY SHEEHAN SPEAKS IN SAN FRANCISCO
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by SHONA GOUCHANAUER
JOIN PEACE ACTIVIST CINDY SHEEHAN, GREEN SUPERVISOR ROSS MIRKARIMI, POLICE COMMISSIONER DAVID CAMPOS TUESDAY NIGHT OCTOBER 21, 2008 AT 223A 9TH ST. JUST SOUTH OF HOWARD ST. IN SAN FRANCISCO AT THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACTIVIST RESOURCE CENTER....
Event Date: Tue, Oct 21, 2008 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Oct 20, 2008 10:32pm PDT
textPlan Mexico: Calderón’s Endless War by Kristin Bricker, LeftTurn (reposted)
Friday, October 17, 2008 Military convoys patrol the streets. Soldiers kick down doors to carry out warrantless house searches, terrorizing families in the name of "security." At military checkpoints, nervous, trigger-happy soldiers massacre families. Soldiers rape young girls with impunity. US-based private contractors teach police sadistic variations on waterboarding....
Posted: Fri, Oct 17, 2008 8:03am PDT
textDEA Raiding Alameda Co. Dispensary by via e-mail
DEA Raiding Alameda Co. Dispensary...
Posted: Wed, Oct 8, 2008 2:06pm PDT
calendarPresentation & Screenings of American Drug War film by Wingnuts Liberation Project by Wingnut Willy
Presentation & 2 Screenings of American Drug War - The Last White Hope film by Wingnuts Liberation Project: 1. Nov. 1 at CAFE Infoshop - 935 F. Street, Fresno Ca, 5:30pm 2. Nov. 6 at P-164, which is in Demo Grassa Bava Hall (the Professional bldg). CSU Stan. State University, Monte Vista Turlock Ca, 11:15am...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 1, 2008 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 2:15pm PDT
textDrug-Related Violence Rages in Tijuana, Mexico by NPR (reposted)
Monday, October 6, 2008 : Mexico's bloody drug war is raging just across the border from San Diego. Tijuana is suffering one of the worst waves of violence in decades. So far this year, more than 400 people have been killed, and Tijuana's mayor has called on Mexico's government for help....
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 7:28am PDT
textIs Karzai's Brother a Drug Lord? by juan cole (reposted)
From a Sunday, October 5, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Sun, Oct 5, 2008 9:44am PDT
imagePresentation by Wingnuts Liberation Project & Screening of Film American Drug War.........
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by Wignut Willy
Presentation by Wingnuts Liberation Project & Screening of Film American Drug War - The Last White Hope Nov. 1 & Nov. 6 2008 FRESNO ~ $1-3 dollar entrance price TURLOCK ~ FREE TO PUBLIC!...
Posted: Fri, Oct 3, 2008 1:54pm PDT
calendarPresentation by Wingnuts Liberation Project & Screening of Film American Drug War - The... by Wingnut Willy
935 F. Street, Fresno Ca, & Monta Vista Ave, Turlock Ca, FRESNO (Nov. 1) ~ $1-3 dollar entrance price TURLOCK (Nov. 6) ~ FREE to the Public!...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 1, 2008 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Oct 3, 2008 1:49pm PDT
textMayhem In Mexico: Official Struggle To Curb Violence by NPR (reposted)
Thursday, October 2, 2008 : Violence in Mexico is on the rise, as the battle with Mexico's drug war continues. President Felipe Calderon is using the army and federal police to fight narcotics traffickers, but more and more, innocent bystanders seem to be caught up in the conflict. Malcolm Beith, the Mexico section editor of The News, an English language newspaper in Mexico, discusses the dire situation just across the U.S....
Posted: Fri, Oct 3, 2008 8:16am PDT
textCity College of San Francisco Changes Hiring Policy to Include Consideration of Applicants with Prior Drug Convictions by via ACLU
Monday, September 29, 2008 : San Francisco — At the urging of three civil rights organizations, the Board of Trustees of the City College of San Francisco adopted a policy late last week establishing that job applicants with past drug-related criminal convictions will be given full consideration in the hiring process if they prove that they have been rehabilitated for at least five years. The change in policy is a shift away from City Colleges’ past practice of rejecting all applicants with d...
Posted: Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:23pm PDT
textDrug War Against Patients Continues in Philo; Children Confiscated by Pebbles Trippet (posted by Robert Norse)
MEDICAL MARIJUANA RAID ON THE ELDERLY REAPS 4 ARRESTS, 3 SEVERED FAMILIES, 5 GRANDCHILDREN TAKEN AWAY, $55,000 IN LIFE SAVINGS CONFISCATED....
Posted: Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:47am PDT
textStephanie Landa's Prison Sentence Extended by The Landa Prison Outreach Program
Medical Marijuana Activist, Stephanie Landa, has prison sentence extended after failing a drug test....
Posted: Mon, Sep 29, 2008 11:02am PDT
textMedical Marijuana Regulation Initiative--Draft Proposal by Pebbles Trippet (posted by Robert Norse)
Pebbles Trippet of the Mendocino Medical Marijuana Advisory Board forwarded me the following proposal she is kicking around for the Board of Supes to consider. I think she's interested in feedback. Either post it here, e-mail her at pebblestrippet@sbcglobal.net. ,or call her at 707-964-YESS....
Posted: Sun, Sep 28, 2008 7:56pm PDT
calendarSF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROTEST @FEDERAL by russell kyle
450 Golden Gate Avenue...
Event Date: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 9:38am PDT
imageH.R. 5843 in U.S. Congress to Make Marijuana Legal
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by Cris Ericson
H.R. 5843 in U.S. Congress "Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act" introduced by Barney Frank (D) MA and Ron Paul (R) Texas...
Posted: Sun, Sep 21, 2008 12:02am PDT
textWhere is the front? by Gustavo Esteva
The "war on drugs" makes clear the nature of the dominant regime and the function of security as a justification for the illegitimate use of domination and control....
Posted: Tue, Sep 9, 2008 6:09pm PDT
textMexico drug plane used for US 'rendition' flights: report by AFP
A private jet that crash-landed almost one year ago in eastern Mexico carrying 3.3 tons of cocaine had previously been used for CIA "rendition" flights, a newspaper report said here Thursday, citing documents from the United States and the European Parliament....
Posted: Mon, Sep 8, 2008 5:53pm PDT
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