–The WSWS take a closer look at the strike in the UK of the Gate Gourmet workers for British Airways. It seems that the union might have sold their workers a little too short.

–Some struggles from the Americas in brief from the WSWS. Always good to see that there is activity on the left that is being reported somewhere.

–Increasing organization and solidarity between students, peasants, and workers is always a good thing to see. Here it is in Mexico.

–If the labour department is not working for workers then the workers should take it back. This might not be the best way to do it but I think that they have made their point clear.

–Doug Ireland’s blog has an interesting account of the Poland’s outsting of the Communists there. It is worth a read if you are interested in the history there.

–Ever get that feeling that the side that we are told won the second World War did not actually win… Who are these people and why are they able to print such garbage without direct condemnation and crushing analysis in the news?

–Jim Lobe comments on the reaction in Washington and Iraq over the new “constitution” (or draft of a constitution). It seems that the some of the higher-ups are not so optimistic anymore about the future of a unified Iraq.

–Looks like even the optimists of capitalism have decided that they do not care about people and poverty anymore because they cannot afford it. A Millennium Development meeting might not happen this year because so little has happened towards it and the “developing” countries are starting to wonder why they signed on in the first place.

–Some more anti-science coming out of the US government. There seems to be a purge going on in the government of the US over climate change. They have set-up a committee looking for “flaws” in science research on climate change. Yes, the US government has deemed peer review not good enough anymore, now scientists must say what the politicians want or they get no funding for their “research”. The obvious result of this will be the collapse of the research system in the US. This is not good for anyone.

–More propaganda and election campaigning coming from Chriac. “Solidarity Tax”?? Right. The problem in the world is that we do not tax people on airplanes enough…?? Does anyone else think that this is the most ridiculous solution to poverty and hunger you have ever heard?

–The US is so far outside reality with this “constitution” that I am starting to wonder if any of the people writing it really ever steop out onto the streets of Iraq. If you contrast this to the process in Venezuela of writing their constitution you have to laugh at the rhetoric coming from the news… it is all backwards, all of it.

–This article compliments the BBC article below. There is no way that the world community can sit back and watch this disaster that the US is causing go on unchallenged. The AIDS and HIV policies of the US towards Africa are doing fundamental damage to the people there. It is exporting its Christian fundamentalist values throughout the world and it is having a horrible effect.

–I have to say that I agree with the Arab League here. The new Iraqi Constitution is going to bring more chaos to this country. I am not sure how much more of a mess this can become.

–Religion once again is driving US foreign policy. I cannot understand how it is that policy can be written with no interest in the facts and figures collected but based purely on religious belief. To fight AIDS we are going to have to deal with the realities not the fantasies of the rightwing in the US.

–Yes, that is right, the Health Minister is blaming the schools for not letting enough of their students in to teh medical programmes and not letting enough students graduate. Not only is this statement without any substance or merit it also points out how far outside reality the Health Minister is. Even if the schools wanted to let more students in they are going to need more money from the federal government to do so.

–Schroder is posing as an anti-war candidate again. The question is: will he succeed in fooling anyone?

–The next instalment of the series from Marxist.com examining the myths around Marxist economics and Marx. It is an indepth response to some criticisms that are present in the popular press.

–One wonders if the reason for the problems in derailments of CP rail is because they have fired most of their workers that look after such things.

–The falacy that it is the Canadian’s fault that terrorists get to the US is ridiculous. First of all you have to go through US customs to get to the US which are tended by US Custom agents. Second of all, why would the “terrorist” risk going through two boarders when they can just go through one? People are being fed mis-truths by the news and the politicians.

–Here is some more information on the current problems facing the Maritime provinces and the environment that is shared with the North Eastern US states. It comes down to the same old things: The people and the environment inwhich they live and capital. The public must put pressure on the government and companies to not endanger our environment like this.

–Robert Fisk again with his biting articles on the current mood around the world on Iraq and how it differs so greatly from the realities on the ground in Iraq.

– Chapter 6 of Amy and David Goodman’s book The Exception to the Rulers. Have a quick look inside this book by the longtime host of Democracy Now! There are some valuable insights in this book… most of them appear on Leftnews through the articles.