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I Editorial: Thc US t;~uchrs "Operalioir Sw:irrner" ill I r:rct, tramhing ct:rytl~ir?r in uighr. In Di.n~n;rrk. ~lic I r , I l;~nds.Pmtcr~

puhlisl~cs 12 sccn~ingly innucl~&,us c;rrl:)tms that bet off mother Ill-cccrcrr~n. \ 'o:~ ma) bc aware tlrat ttlc Moslc~n ~ , n r l ~ ! \bent i ~ p in Rnrne~ wirh riots all:lckin:_: thc Banich ~rn5~1\sies anrl h y c r ~ t l s u1* 5:lnish prtducir in Inair) cc?irr~trit.?, Wh:bt i s "noi n btg.de;ll" in the IJS is anpitrcntfy a irurno~?gr>us h ~ g c ! w l tta olfit'rs. W h j ' s l ~ ~ ~ u l d we :;th,cunw i t x v o t ~ t J not hc'?

Mcan~vl~ile. IJS deaihs in Iraq !op 2300, ITS irriu1-cd >onrcwfcrc nvct 201100 arrcl Iraqi Jc;krhs wc t!nnlt cucn try to keep !lack of. Gtln~;rics art. hetww~s 30,000 nr?rl I tjO.fltH3 Iraqi dead. l'lris. ~ t . i t & f i ~ l ~ l i ~ l g if1 i \ f g h > ~ ~ ~ i ~ t ; ~ t ~ . x!rtb have I cj.OOil troopc 111 I3aki<tin not t o ~ ~ l e ~ l ~ i o n Ct~lorntli~i. 111.e Phi Lltpinc> and ramre, rmnc of l~l-t ir. tl rve. count.

The Comn~cnlator, the r\Slir3-sponstmxi riyl~i-wing b:~dly la](! our ~,uhlrc;tti!~r~ Illat I E R ~ C < ~ v t ' y t h i ~ ~ p prin~ctl rhe I2 uat't~+ns in i t s East icsuc, They wolc a rull pass justilicntitw s:tyiny [heir urrcm i!: to pr,v.;okc tlia!aguc and cr r i l l p ~ * ~ h ~ ~ t s i o n , among nflio* !hing~.

We also intend ro pmvakc rlraloguc. Why r\n str mimy Clnisti;m\ snppon ?his war :rnd all naix'l Why nrc thcy z;~lIing for a prc-emptive s~rike on I r;ra? Why arc I I I ~ I T S I ~ 1~1i1114 dead tsoJic\ crcr) Li~fru :l Ci~ri~tinn pe\idcnt t:thec r ~f%lcc'?

Urr. approach his irsue ftum a ~l i f f 'crcn~ wglc. \Vr iIrC\v OUI.(VXVI? 12 U ; ~ ~ ~ C K ) I I I rinrl prirtt tl1c111 here. The! d e ~ i c i Xtianity in all its, hurnomos Xness. Wc :ire sure Xri;tns i c i l l p c ~ the joke :~nd suppnn our righf to priut them on campus. After all, Xtinns no\%, con!mi rhc wholc govcrnmcnl and ccrtairity halJt)w thc Fir\t Ari~enclrrurt~ t l T lhc Comtiruiir~n just behind !he biblc. Wi~hout il. ivc. ~vould txpecl tirat wc u ould be t;+ken IJUI ;111rl lynched and our ol'l~ccz I T U T ~ C ~ We Ir;trlmr no illusinrrt alwcrr~l ~ h c suj,crtnt rty oi* the Western world, This i s t l~c r!a?inn thut annotlnucs rhat wc Irotv iortirr-L> >uspi.cts ~ I I O P I KC feel likc i t , The vcnccr of "cit.jlrn~tiorr" ita.: ripped iipnrr, "

Wr' :!I c ,~mazl.J tflar thc Cornntenmrijr kla~ltl': behind us and support5 us complete ty ill rwr? endciivor. We quok Frc~nr Ihc arlicle th:tr prirttecI IIW CHT?O(I~\: "011; ~ ~ ~ t e r r s t in publishing rhese irnagc~ is to p f q n mFt. in etIuca!ing the puhiic abr~ut iht* lull .;cope crf i4 p - t i n c ' t ~ t contt.tn.cnj' of clur time--a\ weII re, to nnderlinc otlr Jccply held bclicf that in campu< journa!i.;m, , IS in ail public di*ct~rtt'sc. r llc. 1 1 ~ s r immoral .tction tt~at call bo taktn 1% ra ifeclare n gi+wrt lopic 'off Ilii~lits."'

Thcrefirrt wc. g r b e you c,ur 12 ciwloonx. I t 'yot~ ivuni in we ~ h c one\ h : i t caused tI~e 1.Eors. you'll have t o google them yr)ur>clf. A< the Conrnrc~~rfttor suggest\. try ~ t t r nb i c ! t r~~ t * iuntf thc>'ll ptlp ri~f11 up,

Why am I getting this newspaper? L

I OVeF b V U COPES o f our paper every issue. Our LAMP (Left Al te rna t i ve Media Project) sends our paper t o any a l - t e rna t i ve paper we can find. t f YOU publish something we expect you to send your paper t o us. We keep a l i b r a r y in our office for University of Oregon people t o look. any of you are not keeping up with us. More than 10 people.per day read and appreciate your publication. Send it t o us! If you are an individual, someone gave US your name. YOU will rece i ve t h i s paper unless you l e t us know you don't want it . If you are a prisoner, we send copies f r e e to you. Send us your address and you should get on our list. If you don't, e i t h e r we goofed up and lost your address or your institution is not giving it to you. If you don't get it, don' t get mad, w r i t e again. We t r y to send t h i s paper to anyone who wants it. (How you're supposed t o know t h i s since you didn't get the paper w can' t answer.) We want t o expand our mailing list to 1000, so i f you know someone who would l ike this paper, tell them to send us a request. This

paper doesn't do any good i f no one reads it. Write to us, t e l l us your s i tua t ion . We would l ike t o hear about prisoner abuse and the conditions in prisons generally, especially t he pr ivat ized prisons. O r anything else.

Your Insurgent We notice prisoners have some of the weirdest addresses weVe ever seen. especially the numbers. A1ot of them are what you" expect like 854432 or 54322, but there are a bunch

,+o* with hyphens: 39384-066 or 8765 1-025 and smne make no sense: T9025 IID3- 140 or W- 40058 HA61 9L What's up with that?

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Your Insurgent is financially embarrassed!! This year for the first time, the student government office has made fund-raising a major part of the distributrion of student

3 m funds. The reason for this is a supposed lack of money for student F; = activities. We are just one of many student groups that receive hnds from a money pool created by the incidental fees charge I every student pays every quarter. At the moment, this is $191 up front. Next year it goes over $200. You pay whether you I take 22 credits or 1 . Your Insurgent has been taken unaware. We spend our time putting out a paper you want to-read. We are not money-grub- bers. We run on a shoestring. Our main costs are printing, which is through the roof, and postage, which increased again in January. The ASUO, which decides who gets what, has a surplus this year of $144,000, but they say there is not enough money for student groups. SO, we ask YOU, our readers, to SEND US SOME MOMY.

You have been receiving this publication free for a long time. That's fine wit1 9 but now we ask you to help us out. We need to show fund-raisbo to $1000. ~ u r r e n t l y wc are :-. $125. Buy a are 5 for 2

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U) - Bein J .m old man whn lived through thc revolution. 1 have enjoyed reading your paper, whore I , have picked i t up at Smith's Book Shop, Sundance, etc.. and 1 like it very much. This should he " mainstream media. and as author Alvin TofRer said in "Future Shock," "It should be the young , people making the decisions for the future,..or all will be lost." + Although I was disappointed there were no editorid letters, I really enjoyed the article on crtpi-

.r)~ talisrn (and my 78-year-old mother did too) very god , concise. focused, good job.

+ + But that is not why r am writing you this better. Under "Newspininns" you pointed out 8 to 14

, : crimes, lies and scandal of GW B w Jr, as I like to call him. , May I add to the list? After Junior was illegally in power and became presiden~ the first thing

he did was attack reproductive rights of women hy cutting off parts of funding for ~t in Europe. " + A

The second thing he did was attack unions by striking down "ergonomics," that unions had

Eight. he re-employed the "trickle down" effect that Reagan had boasted would stimulate the economy. Looking back now i t ~vould be hilarious if it were not so tragic that people actually bought that lie which tripled the nationaI debt. (Actually the most prosperous this country EVER was happened during the Clintion administration, because he poured money into the middle class and unions, which dispersed money to ALL). Nine. he let Texas senators led by DeLay illegally redishct the state to eliminate the democratic process. Ten, he violated international taw and the United Nations by invading lraq (war crime), killing innocent people and using untrained National Guard to d o i t without proper equipment. Eleven, he has Iet the Anti-Trust laws lie dormant, expediting large corporations to conglomerate and dominate and eliminate competition. such as War-Mart, the Media, etc., facihtating fascism

fought so hard to get for the previous ten years. Ergonomics covers repetitive movement 1n.j~- while eliminating ingenuity. ries. which affect not just laborers but office personnef too. Twelve, he has and is stacking the courts with radical right wingrs, which brings the "'Great Ex-

" . Third, he said we are no longer going by the initiative that former President Jimmy Carter put periment" (the US Constitution) to an end k c a u s e all three tiers ofgovernment are unchecked +

, in place to eliminate nuclear proliferation (Salt IT talks) and said, "We are going to make more and the 'Great Experiment" is a failure. nuclear war heads and I sugpest you do the same." (Now he whines about countries that are Thirteen. the ~ a b i n t ~ c t is a violation of the Constitutibn (see commentary by Jack Dresser, - taking him up on that.) NOV. 30.205. Springfield News. page S-5A.

' " Fot~r t f~ , he said we aren't going by that Kyoto agreement to reduce carbon emission anymore. This shouFd give you some work to do and ammo. I wilI not but mention the same people who

< ', - That pissed of fa lot of people including Germany and Japan (the Kyoto treaty was ratified by killed Kennedy are in power today, "Texas Oil Money" and all the land stolen from the Indians

140 nations, with some notahle exceptions-the United States and Australia did not s i g n the "that made this country great". c +;, , meaty). He began to try to build 16 more coal burning plants up north (Michigan, I believe) but < <

c + j A + the people up there said, "Hell no?" Fred Smuels Five, he refused to lower arsenic levels in drinking water (Clinton left him that one).

- Six, he staned the drug wars hack up via Ashcmft by raiding medical marijuana powers in a Thanks F ~ c l for semindinq US of a H nasty ihin3s Bush has done, suck a s cutrlmg #nun-

; + " state-sanctioned program and has refused to legalize and process hemp, a viabfe source ofprod- e y tor aLnrtion and b i t4 contwl mwrsens, attacking whions, aa l l~win~ arseoic in drinking " < < ?

U C ~ S from food to fabric to supplying oxygen (it doesn't even need bug spray or fertili7,er). w ~ a t ~ v and stacking the courts.These c n r r s r rrs much ntnrm, but techvricnlly are no+ illegal,

Seven, he made it ilIegal to import drugs cheaper from Canada. Then lie privatizetl Medicare lies or c r i m e . We think they n r c G~rd llolicy ant1 e x f w + ~ ~ ~ I y ~ h o r i - ~ i ~ h t < . r i ~ Lluf the pwsi- > " y "

, + so he could get his hands on the SSA money (the only money that is not in the red) stole $30 e T < q

A c I ~ , PUP^ if i!legnllv eteciecf, cnrl drcide ro!iry. Sin<.. lhr C O ~ ~ V P A S P ~ ~ I - ~ S C < t t ~ tC*ilv~~.f~gnlr

" . billion from SSAand $10 biIlion from CiviI Service pensions just to keep his administration A A

election i r ~ e ~ u l a r i t ~ e s , i h ~ cleciion can'+ be ckaHerrged nfilers the p ~ d p l ~ LIQ if ~tZel,~selve~.

financially afloat. T h i s showed fiscal irresponsibility on his administration's part right hefore The Pa+riotficf, Klaction 2000 ancl33 more-"irreRhlarities" nppear ~ p d a t r d in this issue.

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Problem six: Wjth meters, you don't havero walk halfway down the bIock, wait for someone A ? c d q a 9 , Last year, the Department of Public Safety (the U of Oregon campus polioe) decided to scrap else to Cigure it out, fimre it out yourself and walk back, You could get out of your car and plug

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y . , . c the parking meters around campus and replace them with the latest high'-tech fix. They spent " $10,000 each on six new "smart" machines. These are at1 the rage nowadays. Why?--we can't

; . "'sav. Thev stand in the middle of the block. waiting for some unsusoectine sucker to out some 2 ' , -

* , " . ' money in. Much more compEicated to use than the old meters. thev mint out a uawr , , L

receipt to the minute that must the inside window of your car.

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the machinac don't work. They sit with sign: y + taped over them stating they are no1 in use. x " A

A , Problem two: When they do work, it is easy :: ' , i - c u G y ~ i L i i r " i L m c "'8 xw~?ry~w:~'~~-

to use them wrong. They take only quarless . , , , - (problem three). First, you press the green ' A

button to wake them UP. m e ~ sleep a lot. -gn 'and you stand there in the rain waiting. A - -

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* screen tells yod many minutes you :I11III1IIII1III1II,llllllllllltlllllllllllllll~ nncnnn#n,nmn,,,n,,~,, , , ,b,, , ,b,, ,~,, , , . .have and what time they will be used up. < " + "

+ + :You put a quarter in. You then push the green button again, only to find that It didn't give you more lime: it printed your ticket. If you wanted more time, you should have put in another quar-

" , ter first, you pushed the green button. but it doesn't explain that. Now if you want more < + A

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= - ,time, you have to either (a) start again and put in more money. wasting your first quarter, or (b) - - ' * come hack when your time is up and get a new ticket. Since you probably don't want to do that,

the meter and go off. If it's raining or you're late, this matters. Once again. the University haq made things more expensive and broken a system that worked fine. Now, they have taken away all the EMU backlot spaces. To use hem, you have to get a

~r's permit (free, but a big hassle) so students &can't park there any more, excepf after 6 pm.

On a larger scale, the City of Eugene is building bus stations and a terminal in Springfield. Eugene

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street to the farthest opposite end. Instead, they detour a11 over, make loops and circles, and start down one street, then sharply turn and parade 0' in another direction. Eugene decided all city buses should detour to the bus terminal where they sit for 10 or 15 minutes. Then they a11 go off at once. This -

%Brand new dorms, not even completed,~does not make'sense, It slows down the bus ride - - - ~qho~w whife stain all over new red brickEirnmense~~. Now, we are repeating the mistake in

% ~ ~ I I ~ I I I I I ~ ~ I I I I ~ ~ ~ I I ~ ~ ~ I I I ~ I I ~ ~ I I ~ ~ I I I ~ ~ I I I I ~ ~ I I I I ~ ~ I I I I I ~ ~ I I I I I I I ~ I I F S ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (the new terminal is finished and in use) and doubling it by putting poiniless bus stop platforms on many major streets. These platforms are concrete, raised off the street about one foot, and take away a whole lane that formerly was used for tmffic. mere is nothing wrong with bus stops on turnouts along the street, the way they already are. That way, the bus can stop and traffic can pass by. Now the bus stops in the middle of the sweet, blocking trafic. Why d o we need a p l a t f m raised one Foot? The old way worked fine for years, so we rip it out wd replace it with a new way that is not thought out well. Millions

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< * > < < * . . . .,Problem four: parking meters take dimes and njckeIs, so you can get almost the exact amount of & < + ' time you wan!. These new machines don't, so you end up with extra time. finally, the University is building new dorms on campus where the tennis courts used to'be. , A " Problem five: the old meters stayed in one place. so you could get lucky by parking in a place These brand new buildings have red brick walls to the third floor. The buildings are not even : i - - where someone left early and gave you their minutes. The machines print a ticker which goes & X B

finished yet, and the bricks or mortar are leaking giant white stains that cover the whole wall. , . . , with you, so no more free minutes. You are allowed to use your ticket somewhere else, hut this Didn't we used to be able to make bricks? I see many oid buildings, some: over 100 years old,

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i s bops, since the time needed to drive to another parking pIace uses up the 10 or 15 leftover made of ml brick that hasn't stained a bit. When did we lose this ability? Do you think the U - q minutes. will gel its money back? HAH!

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Attack On a : m I - + &.: _3 Immigrants: m- ob

0 Action Needed

On December 16.2005. the U.S. House of Representatives approved the "Border Protection. Antiterrorism. and Illegal F mmigration Conrrol Act" sponsored by James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and Peter King (R-NY). This act includes a vast rang of punitive and reshictive provisions and is described as "the hnrshesl immigration mewrirt t i 1 cillicr body ithc I-louce nr Ihc ScnntcI In clvcr 50 years" hy PI'LIN { l'iricro~ y C:inipucin~,\ Ilnitlos I )cl Norr~rs~r).

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Thc :tcl wlll alcn givc statc and IocaI I:iw cnrclrcerncnt authority r o cnl'orcc in~rruc~it inn l:rw iln(l ill ror ~ ~ ~ l d i t 11)n:ll ~IIICVF trh hc built III ( ':1lilt11.n1:1 :Init Ar i fo~i :~. Srvcr;~l rhcn~~:~ntl pcuplc: hnve dlerl ill thc pitst rlrc;~clt: rryiny to rqror\ the IHIT~ICT: l t i ~ ~ d~' i \ Ih r;t~r t l i l ~ ; iticrcnvxl ;IS more fences imr3 Iiiw rr~liirverncnz 't~ilvt fomcd people into llanlicr p;trta of the desert.

CAUSA of Eugeile. along w~th PCUN. the Immiganl Solidarity Network, and orhers. wppn [lie Kennedy-McCain ACI an incomplete solution but a better one sincc i t provides a path to citrzenshlp rather than just n list of pun~shments. The Kennedy-McCain Act would allow peopIe working in the U.S. without documentation to apply for a 3 year work visa. +

After 3 year%, they could reapply. After 6 years they would have to either leave or be in the process of applying for citizenship.

Lrl. Portland on March 4, 4.000 people rallied in Pioneer Square and marched to Portland State University. Rople have been protesting across the nation, including thousands who marched on Wa~hinpton, 13.C. and tens of thousands who marched in Chicago on March 7 . Massive act~ons are planned in L.A. for the weekend of

Porlland. March 4 March 25-26.

Sources: PCUN (www.pcan.org), lmrnigrunt Solidarity h f e ~ o r k ~rn ; ~mnriCrantsolidari~.urg), CAUSA

What you can do right now: CalI your Representatives and tell them to vote no: " " ?

IF you live in Oregon, your representatives are: Ron Wyden: (54 1 ) 43 1 -0229 + h

Gordon Smith: (54 1 ) 465-6808 . + + A ,

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Representative Peter DeFazio, darling of the mainstream Eugene leftist scene. voted in favor of this hilt. Grve him a call and let him know what you think at 1-800-944-9603

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: significantly improved Harkfn's stock price. Although Bush did not profit personally, < < 0 : the scheme looks uncomfortably close to what Enron did. - 4 < T

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4==Election 2000-Thousands of legal voters in FL illegally called felons and re- > " A

moved from voting lists. Bush lost, and M p h Nader did not help Democrats lose. A % " > " ,

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v , 6=Voting fraud--FL 2000 and OH 2004-legal voters called felons, illegally kicked : . off voting rolls.

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I + housing New York City reinforced command center on lah floor, collapses at 5:30pm i > * A A " I + v 4 ' I l==9- 1 l -Wreckage from collapsed buildings hurriedIy sold as scrap to Japan

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1 --11 -hole in Pentagon supposedly from 747 but way too small ;- - - l3=Reasons for war--weapons of mass destruction-never found I $ 4 " X

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* , c prime minister of England, to "fit the facts around war In Iraq" > > < c lS=Valerie Plame- who leaked name of CIA spy? Scooter Libby currently under i ' 1 " in&ctment is leaking names. It might include Karl Rove or Dick Cheney

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% c 2006 in Australia. Available on internet, but not released in US 19=Billions in cash given out in Iraq by PauI Bremer March 2003-June 2004 (See

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$ willing to sign the agreement. In exchange for the introduction ofa few export products in of a strike against the Alfsedo Palacio government. ~cuador expects to wrap up negotiations - 'i the U.S. market, Ecuador would have considerable access to products exported by the United e US after May 23.

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WHY I RAN THE CARTOONS by FIemming Rose, editor, J~fI~nds-Posten

COMMENTARYCHILDISH. Irresponsible. Hate speech. Aprovocation just for the sake of provocation. A PR stunt Critics of 12 cartoons of the prophet Muhammad published in the Dan- ish newspaper Jyllands-Posten have not minced their words.They say that freedom of expression does not imply an endorsement of insult- ing peop1e"s religious feelings,and besides, they add the media censor themselves every day. So, please do not teach us a lesson about limitless k d o m of speech. I agree that the freedom to publish things doesn't mean you pubfish merything. Jyllands-Posten would not publish pornographic images or graphic details of dead bodies; swear words rarely make it mto aw pages. So we are not fundamentalists in our support for Freedom of expression. ' But the cartoon story is different. Those examples have to do with exercising restraint because of ethical standards and taste; call it editing. By contrast, I commissioned the

. cartows in response to several incidents of self-censorship in Europe caused by widening fears and feelings of intimidation in deaiing with issues related to Islam. And 1 still believe that this is a topic that we Europeans must confront, challenging moderate Muslims to speak out. The idea wasn't to provoke gratuitously -- and we certainly didn't intend to trigger violent demonstrations throughout the Mu'slim world. Our goal was simply to push back self-imposed limits on expression that seemed to be closing in tighter. At the end of September, a Danish stand-up comedian said in an interview with Jyllands-Posten that he had no problem urinating on the Bible in front of a camera, but he dated not do the same thing with the Koran. This was the culmination of a series of disturbing instances of self-censorship. In September, a Danish children's writer had trouble finding an illustrator for a book about the life of Muhammad. Three people turned down the jab for fear ofconsequences. The person who finally accepted insisted on anonymity, which in my book is a fom of self-censorship. Europcan translators of a critical book about Islam also did not want their names to appear on the book cover beside the name of the author, a Somalia-hrn Dutch politician who has herself '

been in hidiag. Around the same time, the Tatc galley in London withdrew an installation by the avant-garde artist John Lntham depicting the Koran, Eiblc and Talmud tom to pieccs. The museum explained that it did not want to stir things up afier the London bombings. (A few months earlier, to avoid offending Muslims, a museum in Goteborg, Swcden, had removed a painting with a sexual motif and a quotation from the Koran.) Finally, at the end of September, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with a group of imams, one of whom called on the prime minister to interfere with the pmss to get more positive coverage of Islam. So. over two weeks, we witnessed a half-dozen cases of self-censorship, pitting freedom of speech against the fear of confronting issues about Islam.This was a legitimate news story to cover, and Jyllands-Posten decided to do it by adopting the well-known journalistic principle: Show, don't tell. I wrote to members of Ihe association of Danish cartoonists askhg them 'Yo draw Muhammad as you see him." We certainly did not ask them to make fun of the prophet. Twelve out of 25 active members responded. We have a tradition of satire when dealing with the royal family and other public figures, and that was reflected in the cartoons. The cartoonists treated Islam the same way they treat Christianity, Buddhism, ~ indu i sm and other religions. And by Beating Muslims in Denmark as equals, they made a point: We are integrating you into the Danish tradition of satire because you are part of our society, not skmpers. The cart~ons are including, rather than exclud- ing, Muslims. The cartoons do not in any way demonize or stereotype Muslims. In fact, they differ from one another both in the way they depict the prophet and in whom they target. One cartoon makes fun of Jyllands-Posten, portraying its cultural editors as a bunch of reactionary provocateurs. Another suggests that the children's writer who could not find an illustrator for his book went pb l i c just& get cheap publicity. A third puts the head of the anti-irnmigmtion Danish People's Party in a lineup, as if she is a suspected criminal. One cartoon - depicting the prophet with a bomb in his turban - has drawn the harshest criticism. Angry voices claim the &trkon is saying that the prophet is a terrorist or that every Muslim is a terrorist. I read it difler- ently: Some individuals have taken the religion of Islam hostage by committing terrorist acts in the name of the prophet. They are the ones who have given the religion a bad name. The cartoon plays also iota the fairy tale about Aladdin and the orange that fell into his turban and made his fortune. This suggests that the bomb comes from the outside world and is not an inherent charac- teristic of the prophet. On occasion, Jyllands-Posten has refused to print satirical cartows of Jesus, but not because it applies a double standard. In fact, the same cartoonist who drew the image of Muhammad with a bomb in his turban drew a cartwn with Jesus on the cross having dollar notes in his eyes and another with the star of David attached to a bomb h e . There were, however, no embassy bwings or death threats when we published those. Has Jyllands-Posten insulted and disrespected Islam? It certainly didn't intend &. But what does respect mean? When I visit a mosque, I show my respect by taking off my shoes. I follow the customs, just as I do in a church, synagogue or other, holy place. But if a believer demands that I, as a nonbeliever, observe his taboos in the public

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many religions coexist peacefully as in a democracy where freedom of expression is a fun&- : u: mental right. In Saudi Arabia, you can get -§tea for wearing a cross or having a Bible in your ' . = suitcase., while Muslims in secular Denmark can have their own mosques, cemeteries, schools, j : 3 1 TV and radio stazions. I acknowledge that some people have beeo offended by the publication of j : ' the cartoons, and Jyllands-Posten has apologiud for that. But we cannot apologize for our right : : '

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Money ofders for cornmisary: Federal Bureau of Prisons (name of inmate and ID number) Post Office Box 474701 Des Moines, Iowa 50947-000 1

~ h e l s e a eerlach can recieve money orders at her address in jail. Checks made out to her can be sent to: Chelsea Gerlach PO Bm 4 1496 Eugene OR 97404 USA

Money for Zachary Jenson's defmse can be sent to: Sac Prisoner Support PO Box 163126 Sacramento, CA 958 16 Make checks out to Sacramento Defense Fund. You can also donate to [email protected] through paypal.com

Money for Darren Thurston's defense can be - sentto

DTSC PO Box 229 Roberts Creek, BC VON 2WO Canada Make checks out to Free D a m Fund. You can also donate to ffee&[email protected] through paypal.com

Checks or money orders made out to Kevin Tubbs can be sent to Kevin Tubbs Support Fund c/o PO BOX 3025 Eugene, OR 97403.

Money to support Matthew and Jenny Lamont can be sent ta LA ABCP PO Box 11 Whrmer Cn YUOUJ

Make checks out to Jenny Lamont.

Addresses change, and contact info was not. available for all s u m network when this paper went to prini.Check pertland.indy- media.org (click an "prisoner support"), or individual prisoner's support webpages, for updated information.

Right now one of the most himpertant trials in history is going on and very few people know about it. Federal assholes are attempting to send six members of the Philadelphia-based SHAC (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty) to federal prison for up to I3 yeam and assess fines of $750,000 each. Why?? For running a WEB PAGE that gives out information about Huntingdon Life Sciences (FILS). The groups focused goal is to shut down WLS. Federal prosecutors say the site incited violence against the testing company and its employees. The group says it never told anyone to break the law or commit illegal acts. A section of its Web site urging people to call Huntingdon and companies that deal with it "and ask them to justify their involvement in animal cruelty" includes a caution thaf "SHAC does not encourage repetitive, rude or threatening phone calls and e-mails. Make your point politely." The activists call this free speech. The government wants to portray it as domestic terrorism. These are the same people that have already undergone the stupidit), of the same trial in 2004, which resulted in a hung jury. Now the federal assholes are at it again but this time the defendants are the first to be charged in New Jersey under the federal Animal Enterprise Protection Act. This is a 1992 law that was ex- panded after 9/ 1 Land equates their alleged activities with domestic terrorism. Total

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The newest chimera of terrorism plays well with US allies. All the countries propped up by US doIlars are Ieaping onto the bandwagon to be "toughest on remot" En Janu- ary, the right-wing government of John Howard in Australia passed a package of laws that send the country far down the road to absolute fascism. Although many were calling for more debate and pointing out how open to abuse the new laws were, they passed, first in the six Australian states, then in parliament. The new terrorist package does all these things: It allows police to hold anyone considered a "terrorist risk" for 48 hours. Then they can hold anyone for 14 days further. This is called "preventive detention," the very thing the odious Richard Nixon tried to obtain, but never did. Preventive detention hearings are secret. The detainee is not allowed to see any evidence presented. the person's lawyer gets only a summary of the detention order, not the full text, Lawyers can't see any other documents relevant to the detention, including the evidence. The proceedings may be sealed by any judge, all or in part, The public is excluded from all proceedings regarding preventive detention and anyone revealing any part may get up to 5 years in prison for disclosing infomation. Lawyers' conversations with detainees are everheard by monitors. Any monitor who reveals any part of the discussion can get up to 5 years in prison. Police can now burst into houses to catch a person named in a preventive detention order. Detainees, including children, can be heId in prisons while in detention. As a safeguard, any person who subjects a detainee to crud, inhumane or degradmg matment can get up to 2 years in prison (cornpare with 5 years for reveding information.) It is a new crime to give money to terrorists d i m l y or indirectly. It is possible someone could give money to a charity organization and be accused of supporting terrorism. It is unIawful to encourage another to act in a way viewed as assisting an organization or country at war with Australia, whether or not war is declared, or engage in any form uf hostility against the Australian Defense Force. Critics of the Iraq war could be charged under this new law. Sedition laws have been updated and a new offense of inciting violence against the community is a crime. The police have been given a "Notice to Produce'' so they can take information from any person or business. Detention without aial can extend up to 10 years as the police can hold someone for 14 days, hold them again, and again. No provision exists to challenge detention. A separate part establishes w n m l orders. These include house arrest and electronic bracelets for detainees, a ban on named actions and named items, even if they are necessary to earn a living, a ban on use of teIephone and the internet and communication with certain groups of people. Control orders last one year before any review. People point out by the time a year is up, detention is institutionalized and evidence is lost or outdated. Control orders can be extended after a year passes. These new powers may sound masonable to some people (who will certainly not be affected) but it is easy to see how abuse could quickly creep in and become entrenched. W i l e the law package destroys rights to freedom of speech, association, warrantless arrest and many others, it says nothing about how to challenge abuses or any punish- ment for anyone found abusing detainees. Secret evidence and jail without charges or trial opens the door wide to falsification, revenge and intimidation. Critics point out that the UN allows suspension of rights only while the nation's very life is endangered. These laws permanently suspend Australia's rights and Australia .

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was papd hnd, with the ppes fighting wars. Forcing t a x d m t of their serf'~;~d winmining reconqueredspain, the Jews' lives trecamc more kndoscd. They xvcrc fnwd to Ixve tn ghettos &

dungeons. me secmd-born sons of thc a+,tocracy camb"t6"fill the top liierar~hy of IRe thhrc3 ; wliert: tWc gafeswm barred at night, keepiip'theni inside. Tliey'\~crc limited to certain occupa- afkr Rome fell and the fln[y Roman empire fmghc k)nga ror temhq, mnda Jliances, intimar- tions such as'money 1ehding.and n g p~cking.They were r e q u i ~ l l to wear certain recngnizabible i e d and in general 1 ~ 3 s illdirtinfruishable from the h s ~ r a e y La( ml$d %$p&!e~"- hh~dgefir. (ThDy-wcrC irquirad lo ivear yellow"Je6isl1 S t m on tfheidsl+ves, an inn(>vali~n most

k,JiJqa&vcntcJ Jcns cotrld m h u g prr,pny,al ma& any but Jews, and on and Cmn , , . . , , ingly, the lines of ehe Holy Rorndn Empire on the map follow a y%y iinc?$thl qrg~!k&* Roman Empi~e, e~mptin mvme, with the b o a n m being the atruns whickRurne & thiw&w$% Whkwght pext $nd queens were rhc Cathn- ' ' : A * was never able io hold i ts Inncis, aithougll in ;time, the Germans manixed. The tel-ri- lic prlests, bishops and cnrd~nals. ju~t i f 'y 111g thrsc nll~$Afi &n&e Jcws wen: heretics. tory of Alsace-Lorraine. which most rcccntIy changcd hunds in World WLu 11. was divputcrl by :

Europe along the Rhine.

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several things in this opening paragraph. The first is that I due to the plbliwbn of m E ~ ~ ~ O O T ~ S that W i m s mmider

I a .. i We Thinking??? have not yet read any of the other articles in this issue. t work offembe. kra p l b ~ ~ ~ in J+--~, a hnmark

s *: in the Survival Center, the same office where the Insurgent is have sinoe kn otbt -n -- Em + Ja;m gez: published, and I have heard the talk surrounding and leading ,,,, b, ,,,kd tb reasom by kmming R-,

,a up to the publication of this issue. I've heard much of the the editor, on a different. p a s Attacks on Danish ptodmts

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have occurred and have spread to LIS icons I k e we figured that we have and I've heard brainstorming about articles and cartoon ideas. myi@bh tk bv. mr + k m in *, a lit''@ exp'anotion Of why On earth we Throughout the production of this issue. I have remained ada- ,b Ft ,, havo brd +- of on rdb " would create and p r i n t these offensive' mantiy opposed and have voiced these views every ti& I'm ad in letters tc tb ditor, krry callers ay rb M- cartoons' Theriotingresultingfromthe intheoffice.Fortheirp~,UlclnsurgentwritenI'vcrpoken s ~ d ~ f s r t w r r ~ ~ , , t ~ t l u e h a v e C d m ~ s p B e c ~ ~ r e d d rtOons pri lIted first Den- with have listened patiently to my critique and responded with th w- in -tal are vapnt and srazl h i M in ul*h

A mark Ond then by Other European countries grace to the issues I've raised. They encouraged me to submit ,h,, frWndY 50mething - in a my was what gave us the idea. Danish embas- an articIe. That said, -sics are being attacked around the world another cnrsade and we s M d nke the ~ n d s imo lt's

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7 - ing embassies and doing things like burn- cartoons of a compIetely different faith further ipstantiates " ing effigies of President Bush - Rioting is Chdstianiry Muslim as dicl-,o~mo"s, Read: opposites,

hrmdteds every vAek This m a k it a Iiccle na ve for k to justify his cart- going On in 'yri ' * Iran 9 '' ki 9 Indi a * No doubt (he Insurgent will be accused by some conservatives by &imk3 fseedom 4 mh yhat b certai,,rY impoTtdnL

" Iraq 'ndonesia Thai'and , J Af gani- as being sympathizers for Muslim extremists. Yay far the . , stan, and other countries as w e l t . Tlae 1-gent is aU about freedom of speech be are the free

A v dichotomous spectrum. If you're not for one, you're presumed --discs Rase - print W-W + d I have mixed feel ings about the to be for the other. Although, clearly any cartoon illustrating when we fael ts 7~ ,-.,,+tian in plsh situation - I be'ieve that Oenmar did have Jesus in a compromising position would be blasphemous for rh the r i g h t t o pr in t these cartoons, jus t as eithe;rfaih. Nevermind that,

. the Insurgent has the r i g h t t o p r i n t our Aa the same/ how c d d Jylhnds-htl luOT real& those It seems to me like when you see a little kid hit ~mwwaridcauseaLotoft&?-Thecase.ofSaImollRus- cartoons ' this 'Oes not mean I another little kid, and you're suppored to say, "Hey Jennie, die, target of a fatwa for y a r s for a bwk he wrote, a d the

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' am ri ti ci zi ng the riots * To me it seems that's not nice. Now apologize." In (his instance, what's king kmuld9 th tb & J ~ ~ digan, mlh ChrsnN, . ' l i k e the cartoons were the l i t t l e piece : o f straw that finally broke the camel's

said is, "Hey Stacy, punch Jennie!" This is a gross oversimpli- ,w ,pr,n,,im af hbmmed s ~ d bve given th,, a fication because Christianity and Islam are more diverse than bw. mim are For -*ic pap- : ' ' ' ' Muslims a re putting up with a lot two kids on a piayground. And Jesus never hit people to begin ,kh h,, fom b sr*Y, ~~~~i~~ -, you dd , , , o f s h i t . Many have seen bbmbs destroying with. < <

t h e i r countries, have had t o endure sui- noe th& this was onIy a w i t e r of f d o m of s ~ h ,

Ms Imk at that. Jesus. Not such a bad dude. The LrS cllrrendy accupies two Arab cumtries and srrpp0tt.s , ' tide and political ' Many Something of a pacifist, a champion of Ule pmr, and a bit of a brad M~; h,r,p rh* tb po+ -, ' ' - ' have red countless di rs p" in political radical in his lime. Did some cool sluff issed off the ,b3 foteiQn invadprs in rkh sup- ! western notions - And "lne hove experienced rich, and what does the Insurgent have against him? Some- ,, rhdd - =wir -g mn nursm ofi in rh madr : much worse - Furthermore, there i a la rge thing having to do wj*+~ohammed, How does this make

amaunt of anti-Muslim sentiment going ~thenighrvvichhoodsovertheir W P e t h a p t h o s e ~ ~ sense, &why does it stem like an obvious connection? To ,, ,,,, ,,, ,ky bten and worse by our

" : " . : a round ' It seems pretty to me that what depe doer drawing hir obvious rnnnecfion reidme it? sddkrst < " > * " + * this is not about the It is Think about it: this is not about eitherof these prophets. This h h tb -- a lop%, am m a ~ v O V O C a t ~ an about a group Of trying desperate'y is about heir followers, and how we think of them as antago- blow in inm a ,,b wh u a r ~ b frd- of spgh 'to On to what li tt'e they have . If nist and protagonist on the global stage, regardless of where we are rk ramp a in =he M, wrh d t b h ' ' were them I '"ld be fucking pi ssed stand. And I &I invoking the "we," here, that i s defined by the R, *- rh o* an I realize- I am coming from a completely

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mentality, of FOX news network, the "we" that is echoed in ev- seff-oehSOrShip ad wings of inrimidation,, rue M~~~ : :differentsituationandknowvery'ittle eym$orpmgtamonthefaurtelcvisionnetworksfhatcontml ~ - h a s c c r ~ r ~ ~ u ~ d - ~ a s a m ~ r ~ w , abouttheexperiencesofthesepeop'e' I ne~lyallte1evisionmedia,Iaminvo~ngthe~4we'~thatsh~ps ~ ~ e a a m d o m ~ ~ n a d ~ t M t ~ ~ M e .

% < WOU1d like point Out that this is at Wal-Mart. Because, to the degree that we think of Christi- So hvr very simplified and this is mity and Islam as opposites, we are reflecting the mentality A, ,h lrnFW, - - that , , , , , certainly a complicated issue. But, out of of this indoctrinated and socialized into wudd be offensive to Christiam he want to see $ the US

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not to p r i n t the cartoons. _ element of society. - < However, we have made sme o f our when i c ' s ' s o m US 03 beins gored in a faraway land, 2 " A + The mentality of our society is deeply character-

& <own. In America, I am hearing a l o t o f but what happens w k n it's right hre at h o r n 7 h e present ized by violence. This is a bold claim, but I'm not the first to ,b ,,-, , ,L how -h do rve art om

^ I * comments tha t kind o f piss me o f f . Some make it. We have a fear of confrontation, because violence is of speech a+ )lolv * - &kh o p p o s ~ n to . : these people and ask what seen a . ultimate me&d of conflict resoIution, All conflict

t)re us teligiod : ' ".is the b i g deal anyway? To me, we have is represented as "escalating into violence," and then, 'Vio- + plenty of re l ig ious extremists i n the US. lenFe escalates,, This is the mentality that is in

This is mot an kde m i o n . Rwe f i w d d not d i s h ponm ? "

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' ' ties . The Insurgent wonders how - in the &chine, we are he lies that they tell us, and we are the tb ,%hr mraLm rb born tb Md down TL red : w i l l respond t o s imi lar cartoons about monkey on our own back. Jesus, by the way, didn't say "an -of frdOm of -h as righr w L h ded picb~es . . Christianity. Plus, I have to say it i s eyeforan eye ,..,esu sad ,..m the othercheek;. of human beings That is still in ks infancy. h w wmdd A >

, . , ,, , r e a l l y fun to offend people. It is fun t o No, I'm not Christian. 1 grew up in and around sht fw SQ-w &'s +ht to print "fd f rand tw*Iw but ' break the "les > and to do things that smng churches with generous and devout Christians who - thy wa ad tb -- ka a ,me ,m,

* " " , just not done' At least it fedthehomelessontheweekendsmdworkdtirelesslyfor * . , . "an + emotion and create some argument, their communities. I have no religion but I was profoundly

If it people Of f"'good that " affected by the idea of "God's work" as a child. My stepfather - 'the poi" ! ! ! 1' already ' '5 "re in 'this was a and as far as he was c o n c ~ ~ , he worked for

So re'd, get talk about God. NowhommyundemtandingofJesus,Chdshnsdon't

A + < it and maybe,.act???? bash on other religions, they don't wage wars, and they're not strike me as "poor taste." What I have issue with is the politi- . ?

m c v Love, out to screw people over. When one of these people, doing cal reinforcement of certain ideas. A < " God's work (we can contest this term later) sees one of these Why are so many people I know comfortable bashing

cartoons, I don't think they'd be too pleased with either rendi- on Christianity? It's not kosher to rip into any other religion tion of sacrilege. 1 do not honestly have any strong feelings and tear it to shreds. Is it just that we're comfortable with

" > about either of the cartoons I am referencing here. (And as I what's ours? In what way is it ours? Is it that we acknowIedge said, I have not read the articles.) If I saw either of them on i t as dominant? How long can we go without evaluating these som'eone's wall, 1 would toll my eyes and wander off, as they questions?

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I h i e a lot of Christian friends. I admire their love and faith, and I have no beef with them, nor desire to fuck with them, My greatst fear with this issue is that they will be hurt. I hope that doesn't happen. Jesus can take a few jabs, I think. The guy's been alive or dead for two thousand years, depending who you ask. Either way he's seen worse, but there are a lot of Christians out there who actually Iwe their fellow folk, who are actually meek, or kt ter yet, outspoken in their love. This issue is not meant for them.

In reality, the issue is meant only to stir up dis- course, but if it were meant to piss anybody off, it would be those who call themselves Christian in order to have an excuse to spew hate and violence. Those so-called Christians who answered JesusJ plea for compassion with a thousand years of repression and terror. Fuck you. We are fucking with you, and the strange, silent, bloody Christ to whom you give lip service and in whose image you build your idols. My second greatest fear is that this issue will spark censorship on campus. I'm not sure if it's

- worth it. I'm very optimistic about the amount of debate . that these cartoons muld kick off* but I'm not sure if it'll

be the good kind of debate, and I don't want to gamble the paper on the mere possibility of starting the aupid kind of debate. I guess we'll see where it goes.

Going to spend a day at Golgotha? Better put on your Saviortone.

WE WANDERED OUTTO THE CUBE. THIS ART FEATURED PING-PONG BALLS

: +m on wires in .a 10 x 10 x 10 cube. They light up at night. The colors flash in waves thro~igh the cube. I_ Trippy. We continued to the clmk tower. Some crew from Berkeley made a tower with outriggers

( 5 " ani k u r clock faces. 1t has stairs and j c -a balcony. The clocks didn't seem

. & Then we found a large tent. We -:*y ..,+ c q

walked all around it and found the Z . , * , , . ' - entrance. As we walked in, a naked ' ;" +

. ' guy got up from the couch. He was ." *. lying under a sheet of paper, his face 9

was all puffy from sleep and drugs and had his underpants on his head! : : *. *

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and we left. We continued to the :+ k % L - + a < -_* I A - " b d * I

- temple. Nearby are about six fire- 2 x * r d i r i * = - -

p y place made of aeel. ~h~~ ; HI ,Inl n hrnw xlk pins-pnls \mII\ rhrltiq in<idr: Ily ~ I I ~ I I / 1 -

have different fantastic &apes an$ IkIlt ~ ~ E L s , . 1k11 1~111 11,s 1 mlom tl~prl IT p-~m"P*j in - -

the sides are cut with line pictures. ' vadons p ~ t t e x n ~ - - - me fires bum HOT and [he,, %IIIIIIIIIIII~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~III~IIII~~IIII~IIII~IIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIII~IIIIIIIIIIIII~IIII.IIIII?T

sparks out the top that blow away. Carl got totally mmed on and raved about how he wants to make one for his back yard. [Note: when we got back ta Eugene, Carl got some sheet metal and a torch and did indeed make a bum box. One side is a map of Burning Man from the air, another is bamboo. Aaron, his roomie, did the other two. One is pine trees and mountains. We used it in his yard several times before school started. On we wandered. This time we found the light circles on the ground and play& with them for a while. Where the circles intersected, there were bigger white circles you could stand on. It seemed that when you s t o d on one, it made the lights in that circle ffash, but we couldn't quite figure it out. Carl was leaping around and jump- ing on the circles. When we left we walked further out to the Big Nipple, but it was

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.so at leas1 1 got some cmall rcvold of myself. Carl, Adam (Carl's frlend) and I walked to Carl's. 1 stopped at Jack's and gave h ~ r n my zine. They were a11 taking shrooms and acting weird. Carl was raving about this big mast beef dinner his neighbor cooked, how delicious it was, how the guy had been cooking all day on a special cooker he had made, so we walked all the way out to the burbs drooling. They stepped over the entrance to the tepee. I got tricky and did a somersault thru the hole. That got a laugh,hut the dinner was ALL EA-N.

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It got dark. The MAN was about to bum. Carl's group was all raving about k n n a She got a fulI body paint job and came over naked to show them. They were all like horny puppies, including Carl's dad. Cad was t&ing far too long, so his dad left. Carl, Adam, Joe, Carl's brother and I walked to the playa. A huge crowd was gathered to see the MAN bum. His arms were being r a i d up in preparation. All the art cats circled the outer edge, while fire spinners, light shows and other freaky amaz- ing things cavorted in the center. Car1 had my tall hat with star lights on. Elk was amazed when his dad found us. I kept telling him the hat sticks out and can be seen far away. He couldn't get over it. We stood packed in the crowd hying to see

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burst out in fireworks- The crowd : l l l l , l l l , , l l l ! l l l l n l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l t

screamed. A big display splattered the sky as the MAN caught fire. First one arm fell, then he tilted, then he fell. The crowd howled. Carl, Wobblie (Carl's dad), Joe and I walked around and checked out the giant flower, the bookmobile, art Gars and Dickiek Box. Dicky is living in this box on the playa and won't come out ti1 Sunday. He has a bed, table, chair, fmd and piss jug. The Imx has an awning and fan. The wallsare clearpta~sic.-

He has a m- tiny hole

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guess the wind - - . - , . , A + : , ~ I I I I ~ ~ I I I I I I I I ~ I I I ~ I I I ~ I I I ~ I I I I I I I I ~ I I I I I I I I I I I I I ~ I I I I I I I ~ I I I I I I the night before " . : ; 1: scared them so they let out the air. We just happened to come along I , . d r a w e r

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t h i n g s - Cheshire Cat were out there. We found the Haunted Gardens at the i n a n d

: : , , , ,I : fence at the end of the galaxy. Inside a bunch of people had sleeping x < > T "

) x w * X I I + ", , + , bags and were camping out. In fact, people were sleeping in every > I * i l i , C I , . , ,,structure out there. Findly we had enough. We walked back to the

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Yesterday was Saturday. TTwight the MAN burns! I got up + - + - at noon. I'm starting to feel played-out. The dust is on w.

The inside of the van is covered, even stuff that is packed under other stuff. My nose has bloody :boogers. SO WHAT? Lance, lgm and Bret were sitting around talking. 1 took a sponge bath. It felt d * a

~~ I I I I I I I IWWI I I I I ~ I I I I I ~~~~~~~~~~~ I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I gOOd for abut 30 soon as I put on =lean " + - -

:clothes they are covered in dust. I put on my last clean - E - socks. I went walking to Carl's and found Gabe and - E - Jack on the way. Jack was on the upstairs deck of their -

bus. 1 don't know whose it is, but it's a city bus with < -

C - an upstairs deck and stairs on the back. It's beautiful in - 5 - fresh wood. The railings are shiny coppwpipes. I came

back from Carl's and Bret and I went walking. We went back to Jack's. We talked to him for a while on the deck. Bret and I went to the East Side since we had hardly gotten over to that part at all. We walked around and came back around4: 10. Jack came by our camp but we missed him. 1 put on the wedding dress for the fashion

show at Center Camp. There was a crnwd of people in all swts of wild costumes. I filmed it all. I was last. Dorothy horn the Wizard of Oz and some guy in green were the MCs. Dorothy was great but the guy was rushing everyone out. I got Dorothy's mike and gave my speech about my hand, the green crocodile named Max, who borrowed $10,000 for our honeymoon and I've been waiting W E WEEKS has anyone seen him? The MC in green got all bent out of shape because I took too long. He grabbed my arm as I crossed in front of him and pushed me out. E almost tripped over some wires. You don't push someone wearing a mask, unless they're robbing a bank. As usual it didn't go over too well, but Carl saw it. He thought it was hysterical. He filmed me outside the tent,

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out. Bret wanted to come out at night a''~spra~* paint the

by +he Au+orra+or w a l l s s o h e

couldn't see out. It was one of those good ideas that needed too much work, so it didn't happen: We came back to our camp at midnight. Lertnna was there with a Polaroid of her painted body but she h d already washed it off. She said it itched and when she moved it pulled out the tiny hairs. I was beat so 1 went to sleep. Oops, when we got back we found lgor and Bret had packed up and left. They said they weren't leaving until morning. There were rumors that they said Burning M m wasn't any goad this year and that they said +III~IIII~III~~III~~IIIIIIIIMIIII~SIII~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~IIIIIIII~IIIIIIIIIIII~IIII~~I~IIIIIIIIII~IIE~

-2- - - they weren't oorning back next year. - - - - Some people come to Burning Man on Wed., stay one day and leave before the MAN burns. The burn is the whole point of it all. Why they $ would spend so much time and 2 . <

money when they don't care what's going on is. beyond me. This I got

maming LA up at noon.

:anna, 1 So far

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around-all afternoon talking. Carl's dad and brother left, so Car!, Adam and Wink moved over here. Lean- na's suitors have come by all day. They'reall hot for her. She went into

% A - - a lecture (to Lance and me) about 2 - -

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alter her m d won't go away and how she watlls to lx fr~ends but still 90 off and do her owl1 stuft It's funny, she doesn't understand why all the guys want to hang amund a beautiful, naked, friendly.

eerful woman and won:t leave. ight the temple bums. They 've taken down a13 the street

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ashes that used t~ be the MAN and started howl for SAGE!. Sage is the guy Lance met a few d ago when he, Carl and I were at the MAN and

. . passing out drinks L~~~~ te I liw~r-wllrrl moon Irikr. Lnrronns r 11,1;11 gws to: -

him at least an hour. Then Lance gave him this b i z - -1. looon fmnt LA R L . ~ * - I - whistle he made-aauauy it's more Like one of t~e~l11llllll1ttlllll6llllt~llllllllllllllllllllllll~!lll~llllt4llllillllt!llllll~

smaller piws from an oman-and now they're erurnt f'ricnda. They were numaed to m e t iit llrc . - MAN, hut bii w&%.cn"t fhere. Thy dtd lntch onto some guy w ~ r h a hnp of shroms. They wcrc all acting goofy as shit. Carl has fallen hard for Leanna (AKA Fenny) and he's following her m u n d like a puppy. We passed the outer ring of art cafi then Lance led us into a giant tangle of bicycles. After I nearly killed myself tripping on some spokes I left them and went to the outside. 1 was filming art cars and found a good plaoe to watch the temple bum. 1 filmed the whole thhg. As it burned, it set off hundreds of firecrackers, the kind that pop real loud. The temple was a

to watch the temple bum.-1 filmed the whole thhg. As it burned, it set

- . . - - - - JL ~ w J 10 mpInin th:? 5 - lot smaller thdnJrtsfyear and In sepa- ~llllrllllrCIII!IIIfiIII~1IIaIIII~IIittIIII,IIIIIIt~III~tIIIItI~IlIII1lIIIiIIIttIIIttIInIIIIItlIIItIIIIIII~ rate pieces bu~emadw.nice 8re. I . got some good shots. 6 wandered to the cube and-watched the lights a long time. When I got back to camp, Sage and the guy with the s h m m s and a bunch of others were there. They were having a loud drunk conversation. I got bored quick and went to deep around midnight.

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- - - - - found Jack and his crew. They" - - - - - leaving tonight. Lance and lieanna - - - - - - are too. hen I found Dave's tent - but no Dave. I found the mythical Tuna camp Igor was looking for. 1 had passed i t many times. It's between Dave and Jack. It has two VW camper buses. They're both made out af two buses cut and welded 'back-to-back ul make VW limos. Maybe tonight we get k a . When I got back Lance was up. We pulled the Tower down so PerfectIy - - - it didn't crack at dl and Z got the SIliny qolrl art Iuir slkirnrnrn In wtt;nq riln - - A - keypiece and the plane. Lance i s all %III~IIII~IIII~~IIIIIII~~II~IIIHIIIIIIITIIIIIIIII~IIII!IIIT$IIII~IIIII~IIIIIIII~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~

hap& about howwell the Tower worked. He's glad I'm raking it to hang in the Survival Center. We got some of our stuff down but can't pack it until we put the carpets in first, but we're using them so we pack later. My van. after sitting in hot playa dust for a week, started right up. We used it to hoId a T& on the Tower and let it down easy. X went back and saw Jack, then Dave was there talking to some good-looking naked folks. I noticed the guy before. He's got pink hair and a large uncutdick and huge dangling balls. I talked to Dave a longtime and took some pictures but not i f

the naked mople, then back to Jack's for a group hug. Lance, Leanna and Carl were asleep so 1 . . went to Center camp. It's almost gone, but Dave was there. We talked same more. He said he was ditching the girl Megan who F- was with him when I first found him. I thought he was fucking Zrj;: her but he said he couldn't stand her. People started carrying out z,zt!ti Manaycmt~~ft R all the couches right past where we were sitting. Dave got up and sf heI@ but I just sat tiiere filming. They were giving me dirty looks. 2: : I left and went back to our camp. Leanna and Carl were gone but ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t i r l t r w r s r,.

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out to look at the traffic line. It" just like last year, all those big cars and buses and RV s wasting gas idling in line. It's at least 3 hours to get out. Lance and Leanna are leaving later tonight, but Carl and I are waiting until tomorrow. We helped Lance and h n a pack up alE the camp stuff. Lance brought couches, tables, tent canvas and all the other flotsam and jetsam that make up life in the USA. They didn't get finished until it was pitch dark. While we were loading the bicycles I got a gash on my arm that was bleeding like crazy. I got a flash that was from Burning Man, that they didn't iike me much. Then again, it was just a weird mend thought that should be ignored. Lance and Leanna got all packed and hugged us and got in the car to leave. As they drove off, Carl broke down and cried. I tried to explain it wasn't the end of anything, it was the beginning but he was in love. We walked around mme, then came - A

L(;nlcl rrlarulikin wltb {nirrl wlnqr Iiqbtsi~p at ninllt . i back and went tQ deep. I wa in the van* Carl '?II~IIII~IIII~IIII~~III~IIII~IIIII~III~~III~IIIIITIIII~IIII~IIIII~IIIII~IIIIIIIIIIF slept in a lawn chair outside. When we woke up next morning, Carl had a bright green praying mantis on his arm. We couldn't figure out where it came from. It sure didn'tjive on the playa. They can fly, but it stayed on his m for an hour. I told him it was a message from Leanna. We packed all our stuff, went m u n d our area picking up those little pieces of junk that get dl over, and left. Burning Man was over.

T ~ U S endcth the Burning Man series For 2005

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T A K E S I D E S 8 by Dragonfly

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"Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tomentor, never the tormented." - Elie Wiesel ; *" :

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evil and murderous companies in the history of the world. In 1999 a group of wonder- lawfully to close down the hell-hole that is Huntingdon Life Sciences. ' , ful, committed, compassionate people started a campaign called Stop Huntingdon

: Animal Cruelty (SHAC). Their sole purpose was to close down Huntingdon Life Sd- Since the beginning of this year HLS is not looking very good. ?'hey have - ' aces, which t o m s , rnaimes and kills thousands of animals each year in the name lost many of their investors and had their stock kicked off the OTCBB and moved to

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lower pink sheets. Massive demonstrations continue against HLS . . . , , , and their top customers and the New Jersey SPCA for cruelty

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, < :St f happens when their millions of dollars in loans come due this in that it works globally land targets not only Huntingdon Life

I , ' 6+ :, fall. The pressure must be applied even harder now. More demos, Sciences (FILS) but also any and all companies that support I

;El :: more emails and phone calls, more press releases, more research them. They have even received support from people within ! :w&& sled i into HLS customers and supporters in your area, and more

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animals. khuIdreds of volunteers took on the task of informing * >

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: @+tail : [email protected] the investors of HLS what a horrible company it is. Since the + A - * v n s l ' you wish to contact them and get involved the details are below.

campaign started hundreds of companies have dumped their i Web: A A mshac.net A A ' - - - A . - $ " - , :. : " : You can call them to ask questions, order merchandise or just for

HLS stocks. c a chat on anything related to the campaign. Please get in touch d + and they will be happy to help in any way they can. , - The SHAC campaign is all about action. Thinking, wonying, and crying

about animal abuse does nothing for caged animals at mS waiting to be tormented Following are the four undercover investigations that have exposed a few of

and killed. Action is demonstrations, writing letters, making phone calls, sending the honmdous acts that so many animals have had to endure. emails or faxes, telling other people about the campaign, distributing leaflets,

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In 1989 Sarah Kite exposed the cruelty or two experiments done for the pharmaceu- : : tical company Hoffman La Roche over an eight month period. The first was to see + + >

% any toxic effects of the food coloring Canthaxanthin. This is a chemical used to coIor - the flesh of salmon and trout and also used in sun taming pills. The rats used in this

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and swollen necks and abdomens. High doses resulted in orange fur and taiI, with brick red feces and urine. The staff that had the unpleasant job of cleaning out the animals'pens had to wear oxygen suits because the substance was considered so harmful. Even after Canthaxanthin was banned in December 1988, Huntingdon continued its experiments in poi- soning animals for an additional six months. She also witnessed another experiment for the tranquilizer Flucto Trazepam. This was a two year achronie t o x i c i ~ study re- sulting in animals excreting Iarge

<.quantities of dark red blood and "gross and i l l with greasy wet fur standing on end." A technician described the animal as 'htting but stifl alive."

" Sarah was then transferred to the Dog Toxicology Unit were she lasted only eight weeks. She saw beagles poisoned with pesticides, dental hygiene products, drugs and food wrapping film. h one homdously gross test 48 beagles backs were shaved and an anti-psoriatic cream was applied every day for 30 days. The result was open sores

- - A " C A and blisters on the area. Then, to torture the dogs more, they wrapped tight sticky plas- ter around the area. The dogs had to wear head collars to stop them from getting to the painful places. S d described finding blood, vomit and diarrhea in the dogs cages. The dogs were very ill and extremely thin, scared and visibly shaking.

Shocking Video by Michelle Rokke In 1997 Michelle Rokke made one of the most shocking and gross videos of

the horrible time she spent at HLS. Highlights include a monkey being cut open during a necropsy (autopsy) while still alive.

Michelle took care of dogs that were mentally beaten into submission and horrible hungry for humane contact, as well as pigs with ear tag infections where the piercing was and abscesses where they had been stuck with needles. The pigs were carried upside down, held by one hind leg and one front leg. This appeared to ter- rify them. Again, this is unnecessw stress *md cruelty. One technician said she did not feel bad about working on the monkeys because they are mean and wild. What a . surprise, that wild monkeys ripped from their native environment to live ou$ the rest of their lives in cold stainless steel cages maintained their wildness. The technicians used methods like grabbing whatever limb they could for injections, pulling it through the cage bars to avoid getting bitten. Michelle found all of the different animals she worked with to be cold, thin, sick, in pain, and neglected. The cages of animals were usually dirty with diarrhea, vomit, slime, blood, pus, and other material malted onto the bars, floors, and walls. She found animal technicians that did not seem in the least bit concerned about the inhumane methods used to administer drugs'or other means of torment. Michelle witnessed a person tossing a dog into a cage by his front legs. When the dog tried to get out as he was closing the cage, the person repeatedly slammed the door on the dog's head before finally getting it closed. When a technician could not find a vein easily, it was common to repeatedly jab into the flesh with the animal screaming in pain. This goes on in front of all the other animals, causing more tension and stress among them. Michelle found that the^ were many mistakes made using the wrong drugs or miscalcu- lated doses given. She found dogs chewing at themselves, eating their feces, and scratching open bloody sores. One monkey had sucked on his penis so much that it just hung out all the time. She saw monkeys with bloody noses from the lack of humidity in the room.

Are We Going to Lose Our Right to Choose?

"Polls consistently show the major i ty of Americans support a woman" r i g h t t o choose, " according t o Planned Parenthood. Despite .this fact, women's reproductive rights are becoming increas- i n g l y jeapordized. On March 6th South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signed l eg i s la t i on t o ban abortion i n South Dakota. The b i l l , HB1215, makes a l l abortions i l l e g a l unless the woman w i l l d ie as a resu l t o f having a baby. Doctors could re- Governor

ceive up t o five years i n prison f o r breaking t h i s MikeRounds law. According t o the legis lat ion, l i f e begins whosign& once the sperm has f e r t i l i z e d the egg. This could theabonion also a f fec t contraceptive options l i k e Plan B. Due ban in South t o l e g a l challenges, the law w i l l not take e f fec t Dakota u n t i l the Supreme Court upholds it, which may take many years o f ba t t le . Planned Parenthood i n 5. Dakota is s t i l l planning i t s response, which w i l l be e i t he r t o challenge the law i n courts or t o attempt t o pass a referendum t o reverse the b i l l . The c l i n i c s w i l l stay open and continue t o respond t o c l i e n t .needs. Sarah Stoesz, President and CEO o f Planned Parenthood i n North and South Dakota and Minnesota stated, "These abortion bans, and the po l i t i c i ans support- i n g them, are f a r outside the mainstream o f America. A woman and her family, i n consultation with her doctor and her con- science, should be making private, personal health care decisions -- not pol i t ic ians."

L i ke other states, South Dakota has been t r y i n g t o get ant i-abort ion l eg i s la t i on f o r years. Now they have glee- f u l l y succeeded, and women are a b ig step closer t o los ing t h e i r r i g h t t o choose. Reproductive r igh ts have been steadi ly eroded i n the past few years. Forty-two states now require parental notif ication o r consent f o r underage abortions. Ac- cording t o K i m Sprague, who works a t Eugene Planned Parenthood as a community organizer, 60% o f minors who have abort ions are already ta lk ing w i th t h e i r parents and those who don't usually don't. have access t o judical bypass. The judical bypass allows young women t o be exempt from parental notif ication w i th the approval o f a judge. Oregon i s one o f the states without pa- ren ta l notif ication o r consent laws.

South Dakota i s not the only state where leg is la to rs are attempting t o ban abortion. The Mississippi leg is lature passed an abortion ban recently which i s awaiting the governor's. signature. Louisiana, Texas, Indiana, Utah and Missouri are t a l k i ng about banning abortion as well. Many anti-choice orga- nizations i n Oregon are mobil izing as well. "Oregon is a pro- choice state and i t s going t o stay tha t way," Sprague said.

On Friday March lBth, Planned Parenthood i n Eugene, O r - egon, had an hour o f so l i da r i t y with the women of South Da- kota i n f ron t o f the federal court house. A group gathered a t about noan and held up signs expressing t h e i r so l idar i ty .

The Supreme Court just ices w i l l have an opportunity t o ei ther uphold o r overturn the Roe v. Wade decision made i n January, 1973. By looking a t how Supreme Court justices have voted in the past, one can make a guess as t o how they w i l l vote i n the future. George W . Bush has recent ly appointed two new justices, Samuel A l i to , Jr and Justice John Roberts. Both are considered conservative. Two cases tha t the other jus- t i ces have voted on are Planned Parenthood o f Southeastern Pennsylvania vs. Casey i n 1980 and the Stenbery vs. Carhart i n 1999. I n 1980 a Pennsylvania statute t ha t required physicians t o provide pat ients w i th ant i-abort ion information and other res t r i c t ions was upheld by the supreme court. One o f thg provisions included a required notif ication o f the spouse o f a married wman, which was overturned. The more recent case, involved a "pa r t i a l b i r t h " abortion ban i n Nebraska. The Supreme court barely overturned tha t i n a 5-4 vote, c i t i n g a lack o f a woman's health exception as one o f the main reasons f o r i t s overturn. Looking a t how some o f the just ices voted i n these cases can give us some idea o f how they w i l l vote to - day.

The Supreme Court Justices

John Roberts, Chief Supreme Court Justice. He was nominated by George W. Bush and took his seat in 2005. He is a conservative and Catholic. Some believe for this reason he will vote pro-life, but others argue that he will vote pro-choice.

Antonin Scalia, Assmiate Justice. He was nominated by Ronald Reagan, and took his seat in 1986. He has voted anti-choice. In the Casey case he voted against the right to legal abortion and in the Stenkrg case he voted in favor of "partial birthn a m o n ban.

David H. Souter, Associate Justice. He was nominated by George Bush and took his seat in 1990. He will most likely vote pro-choice. In the Casey ruIing he voted to uphold a woman's right to legal a h - tion but increased restrictions and he voted against the partial birth abortion ban in the Stenberg case.

John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice, He was nominated by Ford md took his seat in 1975. He is most likely pro-choice. In the Casey case he voted for legal abortion without any new restrictions, and in the Stenberg case voted against the resaiction.

Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice, He was nominated by Clinton, and took his seat in1994 . He is most likely pro-choice and voted to strike down the partial birth abortion ban. We wrote the majority

: opinion for the Stenberg case.

Ruth Badcr Ginsburg, Assrwiatc lus!ice. S l ~ c wit.. nomin;~lcd by Clinton, and took her seat in 1993. She is most like1 y pro-choice and voted to saike down.the partial birth abortion ban for the Stenberg case. / Clarence Thomas, Assmiate Justice. He was nominated by Bush, and took his seat in 1991. Some say he is the most conservative Justice. He voted against the right to legal abortion in the Casey case, and voted in favor of the partial birth abortion ban in the Stenberg case.

Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice. He was nominated by Rea- m gan, and took his seat in 1988. He voted to uphold a woman's right I to legal abortion in the Casey case, but upheld increased resbrictions. He also voted in favor of a partial birth abortion h n in the Stenkrg case.

Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr, Associate Justice. He was nominated b$ George W. Bush, and t m k his seat in 2006. He will most likely vote anti-choice as he is consided very conservative.

(covered) and strain. 3 3. Mix the infusion from step 1 and the m decoction from stcp 2 together.

Dosage: Brink hot, 1 /4 cup, 4-5 times per ,;;

day, or drink a total of I and 1 /2 cups per day, L

taking a small amount every hour. w Also takc 2 goldenseal root capsulcs 3 times a

0 day; chew on fresh ginger andlor drink ginger 0 infusions. 'a

D.I.Y, Choice ~ l e r ~ a l medicine for when vou want (or need) to take makers into w vour . ow l hand9

cannot begin using then1 bcforc the end of your rnensmal cycle (the niplit herore you expect to gct your period). TIley work by encouraging uterine contractions and thereby encouraging mcnstruat flow, which means that the fertrlized egg has to have attached to the uterine wall for them to eliminate it. The egg is fertilized when you're ovulating (this is usually a few wwks before your period), but doesn't attach to tlie uterine wall until later.

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2 tablespoons dried blue cohosi, ,,,, = 3 tablespoons dried pennyroyal leaves (NOT . . .

pennyroyal oil)

2 tablespoons dried tansy lcavcs and ffowers (or leaves from the plant in flower) The following information is adaptcd from a

zine carled Hot Pantz. which has lots ol'othe great info about h a l e bodies and healtt~. It 1s distributed by Blood Sisters. Check out their website at www.bloodsisters.org. As their disclaimer says, this is not intended to provide diagnoses or prescriptions, and if you're no1 sure about anything, plcasc consuIt an herbalist, doctor, or health practitioner. - ~ j k

low to Bring on Put the bEue cohosh root in 6 cups of water and bring it to a boil, As soon as ~t boils, add the remaining herbs, cover, and remove from heat. LCI it stecp for at least 30 minutes. - Strain out the herbs and reheat (do not boil) before using. Dosage: 1 cup, as hot as possible. every 3 to 4 hours k s no more than 5 days. Drinking this rccipe while sitting in a hor bath increases its eflectiveness.

In addition to causing uterine contractions, thesc hcrbs can causc dizziness, nausea. andlor vomiting. Get lots o f rest, and eat lightly if you fcel nauseous. Rlc side cffects are more advanced if the pregnancy is Farther along. Don't begin this treatment more than 6 days after a missed period.

..if you think you might be pregnant and don't want to be

An Easy Method This treatment lasts for 3 days. It is cheap and has no known side cffects. I t is not recommended for use on a regular basis or as a method of conhaception. H's less effective For people who regular1 y take high doses of Vitamin C, and you shouldn't use it if you have kidney problems. If it works, you will start to bleed within 2 or 3 days.

Keep in mind that if these herbs do not cause an abortion, they will harm the embryo. You may want to have a pregnancy kest within the first 6 days of beginning treatment, and you may also want to schedule an appointment for an abortion (you can cancel it if the herbs work).

You can take ginger infusions or eat fresh ginger to help with cramps.

Using Herbs for Emergency

Even though complicahons are very, very rare, if you experience any of the folIowing symptoms after using one of these recipes, go to the hosnitat irnmediatelv: exhemetv severe

I:ontracept ion 1. Insert a q r i g OF frcsh parsley as far into your vagina as you can. Change the parsley every 12 hours, I t might be tricky to remove the parsley when it's soR, but it's not dangerous.

Having an abortion can be a physically and emotionally intcnse experience. Be sure that you havea trusted friend around to be with you and support you. It's also a good idea to find someone you t r u ~ t who knows something ahout herbal medicine and can help be sure the l~crhs are hcing used properly.

Use only one of the foIlowing mcipes, not hnth Vnii will nrnhably

nausea, very high fcvcr ( 1 03- 1 04 degrees F), hemorrhaging (soaking through more than 2 pads an hour for over 4 hours). In the case o f an incomplete miscarriage (indicated by passing largc blood clots andlor hemorrhage), a D&C (dilation and curettage, or scraping of khe uterine wall) may be necessary.

hese are not methods of birth control and should not k used on a regular basis. They can help prevent pregnancy in an crnergcncy.

2. Drink parsley infusions. Method #I: In the first moments following risky sex, insert one non-chewable Vitamin- C tablet (ideally a 500 miEligram tablet) Into your vagina. The acidity will change the pH-balance in yola vagina rind prevent spcrm from staying alivc. Inscrt t or 2 tnlhctr cvcry 12 hnurc for 3 days. Also takc liigti tlotcc of vfrnm~n C' t~r:\llv (ilfr:illr. Wll tn~lli~-r:trric prlr

hour. or hOO0 milligrams per day).

To make an infusion, put 2 ounces of garsky (use the whole plant) into a mason jar and pour 4-5 cups of boiling water over i t (1 az. plant material to 2-3 cups water). Leave as litile air space as possible and s c m tile lid nn lightly. Lct i! stccp for 4-6 I~nurs. Stratin \v!I(=I~ 1 1 I \ 7 ~ : 1 ( 4 $ l t ~ l i ~ ~ . i ~ ~ ~ ~ \ LYII t i t - prrxrrvt+d ill

the fridge for 2-3 days in tightly capped jars. Don't ever boil them. Take 2 - 6 tablespoons 4 times a day.

If this method causes vaginal burning or irritation. try inserting a teaspoon of pEain nahtral yogurt (unpastttrized and containing live lactobacilli) into your vagina. Inscrt yogurt up to 3 or 4 times a day for 5 to F 0 days, depending on how severe thc irritation is. Wear a pad, because the yogurt will flow out. This is also a good treatment for ycast infections.

hrethod #!? Wild carrot seed (also known as Queen Anne's Lace) can pmvcnt a fertilized

'egg from attaching to the uterine wall, thereby avoiding pregnancy. Take 1 teaspoon of seeds every day, staning at the time of owtation or immediately after risky sex that happms while you arc fertile. You can chew on the seeds, swallow them with watcr orjuice, or swallow them in capstrIes. Some people take the seeds for a week, whilc others keep taking them until menstruation begins. Be sure to use seeds that have not becn chcmically treated, as this may destroy their effectiveness. You may be able to pick it yourselfn as it growswild in many places, but be careful because it's Gas)

to confuse it with poison hemlock, which ca kilI you. Wild carrot seed roots can also bc made ~nto tea as a diuretic useful in treating urinarv stones and warms.

3. Take high doses of Vitamin C, about 500 milligrams per hour (bOOO milligrams per day) for up to 6 days. Vitamin G is very effective at bringing on rnensmation, and you can bcgin taking it orally immediately aRer unsafe sex. Be aware that Vitamin C can also lessen ~ ~ r 3 ~ t r u a l Row, so if yo11 take a lot of it when you're not pregnant your period might be very ligl~t.

4. Ff you have cramps, take ginger infitsions. Making a ginger infusion is like making a parsley infusion. Grate a large amount of yinges and pour boiling watcr over it, then let it steep for 30-60 minutes.

2 Emmenagopte Recipes The forlowing 2 recipes use more concentrated combinations of herbs and are designed to induce a miscarriage. They are n a to be used as contraceptives. They do not work every time, but you have a pretty good chance if you

warc of your menstrual cycIe and are able - e the herhs exactly as indicated,

earlier you begin using these herbs thc more cffective they'll be, but you absolutely

THE URBAN HERBAL - COMFREY, MULLEIN,AND BENZOIN WITH DAMIAW KEHP

B i g H a i r y Comfrey Comfrey 1s a b ig hairy p l a n t . T t ' s g r e a t . Damned u s e f u l plant. Rabbi t s love it. (As w e l l t h e y s h o a l d l Al so known as knitbone, comfrey does just t h a t , making i t t r u l y unlque i n t h e herb wor ld . So much s o t h a t

1 mention kt d e s p i t e its b e i n g t h e most p o t e n t i a l l y ha rmfu l p l a n t yet. The t h i n g about comfrey i s that i t s roots o l i z ~ d l n e a l k a l o ~ d s , which a r e bad. Don't use comfrey I n l a r g e amounts, o r t h e roots i n a n y amount. T h a t said, teas and leaf t l n c t u r e s , a s w e l l as s a l v e s , p l a s t e r s , and a l l o t h e r e x t e r n a l applications eaves, stalks, a n d flowers are still gene ra l l y c o n s i d e r e d safe . S i n c e t h e r e is some p o t e n t l a 1 r i s k w i t h

f r e q u e n t use, I ' m j u s t g o i n g t o focus on good one-time uses, l l k e , f o r i n s t a n c e , b r o k e n hones. C o m f r e y is, as I mentioned, famous f o r broken boncs. C o n f e r v a , the latln o r i g i n of "comf rey", means "rejoin". T h i s may be r e l a t e d

I t o the old belief that if you b o i l e d a bunch of c h u n k s of f!esh I n a pot w i t h cornfrey, t h e y ' d a l l grow toqether. - , Just cons ider the m e d i c a l applicat~ons. O h y e s . Thev used t o l a u g h a t m e back at t h e academy. B u t who's l a u g h -

i ng now? Torches are u s e l e s s a g a l n s t i t s many hides! P ~ t c h f o r k s do nothing! F r o l i c , my b e a u t i f u l c r e a t i o n , f r a l i c !

Besides n a s t y r o o t a l k a l o i d s , cornfrey also c o n t a i n s a l l a n t o i n , w h ~ c h d i r e c t l y p romotes c e l l p r o l i f e r a - o i n i s also f o u n d i n the m i l k of n u r s i n g mothers, a n d i n t h e f e t a l a l l a n t o l s . The r e s u l t i s our friend

k n ~ t b o n e . For breaks, f r a c t u r e s , even sp ra ins , k n i t b o n e i s The thing t o u s e . Comfrey a l s o h e l p s o t h e r wounds h e a l , t s , sores, burns, and even s w o l l e n tissue, and h a s a number o f o ther uses, b u t there are p l e n t y of

a c .,:: , c h i n g s t h a t a l so have t h e s e effects and are less h a r m f u l . The best way t o I d e n t i f y comfrey is t o look for a p l a n t " t

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~ h z t feels fuzzy like a c l o s e l y s h ~ v e d head, with a n a n q u l a r stern and d r o o p i n g clumps of flowers. Cornfrey's flower 'i* > 7 " "

% % A A clusters a r e scorpioid, o r curved l l k e a scorpion's t a i l . They come I n floppx hanging h o o k l i k e bunches , each bunch consistin? of two rows of about five flowers each.

Lots o f old European remedies beqan with a d e c o c t i o n of cornfrey, dock, and p l an t a in . Since we're avoidrng overuse of comfrey, it miQht make more s e n s e t o decoct dock and p l a n t a i n f o r g e n e r a l use ( b u r n s , c u t s , s t i n g s ) , and keep comfrey a round spec~f i ca l ly f o r t h e repair of s l o w - t o - h e a l t i s s u e . A comfrey p o u l t l c e (mashed comfrey i n cheesecloth) wrapped around a sprained a n k l e w ~ l l speed h e a l l n g considerably. A decoction of dock and p l a n t a i n I S o n l y slightly more c o m p l i c a t e d .

A Decoction (of Dock and P l a n t a i n ) : You w ~ l l need one pot 1 to 1 1 /2 u l n t s of water per ounce of roots p l a n t a ~ n r o o t s dock roots

So.decoctioos.an ~ n f u s l o n is j u s r kerbs i n hot w a t e r , a n d a d e c o c t i o n is a n i n f u s i o n t h a t J s been boiled down. How- e v e r much water you use, boll ~t t111 most of ~t l s gone. T h l s decoction l s a standard s t a r t l n g p o l q t because l t i s s o u n l - versal, and for the same reason it's a l s o v e r y useful a s 15. I t ' l l h e l p heal i n t e r n a l damage l l k e deep bruises i f drunk. Applsed d~rectly (soak a rag l r i i t) rr w l l l kick t h e a ss of wounds, r a s h e s , bruises, burns, and s t ~ n q s . Add s e l f h e a l roots co make I C more etfective a q a l n s t sores and bruises, or Oregon qrape r o o t tu add antibacterial power. I t c a n a l s o be made l n t n a s a l v e b y c o r n b ~ n i n q ~ t ; with o ~ l and rnel tpd wax, a n d slowly c o o k i n g t h e water completely off. Needless to say this, as m ~ d i o n 1 7.- I r - 1 1 r I 1 r , I 7 . - ~1 PI r l n i j .-i ir). r r r I " I r TI. T. I r ~ I l l y , y.n11 m 3 y h71rr o ~ t 1 r-<,rl t h d t thp r r . ~ - . p r . l l ~ . 1 1 1 r

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thelr rpots h a v l n g a s t r o n g e r e f fec t b u t bclrlq c o n s i d e r a b l y harder t o i n g e s t . H c > w e v r h * , ~t you' r - r j r - l r i c j tn b u ~ 1 sunb%t I, I rlrl ' 3 1 3 W ' I r 1 1 - , .: 81) - r g r l h ;

w e l l boll a root. The same p71r ;cqple a p p l l c s t o t i n c t u r e s , and I recommend r o o t s i n t l n c t u r e s too, for most p l a n t s ( w ~ t h t h e obv~ou? -xrpnkb(?r>

of cornfrey) .

styrd?: T h e s e are everareens w i t t o mullein t o t r e a t coughs, c ~ l d : infectren. Llke m u l l e i n , benzo-n

Big Fuzzy Mullein 1 don't recommend m u l l e r n c o o t s for t r n c t u r e s n o r decoctions. 1 don ' t recommend i t f o r sa lves , n o r plasters, n o r powder capsules. None o f these things makes sense for m u l l e i n , because mulle~n i s perfect f o r s ~ o k l n g . Whether i n a p i p e o r p a s t i l l e , m u l l e i n leaf i s good f o r what a i l s your l u n u s , and i t makes a qond pipeweed a s w e l l , if y o u ' r e into such things. Be forewarned - m u l l e l n smoke and p o t smoke smell v a g u e l y s lml l a r . Co-qes t ion , czughs, colds , even b r o n c h i t i s qua11 before the m q h t of m u l l a l n . Oh y e s . M u l l c ~ n ' s p r i m a r y e f f e c t j s d i s l o d g l n q phlegm, but i t also h a s soma antiviral effect, t h u s i t s u s e f o r c o l d s . T t ' s a l s o supposed ly aond for pectora l c o m p l a i n t s , as w e l l as bleedrng lunqs, a l t h o u g 3 if you cough bl.odd you s k o u l c l p robably L t y and s e e a d o c t o r . Mu1lei.n may a l s o be a m l l d s e d a t i v e , d ~ p e n d i n g o n who you ask. L j k ~ comfrey, rnulteln is a bin, f u r r y p l a n t , althacah s o f t e r in ~ t s f e e l ; O t h e r names f o r t h i s luzsy herb are beggar's b l a n k e t , Adam's flannel, haq's taper, v e l v e t dock, or the candlewick p l a n t . Those l a s t t w o glve t h e b e s t 7-ndica t ian of its appearance. I t k l n d a looks I l k e a t a l l , v e l v e t y dock p l a n t , w i t h b i g leaves at the bottom gattlng s m a l l e r towards the m i d d l e , a t w h ~ c h p e l n t tt starts t o look like a c a r d l e , being a tall. thin cy l . i nde r . The whole t h l n g ga t s a s t a l l a s a p e r s o n a n d blooms briqht y e l l o w i n l a t e . s u m m e r . Garvest wholp p l a n t when it blooms, dry it, and you'll have a lifetime supply af t h e s t u f f . M u l l c ~ n , a l o n g w i t h comfrey, grows w e l l i n f a l l o w fields and a l o n g s i d e ~

woobs, boih +re c o n s ~ d e ~ a b l y less ur;ban t h a n most p l a n t s i n t h e urhan h e r b a l thus f a r , although s t i l l p l ~ n t l f u l in t h e W i l l a m e t t e v a l l e y . S l n c e I'm s h o r t l n g the u r b i - ans t h i s t i m e around, 1/11 throw in a n e x t r a one f o r free.

Big Resinous Benzoin ( G m ) benzoin or (gum) benjamln is a resin that comes from s e v e r a l trees i n the q e n u s

-h gray, reslnous b a r k and g r a y l e a v e s . The r e s i n 1s u s e d I n a f a s h r o n ve ry s l m l l a r l y ;, mouth sores, and sore throats, and pretty much any otherr k i n d of respiratory tract m a y also have scme ' sedative ef fecr . T h e o n l y t h i n g about benzoin is t h a t ~t burns Lor

shit. As I mentinled, b s r l z o i n i s tree res in , u s u a l l y i n powder form, so althouqh i t ' s best burnt lib pretty damned hard t c burn. Kinda melts a n d smoulders. Tho good t h ing a b o u t b e n z o i n 1s Cha t you can rnjx i t w i t h m u l l e i n t o make a p a s t i l l e , which 1s a s o l ~ d chunk o f m e d i c i n a l i n c e n s e , like a p i l l o r

a l i t t l e cone. Mix toqcthcr m u l l e ~ n and b e n z o i n powder, o r j u s t u s e m u l l e l n , add a l i r t l e b i t o f

w a t e r , and form t h e r e s u l L d n l p a s t P 3 n to a cone. riry i t In the toaster oven or l u s t leave it out , and burn L L W ~ C P I y o u r h~usehold nets cougby.

So where do I qo ro find ben~oin, Daman? F r , ~n S t y r a x trees of course. And where do T find those, Damlan? dm, Tndones l a . So , t h e concllr lon on thls one is hat - t ' s n o t an urban herb at a l l . 1 nean, mavbe i n Sumatra l t would be, b u t n o t i n t h e P a c ~ f i c N o r t h w e s t . A? a l l . W ~ t h t h e notable except ion of ~ b c i n s ~ d e s of stores. That's r i q h t , I'm t e l l l n g you t o buy something. Mrs. Thompson's nerb store has ~ t , as will ~ t h ~ r p r l s t l q e sLorclands I n t h e Wlllamette v a l l e y I'm s u r e . So search f o r this drled r e s l ~ powder on [he i n s ~ d e s of s tores , a n d b r l n g some fucklng money, because you a r e a c a p l t a l ~ s c whore. T h a t , o r be c o n t e n t t o burn b e n z o l ~ l e s s p a s t ~ l l e s l ~ k e a schmuck. S e r i o u s l y , though, m u l l e i n work? j u s t f ine

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