–More on the Venezuelan revolution.

–The British “neo-Labour” party’s values are not in-line with the majority of the people of Britain. The people must drag their party back to the Left.

–Join with Labour and demand action to prevent the loss of manufacturing jobs now.

–Canada is becoming a job-loss cemetery. We must demand action to stop the flow of manufacturing jobs overseas. Fighting the Security and Prosperity Partnership and the Gateway projects are a first step. Write to your member of parliament and your local NDP riding to voice your concern that this is not being debated and a firm stand against is not being adopted.

–Duncan Cameron on the current state of the Canadian political system.

–The people of Venezuela must stand-up to the media moguls and demand that the public airwaves not be used to incite violence. The only reason that violence is being used here is because that is the only way the right wing knows how to respond to its power being taken away. The people must stand united and must stand opposed to the lies coming out of the corporate media.

–A move forward. The people must have the first and last say in the writing of the constitution and community assemblies should be the place for the discussion to happen.

–There continues to be no action what-so-ever on the ground that is actually helping the people of this country. Troops out now.

–Sarkozy is going to wrap all of his anti-worker policies in this kind of shine. We need to expose him at every turn.

–One question: Why doesn’t the government do it with the help of the community? It seems that if big businesses are going to come in then they are going to do it on the cheap and there is no guarantee that the people will actually get what they want and need.

–Castro is continuing his writing campaign to educate the world on the issues. Have a read.

–Class analysis is still as important as ever if one wants to understand the system and why it is failing the interests of the majority.

–The reality is that the people have complete control over the granting of the rights to use public airwaves. If the majority of the people want those airwaves used for public media instead of coup-leading private media then that is their right. Support the people of Venezuela and support the decision to remove RCTV from the public airwaves.

Despite the nonrenewal of its broadcasting license, cable and satellite broadcasts will still be available to RCTV; moreover they will continue to broadcast through their two radio stations in Venezuela. The new broadcasting license is being given to a public station, TVes-Venezuela Social Television, which will run shows produced mainly by independent parties. The station will be controlled not by the government, but by a foundation of community members, with one chair reserved for a government representative. TVes also hopes to reach into some of the most remote areas of the nation, not covered before by RCTV.

–Tell Harper where Canadians stand on the issues.

–Only through solidarity can we end the attacks on our health-care workers.

–Main question: Why is Cuba’s health care system the best in the world? Answer: it is free, and Cubans live longer than most and in better health than most. Read how it is done.

–Chomsky’s propaganda model lives on. In fact, you can see it in the coverage of the canceling of the RCTV’s public license and even in the coverage of the Propaganda Model Conference. Have a read.

–The power of the press should be used for peaceful purposes to expose corruption and provide indepth information to the people. It should not be instigating coups just because the owners of the media think that it is in their personal interests. Support the majority in Venezuela and demand democratisation of the media.

–The leadership went to Browne but the next-in-line is not so tied up.

–We continue to be unsurprised. Anything is better than a neo-con for the position at the World Bank… wait, he is a neo-con (he worked for the Center for Strategic and International Studies)

–Liberal democracy is all about advertising… no one should be surprised… but they should be mad.

–Nice.

In a startling reversal of history, a Middle Eastern energy company is pushing into the Canadian oil and gas market looking for secure supplies, and, thanks to a battle with activist shareholders on this continent, it may be getting a good deal in the process.

The sale comes less than two years after Pogo bought the Canadian company for $1.8-billion and appears to have been the result of heavy pressure from activist investors, led by Third Point LLC, an aggressive U.S. hedge fund led by Daniel Loeb, who have been unhappy with Pogo’s performanc

Conservation Council of New Brunswick News Release

May 29, 2007

Fredericton - On May 27, 2007, a harvester was spotted levelling the forest near the Portage Vale/Elgin area in Albert County. The area is the proposed site of the “Quintessential Canada” tourist resort; a gated community of 2,000 luxury homes priced between $600,000 and $1.2 million each, a Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course, 200,000 square foot conference centre, sports village, racino and spa. Ann Collins Property Ltd., an investment property specialist based in Ireland, is planning to build a multi-million dollar exclusive tourist resort on land that includes 2,800 acres of public land.
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–Castro has continued his written attacks on the dangerous idea of moving to ethanol as a fuel source. It is the wrong way to go, given the current system, if we actually consider that many people will go hungry or be driven further into poverty. The analysis is a must-read.

–Important analysis of the current stage of NAFTA. The Security and Prosperity Partnership (Orwell would be proud) is the next phase of the growth in neo-liberalism in North America. This, along with the Gateway, are the new threat to Canadian independence and manufacturing jobs. We must stop the growth of the Gateway infrastructure if we are going to be able to have any independence politically and if we are going to have any meaningful growth of our economy.

–The Democrats have lost their way… or, maybe they never had it.

–Support for the non-renewal of RCTV’s public airwaves licence. Also of interest is the recent article from MR Zine on the issue.

–The US continues its assault on democracy in Venezuela.

–Health and education for all. At least, for all in Venezuela. Too bad Canada cannot offer the same for its citizens.

–More on RCTV being moved off of the public airwaves in Venezuela.

–Rather nice to see those that are in the minority (the right-wing in this case) be the ones protesting in the streets. RCTV should have been closed a long time ago given its involvement in the coup to over-throw Chavez. However, it is rather great to see a government and a people demand that its public licence not be renewed and be isolated in cable TV land. There is nothing anti-democratic about this move.

–Big surprise… Wait, no, it isn’t. NB already has some of the lowest corporate taxes in Canada. Now, with all the public money going to building the “Atlantic Gateway” it wouldn’t make sense to increase taxes on corporations. If they did then the Atlantic Gateway might not be considered corporate welfare.

–Democracy is not exactly the word that should be used to describe the actions of the New Brunswick political system.

–This continues to be the way that the Conservatives do business. We should not be surprised.