–The BC truck companies have rejected the deal put forward by the companies. The truckers are doing all they can to push this forward.

Today, it could be argued, there is a serious lack of study among the youthful revolutionaries. Among the greatest thinkers in the History of the world, Hegel must be included. Not only did he profoundly influence Marx, but many schools of thought can be considered footnotes to this goliath (Existentialism, for instance). The link above leads to one of the most fundamental texts written by Hegel in relation to Marxian philosophy. A study of this text is indispensible to a proper understanding of Historical Materialism.

It is an anti-labor behemoth, a modern monument to capitalist greed and pitiless exploitation. Wal-Mart, the world’s largest profit-making enterprise, today sets the standard in this country for union-busting and wage-gouging. A growing legion of American companies, inspired by the giant retailer’s relentless drive for ever greater profits, has sought to adopt its brutal methods to cut costs—above all, by slashing workers’ wages and benefits. Wal-Mart stands as a mortal challenge to the organized labor movement: Unionize this goliath or suffer ever greater setbacks.

–Captialism in China. A look at the new economic blocks in China and what it means for the people

–Continued evaluation and analysis of Blair’s position on rights and politics. The shift to the right continues. I am not sure how this person can come from the “Fabian” group and put forward the policies that he is. I think that the base of the Labour Party needs to either take the party back or remove itself from the party.

–Douglas Ireland take a look at a journalist that has been jailed in Iran as part of a conservative crackdown on freedom of the press.

–There seems to be a crisis in the US military. They do not seem to be able to recruit enough poor people into its ranks. I wonder why?

–A look at the political system in Denmark today. An interesting read.

–A look into the voting habits of the American people. The judge of character voter versus the voter who votes on ideological grounds.

–The government of Venezuela denies a helping inside the uprisings in the rest of Latin America and accuses the US of true interference. The claim that the US is interfering is more believable.

–Is this a surprise? The Liberal government always sides with the corporate interests… that’s its biggest supporter and what all its policies are directed towards. Why would anyone expect anything different?

–This Telus strike might unite the entire labour movement in Alberta against the company. Things do not look good for Telus. You just cannot get away with treating the workers as second rate.

In a victory against racist and social reaction, on June 13 pop megastar Michael Jackson was acquitted of charges of “lewd acts on a child” and of all ten charges against him. This trial was the culmination of over a decade of relentless government anti-sex witchhunting that could have put Jackson in jail for 18 years if he had been convicted on all counts.

–A quick look at the state of the population’s mood in Venezuela. Chavez is still doing well in the eyes of the people. As approval ratings go, I am not sure that they can get much better than this.

–If you thought it wasn’t possible for the Democratic Party in the US to move more to the right… think again. The up-coming election will be a run from the centre and into the conservative backwaters.

–It is called Killer Coke for a reason. The continued ecological disaster that soft drink companies cause.

–Continuing the ever so popular and debate starter: it is the Nature of Work article continued…

–And with the on going debate about socialism in the 21st Century… here is an article on that very subject.

–A little anger at street level of an activist who happens to be gay. Wear what you want, Susie, and wear it with Pride!

–Another look by Doug Ireland at the killing of gays just because they are gays all over the world. More to the point, it examines the reaction from the US media.

–And in other news… the line that Telus said was cut by striking workers was not cut by striking workers. As usual, it seems that the company is the only big bad in this dispute.

–A close look at the CAFTA meetings. It should not go through as it is bad for the people… but I guess that never stopped them before. This is not something that people should be quiet about.

–The removal of people and troops by Israel from Gaza does not mean that the people of Gaza will stop being repressed.

–More detail below on the new “plan”. I see no plan. What I see is a bunch of people who own big industry looking towards “clean” technologies that will make them rich. This is not a way to do anything worthwhile.

–The US has its own plan for cutting greenhouse gasses… it is called doing nothing and pretending it is a plan.

–Pictures on the crisis in Niger. It is still a problem and many of us are still ignoring it. More pressure is needed on the government to help out these people.

–You heard it here. Echinacea does not work. Take the sugar instead, it tastes better.

–I especially like this quote:

The report is expected to propose an insurance plan paid for by all taxpayers andassisted by the government.

Paid by taxes and the government? Where else does the government get its money?

These theses were first published in February 1984 in issue 19 of Le Communiste the french language journal of the Internationalist Communist Group.

–This is ridiculous. I did not think that you could get any worse for ambiguous language than “the war on terror” but they have done it. Now the Bush Administration is going to start talking about

“a global struggle against the enemies of freedom”, and of the need to use all “tools of statecraft” to defeat them.”

“At the same time, however, we must bring all of the tools of statecraft, economic influence and private enterprise to bear in this war.

In the veiled attempt to re-organize their imperialism to include attacks on anyone they like they have reduced their specificity of rhetoriceven further. The blatent introduction of private capitalist interests into the imperialist’s rhetoric and the take-up of it by the media is very disturbing.

This combination of religious, economic, and social ideology into the rhetoric of growing the empire and spreading the US elites ideals for life are something that we have to take very seriously. It shows that these elites actually think that they can sell what they are doing as some grand vision of a utopian capitalist world.

–This is funny. If you replace right-wing for leftist and US and UK for Cuba and Venezuela then you might have the quote saying something true. However, as it stands right now there is no truth to the idea that Cuba and Venezuela are trying to install anything in Latin America. This movement left is coming from the people… from the working people of the countries who have had enough of the neo-liberalism that has bankrupted their countries and made their lives worse. Populist and leftist government really do not need to lend a hand, nor should they. Revolution comes from below, not above.

–Some words of dissent from dissidentvoice.org about Haiti and the new push by the people against the imperialism of the elite capitalists.

–A look at some workers struggles in Latin America, the US, and Canada. The struggle for workers’ rights continue.

–More analysis on the state killing of the Brazilian electrician in the UK Jean Charles de Menezes. The media is backing it but the people are upset. We must turn to other news sources if we are to get a real picture of what the state is doing. They are killing innocent people and trying to give excuses. There is no excuse for killing innocent people. None.

–An indepth look into the mis-leadership in the BC NDP. The leadership have lost their way and it is up to the membership to bring them back to working class demands. The NDP lost its support and did not win the election because it failed to push an agenda that the workers could get behind. Instead they decided to go after the same group the Liberals and the Conservatives, and the Greens go after: the so-called Middle Class. You cannot win if you are fighting over the same slice and not paying attention to the rest of the pie.