Posted: May 14, 2002
Updated: May 17, 2002
Homeless in Iqaluit - Gordon Laird
At the edge of the Arctic Circle, local Inuit line up at a soup kitchen for their next meal at an over-booked homeless shelter. One in six Nunavut residents lacks a home.
Education
Why put the burden of independent thought on students? - Linda McQuaig
Corporate endowments help ensure party line is taught - and that university education moves to user-pay principle.
Rescuing our schools from "tougher standards"
Alphie Kohn's website tells why you should oppose "tougher standards", how to oppose them, and where to find more information.
Fifty-seven BC schools threatened with closure
Middle East
Many Partners - Introducing the Palestinian and Israeli peace movements - James Terral
Can hope spring from among the Middle East's best kept secrets?
From Robert Fisk: Sharon the merciless and Arafat the corrupt have nothing to offer each other
There is a solution to this war
A Western protection force could shut down a war the West cannot tolerate or afford.
Sharon's best weapon - Naomi Klein, In These Times
The left must confront anti-Semitism head-on.
Anti-semitism - the shame of Europe
Italian columnist Oriana Fallaci sees the "rise of a new fascism much more grim and revolting because it is conducted and nourished by those who hypocritically pose as do-gooders."
Apartheid in the Holy Land - Desmond Tutu, The Guardian
South Africa's experience proves peace based on justice is possible.
Commentary
Babies and briefcases for Mother's Day - Penney Kome
Reading Sylvia Ann Hewlett's book Creating a Life, you'd think I'd done the impossible - a kid and a career.
Resisting Campbell's referendum is about salvaging democracy - Cecilia Kalaw, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Environment
Down to Earth: Consumerism uses more resources than ever - Suzanne Elston
A decade of talking about cutting back hasn't changed anything.
Columbian tribe topples mighty oil giant - AlterNet
The U'wa - a small indigenous tribe in the Andean rainforest - sends Occidental Petroleum packing.
Scientists discredit BC offshore oil moratium- Environment News Service
Gene warfare to be waged on invasive fish - New Scientist
Australian environmentalist speaks out at Barrick Gold Annual General Meeting
Community, Rights and Change
Underground economy flourishes while welfare fraud is punished - Reuel S. Amdur
Venezuela coup
OPEC chief warned Chavez about coup - Greg Palast, The Guardian
Led to amazing plan, including loyal troops hidden throughout the presidential palace and massive public demonstration.
Venezuela after the Coup Attempt: Will Chavez' Project Survive? - Gregory Wilpert
US 'helped Venezuelan coup' - The Guardian
Attempted overthrow aided and abetted by the US navy and CIA.
Seniors and Health Care*
Inadequate funding means uncertain future for long term care in Ontario - Inside Queen's Park
Karen Sullivan, Executive Director of the Ontario Long Term Care Association, feels the needs of seniors in long term care are not being met.
* A partnership with the Ontario Coalition of Senior Citizens Organizations (OCSCO)
National Medicare Day
On May 15, join communities across the country to stand together for public, accessible, universal health care.
Consumers
Canada celebrates first national Fair Trade Week.
Loblaws under attack for opposing customers' right to know
Shop Canadian, Shopwiser
A new Web resource provides independent and unbiased help for consumers looking to purchase from Canadian sites.
Court takes new tack in Nike lawsuit - Common Dreams
New case uses California laws against false advertising and unfair competition to try to strip profits earned by promoting company as a progressive employer abroad.
Some retailers are watching your every move - The Globe and Mail
Workplace
Steelworkers launch Westray campaign
Union calls on Ottawa to make business leaders criminally accountable for the negligent acts of their corporations.
Remember Westray victims with safety improvements - CBC News
Family and friends of 26 men killed in the Westray mine disaster ten years ago say politicians must remember the dead by giving corporations more responsibility for workplace safety.
International Labour Organization: 16 percent of the world's children perform work that is hazardous, illegal or involuntary - The Globe and Mail
Media files
Seven Bean Chili: Recipe for the rise and fall of the American empire - Bruce Wark
Every time you see a super big number think about the thousands of armed bureaucrats lurking behind it.
Hot headlines
Secretly taped phone calls expose plans to fire and blacklist tens of thousands of BC hospital workers - WorkingTV
Privatization plans on view.
Florida admits 2000 voter fraud - New York Times
A federal judge agrees thousands of blacks were systematically denied their franchise.
The War on Terrorism's Gravy Train - CorpWatch
Cheney's former company wins Afghanistan war contracts.
Bush "unsigns" war crimes treaty - AlterNet
US pulls out of treaty to establish International Criminal Court.
Anthrax attack bug "identical" to army strain - New Scientist
DNA sequence of anthrax sent through US mail in 2001 confirms suspicions bacteria originally came from a US military lab.
A victory for respect - and pensions - A Straight Goods interview with Leah Casselman
OPSEU bargained from strength, won big gains from a government with little wiggle room.
Sodexho beats hasty retreat on BC union blacklist plan - NUPGE
Chief apologist Jon Kristjanson springs into the breach once again.
Corporate Watch
Papers show that Enron Corporation manipulated the California power crisis.- Common Dream
Enron pipeline leaves scar on South America- Washington Post
Human Rights
Police 'over-reacted' at G20: Report - Ottawa Citizen
Some protesters were 'brutalized' by Ottawa department members, a citizens' panel finds.
Rights reputation on line in Canada, Amnesty says- Toronto Star
Free Lori Berenson!
Amnesty International's youngest North American political prisoner, trapped for seven years in Peru.
Humour
Zen thoughts
Meditations to get you through the day.
'Stalled' on the highway
Were you talking to me?
Homeless in Iqaluit
Confronting anti-semitism