The Ganjawar is a Product Sold by D.E.A.th to Profit Fascist 01/07/03
excerpts from the book
Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti
City Lights Books, 1997
Prisons: America's Newest Growth Industry
Private prison companies have some powerful allies in the fight for stiffer sentences and more prison spending. For example, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, which has grown from 4,000 to 23,000 in the last decade, gave more than $1 million to various California state politicians in 1996. The prison lobby is also supported by the National Rifle Association. Armed with an agenda of deflecting public fear away from guns and toward people, the NRA successfully lobbies for prison construction and three-strikes-and-you're-out laws.
National Rifle Association (NRA)
Their campaign for longer sentences...
The Drug War Gravy Train By Daniel Forbes 04/05/00
Seizures By Police Help Fund Drug War
We're going to take your money now. Trust us
Seize This!
The NRA strikes Back By Chris Bryson
An important and largely overlooked force driving the prison boom in the United States is the National Rifle Association. With a membership of some 3 million, an estimated war chest of $140 million, and paid lobbyists in ail 50 states, the NRA has thrown its weight behind so-called "get tough on crime" measures and prison-building initiatives.
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America's Private Gulag 04/21/01
'Relax Your Muscles as Much as Possible'
I LOST MY FREEDOM AND CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE!
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Journey for Justice Pedaling for Pot
Top Law Enforcers Call For 'No' Vote on Marijuana By Milton J. Valencia
CN Source: Boston Globe October 31, 2008 Boston, MA
Local law enforcement officials began a final assault yesterday on Tuesday's ballot question to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, saying a "yes" vote would only empower drug dealers who resort to guns and violence in their trade.
"Drug use, drug abuse, and drug sales are synonymous with other types of criminal activity," Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis said yesterday, pointing to a table of guns and bags of marijuana that, he said, are found in tandem in Boston's street crime.
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