Public Expense & Private Profit (ZNet Blog)
–Public expense and private profit by Noam Chomsky.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israelis hold candidate Barghouti
–Israel continues its repressive actions against Palestinian democracy.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Main Sunni party pulls out of Iraqi election
–I think it is fair to say that there will be no election in Iraq. If you cannot get to the voting booth and, if you could get there, you cannot vote for the party that you belong to then it is not an election.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | After the devastation, the grief
–Death toll could go as high as 56000. That is a lot of people and we are not talking about the long term effects of disease.

CBC News: Canadians asked to help relief effort
–Relief call from aid organizations dealing with the tsunami crisis. Forward to all your rich friends who can give…

Socialist Worker / www.socialist.ca
–Not so sure that this is what the Left had in mind when it said solidarity. Business and corporate globalization is not the “new” reality. It has always been that way and it is what the Left has been struggling against. To invite business to the table of the NDP is to forget who the NDP are standing for.

ZNet |Haiti | Radio Address from Hiding
–A message from Haiti.

ZNet |U.S. | US and Ukraine
–More on the Ukraine

HEALTH-CANADA: Drug Injection Site Pricks U.S., U.N.
–Safe injection site angers the US…. too bad, we are our own country and we will do what works for our citizens.

CHALLENGES 2004-2005: U.S. to Take Bigger Bite of Iraq’s Economic Pie
–More money for the US from Iraq. Emad MeKay takes a look.

MEDIA-U.S.: Terrorism Shaped 2004 News Agenda
–Jim Lobe looks back on 2004 and what made the news run…

UKRAINE: Yushchenko Set to Win Presidential Election
–Another perspective of the Ukrainian election.

Hungry for Change, Visionaries Promote Alternatives to Foods Banks
–A new model for food banks that does not rest on the corporate model. This will be of interest to those that like the sound of Parecon.

ZNet |Foreign Policy | Civilization Versus Barbarism?
–Chomsky on Lefthook.

ZNet |Electoral Politics | Doing the Right Thing
–Continuing look at the US election process and how the left has to attack the issues better.

ZNet |Economy | The Devil Is In The Details Of The Bush Social Security Privatization
–Another look at the plan to privatize social security in the US. A big mistake any way you look at it.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | ‘Now, today, the Ukrainian people have won’
–Once again we see that democracy is not something that should be strived for so long as the American will win. I think that we really need to look at the response of west with regards to this pseudo democracy that has occurred in Ukraine.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Tsunami death toll rises to 23,500
–These are the times that aid should be given and the army should be used… Governements around the world have an obligation to provide what ever they can.

CHALLENGES 2004-2005: U.S. Trade Tactic Splits Arab States
–Trade between the US and some of the Middle East states are causing some waves in that part of the world. The US can be counted on not to have a positive effect.

U.S.: Soaring Deficit, Crises, Menace Overseas Food Aid
–Jim Lobe: The budget deficit in the US is going to have a major effect on the ability for aid agencies to operate in any meaningful capacity.

ZNet |Activism | Anti War Activism Interview
–The start of the anti-war movement in the US… the second time around.

ZNet |Argentina | Argentina Squares Off With International Financiers
–Argentina and the IMF. An interesting look at the relationship between them right now. There is much to learn about how the international bank groups operate.