Posted: February 10, 2004

Throne Speech should be thrown out - Reuel S. Amdur
  Martin shows no social vision, and "where there is no vision, the people perish".
 

Campbell's harsh BC welfare reforms contrast with his own treatment - Linda McQuaig
  Premier asked for and received enormous slack because of his tragic background, is offering no slack for thousands of welfare recipients.

Your health, your health care

Beware P3 hospitals - Gordon Guyatt
  It's a matter of accounting.

Real value of chiropractic hard to assess - Jason W. Busse
  Recent Ontario court ruling adds little clarity but could result in useful.

Scrap two-year welfare limits altogether - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  BC government creates exemption for welfare time limits due to public outcry, but uncertainty still looms for recipients.
 

Commentary

Let's have some real democratic reform - Lorne Nystrom
  If Mr. Martin wants to see where Canadian democracy is headed, he will have to go beyond the Hill.
 

Anti-war activists face trial for occupation of Lockheed Martin - Chris Arsenault
  Halifax occupiers stressed the relationship between globalization and increased militarism.

Sometimes it is a soldier's duty to tell the truth no matter what - Jay Shaft, Coalition For Free Thought In Media
  There comes a time when every commander has to put the life of his troops at a higher level of importance than the profits of our corrupt leaders.

Workplaces
Highway workplace: the Canadian truckers' story - Workers' Arts & Heritage Centre
  Launching of the Virtual Museum of Canada website.

US agencies to investigate Gildan's labour practices - Maquila Solidarity Network/Ethical Trading Action Group
  Montreal-based T-shirt manufacturer violated workers rights at Honduran manufacturing plant.

Hot headlines
Iraq, Libya, N. Korea: US is 0-3 on 'intelligence' work - Gwynne Dyer
  "We were all wrong," David Kay tells US Senate Armed Forces Committee, but doesn't go far enough in questioning US intel failure.

Get me rewrite! - Paul Krugman, The New York Times
  Hopefully the Bush administration's crass efforts to rewrite history will backfire.

Banking on empire - Mitch Jeserich, CorpWatch
  Iraq's banking system controlled by a consortium of foreign corporations.

Exhausted Palestinians - Supporting Times
  A crossroads: either capitulate to the surrender terms of the Sharon government, or abandon the two-state solution.

Canadians to Bush: hope you lose, eh - Jonathon Gatehouse, Maclean's
  According to a new poll, only 15 per cent of us would vote for the President.

Iranian sisters suing Ottawa for delayed refugee claim - CBC News
  Botched case may have led to torture in an Iranian jail.

NY driving and dialing ban ineffective: study - CBC News
  Police issue 100,000 tickets in 15 months.

Release of Bush's military records prove he is guilty - American Gulf War Veterans Association
  President denied direct order during military service.

The lie factory - Robert Dreyfuss and Jason Vest, Mother Jones
  The inside story of how the Office of Special Plans bypassed the CIA to push disinformation and bogus intelligence.

Blair in peril - Gaby Hinsliff, The Observer
  Backbench revolts over weapons of mass destruction fallout.

Women burn, strangle and stab themselves in UK jail hell - Martin Bright, The Observer
  Warders struggling to halt the epidemic forced to act as therapists.

Britain spied on UN allies over war vote - Martin Bright and Peter Beaumont, The Observer
  Security Council members 'illegally targeted' after plea from US.

Britain's evil gangmasters rule cockle slave trade by fear - Anuskha Asthana and Tony Thompson, The Observer

Media files
An armed media serves the public - Toronto Police news release
  Misplaced modifier gives reporters weapons.

Take action
Military Families co-founders speak against war in Toronto
  US-based organization of people opposed to the invasion of Iraq who have relatives or loved ones in the military.

Reader comment
Thank you - T. W. Clarke, Johannesburg, South Africa