–Klein talks about the continued theft of public money.

“The proposed privatization of Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission amounts to the selling out of New Brunswick’s injured workers. It’s bad enough that over the last 16 years, both the Conservative and Liberal governments have been eroding rehabilitation services just to ensure cheaper assessment rates. Now the liberals intend to privatize a Crown corporation.

Shame on them! Privatization of the WHSCC will lead to a staggering decrease in services and accessibility. Privatization will result in fees for service, increased wait times and increased claims periods.”

–The new “beta” site for the Citizens’ Press has been released. Let us know what you think.
Leftnews.org is a project of the Citizens’ Press.

–Some more analysis of the US position on Latin America independence. The question is will an Obama presidency actually change foreign policy positions with regards to Latin America? The answer is: probably not. Still, worth a read.

–The workers’ rights agenda is finally getting some attention on the international stage. Never underestimate the need for progressive leadership.

–It isn’t that new of a mindset. Demand better, join a union.

–Some reasoned analysis from Seymour here. The Dems are not friendly to the working class, but given the realities of the US political system over the next week a vote for any alternative to the crazies that are the Republicans seems obvious. The condition for that is the need to mobilized for real change after the election.

–The hardest part of any revolutionary process is keeping the momentum when things are taking longer than you think they should.

–Samir Amin discusses the corporate globalization and where it is going on Taiwan TV. Not something that you see on Western media.

–An interesting analysis from Hari of the Independent of London on the conflict in the Congo. It all comes back to the question of people or profit.

–If it doesn’t completely trash the way that our corporate TV owners do things then it isn’t worth the paper it is written on. Could Canadian TV get much worse? The fact that the CRTC is even considering loosening rules around Canadian content is disturbing. We should stand with our Canadian artists and demand better support for the Arts, not less.

–University of Guelph Graduate Students’ Association air their dirty laundry about tuition fees. This action is part of the Canada’s student movement’s Drop Fees campaign and the broader International Day for Accessible Education.

Canada needs proportional representation. Electoral reform is just as important today as was the struggle for universal suffrage last century. Learn more here, and spread the word.

–CLC backs the call by the CEP to boycott Petro Canada while they are locking-out their workers at a Montreal refinery. More here from CLC. and here from CUPE.

Paul Craig Roberts writes a fitting but premature obituary for the Bush regime.

Syria Condemns US Attack as “Terrorist Aggression”

Two Neo-Nazis Arrested in Obama Assassination Plot

$13 Billion Set Aside for Wall Street Bonuses

Eight-Year-Old Shoots Himself Dead with Uzi at Gun Show

Grand Jury to Probe Allegations of Police Beating in Brooklyn

These are some of the headlines.

A landmark trial has begun against the oil giant Chevron. A San Francisco district court is hearing a case brought by Nigerian plaintiffs who accuse Chevron of recruiting and supplying Nigerian military forces involved in the May 1998 shooting and killing of protesters in the oil-rich Niger Delta.

Democracynow.org has included a clip of Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria’s Oil Dictatorship in this piece.

China’s urbanization process has reached a critical juncture, inequality between town and country is producing explosive revolts surrounding the cities. The problem of how to contain these revolts is at the core of policy making and is reflected in conflicts inside the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

–Escobar is in North Carolina to see where the popular vote sits.

–Danny Glover talks about the current election in the US and where activists need to focus their efforts after.