TheStar.com - Saddam toast, Gadhafi is toasted
–Thomas Walkom of Rabble.ca has a go at the Lybia vs. the Iraq situation. Some interesting ideas.

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Provincial policies make working life tougher for women
–I blogged this already… but it is worth reviewing again.

ZNet |Iraq | Iraqi Elections
–A good question: Do we support planned elections in Iraq? Why?

U.S. Forgives Iraq Debt To Clear Way for IMF Reforms
–The IMF and Iraq. Is there any question that these people are going to try the failed programme of the IMF’s once again? These are true believers.

RIGHTS-U.S.: Emails Reveal More Abuses in Iraq, Cuba
–Abuses are rampent in the “free” American dentention centres. Oh, I wish I was as benevolent as the US administration.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Russia falls in freedom ratings
–HA! Freedom Rating?!? What is that? If Americans are free and the Russians are not then there is a problem with the scale (or the people who are running it). Democratic freedom in the US is about to be lost…. where is that story?

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | 100,000 flee fresh fighting in Congo
–Humanitarian disasters are all the rage these days. Something has got to change. The Left is not organised enought to deal with all these disasters, we need to foment opposition and a response to our governments’ policies. It is the only way that we are going to be able to help ourselves help others.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Blair praises Iraqi election bravery in flying visit
–It is outrageous. The people of Iraq do not fall for this kind of crass opportunism, why should the rest of us?

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | UK children’s charity to pull out of Darfur
–If only the people noticed. We should be outraged that the government is not doing more to help these people. I am not one to celebrate X-mas but where is the giving from those who do?

CBC News: Release information and clear my name: Arar to Martin
–Arar is asking for a very simple thing. Only conservatives could make this more complicated than it needs to be.

CBC News: Canadian election observers head to Ukraine
–The idea that monitors during the polls are all that you need for democracy to take place is the biggest sham out there. People need to be more questioning of the whole process or we are never going to have participation and knowledge at the levels needed for real democracy.

CBC News: Free votes important to world democracy: Bush
–I simply do not see how this is a news conference. It was a “look how we can dumb down questions and not ask anything important or get good answers” conference.

ZNet |Haiti | Canada in Haiti
–Canada in Haiti. The Canadian people do not know what we are up to down there… but we should.

ZNet |Vision & Strategy | Moving Left Is Always Better
–The move left continues in spit of the right wing… in fact sometimes because people want to move away from the right wing. Michael Albert has look.

rabble columns
–Linda McQuaig: oil.

News
–The Ukrainian debates are much like the US debates… there is no substance.

News
–The UK government is not being lead by people who have any interest in the public good. It is evident by statements such as the ones found here. Where do these people come from?

Guardian Unlimited Books | News | Subcomandante Marcos pens new twist to Zapatista struggle
–Zapatistas are doing things a little differently. It is working for them too.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | ANC attacks US over Aids drug
–This is an interesting deveolpment. The ANC is accusing US drug companies (and thus the US government) of treating the African people as guinea pigs in AIDS drug trials. This puts a different spin on the economic benefits of giving these drugs away. If it is true then people should have something to say and do about it.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Signature row turns up heat on Rumsfeld
–Rummy seems to be getting into more and more hot water.

CBC News: Martin’s Libya trip welcomed by Canadian business
–The rich just keep laughing. What does this trip men to the rest of Canada? Not much. The fact that the PM is so close to the business community should worry most Canadians.

ZNet |Colombia | Why Say No to FTAA
–Everyone should know the reasons to say no to the FTAA, have a read.