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...Prison Nation is a new book edited by activist attorney Tara Herival and Prison Legal News editor Paul Wright. 41 chapters by social critics, academics, investigative reporters, and prisoners cover the range of issues affecting over two million under lock and key in the U.S. $19.95+$5 shipping from Prison Legal News, 2400 NW 8th St #148, Seattle, WA 98117.
...The Prison Index: Taking the Pulse of the Crime Control Industry is the first published index of statistics about the United States' criminal justice system. With 611 facts and 17 graphs and charts, this 48-page volume presents, in black-and-white, the state of crime control in America. Compiled by Peter Wagner. $10 + $2 s&h, Prisoner rate (single copies) $8 (incl. s&h) from Western Prison Project, P.O.B. 40085, Portland, OR 97240. web: www.westernprisonproject.org
.... The annual gathering of the Global Network Against Weapons and
Nuclear Power in Space will be held May 16-18 in Melbourne,
Australia. For more information, contact the Global Network at POB
90038, Gainesville, FL 32607, (352)337-9274 or www.space4peace.org. 
...The Australian National Gathering for a Nuclear Free Future will take place July 14-18, 2003 on the land of the aboriginal Barkinji near Broken Hill. Beautiful camping ground complete with showers, toilets, BBQs, kitchen, cooking fires, playgrounds. The Gathering will be drug and alcohol free. BYO: tent, food, extra water, hat, etc. $5/day camping fees. For more information ring Australia (03) 9754 1642.
... "Peace is Patriotic" bumper stickers - full color vinyl, flag illustration on either end makes emblem display optional with scissors. 50¢ donation or giveaway if you'll place it publicly. Bulk orders OK to Nuclear Resister readers. John Owen, 932-1/4 E. Edgeware Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90026.
...War Tax Resistance - A Guide to Withholding Your Support From the Military (5th Edition, March 2003) is the indispensable guide published by the War Resisters League. Based on the experiences of thousands of resisters; indexed, illustrated. 144 pp. US$15 + $2 book rate or $4 first class from WRL, 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012, www.warresisters.org.
...At a January peace rally in Tucson, we found someone selling copies of a small book, My Grandmother Went to Jail. This beautiful work of self-published folk art is a story "inspired by a peace walk which ended in acts of civil disobedience, created by Miriam Medicine Prayer as a prayer for peace." Each page is illustrated by the author's simple pen and ink drawings. Facing each page of the story is a fitting quotation from nearly 20 notable women, including Plowshares activist Jean Gump. $12 postpaid. To order, call 1-800-242-0363 x 3608 and leave a message.
