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The right to manage our health as we see fit is more basic than free speech. Medicinal herbs are our heritage, yet the EU intends to steal our access to most of them, handing it over to corporations. by Heidi Stevenson 30 December 2010 Chamomile Flowers Used in Herbal Tea and Medicine (from MorgueFile.com) In the European Union, the new year dawns with the impending loss of access to most medicinal herbs. The mildly named Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive (THMPD) effectively bans the use of most herbal medicines and all non-EU based herbal traditions, such as Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurvedic Medicine. The Independent offers the usual claim that the "directive was introduced in response to rising concern over adverse effects caused by herbal medicines." Of course, that claim is never investigated or supported. It's trotted out as if it were axiomatic, so obvious that it can't be questioned. But herbal medicines are s...

HONORING OUR WARRIORS in loving memory: Frank Clearwater Buddy Lamont Clarence Cross Priscilla White Plume Julius Bad Heart Bull Melvin Spider Philip Black Elk Aloysius Long Soldier Phillip Little Crow Allison Fast Horse Edward Means Jr. Edward Standing Soldier Roxeine Roark Dennis Lecompte Jackson Washington Cutt Robert Reddy Delphiene Crow Dog Elaine Wagner Floyd Bianas Yvette Loraine Lone Hill Leon L. Swift Bird Martin Montileaux Stacy Cortier Edith Eagle Hawk Jeanette Bissonette Richard Eagle Hilda R. Good Buffalo Jancita Eagle Deer Ben Sitting Up Kenneth Little Leah Spotted Elk Joseph Stuntz James Brings Yellow Andrew Paul Stewart Randy Hunter Howard Blue Bird Jim Little Olivia Bianas Janice Black Bear Michelle Tobacco Carl Plenty Arrows Fank LaPointe Anne Mae Pictou Aquash Lydia Cut Grass Byrib Desersa Lena R. Slow Bear Hobart Horse Cleveland Reddest Betty Jo Dubray Marvin Two Two Julia Pretty Hips Sam Afraid of Bear Kevin Hill Bet...

In The Spirit of Leonard Peltier Visions of US Prisoner #89637-132 IN THE SPIRIT OF LEONARD PELTIER VISIONS OF US PRISONER #89637-132 Date: Thursday January 31st, 7:00 pm Location: El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 1615 B Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico phone: 505-992-0591 info@ElMuseoCultural.org Directions and info for El Museo: http://elmuseocultural.org/ Date: Saturday February 2nd, 7:00 pm Location:Railyard Performance Center 1611 B Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico Phone: 505-982-8309 Author/Editor/Spoken-Word Performer Harvey Arden along with guest performers. Mark Holtzman [ aka. Silent Bear ] will honor the gathering with his music on the Jan 31 venue only. These and other dedicated and talented people will offer their personal thoughts of Leonard Peltier. Harvey Arden with the passion and spirit in the words of Leonard Peltier will make the event something not to be missed. This passionate spoken word performance is based on the Le...

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Statement from Leonard Peltier January 31, 2009 A Hero's Welcome, By: Leonard Peltier I want to thank each and everyone of you for your efforts in my urgent time of need, you cannot imagine how much my spirit has been lifted from the cards and letters, the phone calls and how everyone kept up the pressure. My gratitude is really more than I can express. My return to Lewisburg was met like a hero’s welcome, and many people came to assure me of my safety there. It is so ironic that the prisoners in a federal maximum-security prison can guarantee my safety, but the Bureau of Prisons will not. I did not say, “cannot”, but “will not” do so. You have to remember the BOP is a little brother to the FBI and they came from an illegitimate mother called the JUST-US (Justice) Department. Do I sound a little angry? Well, I am angry that many of my friends have died in assuring my survival while I’ve been in prison. All the men who were involved in my escape at Lompoc, all d...

Write to Leonard at: Leonard Peltier #89637-132 USP Lewisburg US Penitentary P.O. Box 1000 Lewisburg, PA 17837 Leonard can only receive letters, cards, postcards, photos, (not polaroid), and postal money orders for his commissary account. He responds to all his mail.   To House Government Reform Committee asking them to include the Reign of Terror and the Case of Leonard Peltier in their investigation of the FBI       Statement from Leonard Peltier January 31, 2009 A Hero's Welcome, By: Leonard Peltier I want to thank each and everyone of you for your efforts in my urgent time of need, you cannot imagine how much my spirit has been lifted from the cards and letters, the phone calls and how everyone kept up the pressure. My gratitude is really more than I can express. My return to Lewisburg was met like a hero’s welcome, and many people cam...