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...The federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the late Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney against the FBI and Oakland police was to begin October 1 in Oakland, California. In light of the events of September 11, the plaintiff's attorneys filed an emergency motion for a continuance. The motion was granted and a new trial date set for April 8, 2002. Bari and Cherney were seriously injured by a suspicious car bombing and subsequent FBI frame-up as they organized for Redwood Summer, a 1990 nonviolent direct action campaign to save old growth forests in northern California. Some of the same issues in the case are now in the forefront of the news - FBI investigative procedures, balancing civil liberties with security needs, and the crack down on terrorism. Because this is arguably the most significant civil suit regarding activist organizing and government repression to come to trial in the last decade, the attorneys did not want to diminish their chance of a victory in court by continuing to trial at a time of national grief, fear, and confusion. For more information and to contribute to the defense fund, contact the Judi Bari Solidarity Coalition, Mendocino Environmental Center, 106 W. Standley St., Ukiah, CA 95482, (707)468-1660, www.judibari.org

...Discounted Casualties - The Human Cost of Depleted Uranium brings to bound paperback and English translation the six-part story and photo series by Akira Tashiro, originally published in Japan's Chugoku Shimbun newspaper. Tashiro traveled the globe for this compelling story. Order on-line for US$12 + shipping at www.jcafe.net/transnet-jp/order.html or from @Atlanta, P.O.Box 8867, Atlanta, GA 31106, (404)898-0586.

...The 5th Annual National Conference on Organized Resistance (NCOR) will take place January 25-27, 2002, at the American University in Washington, D.C. For more information about schedule, workshops, and registration, contact NCOR, Kay Spiritual Life Center, Attn: CASJ, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016 or visit www.organizedresistance.org

...Start planning now to attend the 2002 European Hope & Resistance Gathering, May 8-12 in the Netherlands. For more information, contact Susan van der Hijden, Amsterdam Catholic Worker, POB 22141, 1100 CC Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

...Trident on Trial - the case for people's disarmament by Angie Zelter and others tells the story - so far - of the Trident Ploughshares campaign, including the detailed legal defense presented by campaign co-founder Angie Zelter during the government's appeal of her 1999 disarmament action acquittal to Scotland's High Court. 312 pages, paperbound. £9.99/US$16.95 plus £1/$5 shipping from Luath Press, 543/2 Castlehill, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH1 2ND, Scotland, UK.

...Prisoner of Conscience: A Memoir is Rev. Kenneth Kennon's story of six-months behind federal bars for trespass at the School of the Americas. Prison journaling and other writings reflect on what led Kennon to prison, and what he experienced there, providing insight into people of conscience and the brutal nature of the American justice system. $21.99 from the publisher, Xlibris Books, at 1-888-7-Xlibris or www.Xlibris.com.

...Tear Down The Walls, an international human rights conference on winning amnesty for U.S. Political Prisoners and POWs, will be hosted in Havana, Cuba, March 26-30, 2002, by the Organization in Solidarity with the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. U.S.-based sponsors include the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, California Prison Focus, National Boricua Human Rights Network, Interfaith Prisoners of Conscience Project, United Church of Christ and many others. For information/registration packet, write Tear Down the Walls, POB 3585, Oakland, CA 94609, teardownthewalls@lycos.com.

...Resources for Radicals, an annotated bibliography of print resources for those involved in movements for social transformation, is now available in a newly revised 3rd edition. A wide range of topics are touched on, from meeting facilitation to community gardening to civil disobedience to union organizing. Work coming from such struggles as the feminist, animal rights, ecology and the peace movement abound. Available post paid for CAN$12, US$13 or US$15 (other countries) from Toronto Action for Social Change, P.O. Box 73620, 509 St. Clair Ave., West Toronto, Ontario M6C 1C0, Canada.

...Housmans Peace Diary 2002 and World Peace Directory is the essential pocket-sized guide to movements around the world working for peace, social justice and the preservation of the ecosystem. Fully revised listings of 2000 organizations in 170 countries; week to a view calendar and special feature on using the internet for activism. North American orders: US$7.95/Can$9.95 postpaid, payable to New Society Publishers, P.O. Box 189, Gabriola Island, B.C. V0R 1X0, Canada. Rest of world, £6.95 postpaid, payable to Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DX, England, UK.

..."The Inside" is the annual wall calendar produced by Graterfriends, a vital prisoner advocacy group and newsletter from Pennsylvania. Humorous and sharp cartoons by prisoner Matt Matteo illustrate this fundraising calendar, which also features prisoner/family resources. $10 postpaid from Graterfriends, 541 Swede St., Norristown, PA, 19401.