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The War Against Some Drugs Some of the Time can never be won. I wish we could switch the area of focus from illegal drug users to the people evincing extreme oppression -- all those grim authority figures who wag their fingers and viciously condemn and demonize other people simply because they are exploring altered states of consciousness.  (more)

45 years after four college freshmen sparked a national movement to end discrimination by trespassing at Woolworth lunch counters, Downhill Battle, an anticopyright activist group, organized a massive, illegal, online protest screening of Eyes on the Prize. The "most important civil rights documentary ever" had been unseen since 1995 because of expired copyright licenses for archival material used in the film. (more)

A recent court ruling convicting a defense attorney of conspiracy may chill the willingness of lawyers to handle terrorism cases.

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