From: Dana Beal <dana@...>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:04:27 -0400
Subject: [mayday] GMM Special #5: ENCOD Statement for Emery: Mexico City, Missoula, Moscow, Washington, D.C. Make 20 Cities Protesting to Free Mark Emery, Sept 10-16

From Saturday, Sept 10 to Sept 16, Global Marijuana March Affiliates are holding protests at their local Canadian Embassy or Consulate appealing to the Canadian government not to capitulate to the outrageous U.S. demand that they extradite Marc Emery to the U.S. to face life in prison or a possible death sentence for actions that are not even crimes under Canadian Law.

So far 20 Cities are signed up to take some kind of action--Join them Now!:

Auckland

Brussels

Detroit

Halifax

Honolulu

London

Mexico City

Missoula

Moscow

New York

Oslo

Paris

Prague

Rome

San Francisco

Toronto

Tucson

Vancouver

Warsaw

Washington, D.C.

Marc Emery has given millions of dollars from seed sales to help out whenever and wherever a local legalization group was a few  thousand short of accomplishing their goals. He has given major support to printing the annual poster for the Million Marijuana March, besides funding CANNABIS CULTURE and POT TV. He is the only major marijuana proponent to go farther, and start the first Ibogaine clinic in Canada after witnessing its miraculous effect on his son, a junkie. We cannot allow the U.S., under the rubric of the War on Terror, the seize our leaders around the world and bring them back to the U.S. to face life in prison or the Death Penalty.

Please read the following article, watch the video, and commit to doing some kind of a protest outside the Canadian embassy or consulate in your city on Saturday Sept 10 or the following week.  Sept 10 is when they're doing a big protest in Vancouver. It can really make a difference if we can all coordinate something with our Vancouver people, because most Canadians do not want to give Marc up! (It's a sovereignty issue.) The list of Canadian Embassies and Consulates around the world can be found at http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/world/embassies/menu-en.asp

Get back to me; it is important that the MMM network be seen as being able to react globally and do something effective the next time the Forces of Darkness try something like this.

Dana/cnw/212-677-4899

MARC EMERY BUSTED -- CANADA'S LEADING MARIJUANA ACTIVIST FACING LIFE IN AMERICAN PRISON OVER SEED SALES Controversy has erupted in Canada after police arrested British Columbia Marijuana Party founder Marc Emery and two employees at the request of the US DEA, which wants to extradite them. http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/398/marcemery.shtml

Pot-TV : Prince of Pot: Marc Needs You!

http://www.pot-tv.net/ram/pottvshowse3919.ram

From: rbirkett@...

Subject: Marc Emery & Death Penalty

Bruce-

You should check out the buzz on Marc Emery's extradition. The possible
death sentence is out there in public on the internet, and is on a short
list of talking points for emails to Canada's Minister of Justice Irwin
Cotler and media urging the Canadian government to block Emery's
extradition. The DEA has not yet assured the Canadian government that they
won't seek the death penalty. I must give you credit for bringing the
kingpin death penalty law to attention of me and many other activists.

http://www.cannabisculture.com/library/dbarticles.cgi?q=death&keywordText=&x
=30&y=6
or http://www.cannabisculture.com/forums/search.php?Cat= and select "Emery
Extradition" Forum and search for "death".

Send a message to Canada's Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler at

webadmin@...
or fax 613-954-0811
or mail
The Honourable Irwin Cotler
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
284 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario   K1A 0H8

-Rich

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From: artur@...

Subject: Re: [Eurodrug] 10.IX - Freedom to Marc Emery - Freedom to Farm

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:35:50 +0100 (BST), andria efthimiou wrote
> Hey
> 
> I can try and do this press release but I don't know a lot about it. If U can help me with info I can do the English as U suggest sweetheart. (I have been advised by MANY to look after my health, which is why I am not looking at e-mail everyday anymore..) Apology for slowish response
> 
> What I do know about Marc's case
> 
> The US DEA?? are demanding from which Canadian authorities?? that Emery be forcefully taken to the USA and tried for cannabis narco-trafficking.

> We (Encod etc) oppose this as he could face a life-sentence for distributing an illegal substance that was for medical use - is that right?
>
> What does 10.1X mean/refer to Artur? Is that the no. of his 'criminal' case or what?
> Andria
>

Dear andria,
it would be great if you could prepare press release so we could translate it and distribute to local/international media. It should describe marc case and should contains places of protests, i asked Dana to send list with cities and contacts. So far, protest will be oranised in London, Paris, Rome, Oslo, Prague, Warsaw, Brusselss.

im not able to write you more about marc case, and our response, because im last hours online and later i will dont have internet access for some - i guess long - time.

here is some informative text that joep proposed, you can use it as a start i think,

greetings,

artur

From: goldyz@...

Subject: Re: 10.IX - Freedom for Marc Emery

>So far protest will be orgnized in Brussels, London, Paris, Rome, Oslo, Prague, Warsaw.

Protest action will be in MOSCOW also.

Good luck!

-- Best intention, GoldyZ

From: artur@...

Subject: 10.IX - Freedom for Marc Emery

Hi,

we just published some news and special banner on action.encod.org.

Please, distribute this text and join the protest

Canadian activist and cannabis seed producer Marc Emery was detained 29 July by his own government upon the request of the US Drugs Enforcement Administration (DEA). He now runs the risk of being extradited to the USA where he can get lifetime or even the death penalty for selling cannabis seeds to US citizens over the Internet. Producing and selling cannabis seeds is not a crime in Canada, but apparently, the US drugs war machine overrules Canadian sovereignty.

It is important that Europeans re-act on this dangerous escalation. If the US succeeds in imposing its will on Canada, Europe could be next. Therefore, we invite all European citizens who want an end to the war on drugs to join the protest.

From Saturday, September 10 to Friday September 16, people allover the world are holding protests at their local Canadian Embassy or Consulate appealing to the Canadian government not to capitulate to the U.S. demand that they extradite Marc Emery to the U.S. for actions that are not even crimes under Canadian Law. If you want to join such a protest, please contact encod@... for more information. For the address of the nearest Canadian Embassy, see
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/world/embassies/menu-en.asp
So far protest will be orgnized in Brussels, London, Paris, Rome, Oslo, Prague, Warsaw.

You can also send a short message to Canada's Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler (or ask your Member of Parliament to do so). The address is: webadmin@....
Fax: 613-954-0811
Snail mail: The Honourable Irwin Cotler
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
284 Wellington Street

Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H8

From: andria3a@...

Subject: Re: [Eurodrug] 10.IX - Freedom to Marc Emery - Freedom to Farm

Dear Friends - Artur, Dana & Joep,
 
I will write the press release: when should it be ready by? And is this in reference to the activities being organised Sept 10th. Pressumable the whole point of the press release is to let the world know what we are planning. Actually Ian H/Reform also asked me to write this so I'm feeling needed again at last..
 
When one of U answers, please answer to all three
 
best,
 

A

From: encod@...

Subject: Re: [Eurodrug] 10.IX - Freedom to Marc Emery - Freedom to Farm

Dear Andria,

I don't know what is the idea behind the release you want to write. If it is for the actions between 10 and 16 september, we still have time. I also think maybe it is best if each group makes its own release as it also will be related to its own situation, in its own language etc. Besides, some of the plans (like for instance those I would like to make in the European Parliament on 13 september) should not be known to the press until after they are carried out..

Tomorrow on the encod member list I will send a text that I would like to use for the encod action in the EP, perhaps you could help to make that one sound well..

Best wishes,

Joep

From: andria3a@...

Subject: Re: [Eurodrug] 10.IX - Freedom to Marc Emery - Freedom to Farm

Dear Joep , A and D!
 
I agree that each group should do their own press release. For example, John Mordaunt Trust (us) would need to support Mark because he has tried to help 'addicts' by putting money and time into Ibogaine treatments for us.
 
Nice to hear we still have time: I'm spending half my time in and out of hospital appointments and much of the rest learning to meditate; that is trying to get better.  If I don't I will have to stop working altogether. (Btw, I may have some good news about office space again soon..)
 
The idea Joep was something Artur and Ian and others asked me to do as my English is good  - promise never to use b4 again for example :-)) - and my guess is that they meant for us to let the world's press know that we are not going to let March be extradited to the US without kicking up a fuss. Perhaps U could ask Artur then what he asked me to do
 
Artur & Joep the Encod website is greatly improved. Well done! Who did it?
 
Hope U had a good summer holiday Joep
 
Andria E-M

www.usersvoice.org.uk

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