Turning the Tide: Iran’s Threat
–Some news from Chomsky about Iran and the continuation of the Neo-Conservative agenda.

ZNet |Haiti | Gildan Activewear
–Sweatshops move to the new poorest place that has been forced to give the invitation. Haiti is on the screen now because its poor are now worse off than ever.

Yahoo! News - Farmers groups from EU, Japan, Canada voice concern about trade talks
–We cannot have it both ways with trade. Either we come to the realization that the WTO is not working for the poor or we come to the realization that the WTO is not in the best interests for the rich countries. They have it backwards, a world with fair free markets can only come about when we all start on the same level, which is something that we are not even close to.

TomDispatch
–Some Tom Engelhardt for you with his own style for rounding up the (US-international) news of the week.

Rock Royalty to Join Voices Against Bush With Fall Concerts
–Rock rallies agianst Bush. i am not so sure this will work and I am not sure that this is the best way to educate and mobilize the people…

ZNet |Foreign Policy | More good old Canadian hypocrisy
–The title says it all. The Liberals are not treating the world with the same brush.

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–Women still fighting for equal protection under the law in Canada. There needs to be change in the way the police and the state deal with domestic violence so that women have more choices.

Does size matter? Study challenges belief that big government hurts economic growth
–This should allow for challenging the Liberals on the ideas that big government is bad for the economy and that social programmes should be privatized. The government can do social programmes as well as private industry and is more accountable to the people.

POLITICS-US: Losing Arab Hearts and Minds - It’s the Policy, Stupid
–Safer now? I do not think so…. and the figures do not show that the US is making any headway in tht area by continuing this policy of terror.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Jewish settlers join 50-mile-long protest at plan to quit Gaza
–The far right in Israel let their thoughts known on the Gaza pullout plan. It is better than bombing but the protest is not one wanting equal rights, it is one calling for the continued subjugation of the Palestinian people. Where is the Left in marching on the wall?

CBC News: Israeli court approves of leash on Vanunu
–We talk of human rights but this is a classic trash of them. Israel is basically saying that people who have worked for the government are bound by different laws than people in the private sphere. What does Vanunu know that the rest of the world does not know?

AxisofLogic/ Antiwar Movement
–A breakthrough for protestors in Boston wanting to voice their rage at the move right of the Democrats. The idea of “free speech zone” is laughable in a democracy.

CBC News: Widowhood difficult financially: Statistics Canada
–The state needs to help these people more than they are. In our society the economically stable unit includes two people, this needs to change.

maisonneuve :: eclectic curiosity
–Thanks to the CBC we actually got to see some tough questions for a politician… too bad there were no answers. News is not, as MediaScout says, to scare the bejeebus out of our representatives, it is to challenge their dogma and get answers…. but you have to start somewhere.

Democracy Now! | Farouk Abdel-Muhti 1947-2004: Palestinian Freedom Fighter Called For Unity Moments Before He Died
–If there ever was a doubt that the US is not treating its citizens well… here is some proof.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | US increases pressure on Sudan
–We need more done in the Sudan. The US has called it genocide (BBC news story) and that is better than the Rwandan crisis, but has it come too late?

Institute for War and Peace Reporting
–Questions arise about the accuracy and fairness of the upcoming elections in Afghanistan on October 9.

rabble news- Haiti
–I have been raving about this from the beginning. Haiti is not in the news enough and the Left in Canada is not vocal enough about the injustice that is going on there.

New Socialist Magazine, What Kind Of Socialist Organization?, Articles
–An in-depth look at the call for a Socialist Organization in Canada and what it should look like. This is a kind of call to unify the Socialists in the country so that protesting and organizing resources can be shared so that the momentum of the “shift left” in the country can be continued. Education and opposition are keys to the movement as well as getting press releases in the news.

rabble columns
–We regret the omission. Scott Piatkowski from Rabble reports.

Children Now
–You have to be kidding me FOX thinks that the “Under the Helmet” show is a kids show and educational. Who are these people?

ZNet |Iraq | The government rules only in the capital
–This is the Fisk article that I put up yesterday afternoon, but I suspect some of you missed it. So here it is again.