America's Gulag Drives Black AIDS Epidemic A new report examining the explosion in HIV infection in black women and men in the States has discovered that the massive increases are closely correlated with the vast numbers of black men being jailed compared to whites. University of California researchers Rucker Johnson and Steven Raphael examined a federal database of 850,000 people who contracted HIV between 1982 and 1996 which has seen the proportion of Afro-Americans rising from less than 25% of infections in 1982 to over 50% in 1996. They then compared prison statistics (including the fact that 1 in 12 black men is now in jail compared to 1 in 100 whites) and concluded that AIDS infection rate discrepancies in races are almost entirely due to the prison system. "So powerful is the relationship between race, prison and 'HIV/" AIDS," the Washington Post reported, "that it almost completely explains why half of all new AIDS patients in 2002 were 'blacks" even though only 12% of the population is black." The story appeared as Cincinnati authorities approved new laws introducing 30 day jail terms for anyone caught with a single marijuana joint, with just one local politician Vice Mayor Jim Tarbell voting against the plan. "This will not change anything appreciably," Mr Tarbell told the Cincinnati Enquirer. "This is a class issue. The people caught and prosecuted will be low-income African-Americans. I think this sends the wrong message to police." Mr Tarbell's comments reflected the stance taken by civil rights group Human Rights Watch who in 2003 singled out the war on drugs as' the single greatest force' behind the twelve fold increase in America's prison population since 1980. "Even more troubling than the absolute number of persons in jail or prison is the extent to which those men and women are African-American," HRW added, "Although blacks account for only 12 percent of the U.S. population, 44 percent of all prisoners in the United States are black." http://www.reason.com/rb/rb031006.shtml ('Prisoners become infected with HIV through sex and intravenous drug use. Data on the prevalence of sexual activity in prison vary, but one conservative estimate found that 20 percent of male prisoners experience some type of sexual assault and 7 percent are raped. The activist group, Stop Prisoner Rape estimates that 240,000 male prisoners are raped each year . . .') http://www.theexperiment.org/articles.php?news_id=1441 (Noam Chomsky: 'The Drug War is an effort to stimulate fear of dangerous people from who we have to protect ourselves. It is also, a direct form of control of what are called "dangerous classes," those superfluous people who don't really have a function contributing to profit making and wealth. They have to be somehow taken care of . . .') http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/usa/incarceration (Human Rights Watch: Incarcerated America: 'According to the latest statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice, more than two million men and women are now behind bars in the United States.1 The country that holds itself out as the "land of freedom" incarcerates a higher percentage of its people than any other country . . .') http://www.bangedupparty.com (Mikki Most & Hannah @ Banged Up, secret prison rave, Shoreditch, Saturday March 18) http://www.warprecords.com/now (Nightmares On Wax game) http://www.unoriginal.co.uk/gun-master.html (Gun shooting game) http://www.turbotanks.com (tank battle game) http://www.hermetic.com/crowley (Aleister Crowley writings) http://www.flashback.se/archive/gdfaq.html (Golden Dawn FAQs: 'What connection did Aleister Crowley have with the Golden Dawn . . ?') http://user.cyberlink.ch/~koenig/bowie.htm (David Bowie and the Occult: 'Bowie's keywords Aleister Crowley and the Golden Dawn show us where to dig deeper to understand his symbolism . . .') http://www.satansrapture.com (Rapture: 'To help you understand Bible Prophecy and The End Times in a clear and balanced way, not as a doctrine of "doom and gloom" but of Light and Hope . . .') http://www.squeakyfromme.org (Lynette Fromme: 'People want evil. In order for there to be a good, there has to be evil. People want it. I don't happen to need scary things chasing me around. I don't want my dreams full of that. I want to see what's here. I want to discover the country. I want to take a look at it . . .') http://www.cafepress.com/thewhitehouse.31910012 (Satan Rules car stickers) http://www.eskimo.com/~spban/bread.html (Bread is dangerous: 'Research on bread indicates that: More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread users Bread is often a "gateway" food item, leading the user to "harder" items . . .') http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue/MethResources/faces/photo_7.jpg (Before and after) http://www.lovehoney.co.uk/shootout/shootout-sexuality.cfm (UK Masturbation survey) Glade 2006: 'A Proper F++King Rave' (14-16 July) Nick Ladd from Glastonbury's spin-off music festival the Glade chatted to Skrufff this week about the upcoming 3 day event and confirmed that they'll be increasing capacity from 9,500 to 12,500, whilst sticking squarely with their already established musical formula centred around breaks, psy-trance and experimental electronic music. "With any musical festival, it's not really about the entertainment or art you offer, it's about the people you attract and the vibe they create, and putting on a festival is like fishing," said Nick. "What you catch depends on what kind of bait you use and right now our fishing nets are full of wicked, cool, friendly, happy, smiley, top vibe people. That's why we're not looking to change our music policy radically, we're just trying to get the best of what's out there on the electronic scene," he explained. With ticket demand far outstripping supply for both their first two years, Nick said they'll be following Glastonbury's practise of keeping line-up details as secret as possible though stressed they have no plans to experiment with musical styles beyond their current range. "Yes we know electronic music isn't as big as it used to be, and yes, we know it's not selling as many records as it used to but we still know that it provides a top quality experience if you get it right," he said. "The cream of the dance music experience is when there's 2,000 people in a tent together, all having it, sweating, smiling and being part of one big energetic vibe that is full of 'Yes'. That's the experience that Glade offers; the experience of a proper f+cking rave." http://www.gladefestival.com (Glade Festival 2006: 14-16 July: Tickets now on sale via Glade's new online shop, which also includes their new DVD/ CD double-pack featuring highlights from their first 2 events).