Dana Beal

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Dana Beal is back in prison. For info on contacting him go here. He may be facing another trial in Nebraska. On September 27, 2011 Dana suffered a heart attack. He survived and was released temporarily from his Wisconsin prison sentence mentioned farther down. See: Activist Legend Avoids Marijuana Sentence -- With Heart Attack. On December 29, 2011 his resentencing hearing gave him 11 months in prison. That sentence started February 15, 2012. See this and this. See these Facebook pages for more info: Dana Beal and "Free Dana Beal, Free Ourselves". On September 20, 2011 Dana Beal was sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison in Wisconsin. He was credited with 267 days already served for the time he was in jail. His original sentence also included parole for 2 and a half years after he got out of prison. See this September 22, 2011 article by The Dodgeville Chronicle. See also Paul DeRienzo's comment and Dana's comment in Dana Beal a folk hero? in The Villager, December 1, 2011. See their letters to the editor here. See Wikipedia: Dana Beal.

Some photos and posters
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Dana Beal photo albums on Facebook:  . For more photos see this Google image search.

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1967
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The Yippie /Zippie Website!. Quote from article (emphasis added):
 * "The first Smoke In was held in February 1967 in upstate New York by Michael Aldridge but it did not receive much press attention. In June 1967 Dana Beal and the New York Provos held the second smoke-in in Tompkins Square Park. Due to several arrests this demonstration received considerable press. Beal went underground in January 1968 but the Smoke Ins continued just as they do today as evidenced by the above photo of 10,000 Smoke Inners in Boulder on April 20, 2008."

"Hippies Protest In NYC". Video of August 23, 1967 rally. "Carrying guitars and beating drums, hippies and supporters of Yippie activist Irvin Dana Beal gather in New York City to protest his arrest for selling drugs and to raise money for his bail." There is no audio. QuickTime may need to be installed to play the embedded video, or download the video via the link there, and play it on your media player.

Youtube videos with this videoclip:
 * "Antigone," a documentary in progress, Includes Wisconsin Sentencing. It is at the beginning.
 * "Antigone," a documentary in progress, Includes Wisconsin Sentencing. Newer version. It is at the beginning.
 * Hippies protest Dana Beal's arrest in NYC 1967 - Different video with timecode and more of the rally. "When Dana got popped for acid in 1967 the whole summer of love community came down to the federal courthouse and carried him on their shoulders when he got out on the community bail fund."



1971
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The first Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival: Sept. 25, 1971.. October 1, 2010 article by Gary Stork. "At that time, Dana was in jail in Madison charged with several counts of sales to a narc and also charged with possession with intent. In the end, he copped a plea and served about a year in the Dane County jail. William Kunstler, legendary lawyer for radicals, was willing to serve as his defense lawyer but the case didn't ever come to trial. I sure didn't think Dana Beal would still be facing time in prison 40 years after 1971."



Videos
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There are many videos with Dana Beal in them. Google search for videos: Dana Beal. Youtube search for Dana Beal.

xKgOh_VSQe0 Dana Beal's entire sentencing testimony. September 20, 2011. 36 Minutes. Youtube link.

More info and links
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 * Wikipedia: Dana Beal.
 * Irvin Dana Beal. American Folk Hero.
 * The New Face of Yippie. 9 Bleecker, Hip, Hopping and Happening. By Preston Peet. March 27, 2012. HighTimes.com.
 * The Space at 9 Bleecker | The Yippie!
 * A Yippie on Familiar Turf, Both in New York and in Jail. January 20, 2012. By Corey Kilgannon. New York Times.
 * Facebook: Sentencing Hearing for Dana Beal. September 20, 2011 in Wisconsin.
 * Facebook: Aron Kay. Aron has info on Dana Beal when Dana is in jail or prison.
 * Facebook: Global Marijuana March. This page also has info on Dana Beal at times.
 * Pot activist still in the joint: ‘It was all medical marijuana’. By Lincoln Anderson. The Villager. March 3 - 9, 2011 issue.
 * Help Beal make bail. Scoopy's Notebook. The Villager. June 16 - 22, 2011 issue.
 * Drug War POW: Dana Beal | Cannabis Culture Magazine. May 5, 2011 article. An interview with (Irvin) Dana Beal by Michal Rehak of Legalizace Magazine, Czech Republic. Also here and here.
 * See GlobalCannabisMarch.com and the Incarcerated page. It has info on how to help Dana Beal.
 * Dana Beal Update: New York Marijuana-Reform Activist Still in Wisconsin Jail. CelebStoner.com, February 13, 2011. See January 10 article also.
 * Dana Beal busted again. The Villager. January 13 - 19, 2011 issue.
 * Counter-culture 'yippie' with Madison ties in jail on pot charges in Iowa County. By Todd Finkelmeyer. The Capital Times, Jan. 14, 2011.
 * Read the news ... oh, boy. Detroit Metro Times. By John Sinclair. Feb 2, 2011‎. John Sinclair discusses Dana Beal in the last part of the article.


 * Facebook: Free Dana Beal; Release Ibogaine in the Midwest.
 * Wikipedia: Global Marijuana March.
 * Wikipedia: Category:Ibogaine activists.
 * Wikia: Global Marijuana March.
 * Template:GMM signup contacts.
 * Google News archive searches of media articles mentioning Dana Beal: "Dana Beal". "Dana Beal" marijuana.
 * Google recent news search.
 * Google "Realtime" search for Dana Beal.
 * Blog search by Google.

More videos
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Many videos. Google search for videos: Dana Beal. Youtube search for Dana Beal.

uTPTWbm6uK0 Cartoon about our dynamic duo, Dana Beal and Aron "pieman" Kay. See pieman.org. Video was created in 2003 (see notice at end of video), and posted on Youtube in 2006. The music is by Benedict Arnold & The Traitors. The song "Death penalty for pot" was written in 1981, and recorded around 2002 according to the info on the Youtube page.

Dana needs help
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 * Facebook: Free Dana Beal, Free Ourselves. Info on how to help Dana Beal. For info on contacting him go here.
 * Facebook: Dana Beal.

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