Local resources

•  State prison plans: mental therapy or torture?
•  "Green Scare" case near resolution: defendants won’t finger others
•  Snafu by cops halts trial of activist arrested in Lexington
•  The U.S. government’s reefer madness
•  Lafayette Eight, 29 months later—case dismissed!
•  Small farmers confront Big Brother
•  Mayor: FBI investigating Quincy 4 case
•  Two years probation in Somerville 5 case
•  Torture in the Sanctuary City
•  War and peace Cambridge style
•  Sheriff wants new prisons, activists want moratorium
•  200 rally for victims of Quincy cops—new court date set
•  Spychips in your Levis, gonna tell on you
•  Somerville 5 jury returns mixed verdict
•  Lafayette 8 motion to dismiss to be heard Sept. 6
•  Charges dismissed for Army Day protesters
•  Prisoner calls for weekend of resistance to the “Green Scare,” June 9 - 11
•  Criminal justice issues—a springboard for discussion
•  Mixed verdict appealed by Anderson, Belfon; Sept. trial for remaining Somerville 5 defendants
•  Thug media claim “frenzy of violence” at peaceful Hub rally
•  How the government medicalizes social problems
•  FBI probes Quincy cop incident
•  Tenant arrested after calling police for help in lockout
•  Local farmers to Feds: No trespassing
•  American Eagle clothing chain denies using spychips
•  The U.S. government’s reefer madness
•  State stalls again; Lafayette 8 back to Square 1
•  Advocacy Journalism Thrives
•  Three of ‘Somerville Five’ still suspended
•  Cops targeting man who won case at Review Board?
•  Marijuana in Massachusetts— backward laws, and the highest prices in the US
•  Conviction of six animal rights activists: a blow to free speech and compassionate activism
•  Supporters plan Boston fundraiser as cops press charges vs. Somerville 5
•  MIT-designed mini-surveillance coming to your neighborhood
•  Social control without due process— cops take lessons from the drug industry
•  Feds block Boston police testimony; ACLU joins Picariello legal defense team
•  Lafayette 8 trial delayed again
•  Picariello trial: local victory against police repression
•  Utah bioterror labs expand—another warning for Boston
•  Animal rights advocates face federal prison
•  Nick Giannone acquitted; was beaten and arrested at Dem convention
•  Shielding police abuses
•  The twilight of democracy
•  The hounding of Richard Picariello
•  Bully with a badge
•  Fort Healy will replace Central Square Police HQ
•  Somerville Gang Board goes forward as Cambridge moves to dismantle Police Review
•  Activists are arrested in run-up to Dem convention
•  Leafletters harassed, Smith arrested by MIT cops
•  What do you want to talk with me about? ...Why are you hitting me?
•  DA: Feds may still be watching "the Lafayette eight"
•  Pinkertons agency hired to investigate charge against MIT cop
•  Smith arrested again by the same MIT cop
•  Three of ‘Somerville Five’ still suspended
•  Cops targeting man who won case at Review Board?
•  The twilight democracy
•  Shielding police abuses
•  Fort Healy will replace Central Square Police HQ
•  Central America activists dispute Feds, warn of potential harassment
•  Palestine committee to host major conference in Boston
•  Holiday greetings from the cops
•  New Orleans public housing defenders charged under terror law
•  Cambridge police treat bus stop as loading dock
•  "Spychip" corporation hides implant risks in stock offering
•  Urgent dispatches from Mexico; emergency demo at Boston consulate
•  Panther vets shackled in San Francisco court
•  Charges vs. former Black Panthers based on police torture
•  Et tu, celly?
•  American Gulag
•  Cambridge cops seek Taser weapons
•  Listen up or get zapped!
•  City Hall fiddles while Chronicle fartles
•  Most folks agree—pot can be good for you
•  Community rallies to arrested Boston Imams
•  New treaty allows U.K. to seize U.S. citizens, property without going to court
•  Ten Lessons from the Criminalization of Dissent