Posted: April 08, 2003
Updated: April 11, 2003

Was the video clip of the statue coming down staged? - IndyMedia
  Reports point to US role in setting up the famous images.
 
 

Racial profiling incident in Kingston, Ontario not isolated - Michelle Langlois
  Nineteen-year old already expert on the subject due to history of unprovoked arrest and police harassment.

Daily Baghdad reports unspin claims and counter-claims and reveal human costs - Robert Fisk at robert-fisk.com
  If the latest news from Dofa sounds too good to be true... read Fisk. This week's entries confirm much tougher resistance than US likes to acknowledge.

Iraq commentary
Will Hutton on Blair's huge mistake - The Observer
  His intellectual mentor writes that by opting to join America's hard right and failing to appreciate its goals or its non-stop growth, Tony Blair has made the gravest mistake of his political life.

The rescue of Jessica Lynch proved just right to bolster support for war - Linda McQuaig
  Reveals intense effort to ensure America is seen to occupy the moral high ground in this war.

What does 'anti-American' really mean? - Barrie Zwicker
  It seems self-evident but it's not.
 

Don't worry Canada, we still want your oil - Susan Thompson
  Canadians should be more wary of "friendship" from the US ambassador, writes Alberta resident.

Ten reasons to oppose the war - Duncan Cameron
  The invasion of Iraq increases, not reduces the risk of terrorist attacks against the U.S. and it allies.
 

Advice to Aussie PM on war - Mark Rosenfeld
  Do the Canadian thing, have it both ways.

Say it loud, Canada - this war is wrong and illegal - Ish Theilheimer
  Canadians who truly oppose this war must say so clearly rather than attempting to finesse the issue.

Communities, rights and change
Governing from the far right means prisons and war - Reuel S. Amdur
  US Supremes uphold three strikes law, confirming life sentences for flashlight battery thieves.

Whistleblowers R Us - WorkingTV, CCPA
  From Enron to BC's fish farm, whistleblower protections are needed to keep governments and corporations accountable. Why are there so few protections for people who find the courage to speak out in the public interest?

Your health and health care
More spending doesn't always mean better health care - Dr. Gordon Guyatt
  Study suggests Canada's system of rationing care, in which we make sure hospitals and intensive care units operate at full capacity, makes sense.

SARS Resources - New Scientist
  A collection of info on global efforts to combat Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

Your Earth
Health on a global scale - Suzanne Elston
  International programs are tools for world health.

Deserts advancing, civilization retreating - Janet Larsen
  The pressure of the world's 6.2 billion people is slowly turning productive land into desert on every continent.

'Self-inspections' of Ontario forests ineffective: study
  Study finds system incorporates major conflicts of interest.

Notes from Planet America
Iraq war is as wrong as Vietnam was - George McGovern
  While waging a war against Iraq, the Bush Administration is waging another war against the well-being of America.
 

Eve Ensler's open letter to President Bush
  Creator of Vagina Monologues says war ignores experiences of and effects on women.
 

Don't be intimidated by what will be touted as some great military victory - Michael Moore
  Columbine, Stupid White Men take off since Oscar speech.
 

The new Planet America - Roy MacGregor, The Globe and Mail
  The US has profoundly changed as the nation attempts to adapt to its sudden vulnerability.

Get ready for Patriot II - AlterNet
  The Bush Administration is preparing to ram through domestic legislation that will radically circumscribe civil liberties in the name of nationalism.

The battle between Donald Rumsfeld and the Pentagon - Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker
  Defense Secretary overrules and humiliates top military brass, confident technological superiority is enough to win.

Salad days for the military-industrial complex - CorpWatch
  Cheney, Halliburton and the spoils of war.

Bay of Pigs meets Black Hawk Down - Robert Parry, Consortium News
  Journalist who broke many of the stories now known as the Iran-Contra Affair in the 80s writes that "victory" over Hussein will constitute a strategic defeat of historic proportions.

The costs of empire - Jeffrey E. Garten
  America cannot afford its foreign commitments.

SRI Reports - news on Socially Responsible Investment
PepsiCo forced to let shareholders debate water scarcity - www.realassets.ca
  Activist shareholders push company for sustainable policy on one of most pressing environmental issues.

108,000 US jobs lost in March - NY Times
  Two-year slide continues, bringing jobless rate to 5.8% despite war.