THE DRUG WAR

• Study claims NYC is world's 'marijuana arrest capital'
• The NYPD's Secret Crusade Against Marijuana Furthers a Racist Agenda
• Bill introducted to decriminalize marijuana
  From ProRev: Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) has introduced a bill (H.R. 5843) to decriminalize the personal use of marijuana and legalize the use of marijuana when prescribed for medical purposes. "I think it is poor law enforcement to keep on the books legislation that establishes as a crime something which in fact society does not seriously wish to prosecute," said Frank. The bill would remove all federal criminal sanctions for possession of up to 100 grams of marijuana. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) is an original co-sponsor of the bill.
• Marijuana liberation day: Rally calls for end to pot "prohibition"
• Police, feds raiding Seattle's indoor marijuana growers
• Is medical-marijuana use reason to deny someone an organ transplant?
• A 'Wire' War vs the drug war
  Some thoughts on how to deal with jury duty on drug cases.
• Manijuana vote draws fire
  Controversy in New Hampshire over drug laws.

Sam Smith's Progressive Review

Contributions from Sam Smith, friend of BLOWBACK and publisher of The Progressive Review (Prorev.com).

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  AMERICA 2.0
  Sam is at it again. Read his latest call and proposal to "bring America back to life, back to its constitution, back to its ideals, back to sanity and back to reasons for enthusiasm and pride in being an American."   We can promise you that you will not be bored.
  
• RUNNING OUT OF CHANGE
  The challenges of enacting change. Required Reading!!
  
• "WHOSE LAND IS IT ANYWAY?"
  Violence, patriotic self-branding, and what it means to be an American.
• PUNK & PROTEST
  The connection between music and action.
  

• RADIO BLOWBACK
  A sampling of the Radio BLOWBACK shows that were broadcast on Killradio. See playlists and get MP3s of interviews with thought leaders on the war on drugs, civil liberties, and foreign policy.
  
• STATEMENT BY SURVIVORS OF TORTURE
  Support the effort to denounce the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and call for its repeal!   Read this statement by survivors of torture and make a call for change.
  
• BLOWBACK in Brown vs. Board of Education Historical Site.
  The opening of a National Historic Site at the Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, KS, commemorates the end of segregation in public school in America.  Find more info about the "Protest in Music" exhibit which includes BLOWBACK's recording of "We Shall Not Be Moved".
  

THE CIA, CHILE AND PINOCHET

• Events commemorating the Sept 11 1973 coup in Chile
  
• Latest update on the Blowback campaign to indict General Pinochet
  Recap of our meeting with the US Attorney for the District of Columbia.
  
• The Blowback campaign to indict General Pinochet
  Information on how to get involved with Blowback's petition drive to indict former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
  
• Blowback Vocalist testifies before Congress on Guatemalan human rights
  The transcript of Franklin's statements to Congress concerning the US role in human rights violations in Guatemala.
  
• U.S. Special Forces tactics described in Army documents; Blowback stages public action
  Blowback has released Army documents with disturbingly candid characterizations of Special Forces tactics.  Look for the parts about "rapes", "irreparable psychological damage", and a team that "operates above and beyond the law".  Also read about Blowback's first coordinated public action, surrounding a Tom Clancy book tour hyping the Special Forces.
  
• Civilian deaths in 1973 Chile coup
  The CIA is widely credited with instigating the September 11, 1973 coup in Chile.  What is less widely credited is the amount of civilian bloodshed caused by the coup.  These declassified U.S. documents help clear things up in that regard.
  
• Counter-terror tactics in Guatemala
  Internal State Department correspondence regarding the U.S. government condoning death squad activity in Guatemala.
  
• Interrogation tactics of DINA in Chile
  Declassified documentation of the violent practices of (U.S.-supported) Pinochet's secret police in Chile.
  
• Anatomy of a Death Squad