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April 21, 2008 5:15 PM (go back to main view)

Still on Strike, but with a softer tone and Freetown Christiania as a kind of inspiration

After an impassioned response from some of my colleagues, I retract my earlier sentiment. But I'm still mostly on strike, it'll lift in a few days, and we'll return to our regularly scheduled broadcasts.

For now enjoy this rather amazing video I found today on Freetown Christiania, a radical breakaway town/country in the center of Copenhagen. This documentary dates back from 1991, and Christiania, a living "social experiment" continues on though the rules have changed. Certain hard-line policies by the government have broken the open cannabis trade in Christiania (the main industry for the breakaway) and sent the drug trade all over the city.

Here's the rather thorough wikipedia entry for Freetown Christiania.

It's 61 minutes long so tuck in for a good watch.

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Posted by Veronika l... on April 22, 2008 2:54 PM

Thanks!

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Posted by on April 22, 2008 2:12 PM

href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxO8gLv1X-I">Our Time is Coming Soon

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