Posted: July 09, 2002

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The year of living dangerously - Tom Croft
  With corporate corruption exposed, globalization gone amok and the bubble economy burst, workers have plenty of reasons for free market fear and loathing.

Privatization squeezes out hard-fought rights for Toronto workers - Linda McQuaig
  Why is job security too much to ask?
 

The Straight Goods Cyber Survey and Speakers Corner Consumers to the rescue? - Larry Solway   Can capitalism survive without consumerism? Visit the Straight Goods Cyber Survey and Speakers' Corner, and tell us what drives you to spend, spend, spend.

Take the Straight Goods on-line readers' survey - and be eligible to win one of five Straight Goods T-shirts.

Consumers
Workers pay brutal price for cheap fruit - Sunday Herald
  As retailers demand cheaper prices for bananas, working standards in Ecuador fall to appalling depths.

Independence Day from Esso
  StopEsso campaign gathers momentum on July 4.

Ontario school board budget struggles reflect provincial funding cuts - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Straight Goods to host Acoustic JamFest on Golden Lake   Weekend workshop to bring players and singers together with folk circuit leaders in lakeside paradise.

SG Readers write...
Adopting the US dollar - an opportunity for the left? - From reader Lewis Auerbach

9/11 culprit being protected by Bush administration - Philip Wagner

Stories and events from the past year at Straight Goods

What Really Happened on September 11? Few items have elicited more interest or controversy at Straight Goods than Barrie Zwicker's What Happened? series. Here are links to parts one and two. Please write with your views.   What really happened?, Part 1, Part 2

Rate spread on credit cards highest ever
  Coalition calls for action on record high interest rates.
 

More on health care

Medical Nightmares
  The fatal mistakes made by health care workers in Canada - and families that tried to get doctors to listen - From Medical Nightmares by Susan McIver
 

Straight Goods correspondent Ken Hechtman in Afghanistan
  In October Straight Goods began running articles about the war in Afghanistan by citizen journalist Ken Hechtman of Montreal. In November, he became famous for being captured, and later released, by the Taliban. In case you missed it, here's his amazing story and a sample of his journalism:

Dec. 04, 2001: An incredible journey into and out of Afghanistan - Ken Hechtman, exclusive to Straight Goods and the Montreal Mirror
  Keeping cool and being well grounded in the culture and history of Afghanistan helped keep correspondent alive.

POWs - not - Ken Hechtman, exclusive to Straight Goods
  Northern Alliance takes no prisoners.