* Overview
* Comment
* Michigan Events
** ScareCrowBurning
** Detroit Group Hosts Beginning Of 4 Year Journey For Justice To Highlight
Drug War Injustice In U.S. (10/12 - 10/14/2002)
** Professor Hemp Debates Marijuana Re-Legalization on "Straight Talk" (10/16/2002)
** Other Michigan Events
* National/International Events
* Adding fellow activists to the NAC eLetter:
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Welcome. It has been 5 months since the last eLetter so I hope no one accuses me of sending too many of these.
I am proud to announce that the first Multi-Media CD "The Complete Writings of Professor Hemp (AKA Bruce Cain)" is available for only $24.95. The videos, essays and other materials should provide a comprehensive understanding of my ideas on subjects such as Re-Legalization, Drug Reform, Jury Nullification and many other topics. Also included are essays by other luminaries within the Drug Reform community. I'd rather give you something than merely ask for donations. But I really could use your financial support at this time.
The first edition of the NAC eZine will also be available in the next week. The initial cover story is titled: "Hope, Dope, And Marijuana: The Utter Stupidity, Irrelevance And Cruelty Of The Bush Administration's War On Cannabis"
Go to the following hyperlink for details on this and other NAC products: click here
If anyone has a fast connection to the internet (e.g., DSL, cable etc.) and wants to see what I look like and how badly I play guitar . . . now is your chance. Just click on my picture on the left side of the NAC homepage:
www.newagecitizen.com
If you don't have a fast connection then click on the picture and read the accompanying text but don't run the video. In my first video address I accuse the Bush Administration of Domestic Terrorism in the murder of Tom Crosslin, owner of Rainbow Farm.
As Bush pushes us forward towards a war with Iraq's Hussein it is truly time to consider which path we, as American's want to choose. Unfortunately, anything he says has to be taken with a bucket of salt. After all, with all the lies he has promulgated about "Drugs and Terrorism" he is looking more and more like the boy who cried wolf (or Hussein in this case). It is getting increasingly difficult to believe anything he says, leaving us to guess at his ultimate objectives. Regardless of what happens in Iraq I fervently believe that ending the Drug War has the most long-term potential for defunding and destabilizing terrorism. Consider that Afghanistan is the largest of producer of opium in the world. Now is not the time to be led, like a horse with blinders, by a president who has betrayed our trust on numerous occasions in the wake of "911."
I encourage everyone to check out the National/International Events calendar to see if there are events you can get involved with. Meanwhile, I am busy with a number of exciting Michigan Drug Policy events and hope that activists, in the greater Detroit Metro area, can attend.
I am also looking for constructive criticism of the "Marijuana Re-Legalization Project" which will be taking up more of my time over the next year. Please read the introductory notes, at the NAC homepage, and let me know your thoughts. I'd rather remove the weaknesses before moving forward.
| 10/05(Sa) | ScareCrowBurning: | ScareCrowBurning: Saturday Oct. 5th http://www.geocities.com/legalizemichigan/events/SCB/ | ScareCrow Info |
Two national organizations, The November Coalition and Common Sense for Drug Policy, are joining together to kick-off a four-year nation-wide Journey for Justice tour that will highlight injustice in the War on Drugs. The first weekend of this four year tour will begin in the Detroit area, and will eventually go to every state in the nation.
"This Journey for Justice springs from the extreme need and aspirations of thousands of drug war prisoners and their loved ones victimized by unjust drug and sentencing laws. We journey for justice to fortify resolve, and to awaken the dignity of ordinary people assaulted daily by a drug war that isn't a war on drugs - but a war on people," states Nora Callahan, Executive
Director of The November Coalition.
The November Coalition is a non-profit, grassroots organization who are educating the public about the destructive increase in prison population in the United States due to our current drug laws. We alert our fellow citizens, particularly those who are complacent or naive, about the present and impending dangers of an overly powerful federal authority acting far beyond its constitutional constraints. The drug war is an assault and steady erosion of our civil rights and freedoms by federal and state governments.
Picasso Coffeehouse
418 W. Willis
Between Cass & 2nd St.
Next to Avalon Bakery
Evening: 7:00pm - SPEAK OUT AGAINST DRUG WAR INJUSTICE, Journey for Justice Presentation
Speakers: Kevin Zeese, Nora Callahan, Chuck Armsbury, and more
Followed by a rally and candlelight march through downtown Ann Arbor
Proposed course: State to Liberty to Main, ending back at the courthouse on Washington.
Presented by: University of Michigan chapter of SSDP, University of Michigan chapter of Libertarians, Washtenaw County Libertarians, & Drug Policy Forum of Michigan
Organizer: Rachelle Lambson - lambsonr@hotmail.com - 734-320-4979
1:00 - 5:00 pm - Panel Discussion Univ. of Detroit Mercy Law School
Location: 651 E. Jefferson - Downtown Detroit - across from Ren Cen -free parking across from Larned St. entrance
Light refreshments - coffee & cookies
1:00 - 1:30 registration & coffee
1:30 - 3:00 - first panel & discussion
3:15 - 4:45 - 2nd panel & discussion
4:45 - closing remarks
Confirmed panelists: US Representative John Conyers, Bruce Cain (New Age Citizen), Nora Callahan, Chuck Armsbury (November Coalition), Kevin Zeese (Common Sense for Drug Policy) , Dan Salano (Police Officers for Accountability), Pam Lynch (or other harm-reduction specialist). Unconfirmed: Chief of Police, Jerry Oliver; Mike Harris, civil rights activist
Organizer(s): Cynthia Heenan Cynheenan@aol.com; Amara Hempfield amarajane@yahoo.com; Dan Solano danso1@ameritech.net; Debbie Wright dswmsw@msn.com
Cosponsors: Detroit chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and Detroit National Lawyers Guild, New Age Citizen
Detroit, MI
11:00 am - First Unitarian Universalist Church (downtown Detroit; corner of Cass and Forest). Short presentation during service and discussion at coffee hour following service. Organizer(s): Cynthia Heenan Cynheenan@aol.com; Amara Hempfield amarajane@yahoo.com; Dan Solano danso1@ameritech.net; Debbie Wright dswmsw@msn.com
Milan, MI
3:30 pm - Vigil near FCI Milan (Arkona Road).
4:30 - 6:30 pm - Informal dinner at nearby family style restaurant. Location announced at vigil.
7:00 - 9:00 pm - November Coalition "Camp" Meeting at KC Campground Recreation Room.
Directions: From Jct US 23 and Plank Road (Exit 25) go 1-1/2 miles SE on Plank Road, then one mile east on Sherman road. Entrance on right.
Organizer(s): Nora Callahan nora@november.org; Chuck Armsbury chuck@november.org; John Chase johnc@november.org
Legalizing Marijuana: The Battle Continues
Bruce Cain VS "Drug Czar" Craig Yaldoo
Taping Wed. Oct. 16th at 4:30 PM
(Airing Sat., Oct. 19, 2002 at 11:30 AM on 62 CBS & Airing Sat., Oct. 26, 2002 at 8:00 AM on UPN 50
I would recommend that people plan on getting there no later than 4:00 PM in order to insure everyone gets a seat. Please send me a reply if you are planning on attending, and let me know if you are planning on bringing others, so I can establish a rough head count. Then to be assured a seat you should call the studio's 24 Hour Reservation number at (248) 355-7089. Tickets are FREE!!! 
To see what else is going on in Michigan go to the Michigan Events Calendar
http://www.newagecitizen.com/CalendarofPraEvents.htm
To see what else is going on outside of Michigan go to the National Events Calendar
http://www.newagecitizen.com/NacEvents.htm
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