–Noe gay priests, just child abusers…

–This is a stupid list of pros and cons of nuclear power. It is posted because nuclear power is coming to the centre of the debate on energy consumption and global climate change. I really do not think that it should be the first thing that we look to for replacement of oil and coal fired plants.

–Militant nationalism in the US. Bush continues his ultra-right agenda. It is protectionist policy and it is not something that the world can put up with. The protection of jobs at home can only be won through international solidarity.

–We, on the left, need to keep an eye on this one.

–Olivia Chow is running again. Good luck to her on the campaign.

–Kyoto is not perfect by a long shot but the idea that the US will not even give into this level of organization internationally speaks volumes about who their masters are…

–This shows that either the people of PEI are totally put off by politics on the island that they believe there is no hope for correct representation or the electoral reform confused everyone.

“Legislation that will impoverish the most vulnerable sections of society—single parents and the disabled—is due to be pushed through the Australian parliament this week. Faced with ongoing opposition to its measures, the Howard government gave a Senate committee just a few days last week to make final cosmetic adjustments.”

“This fall, a series of rallies against government repression, initiated by the Partisan Defense Committee, drew hundreds of union members, activists, students and socialists. Held in New York on September 15, in Chicago and Berkeley on October 1, and in Los Angeles on October 8, these united-front events helped broaden support, particularly in the labor movement, for the causes of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Lynne Stewart and Assata Shakur—fighters against oppression victimized by the racist capitalist “justice” system.”

“We print below the opening remarks by Rachel Wolkenstein of the Partisan Defense Committee at the September 15 New York City rally against government repression, which she chaired.”

“The abandonment of masses of overwhelmingly black and poor people by America’s capitalist rulers in the face of Hurricane Katrina is a crime that must be seared into the memory of working people. Months after the catastrophe, New Orleans remains a rotting shell. Bodies are still being found almost daily. Nearly half the devastated city is without power, without medical care and with most of its population unable to return to their homes.”

“An Irish Ferries stand-off is in its fourth day, with union claims that 30 crew members are barricaded in ships at Pembroke Dock and Holyhead.”

“The two unions in Hacienda Luisita are on the verge of signing their respective agreements with management which may finally end the most controversial strike in the nation’s history.”

“As Starbucks in the United States faces a hearing over allegations that managers dismissed employees for promoting unionisation, New Zealand fast-food workers are facing similar problems.”

–Everything gets turned in to a commodity if it can be sold… An interesting article on this in the Monthly Review Zine.

Click above to download an interesting video clip of Malcom X! Was he turning away from pan-africanism towards socialism?

–This might be an interesting film to watch. One can never see too much about what is happening in Latin America if you are on the left at all.

–The Neo Labour leadership is up to it again. The way that these people are running the Labour Party begs the question of how much more are the unions and workers of the UK going to take before they take their party back?

–Child labour persists. So much for the “free market” solving this problem. They are forced to work to survive. It should be the responsibility of society to look after disenfranchised children such as this.

–I think that it is pretty clear that when it comes to the selling of arms the person or country that is doing the selling shares the blame if those weapons are used to harm civilians and oppress rights. This is one example of this. The public are upset when this happens and yet it continues…

For those of you who missed the FENSUAGRO lecture or for those who would like to hear it again, click above to download the MP3 (140.12 MB)!

–This is a great article on the Mr. Christopher Hitchens. There is nothing that I can get behind in Hitchens’ analysis. The idea that he has followers is something that should keep people up at night.