Shameless in Iraq
–Naomi Klein: A must read.

A Pitiful Occasion for the People
–Robert Fisk: always a good read.

CBC News:Layton renews call for electoral reform
–Election reform. It should be the first words out of Layton’s mouth… and it will be.

BBC NEWS | Americas | US recalls ex-soldiers for duty
–It has begun. The calling back of the poor to fight the rich’s battles. The BBC is not helping with this propaganda piece.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Court orders changes to West Bank wall
–The court is the only protection of a lot of things these days. If only the governments of the world would listen to the people who are suffering. This is a small victory for the Palestinians but the fact that the wall is continuing is a loss. We need to stand up to this new apartheid.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Vatican birth control policy spurned
–The Catholic Church needs to get on side with this. There are still too many people who look to the church for advice on health matters and if they are not preaching what is known in science then a lot of people are going to be harmed.

HEALTH-AFRICA: Pregnant Women Beware
–Many women still dying from child birth in Africa.

CUPE determined to resist concessions and defend free collective bargaining
–The right to strike is in the balance. There needs to be public understanding about why this is important. Without it there is no way to protect the workers for the uncaring hand of the market.

Trade treaty ‘chill’: New Brunswick abandons public auto insurance in face of trade treaty threats
–This is bad news for NB. The Lord government has spent months looking for any reason to not implement Public Insurance and now it has found one. It is still not a very good one. Have a read. CCPA.

AxisofLogic/ World News
–The US has spent a lot of Iraqi money on the war. It seems it might be a little more from Iraq. How bad is it that the wealth that should belong to the Iraqi people keep funding their own destruction.

AxisofLogic/ World News
–Scientists enraged with Bush’s anti-science stance. This needs to happen in more countries than just the US. Scientists are workers too.

Venezuela Journalists, Priest, and Chavez Supporters Attacked by Opposition
–More violence against Chavez supporters in Venezuela. Chavez better win this confidence vote.

Shameless in Iraq
–Naomi Klein

A Pitiful Occasion for the People
–Robert Fisk

Yahoo! News – Layton could play his desired “central role” in minority Liberal government
–Don’t move the party right to satisfy the Liberals, Jack. We need to keep a progressive voice and we need to be loud about it. The public has spoken.

Yahoo! News – Harper puts brave face on Tory defeat, vows to fight for accountability
–Enough of this slitting the country language… the west, Quebec… we need a pan-Canadian party… and we have found it in the NDP. The only pary to gain seats across the board … we just need some support in Quebec…. but some of the Left is taken up by Bloc members.

rabble news
–The right comes crumbling down. Harper will not see the light, as they say.

RIGHTS-CAMBODIA: AIDS Orphans Turn to Streets for Survival
–Cambodian AIDS orphan have moved to the streets. This is disasterous.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Left celebrates after Berlusconi’s coalition defeated in stronghold
–The Left is on the move even in Italy. Get out of the way Burlusconi!

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Supreme court blow for Bush on Guant�namo
–Rights finally arrive for Guantanamo prisoners. Took long enough. I just hope that this means that the other prison sites around the world will get the same.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Angry Chirac puts Bush in his place
–I love the French. Chirac has put Bush in his place following a few words of support for Turkey. This is great stuff.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Turkish hostages freed in Iraq
–The pseudogovernment has taken control of Saddam… and Iraq.