Global Warming has dire consequences for China. Have a read.

Yet another Citizens’ Press exclussive. Chuck Fornier is back and he as an axe to grind with deep integrationists who want to roll back the standard of living for working people in the Maritimes. There is a protest planned in Saint John in June in order to oppose Atlantica. Stay tuned for more details.

–How about this for connections between the State and the Media. There was already little about FoxNews that is not Apologist but this is rediculous.

–Post-neoliberalism… I laughed when I read this headline but the article is rather interesting. We know what happens when liberalism goes into crisis… it is called fascism… or, if we are organised, then it can be socialism. It is our choice.

–Just a reminder that there is solidarity across the country (and internationally) for the fight that Six Nations is engaged in. We must support all oppressed peoples. Have a read.

–A focus on the Caledonia blockade and actions undertaken by Six Nations to halt the State grabbing their land… again…

–Lenin’s Tomb does some analysis of some recent reports of the BNP gaining support in Britain. I would suggest that their support has remained rather stable over the last 10 years with slight gains during the EU debacles. If the Left are going to make gains in Britain then they need to be fighting this flirting of the media with the far right.

–This is the kind of future Canada has if it stays with the Conservatives. Nothing will get in the way of profit… not the environment, the people, or reality.

–Some analysis of Harper from the folks at the Monthly Review Zine. We need to make sure that the Conservatives do not have a smooth ride over their (hopefully) short reign.

–An analysis of the war in Afghanistan from the people of Fightback. It is worth reading if you are still wondering why we are in Afghanistan and why we must leave.

–This should not be a call that the government should be allowed to make. There is no reason that the people of Canada should not have every death broadcast into their living rooms at night. We must continually re-evaluate the wars that we are engaged in. The one in Afghanistan is no exception and is actually one that we, as a nation, should be thinking about a lot. (How about that for pseudo-unbiased comment.) TROOPS OUT NOW!

–It is quite clear from this analysis (and if you know anyone on assistance) that the welfare rates are too low.

–In Venezuela crime and murder is a problem. But real issues need to be dealt by the people that they affect the most. In this case the poorer areas of the country. The protests against crime by the upper classes are not anything but opportunistic.

–Canada Haiti Action is calling for the end to Jean-Pierre Kingsley’s interference with the democratic process in Haiti.

–This might be a good show. Hargrove might be up against some real opposition here. The CAW, as a union, needs to re-examine where it thinks that it is going. It is acting more like a party everyday but without any leg in the parliament there is little change that it can actually affect.

–Here it is. The attack on the Maoists have begun in the liberal press. The media is spinning it as if there is a split in the country between the Maoists and the people (who, of-course, just want liberal democracy). The Maoists are demanding pure grassroots democracy where the liberals just want the idea of democracy but a system controlled by the rich elite. There is a future conflict brewing here.

–This is not going to be good for the peace processes. There is more to this conflict than is presented here.

–This is outrageous. The idea that city workers need to be tracked is blatantly anti-worker. If they are going to track workers then we should demand that they track CEOs and make sure that they are not wasting company and government time and money… We must put an end to this kind of big brother actions against workers.

–This is rather interesting. I would caution that this might mean more about nutrition of pregnant women than about “milk”.

–Communities can try and try to get alternative energy infrastructure in place but if the oil companies are in with the government then there is little progress that can be made.

–Is this really a surprise to people? If you work too much in a stressful environment then there are going to be negative concequences for your health. It does not matter what environment it is.

An older article but it is still relevant as the court case is still ongoing. CUPE, IBEW, and NBU are taking the fight for worker rights to the courts. Our province and our country does not respect freedom of association, a fundamental right guranteed by our constitution. “In 2001, the United Nations International Labour Organization ruled that the government of New Brunswick is violating international labour provisions by denying casual workers freedom of association.” Stay tuned for more information on this.