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Michelle Alexander Speaks About Drug War

Litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, argues that we have not ended racial caste in America, we have simply redesigned it: The U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary means of racial control, even as it formally adheres to the principle of color blindness. Her provocative new book challenges the civil rights community—and all of us—to place mass incarceration at the forefront of a new movement for racial justice in America.

The new drug laws in Mexico show advances but also pose risks

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The law against small time trafficking (narcomenudeo) represents certain advances but also important risks for drug policy in Mexico.

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Mass killings in Mexico

The violence and killing that has become for many part of daily life in Mexico has recently become even more intense. Despite the heavy military presence in many regions the drug cartels are still brazen enough to carry out mass killings in order to eliminate opponents in the escalating drug war. The latest incident occurred on Tuesday (15/09/09) when hooded gunmen again stormed into a rehabilitation clinic in Ciudad Juarez in the north of Mexico and killed ten of the patients inside.

Red monday, a bloody day in Mexico

On monday (17/08/09) Mexico experienced another day of tit-for-tat exucutions acrosss the country. However this latest carnage stood out even by Mexican standards. The final death toll at the end of the day was 57, of which 3 were women.

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A Drug-Free Sweden: By All Means?

Drug-free society in Welfare State

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Why the world needs an international network of activists who use drugs

We are people from around the world who use drugs. We are people who have been marginalized and discriminated against; we have been killed, harmed unnecessarily, put in jail, depicted as evil, and stereotyped as dangerous and disposable . Now it is time to raise our voices as citizens, establish our rights and reclaim the right to be our own spokespersons striving for self-representation and self-empowerment:

What to do when politicians step out of line

Submitted by Big on Wed, 27/05/2009 - 11:23

There have been some attacks on Social Democratic Party (PSD) candidates, a party proposing drug decriminalisation in Mexico. It was heartening to hear that a hard line has been taken with some of the politicians who have been making dangerous signals about drug law reform in Mexico. We wouldn’t want any of those liberal ideas creeping over the border to our biggest market in the US.

drug war

Michelle Alexander Speaks About Drug War

The new drug laws in Mexico show advances but also pose risks

Mass killings in Mexico

Red monday, a bloody day in Mexico

A Drug-Free Sweden: By All Means?

Vancouver Declaration

What to do when politicians step out of line

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