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A Benefit Concert to Fight for Freedom!
Posted by FoM on August 01, 1999 at 08:57:33 PT
From Renee Boje
Source: Fairlaw.org
To Action to Fight for Freedom, the Freedom to be Able to Use a Healing Plant Given to us by the Earth! History has shown us that revolution and change begins through the arts first. Art is a very powerful medium to channel awareness through and get a positive message out to the world.
Please take a look at the website, and let me know if you would like to be involved or if you have any suggestions.Thank You! Love & Light! Reneehttp://www.fairlaw.org/renee/new_healing_herb.htmRelated Article:Video of CA MMJ Refugee Renee Boje Seeking Asylum! July 14, 1999 D. Paul Stanford Source: CRRH http://www.crrh.org/ CRRH is happy to announce that a new video, Medical Marijuana vs. Democracy, about California medical marijuana refugee, Renee Boje, is now available on the web. The 15 minute web video stream automatically maximizes the viewers' signal, depending upon their bandwidth, for 28K, 57K and 112K connections from: http://www.crrh.org/hemptv/docs_mmjvd.htmlRenee Boje is a medical marijuana activist who was arrested with Todd McCormick and Peter McWilliams in Los Angeles, California, USA, in July 1997. Renee was initially released with no charges and fled to Canada. She has subsequently been charged with conspiracy to cultivate cannabis by the US federal government and faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison. The US federal government is seeking Renee Boje's extradition from Canada back to the US. She is seeking political asylum in British Columbia, Canada. It is generally agreed that Boje is being persecuted to force her to testify against Todd McCormick. McCormick, a cancer victim, cultivated several thousand cannabis plants to breed different varieties for medical use and was bailed out of the Los Angeles County Jail by actor Woody Harelson. Harelson posted $500,000 bail for McCormick. Peter McWilliams, a best-selling author, publisher and medical marijuana patient, is also a defendant in Renee Boje's case. Boje's refugee claim is made based upon the US federal government's effort to nullify California's Prop 215 on medical cannabis, the US criminal justice systems barbaric penalties for growing cannabis and the inhumane treatment of women in prisons in the US. 'Medical Marijuana vs. Democracy' features Renee Boje, Dennis Peron, Chris Clay, Boje's attorney, John Conroy and cancer patient, Betty Anne Doucette. It chronicles the passage of California's Prop 215 in Nov. 1996 until Renee's June 10, 1999 application for refugee status from the US Drug War to the Canadian government in BC. The program begins with a harvest of Canadian medical marijuana and features election 1996 footage in the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club. The show was produced by Corky Productions of Vancouver, BC.Boje is seeking financial assistance to help defray her legal bill in fighting extradition. Please help her:http://www.thecompassionclub.org/renee/Yours truly,D. Paul StanfordDate: 1999/07/14 To subscribe, unsubscribe or switch to immediate or digest mode, please send your instructions to:restore-owner crrh.org*Campaign for the Restoration and Regulation of Hemp*CRRH ; P.O. Box 86741 ;Portland, OR 97286Phone:(503) 235-4606Fax:(503) 235-0120Web: http://www.crrh.org/ http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread2046.shtml
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on September 08, 1999 at 20:15:09 PT:
Noam Chomsky on Renee Boje - 9/05/99
Dear Mr. Mason, I have to apologise for not getting back to you with regard to the Renee Boje case -- unfortunately, one of many things I'm feeling very bad about. I'm utterly deluged with requests, hardly able to find a few uninterrupted moments (just off the radio now with an interview on East Timor, on to the next).Far too many things fall by the wayside. If it's not too late, here's a (much too brief) statement.And again, apologies, particularly to Renee. The history of the "war on drugs," and more specifically the well-documented history of marijuana legislation, makes it clear that the goals of the repeatedly declared "wars" have little to do with availability and use of harmful substances, and a lot to do with what is called "population control" in the literature of counterinsurgency. The targets are both at home and abroad -- overwhelmingly the poor and defenseless. The latest phase of the war on drugs at home is a component of broader social policies that are criminalizing the "superfluous population," those called "disposable people" in US domains, the people useless for profit-making within socioeconomic programs designed to enrich small sectors who control the state and benefit from its largesse, while the majority serves their interests in a "flexible" -- that is, harsh and coercive -- labor market, and many fall by the wayside. The model is familiar in third world dependencies, and is being imposed on the rich countries themselves. The "war on drugs" has the dual function of eliminating the disposable people (being civilized, we lock them up rather than murdering them) and frightening the rest, and has been cynically used for these purposes. The case of Renee Boje illustrates this cynical abuse of power. The programs should be dismantled at their roots, and replaced by humane and civilized ways of dealing with the real problems that they evade. Noam Chomsky
The Noam Chomsky Archives
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Comment #3 posted by Ally on August 02, 1999 at 11:23:04 PT
Good work, Girl Friend!!!/nfm
nfm
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on August 01, 1999 at 11:10:26 PT:
Freedom Concert Help!
Written by AllyAugust 01, 1999I just emailed Larry Carlat with rollingstone.com, and I hope this works! I figure they have the contacts and the means to know which artists have the time and the heart to help Renee. None of us would want to be in her shoes, or anyone else that is a victim of these harsh marijuana laws. you can email Larry Carlat and ask him to relay it to Jann Wenner who is the editor of the Rollingstone Publications:at this addy,larrycarlat rollingstone.com.Here is a copy of what I sent:Dear Mr. Carlat,Over the years I have subscribed to your publications. I would appreciate if you could help Renee Boje. If anyone is able to do so it would be you and Mr. Wenner!Renee Boje was charged with helping someone cultivate medical marijuana.I will list an URL so you can read the story and the details! Ms. Boje is presently in Canada.There is a strong possibility that she will be extradited for trial in the US.Ms. Boje and her supporters want to organize a concert to help her raise money for her defense fund. I realize that you have strong connections to the Music Industry and would know of bands, and other artist's like comics, poets etc! Please contact these people and ask for their help. I also know with your vast knowledge, you are aware of who would help Ms. Boje and who would not. This would cut down on time and effort on her organizer's freeing them to do other activities!I will leave these URL's with you...Please help Ms. Boje if you can!Fondest Regards,Allison Lee AvingerMs. Boje's Web Sites:URL:http://www.fairlaw.org/renee/new_healing_herb.htmhttp://www.thecompassionclub.org/renee
Ally's Freedom Page
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on August 01, 1999 at 09:41:09 PT:
US Medical-Marijuana Refugee Fights Back! 
July 12, 1999http://thecompassionclub.org/renee/Source: Renee Boji Defense Fund Last month, the Canadian courts agreed to consider the case of Renee Danielle Boje, a US citizen facing at least 10 years in federal prison for nothing but medical marijuana. Click the link to read the article:
US Medical-Marijuana Refugee Fights Back! 
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