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Prisons are the new residential schools – Shameless Magazine – for girls who get it This is something I’ve been saying quite a lot lately with the recent Harper apology for residential schools. Sure, government regulated residential schools might have closed, but they’ve been replaced with the systematic apprehension of our people forced to become prisoners yet again for reacting to centuries of abuse.

CENSORED NEWS: Shelley Brant: Correcting police myths on the arrest of Mohawk Shawn Brant I would like to address the myths that Police Commissioner Julian Fantino has perpetuated in the media since the arrest of Mr. Shawn Brant on Friday April 25, 2008 and the events that have transpired since regarding police action at the Mohawk protest in Deseronto: An Open Letter to Police Commissioner Julian Fantino: First of all Shawn Brant was not arrested during a routine traffic stop as explained by Fantino: “Tensions boiled over in eastern Ontario near Deseronto, Ont. Friday, when one of the protesters of a land claim dispute near that community, Shawn Brant, was arrested during a traffic stop.”

American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU Sues Over Unconstitutional Dragnet Wiretapping Law Group Also Asks Secret Intelligence Court Not To Exclude Public From Any Proceedings On New Law‘s Constitutionality FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union filed a landmark lawsuit today to stop the government from conducting surveillance under a new wiretapping law that gives the Bush administration virtually unchecked power to intercept Americans‘ international e-mails and telephone calls. The case was filed on behalf of a broad coalition of attorneys and human rights, labor, legal and media organizations whose ability to perform their work – which relies on confidential communications – will be greatly compromised by the new law.

Global Voices Advocacy » China: Bloggers take stand against web activist’s arrest Following his apprehension last month as he was pitching in with the earthquake relief in his native Sichuan province, web activist Huang Qi was this weekend formally arrested for “illegal possession of state secrets”.

Adrienne Carey Hurley: Submit Your Proposals for a Documentary History of Anarchism in Japan! Call for Proposal Submissions PM Press, a new publishing venture launched by the founders of AK Press, is inviting proposals for contributions to a documentary history of anarchism in Japan (title to be determined). Proposals for English translations of previously untranslated primary source material (with introductory or explanatory essays) are especially welcome. Because this book will address anarchism in Japan and not „Japanese anarchists“ per se, proposals on topics related to Filipina/o and Korean anarchists living in Japan, for example, are also welcome. Proposals for the following types of contributions are suggested, but proposals not covered by the descriptions below will also be considered.