Posted: February 18, 2003

Commentary
Why it's OK to think the Iraq crisis is about oil - Linda McQuaig
  It's ironic how free market champions tell us humans are motivated by personal interest... except the more high-minded Bush administration.

Lawyers argue against use of force in Iraq - International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms
  International appeal by lawyers and jurists against the "preventive" use of force.

There's not enough evidence to justify war - Ernie Regehr, Project Ploughshares
  Humanitarian consequences of an attack missing from Powell's evidence.

Psychology of George W. - Jim Kempkes
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Good news from Porto Alegre; bad news from Washington - Ted Schmidt, Catholic New Times
  Sadly, the hopeful news emanating from the World Social Forum (WSF) was driven off the pages by the increasingly corporate-dominated media's obsession with Iraq.

Depleted uranium dirty and deadly - Guy Dauncey
  Birth defects and Gulf War Syndrome could be just the beginning if the US bombs Iraq.
 

Ground war underway - Supporting Facts
  Links to current articles about the Iraq crisis.

Greenpeace flagship confront US war preparations in Europe - Greenpeace

Duct and cover - Red Green teams up with Homeland Security - The Duct Tape Guys

Delivering the anti-war message loud and clear - Scoop
  Articles on a world united for peace.
 

Lying us into war: exposing Bush and his "techniques of deceit" - Dennis Hans, Scoop

Stopping War 101 - Ish Theilheimer
  Plus fuel costs put heat on the poor and talking down fines, part 3.
 

Commentary
Black History Month has lost its punch and meaning - Colin Rickards
  Events don't always live up to celebration's roots.
 

Workplaces
Support for unemployed shortchanges women - Paul Weinberg
  EI faces Supreme Court challenge on benefits for part-time workers - most of whom are women.

Noranda playing tough with union at Quebec smelter - Ben Lefebvre
  Company demands 'flexibility' at unknown cost to workers.

Your Earth
Hydrogen is no cure for oil dependence - Gary Gallon
  Although some renewable technologies can generate the energy to produce hydrogen, reliance on traditional sources is likely to continue under US plan.

Making brownfields green - Gary Gallon
  Canadian cities and developers are learning to make the best of polluted lands.

Communities, Rights and Change

Convicted fraud artist to lead Eves' campaign - Reuel S. Amdur
  Harris welfare-cuts campaigner Jamie Watt did jail time.
 

Consumers
Dental fraud frighteningly real - From reader Wendy Bright

Cash handouts to Internet companies another example of govt. spending gone mad - From reader Stephen Mayne

Media files
Premier US Web magazine Salon facing failure - Associated Press
  Move to paid subscription has failed to save America's most respected on-line publication.

New words, acronyms and buzz phrases for 2003 - Ontario Morning, CBC Radio
  Essentials for the workplace vocabulary.

Beware he who pays the piper - Antonia Zerbisias, Toronto Star
  Those who dismiss the dangers posed by media concentration aren't usually on the journalistic front lines.

Take action
Important info on staying warm at demos - Montreal street medics at Urgence Manif
  SG apologizes for better-late-than-never advice!

Humour
You know it's 2003 when...