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How the U.S. is fueling its own 'war on drugs'

The violent deaths of Brian Terry and Juan Francisco Sicilia, separated by the span of just a few months and by the increasingly bloody U.S.-Mexico border, have sparked separate but overdue examinations of the so-called War on Drugs, and how the U.S. government is ultimately exacerbating the problem.

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It's time for a gun ban in the U.S.

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Under increased militarization, drug production actually goes up, as does the body count, but the seizure of drugs decreases.

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As the body count mounts -- 18 people were killed in the El Aliviane massacre this week -- the violence increasingly resembles the social cleansing carried out by death squads in Honduras, Brazil and other Latin American nations.

Weekly Immigration Wire: Fighting H1N1 hype

By The Media Consortium
| May 7, 2009

by Nezua, TMC MediaWire Blogger

This week's Wire focuses on the opportunities for change that crisis can introduce. From the H1N1 "Swine" flu's declining fervor to 2009's May Day marches for worker rights and immigrant solidarity; from the tragic killing of Luis Ramirez to legislative movement on immigration, these are tumultuous times. But it is precisely such conflict and challenge that provides the best opportunities to make lasting change.

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