SEIU Canada - News: MEDIA ADVISORY - SEIU TO LAUNCH PROVINCE-WIDE ORGANIZING BLITZ
–They are getting ready to organize. This is the kind of action I like to see.

Yahoo! News - Political pressure mounting to end strike by Aliant Inc. employees
–We need action to end the strike… that means Aliant has to come to the table willing to talk about the demands of the workers.

rabble news: China must stop rights abuses ahead of 2008 games
–A look at the state of human rights in China and the chance of the Olympics to bring them into the limelight.

rabble columns
–Hypocrites of the world unite! He has a point. There needs to be a change of our voting system to restore democracy to the state.

A Failed Presidency
–The Nation has a great short article that rounds up all the things that Bush has done that should get him kicked out of office.

Clock in New York’s Times Square Counts War Cost
–This is a great idea… it should also have American, Iraqi, and other death totals of the war on it. I find is horrible that money is more effective than life in persuading people to care.

Bush Campaign Refused to Pull Olympic Ad
–The bush Campaign is using the work of people their policies do not support as well as taking credit for things they did not have a hand in to win support at home. The idea that they voters would let them get away with this is remarkable.

ZNet |Global Economics | Sociologists Are Moving Left
–An interesting article on a politically charged field. To tell you the truth, I have always wondered how the study of society cannot be mostly from a left-wing point of view since that is where most people are.

A personal bias
–A journalist writing about their experiences trying to report human rights abuses. Worth a read.

Province ignores need for new social housing, diverts federal dollars to health care
–Policy Alternative is showing that the healthcare dollars are just being rerouted from other social services that the people need. The new dollars should be coming from repeal of the tax breaks for the rich.

International Press Coverage Begins to Change Its Tune on Venezuela
–Press coverage is only changing its tune because investors now believe that Chavez will swing their way on certain issues and because there are indications that more unrest in the country will increase instead of decrease oil prices.

United for Peace & Justice, CodePink et al
–The corporate media is being asked to show ballance in their reporting of the protests in NY. Fat chance.

Judge Blocks Central Park Protest
–The protest will continue in spite of the ban in NY. I think the government has made a mistake here. There will be confusion.

rabble columns: Big banks not interested in poor, neglected areas
–Should the banks be forced to operate in small towns. I think maybe the answer is yes… unless a smaller cooperative can take the place of the bank in these areas.

CUPW - 2004-08-20 - Politics of the Post
–There is some worry in the Postal services that they might be privatized. I think that people should take notice of this. Do we really want a private company handling the mail? It will most likely lead to a decrease in services.

rabble.ca - in his own words
–”Dissent is dangerous in the land of the free”. It will only become dangerous if people give in to the scare tactics of the government. Protesting is a right and a must in any western democracy…. mostly because western democratic states are not democratic.

Rebuilding infrastructure without P3s
–A great article on why P3s are not needed or wanted. Worth a read by all who care about healthcare.

Canada NewsWire
–The healthcare Trojan horse is on its tour. We must help them with their protest of private hospitals which are starting in Ontario or we will see them sprout in the rest of the country.

CBC - New Brunswick
–Support staff are ready to stike in NB.

COSTA RICA: Protests Bring Country to the Verge of Complete Paralysis
–Strike in Costa Rica. You do not hear much from this old US manipulated state but now the people are gaining strength and organization. They have had enough of the fruits of their labour not staying in the country. It is about trade and foreign ownership.

POLITICS: Guantanamo Hearings ‘Designed to Convict’, Says Expert
–Fake trials that are designed to convict. The international community of legal experts and lawyers should be screaming about the gross violation of rights here.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Israel to deport UK journalist
–Journalists are now called “naive” if they are reporting on human rights abuses and then deported. This should meet great condemnation in the press. If journalists cannot focus on the abuses of the state then who is going to tell the public when they occur?