Yahoo! News - Alberta’s growing economic influence visible in Imperial head office move
–Movements in the oil industry show that Alberta is swinging to the beat of industry. The people are being duped.

The War’s Littlest Victim. He was Exposed to Depleted Uranium.His Daughter may be Paying the Price.
–Depleted Uranium is causing suffering where ever it is used. War crimes come to mind.

TheStar.com - New Brunswick hit by closing of second mill
–NB is being hit by massive shifts in industry. We should have seen this coming and been prepared.

PSAC - news release - PSAC condemns Liberal government double standard on pay increases - 27/09/04
–Double standards agian. How is it that the government gets a raise and the rest of the country is being told that the belts are tight? Other government employees have not got a pay increase for near a decade. There needs to be action here.

TheStar.com - Hands off our oil money, Klein warns Ottawa
–Isn’t it great how Klein actually believes that Alberta owns the oil? There has to be better cooperation between this province and the federal government. We are a republic after all, are we not? The money cannot all stay in Alberta while the rest of the country is in need of resources. We are part of a republic because as a whole we are stronger than as parts. That means that money has to be able to flow to the feds before it goes to the provinces.

rabble columns
–Anonymous letters to the Globe and Mail. I think that Cameron has a point here. This is one area that the Globe lacks in. There are other areas as well of-course.

rabble news
–A great article about the last 60 years of the World Bank and the IMF. Where does the Left stand with regards to these Bretton Woods Institutions? Should they be reformed or should they be replaced?

Economist.com | Oil
–Some interesting opinion from the Economist about where the hike in oil prices is coming from. Nigeria is being blamed by the economists.

CBC - Nova Scotia
–Large PSAC stike is coming. The governments have left this to the last minute and they are running into problems.

Highway Workers’ Union to Russell - ‘Prove that privatization is cheaper’
–The people demand proof that privatization is cheaper.

POLITICS: U.S.-Backed Warlords Big Threat to Afghan Elections
–The US has once again backed groups that have turned out to be its worst enemy in Afghanistan.

News
–This is new. The IMF has told Britain that it is spending too much. That’s a laugh, they are not spending enough on social services. The NIH is in a terrible position and education is at an all time low.

News
–Not a big surprise here. Arms are being sold to blacklisted nations. The arms makers will always try to increase sales.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | EU pays to stem Russia’s sewage
–This is strange. The EU is paying for the clean-up of Russian waste water. Seems like if the EU has the money and Russia does not then it is fine. Not sure here.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | US-bound Britons fly into security revolution
–All people entering the US are now fingreprinted and photographed. If you do not want this done, I suggest that you do not go to the US.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Russian cabinet backs Kyoto protocol
–Russia is going to back Kyoto. Is it enough?

Guardian Unlimited | Life | Wildlife trade? It’s a jungle out there
–Is there a chance that endangered species can be saved? It seems that the same problems that cause human suffering are stopping progress on the environment…. not that this is a surprise.

ZNet |Iraq | The Worse The Situation In Iraq, The Bigger The Lies That Tony Blair Tells Us
–An article by Robert Fisk on the actions of Blair and lack of historical memory with regards to the Iraq war. Always a great read.

rabble news
–A little column of praise for the way Cuba is being run. Really it is just to balance out the exclusively bad things that come out of the corporate news.

CAW - TCA CANADA : News
–Jim Stanford gives us a run-down of the latest numbers. Basically, money is moving out of the peoples’ pockets and into the hands of big business. This does not bode well for the state of the people.

TheStar.com - Why swing state leans to Bush
–Are we doomed to try and survive another 4 years of Bush? Maybe. We will see what happens after the debates…. if you can call them that in the US.

TheStar.com - Atlantic premiers protest
–What is this? Conservatives asking for handouts? Come on Premier Lord, you cannot cut welfare and then ask for handouts. Where is your consistency?

TheStar.com - ‘Sandwich’ generation feeling squeeze
–This is what happens when consevative policies are enacted. The middle class ends up having to do more with less. Just imagine if they had to pay for health as well. More social services are needed (lower education costs as well as better help for seniors).

Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004 | Kerry gets nod in rival’s back yard
–At home and abroad, the people just do not like (un)president Bush.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Bombing is ‘hindering Bigley’s release’
–Here is an idea. Stop bombing the people and they might stop supporting the kidnappers.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Forgotten Bangladesh suffers the rains in silence
–Aid is needed all over the world. It is too bad we spent all that money on war.

UN agencies should increase staff in Darfur: Canadian human rights chief says
–More resources needed in Darfur.

China-Cdn-Embassy
–Some people are scalling the walls at our embasies. Maybe the door should be opened a little more and they could come in like everyone else. Surely there is a better way to deal with people who are asking for help.

CBC News: Smokers’ rights group takes to the web
–I do not think that I have seen something this silly in quite a while (excluding Bush’s speeches). Smokers have the right to smoke, so long as it does not harm anyone else. This is the same logic we use for everything in society.

A Personal Statement RE Z/ZNet (ZNet Blog)
–This is a statement by Noam Chomsky on the relavence of Z-Mag and Z-Net. This is the place that a lot of the original pieces posted on my blog on social issues comes from. It is a place that stores the interviews and hosts the real debates on social issues. Have a read of this note and then take a look round. If you like what you see then I would suggest that you donate. Even a little goes a long way when it comes to grassroots movements. Z-Net

Yahoo! News - NDP plan to outline how Ottawa can implement Kyoto climate change treaty
–The NDP are the people with the plan on Kyoto. It is good to see the NDP in the news and moving some of these ideas forward.

Yahoo! News - Producers say Alberta’s electrical deregulation paying dividends
–Private power is not getting any cheers even in Alberta. Mostly because prices have gone up.

Evaluating Bush’s Economic Performance: A Field Guide for the Perplexed
–Robert Freeman examines the economy of the US and the ideas that Bush follows. A good read.

The Effect of the War in Iraq on America’s Security
–Ted Kennedy stirs it up over US security.

rabble columns
–Keeping the homeless in the spotlight.