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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Parliament will debate anti-scab legislation on March 7
–Anti-scab legislation on the table. The workers need support on this bill. Personally I do not see how unions can operate at all with this type of thing happening.

ZNet |Haiti | Canada and the UN are fronting for US foreign policy in Haiti
–A look at Canada and the UN’s role in Haiti and the continued oppression of the people there.

ZNet |Haiti | Answers as elusive as prison escapees in Port-au-Prince
–Some news from Haiti that has missed the corporate press entirely. Has anyone seen anything about the prison escape in Haiti that involved the release of over 400 inmates?

ZNet |Terror War | When John Negroponte Was Mullah Omar
–Another look at Negroponte and his new appointment to the DIA in the US.

rabble: For our own good, give Canada away: The ‘deep integrationists’ plan one happy continent, but we must teach the little ones.
–Murray Dobbin takes a look at the intergrationists and how they are undermining democracy and doing it on purpose. The idea that Canada and the US should become one nation is not something that the people back at all.

POLITICS-US: Hemispheric Issues Languishing, Group Warns
–Jim Lobe looks at the relations between the US and Latin America. If communications are turned more sour it is not going to be good for all of us.

RIGHTS: Lack of Birth Records Leaves Children Open to Predators
–Interesting article on the subjugation of children and some easy ways to reduce the numbers.

News: Anti-terror Bill wins second reading after Clarke warns of ‘Madrid attack’
–Blair has taken a page out of Bush’s play book and pulled the fear card to get a piece of legislation through that would have been blocked by reasonable people.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Harvard president keeps post
–Summers, the sexist, is keeping his position at Harvard. I think that it is fine. The guy is free to have any oppinions he wants. However, there should be a lot of eyes peering over all the decisions that he makes when it comes to women. He should take a course on social darwinism and its pitfalls.