There will be a vigil for Josh on Monday at the Federal Building starting at 8 AM. Last time, he was able to get a glimpse of some of his friends as the bus arrived from the prison and it was encouraging to him. We don’t know the exact times of the mediation, so anytime [...]
Josh called and asked me to let everyone know that he was interviewed for tonight’s show, which airs 7-10 PM, California time and is also on the web, streaming live at this address: http://www.alan.com/index2.html
Paul Krassner’s Impolite Interviews features 21 interviews that first appeared in The Realist. Everyone from Hugh Hefner to Arianna Huffington is included in the book, but one of the more significant interviews in Norman Mailer. His statements about propaganda and the media seemed especially relevant. In a bad time a leader is responsible to his [...]
This is already up in the resource area, but as it is time critical I wanted to post it here as my personal request. Josh has asked his supporters to write letters to the new US Attorney Scott Schools both email and snail mail. Please be polite and respectful in your letters. People in general [...]
Good evening. It feels a bit like déjà vu delivering this speech by proxy once again. You’re all out there and I’m in here as I gratefully accept this award from the Northern California chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists. If you think about it though, the very transmission of this statement is a [...]
Josh Wolf stands for a restoration of free press March 12, 2007 Columnist Debra Saunders (online, Feb. 28) seems to think that she’s a real journalist, while Josh Wolf, because he isn’t employed by corporate media, is somehow not a “real” journalist. The Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists selected Josh as [...]
Note: This was composed by Josh prior to the actual mediation which has thus far failed to result in any agreement between the US and Wolf. To the best of our knowledge no further sessions are scheduled. However the parties in the case remain under a gag order so that one might infer things are [...]
Tomorrow, 3/8/2007, Josh’s case is slated for Magistrate Mediation. We will hold a vigil beginning at 8:00 AM in front of the San Francisco Federal Building in support of Josh. There will be a press conference scheduled for 2:00 PM.
Not too long ago I wrote about Jerry Robisson and his suggestions for reducing the recidivism that plagues the criminal justice system. While his recommendations for developing entrepreneurial programs seem like a long term solution, I’ve often wondered what programs already exist for transitioning out of prison and into society. There are the halfway houses [...]
