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Justice in the Long Halls — Jarvis Master’s Hearing, Day 3

6 January 2011

Another short day at the Masters’ hearing in Marin. It was an encouraging day of testimony, as Jarvis’s team continued to build a strong case. I was happy to be accompanied in court by my daughter Silvie.… Read more

Justice in the Long Halls — Jarvis Masters’ Hearing, Day 2

Today’s session ran from 10 to 12, then broke until tomorrow when further witnesses will be called. Jarvis looked alert and relaxed when we came in. He is still shackled, except for his left, writing hand.  Looks like this will … Read more

Justice in the Long Halls — Jarvis Masters’ Evidentiary Hearing, Day 1

Today was the first day of open evidentiary hearings for Jarvis Masters, in response to his habeas corpus petition to the California State Supreme Court.  The hearing took began at 10am at the Marin County Courthouse at the Civic Center, … Read more

A Step Towards Freedom: Evidentiary Hearing for Jarvis Masters

I have been visiting Jarvis Jay Masters on San Quentin’s death row for nearly fourteen years. Jarvis is a writer with countless published articles and two excellent books — Finding Freedom: Writings From Death Row (1997) and That Bird Has Read more

A Letter To President Obama & Secretary Clinton On Burma’s Election

WESTERN BUDDHIST TEACHERS FOR A FREE BURMA
c/o Clear View Project
1933 Russell Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
jack@clearviewproject.org / 510.845.2215

November 1, 2010

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, DC 20500

Dear President Obama,

As you know, the upcoming … Read more

California Execution Alert, September 30, 2010

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has delayed Albert Greenwood Brown execution by nearly two days. Brown is now scheduled to die by lethal injection at 9 p.m. Thursday. He initially was scheduled for execution at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.

Join us on Thursday … Read more

California Execution Postponed

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

(09-28) 20:05 PDT SAN JOSE — A federal judge blocked the execution of condemned murderer Albert Greenwood Brown late Tuesday, saying he needed months, not just a few days, to decide whether California’s new Read more

The Stickiness of Privilege

Comments for Mark Rudd Event
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco

When I visited Mark and Marla last month in Albuquerque, he impulsively asked me to say a few words at one of his readings. And I impulsively agreed to do … Read more

What About the Elections? — A (non-partisan?) Socially Engaged Buddhist View

Unless you live in a cave — one without cable or a satellite dish — you know the 2008 U.S. election is coming up quickly, and, to put it crudely, the presidency is up for grabs. I find myself thinking … Read more

Four Movements in the History of Socially Engaged Buddhism and Their Central Contributions

by Donald Rothberg and Alan Senauke

What is socially engaged Buddhism? It is Dharma practice that flows from the understanding of the complete yet complicated interdependence of all life. It is the practice of the Bodhisattva vow to save all … Read more