Posted: November 05, 2002

Media have let down America on Wellstone tragedy - Stephen Block
  Tragedy signals code red for US system of government and media no longer doing its job.

Was Paul Wellstone murdered? - AlterNet
  Open and accountable independent investigation needed.
 
 

The oil oligarchy Kyoto resisters stuck in the profitable past - Linda McQuaig   The voices of a minority of polluting industries are most vocal in debate. If only Iraq were rich in yams, not oil - Gary Gallon

Homeless fight to retain housing squats - Paul Weinberg
  The latest response by anti-poverty groups to Canada's continued housing shortage.

OPP stretch law with highway drug searches - Terra Renton
  Police at roadside booze checks trick and intimidate motorists into getting cars searched.

Workplaces


Why new economy workers need unions - Mike Martin
 
 
 

Politics
Blaikie offers tough-minded leadership, no gimmicks
  NDP more relevant than ever, so gimmicks and silver bullets aren't needed, says 23-year veteran in exclusive interview.

Join the forum on NDP leadership

Health Care


Harper or Romanow, who is the real dinosaur? - Dr. Gordon Guyatt
 
 
 

Community, Rights and Change
Housing shell game - Reuel S. Amdur
  Less-than-market housing units will still price poor out.

Weak link in Ontario's affordable housing plan - Reuel S. Amdur

Commentary
How Canada can abolish poverty and unemployment even in a no-growth economy - Gideon Rosenbluth and Peter Victor, CCPA

The Straight Goods Cyber Forum No better than a welfare basher? - Larry Solway   Who are the truly needy? When will there be a just society? Respond to the Straight Goods Cyber Survey and qualify for a prize in the weekly draw.

Environment
Howling with wolves - Suzanne Elston
  Sixty screaming Brownies and a rainy night at Jungle Cat World: life-altering.

Is school making your child sick? - Jennifer Warner, WebMD
  Sick school syndrome incidences are rising across the country.

Common corn herbicide Atrazine is frog gender bender - Globe and Mail

Books

Corporate Rule: understanding and challenging the new world order - David Model
  Excerpt examines how TV portrayals of working class serve corporate interests.
 

The death of the Internet - Jeff Chester
  How industry plans to kill 'Net as we know it.

Caveat investor - ROB
  Financial gurus like Brian Costello and Jerry White say they can't help it if their students fail disastrously.

Co-ops should be part of solution to Canada's housing crisis - Ian Skelton, CCPA

Media files

Bowling scores big
  ... Michael Moore's one man show in London.
 
 

NY Times does about-face on anti-war coverage - Voice4change
  Changes attitude on anti-war movement after outraged people across the country demand a truthful and unbiased account.

Hot headlines
Gore Vidal claims 'Bush junta' complicit in 9/11 - The Observer
  America's most controversial novelist calls for an investigation into whether the Bush administration deliberately allowed the terrorist attacks to happen.

Did North Korea steal Canada's nuclear secrets? - Asian Pacific Post
  Two former AECL employees accused of helping turn nation into "nuclear K- Mart".

Courting support for Iraq war, West turns blind eye to Russian deaths- Richard Gwyn, Toronto Star
  What is Moscow doing with chemical weapons?

Canada's mining industry strikes gold - in taxpayers' wallets - Mining Watch
  Federal taxpayers spend $13,000 for each mining job.

Israeli refuseniks: one heart, divided loyalty - The Guardian

Wheels come off US war plans for Iraq - From The Wilderness
  Riskier, more volatile moves to begin "all or nothing" gamble for Iraqi oilfields.

Humour

How real men keep house