CLC holds breath that CAW-SEIU deal will hold
  UFCW's Fraser helped broker deal bringing CAW back from the brink and sidetracking the "raiding vs. democracy" debate.

Cafeteria company divests of stock in American private prisons - Ariel Troster
  Activists declare victory, vow to keep challenging Sodexho Marriott Services on foreign prison holdings.

"Relaxed" Canada a haven for unregulated on-line casino operators - Lanny Boutin
  Canada attracts on-line gaming industry assoc. by shrugging while US talks of regulating.

More discussion and coverage of the Social Democracy conference Check out the new coverage, take part in the opinion surveys, and make your vote count!:   Take these Social Democracy surveys and see the results of your responses tallied instantly. Theme 1: Political Citizenship Theme 2: The Role and Limitations of the Market; Local and Global Theme 3: Social Citizenship Theme 4: Civil Society, Political Parties, Grass Roots Activism Can the NDP be Reborn? - Judy Rebick   The NDP needs to open up to developing a new party that includes many voices. A link to rabble.ca - . Making politics matter - Wynne Hartviksen   The shinning light of PR, the rocky road of election finance reform, and the disconnect between activists and politics. Recapturing the socialist imagination - Ariel Troster   The NDP struggles to find a place for young activists.   Sleeping dogs and wake-up calls - David Berlin   Conference session on the role of the market provokes controversy left, right and centre - and no clear consensus. Forever young - Jim Kempkes' animated vision of a political convergence between young and experienced activists.     Visit the main Conference site. Visit the Debates page, the entry to the forums and surveys in the conference's four theme areas. Why has the NDP lost touch with voters?   Straight Goods readers - 81 of them - sound off, in response to a May 28 survey.

Politics
Ontario polls indicates electorate moving left
  OSSTF poll shows parties approaching historic averages, with Tories plunging, Libs static, NDP on rise.

Globalization
World Bank helps poor by taking away their food - Linda McQuaig
  Bank's latest poverty report provides damning evidence of impact on world's poor of "Washington consensus".

Environment

Burnaby teens blow whistle on Chevron refinery - Murray Dobbin
  Students unearth environment ministry-company agreement to keep mum on release of MTBE and benzene.

Moving the toxic goal posts - Parker Barss Donham
  Nova Scotia and Feds continue to delay acting to help Syndey Tar Ponds families.
 
 

Straight Goods Forum With guest commentator Dawn Williams Black Canadians get token recognition under Canadian multiculturalism Canadian society needs to be inclusive, not just tolerant   How inclusive are Canadians? Is our famous mosaic a delusion? How does it feel to be a person of any colour but white in Canada? Join the Straight Goods Forum and express your views... Then Take the Straight Goods poll: Are Canadians colour-blind?

Media file
NAFTA rules violate press freedom guarantees
  A coalition is attacking the secrecy of NAFTA's Chapter 11 tribunals.

The Straight Goods Report - Ish Theilheimer, Publisher
  Labour piece? ... on-line slots, cafeteria consumers' victory, MORE scam spam and other risks...
 

Make me laugh:
Faith and Tuna

CANADIAN TRIVIA from the Trivia Guys
How many Canadians truck for a living?