Take part in e-Democracy Ed Broadbent and Desmond Morton invite you take part in the on-line version of their conference on The Future of Social Democracy. Conference papers include:   - Friday morning in Montreal - a PR moment   - Where Left-Wing Voters Went in 2000: What Happened to the NDP? - Desmond Morton   - A Future for the Left - Anthony Westell   - Reinventing Canada's Left: Don't Expect the NDP to Lead the Way - Naomi Klein   - The End of Left and Right: Thoughts for Social Democracy - Stephen Schecter   - The Right Way to Social Democracy - Tom Kent   - The Rae Government's Lesson for Today's New Democrats - Jordan Berger   - Visit the main Conference site.   - Visit the Debates page, the entry to the forums and surveys in the conference's four theme areas.

How does your garden grow...?
  Jim Kempkes' animated view of the Social Democracy Debates.
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Consumer advisory
Bottled water: fact and hype - Susan Hirshorn
  'Pure' may not mean what you think. It's usually safe, but not necessarily safer than tap or well water.
 

Straight Goods Forum Public education on the block Public schools and boot camps for the poor - Linda McQuaig   Private education credits part of broad assault on all our public systems.   Public funding for private schools - Larry Solway   Once again, Mike Harris proves he's the Master of Political Distraction.   How do you feel about private school tax credits or vouchers? See what others have written and state your views... Then Take the Straight Goods poll: What's your view on private school tax credits?     Access Denied - Rick Telfer, Canadian Federation of Students   How the Harris Conservatives are dismantling public post-secondary education in Ontario.

Summit follow-up
Silenced by a plastic bullet
  Eric Laferriere of Ste.-Claire-de-Bellechasse went to Quebec City to see the FTAA demonstrations. Without provocation police shot him at close range with a plastic bullet. He's been in agony since. A link to NOW.

Digital culture
Documentary goes Digital - Robert Labossiere
  How digital media is changing the nature of documentary making.
 

Workplace
Goons and thuggery return to Ontario picket lines - Brit Angus
  Private security companies push the envelope of militancy with striking workers.
 

Environment
Who's violating your environmental rights? - Suzanne Elston
  New website helps you find out local sources of danger.
 

International strategy to prohibit patents on life forms
  Work toward a treaty to share the genetic commons. A link to rabble.ca - .

Make me laugh:
Actual clippings from church newspapers - Second Reading

CANADIAN TRIVIA from the Trivia Guys
What Toronto band was dubbed The Canadian Beatles and later mocked as Hype of the Year in 1977?
 

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