Posted: May 18, 2004

Forget the fat tax, tax fat cats - Linda McQuaig
  Bigger tax bite for social spending comes with more public participation, healthier democracy on the side.
 

Analyze this!

Futile savers - Richard Shillington
  Most public funding for RRSPs, seniors goes to the more affluent.
 

Canadian politics


An exceptional Canadian - Mel Watkins
  Celebrating Eric Kieran's life as a public intellectual.
 
 

"Socialist millionaire" helped shape Canada - Jamie Swift
  Eric Kierans rose from working class but never forgot his roots.

Communities, rights and change
Sauce for the goose - Reuel S. Amdur
  Do working people and the poor have property rights?

War Crimes - John McMurtry
  Corporate media can't ignore photos the way they ignored protests.
 
 

Your health and health care
Manufacturing addiction - Janet C. Currie, Network
  Tranquilizers and sleeping pills over-prescribed to women in Canada.

Check, please! - David Robbins, CUPE
  Union lawsuit to force federal Health Minister to demand accounting from provinces; hearings start in June.

Watershed ways

Ladies and gentlemen: Stop your engines - Ole Hendrickson
  In a season of smog, it's not wise to idle.
 

Consumers
Toasted! - Laura Sewell, Council of Canadians
  Monsanto abandons GE wheat in Canada, but other GE development continues.

Safe mopping
  ASPCA refutes rumour that Swiffer mops leave toxic trail.

False labeling - Paul Waldie, The Globe and Mail
  Most nutritional bars and drinks don't live up to their labels or Ottawa's requirements.

Media files
Paul Martin's "lack of coolness" revealed - David Bernans and Sophia Southam, lo tekk productions
  Indie producers seek sponsors for documentary addressing youth voter apathy and country's humour deficit.

Workplaces

Fearful after 9-11? - Mike Martin
  Canadians, unlike US residents, can still speak out about government policies.
 
 

Hot headlines

Iconography - Gwynne Dyer, Mehr News
  Shocking images from Abu Ghraib define Iraq invasion.
 

Safety first! - Jeremy Rifkin
  New EU rules would require corporations to prove products are safe before selling them, infuriating US big business.

Bumbling victory - Barbara McLintock, TheTyee.ca
  Gordon Campbell lower than unions in public opinion polls, more strikes looming.

Protector or predator?
  Adbusters magazine looks at the legacy of 200 years of US interventionism.

Top US officials hold fake degrees
  CBS investigation finds dubious credentials.

A crude shock - Paul Krugman, New York Times
  Gas prices rise, world oil market stretched tight as a drum.

India boots neoliberals - Arundhati Roy, the Guardian
  Let us hope the darkness has passed.

Berg iced first? - Lawrence Smallman, Aljazeera
  Bloggers raise doubts about Nick Berg execution video.

Humour
What really goes on at the Republican National Committee Convention
  Praise the Lord and pass the freedom fries.

Take action!
Afghan women's school project underway - CW4WAfghan
  School supplies, monetary donations needed.