Marijuana and the Adolescent Brain (tags)
Laytonville Healthy Start hosted Ralph Cantor in a new series of presentations on the topic of "Marijuana & the Adolescent Brain." Ralph taught at Laytonville High and then a public forum in May 2014. "Further Adventures with Ralph" consists of two 59 minute sections
Campaign organizes to push back against Obama provision to arrest Americans (tags)
Detention prevention strategy goes national
Unlawful Assembly California Penal Codes Section 407, 408, and 409 (tags)
Many Occupy L.A. protesters were arrested under the Unlawful Assembly Failure to Disperse laws of the California Penal Code. Sections 407, 408, and 409 given here.
Massacre in Thailand: Obama's Bloody Hands (tags)
When the White House is quiet as protestors are butchered in the streets of Bangkok Thailand, suspicions are raised. Silence often equals complicacy. One can only imagine what the U.S.’ response would be to a Venezuelan government slaughter: the U.S. media and Obama would loudly condemn such an act, in contrast to the muted response to Thailand’s blood bath. The history of U.S.-Thailand relations explains why. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. used Thailand as one of the main “anti-communist” bulwarks in an area that included China, Vietnam, Burma, and other countries that were challenging capitalism.
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Help the Sun Set on the Patriot Act (tags)
Many sections of the Patriot Act are set to expire or "sunset" this year. Let's see that they do.
Son Of Patriot Act Goes From Bad To Worse (tags)
"...reduce or eliminate judicial oversight over surveillance, authorize secret arrests, create a DNA database based on unchecked executive `suspicion,' create new death penalties, and even seek to take American citizenship away from persons who belong to or support disfavored political groups."
What's New at Infoshop.org - #2 - August 19, 2002 (tags)
Here's the August update on what's new at Infoshop.org, what's in development, and how you can help support this project.
Headwaters and Cascadia Forests Still Struggling Against Clear Cut Logging (tags)
Mountainriver.org continues to supply the latest information in the struggle to preserve the last remaining old growth redwoods in California as well as the fight to save old growth douglas fir in Oregon