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Press Release: A Senlis Council Symposium -- "A Cohesive Strategy for the Future of Afghanistan"

A Cohesive Strategy for the Future of Afghanistan: Reconciling Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Narcotics and Reconstruction Efforts Wednesday, 14 February 2007 Arundel House, London The Senlis Council, in collaboration with The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), will be holding a symposium on “A Cohesive Strategy for the Future of Afghanistan: Reconciling Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Narcotics and Reconstruction Efforts”, on 14 February 2007 at 11:00am at Arundel House in London.

Internship Opportunity with Off Center Media

Off Center Media is looking for interns to assist in archival research and help out on shoots for Emily and Sarah Kunstler’s documentary feature, “Disturbing the Universe” (www.disturbingtheuniverse.com).

Call for candidates for International Drug User Activists working group

[Courtesy of Stijn Goossens] Dear friends, This is a call for User Activists living in North-America, Latin-America, Africa, Oceania, Asia, Europe to be candidates for being in a working group of International Drug User Activists. This group will prepare the International Network Of People Who User Drugs to be an official network with statutes and a mission statement and anything else that is needed to be an official network.

Drug Truth Update 01/22/07

Drug Truth Network Update: Cultural Baggage + Century of Lies + 4:20 Drug War NEWS Half Hour Programs, Live Fridays... at 90.1 FM in Houston & on the web at www.kpft.org. Cultural Baggage for 01/19/07 Report from Media Reform Conference with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, US Reps Maurice Hinchey & Steve Cohen + Carl Olsen of Ethopian Zion Coptic Church Challengs US Govt for right to Sacramental Cannabis-MP3

IACM: Call for papers for the 2007 Conference in Cologne

[Courtesy of our friends at the International Association for Cannabis as Medicine] CALL FOR PAPERS: The program committee would like to invite you to present your research at the International Association for Cannabis as Medicine (IACM) 4th Conference on Cannabinoids in Medicine in Cologne, Germany, on 5-6 October. You may submit your abstract electronically until April 15, 2007 for oral presentations and until June 15, 2007 for poster presentations to [email protected]. If your abstract is accepted you will have free access to the meeting. In addition, speakers will have one night of free accommodation at the conference hotel Holiday Inn. Speakers may ask the IACM for a subsidy of their travel expenses.

Drug Truth Update 01/15/07

[From our friends at Drug Truth Network] Drug Truth Network Update: Cultural Baggage + Century of Lies + 4:20 Drug War NEWS Half Hour Programs, Live Fridays... at 90.1 FM in Houston & on the web at www.kpft.org.

Victory in the Struggle for Telephone Justice

[Courtesy of our friends at the New York Campaign for Telephone Justice] Thank you for all your support and participation in the campaign thus far. We made significant headway in 2006, and today we had a big victory – Governor Spitzer Ended the Backdoor Tax on NY State’s Prison Phone Contract, effective April 1, 2007. This victory is the result of your dedication and participation in this campaign. Please see below for details about Governor Spitzer’s actions and upcoming meetings on how you can help us move forward to permanently stop the contract. We will keep you up-to-date on the developments from today’s events, and please contact Lauren Melodia at [email protected] or 212.614.6481 if you have questions and to stay involved at this critical moment.