rabble news
–Some examiniations of the post election mood on the left and where we are going now.

Canada’s overtaxed clergy look for the union label | csmonitor.com
–The United Church and the Canadian Auto Workers. HeHe. Sounds good to me.

WORLD AIDS DAY: Profits Delay Cheap Canadian Drugs
–It all comes down to greed when it comes to healthcare.

BBC NEWS | Health | World ’short of health workers’
–We need more health workers and we need more western twin institutions in Africa training healthcare providers. The poaching of doctors and nurses from poor countries has got to stop. The West should be sending workers there not the other way round.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | EU constitution splits French Socialist party
–The Socalists show their constant ability to question eachother as well as the world in France. Have a read about the democratic process.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Two more top spies quit troubled CIA
–The more people that quit the CIA the more scared I get. The talk of merging the FBI and the CIA that Rummy was talking about the other day along with the quiting has me very concerned.

Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | Environment for sale
–This is what happens when the really greedy get into power. People think that the Ukranian thing is undemocratic, how about Italy?

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Ukraine vote on hold after court ruling
–It is silly. Have a look at the end of this article to see the map of the election results in the Ukrainian election. I want to see what is going on in the blue provinces with regards to protests and the like. Kiev is in the middle of the orange provinces. The world needs to stay out of it. The people will decide who the winner is and how to go about chosing that winner.

Yahoo! News - Stripper shortage reflects industry demands for more demeaning acts: expert
–This more on the stripping industry. Read my statements below for my reaction.

CBC News: Embattled minister promises changes to exotic dancer rules
–The fact that they are strippers should have no impact on this. If we are talking about labour then they should be let into the country. We should not discriminate based on profession. That said, what the hell are we thinking? We do not control in industry and it is ripe with abuse and subjugation, we should not be recruiting people for such an industry. If we are going to have these kind of things we have to regulate them so that the labourers are not able to be missused. That means removing the bike-gang aspect and actually examining the prostitution industry with regards to national unions.

CBC News: Ontario to require more ethanol in gas: report
–More ethanol in gas sounds good to me. How about demanding hybrid cars for everyone in the larger cities too?

CBC News: More oil spilled off Newfoundland
–More oil spilled into the Atlantic. Sometimes I wonder if these companies care at all.

ZNet |Africa | NEPAD and Reparations
–African reparations.

ZNet |Canada | Resist Bush in Canada
–Resist Bush and oppose the Missile Defence (offence) Shield. Come out and give yourself a voice: Nov 30 at 12:00 at City Hall.

U.S. Media Miss Rumsfeld’s ‘Dirty Wars’ Talk
–Jim Lobe looks at what Rummy the Rumsfeld said while he was in SA. A few words on his vision of the world. Scary.

rabble news
–Duncan Cameron (Rabble.ca) takes a look at the making of Europe and the obstacles in the way.

CBC Saskatchewan
–WalMart will be facing the unions soon enough.

CBC - New Brunswick
–It is not a big surprise but the union is backing the Quebec based Tembec company for buying the Nackawick mill.

MIDDLE EAST: Israeli Closures Crush Palestinian Economy
–A look at the impacts Israeli closures of the Palestinian Territories are having on the economy of the people.

HUMAN RIGHTS: U.N. Body Rejects Censure, Threatens Revolt
–Human rights abuses top the list of things that the world is upset about. The UN General Assembly is screaming for the right to be heard.

POLITICS-U.S.: From Plymouth Rock to Baghdad, Iraq
–Jim Lobe. A little rant on the way America does business.

A Case Study of Media Concentration and Power in Venezuela
–An examination of case studies to look at the reason behind the Concentration of media power in Venezuela. I am not sure I buy the whole argument but there is a lot to be said about state funded media when it is done independently. Without a voice the opposition will take a different path to get what it wants.