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Archive for February, 2005

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

Haitian Police Open Fire on Nonviolent March for Democracy
–We call this democracy? What is Canada doing there? We need to demand some real democracy for this country.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

Poor and looking for housing in Fredericton? Just wait outside
–Asaf Rahid has writen another article for us. This one takes a look at housing in Frederiction and how the city treats its poor.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

COLOMBIAN MILITARY COMMITS MASSACRE IN THE PEACE COMMUNITY OF SAN JOSE DE
–Thought I would publish this to grab your attention this morning.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

Dave Zirin: How the Owners Destroyed the NHL
–An interesting view of the labour dispute between the players and the owners in the National Hockey League.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

Fort St. John - canada.com network
–The NDP in Saskatchewan has forgotten the people. The policies that it is imposing are not the will of the people, they are the will of the corporations and the people will not take it.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

Once again, Wal-Mart is reprimanded by a labour tribunal
–Wal-Mart is once again reprimanded by the Labour board for its actions against unions.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

Standing Up to U.S. Will Gain Canada Respect Abroad
–Linda McQuaig on Canada-US relations. A hard line.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

ZNet |Africa | Deaths Outnumber Births as AIDS Ravages Southern Africa
–AIDS in Africa. This is something that we should be shouting about.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

ZNet |Europe | Revolt of the Unpeople in Brussels
–The people are supposed to matter in a democracy… not so says Bush on his recent trip to Europe.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

ZNet |Korea | Pyongyang Waiting for the Spring
–A little on the DPRK and their nuclear abmitions.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

ZNet |U.S. | Contours of Conservative Hypocrisy
–A look at conservative double speak.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

rabble columns
–Rick Salutin : My strange, insecure dream.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

CLIMATE CHANGE-U.S.: Car Industry Challenges California Law
–The car industry has challenged California Law on the manditory reduction of gas guzzeling engines in cars.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

POLITICS: U.S. on Sidelines of Yet Another Global Treaty
–The us is on the sidelines of the anti-smoking treaty. It is not a surprise considering the impact on the tax system.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

News: Corporate polluters will have to pay for their damage
–The Independent looks at the way neo-Labour is attacking corporate polluters. Letting commuities decide whether to order environmental assesments sounds fine unless you concider that the town is owned by the corporation.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Malaysia drives out illegal workers
–Workers are getting driven out of Malaysia by a massive government crackdown.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Pensions and penury: the Galveston experiment prepares to go national
–The Guardian takes a look at social security in the US. It is still strange to me that they think that there is a problem with the system. They are either lying or have little knowledge of their own economics.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | Critical reporting
–Media repression in Zimbabwe.

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Posted by graham on 28th February 2005

CBC News: MP wants compassionate care rules extended
–Compassionate care rules should be extended to siblings, I agree. The idea that this is coming from a Conservative MP is a bit shocking but when you are correct you are correct.

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Posted by graham on 27th February 2005

CBC News: Corporate profits set record
–Record profits from coporations and reduced taxes for the rich. One starts to wonder why our government seems to think that the rich cannot afford to support any social programmes.

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Posted by graham on 26th February 2005

AlterNet: Nuclear Terror at Home
–Noam Chomsky writes about the nuclear terror at home.

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Posted by graham on 26th February 2005

CBC News: Pettigrew endorses Canadian industry ties to missile defence
–What is this? We think that the Missile Defence system is a bad idea and that it will lead to an arms race but that doesn’t mean that we should not support it with heavily subsidized industry where people make a profit? Someone explain to me how this is ethical.

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Posted by graham on 25th February 2005

A budget for the military, corporations and middle-class
–NUPGE’s response to the federal budget.

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Posted by graham on 25th February 2005

CAW - TCA CANADA : News
–Jim Stanford (the economist at the CAW) takes a look at the Canadian vs the US pension system.

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Posted by graham on 25th February 2005

rabble news - Budget 2005: A camouflage maneuver
–Duncan Cameron takes a look at the new budget. Worth a read.

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Posted by graham on 25th February 2005

CBC - New Brunswick
–The budget has come up short on pensions.

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Posted by graham on 25th February 2005

News:Putin loses his smile after lecture from Bush on democracy
–The Independent takes a look at the interaction between Bush and Putin during a press conference where (get this) Bush lectured Putin about democracy… My tears come trough as I am struck by the irony.

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Posted by graham on 25th February 2005

ZNet |Vision & Strategy | The Case for Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
–An interesting article on socialism. I do not agree with everything that is said but worth a read anyway.

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Posted by graham on 25th February 2005

ZNet |Mainstream Media | Media Censorship
–A look at media censorship in the west.

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Posted by graham on 25th February 2005

ZNet |Haiti | Growing Protests Condemn Ottawa’s Role In Haiti Coup And Repression
–Canada and our imperalistic ways in Haiti.

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Posted by graham on 25th February 2005

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Hidden costs of Israel’s occupation policies
–Oxfam releases a report on the human cost of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

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Posted by graham on 25th February 2005

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | The good luck of traumatised Afghanistan
–A relook at Afghanistan. Everything is not peachy.

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Posted by graham on 25th February 2005

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | EU sways Bush towards softer line on Iran
–Sure they did. Yep, all it took was some cool heads in Europe and Bush gave up his world domination plans and decided to live in peace. This kind of “news reporting” is like a stomach punch to the intellect.

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Posted by graham on 25th February 2005

CBC News: Parliament mulls warning labels on alcohol
–We already have warning labels on alcohol. The idea for labels on cigarets was to counter the agressive advertizing by cigaret companies. Warning labels on alcohol is a bit of a streach from this position.

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Posted by graham on 25th February 2005

CBC News: Canada won’t join missile defence plan
–This is a win for progressives and sober minded people everywhere. It is too bad that we are still supporting the US tracking system with NORAD. The anouncement timing is part of a diversion tactic used by the government all the time… everything happens all at once, or at least it seems that way in this government.

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