Posted: October 13, 2004

ANTI-CANADA LOVES UNCLE SAM by Linda McQuaig
  Canadian resolve to keep health care, other values leaves our US-modeled neo-cons fuming.
 

MILITARY FAMILIES SPEAK OUT by Penney Kome
  Labour activists organize families of US military to resist the US-led invasion of Iraq.
 

MUSLIMS FAST, INVITE OTHERS TO FEAST
  Canadian Islamic Congress urges Muslims to share Ramadan dinners with their neighbours.

Health matters
HEALTH COMPARISONS by Gordon Guyatt, MD
  Medicare critics oversimplify data to promote privatization.
 

Communities, rights and change

MEDIA LITERACY by Reuel S Amdur
  Reading the subtext in the Ottawa Citizen.
 
 

Workplaces

AIR DROP by Mike Martin
  Tracing Bombardier's poor performance to its top boss.
 

Watershed ways

TAKING WATER FOR GRANTED by Ole Hendrickson
  Rural areas need reimbursement for keeping urban air and water clean.
 
 

Consumers
FULL BUDGET AHEAD from the Credit Counselling Service of Toronto
  Plan now for a financially sustainable holiday.
 

Media files
CRACK BABIES TALK BACK by Mariah Blake, Columbia Journalism Review
  Swept into foster care, grown up crack babies blame media myths as much as their mothers' addictions.

Canadian politics
SELLING AMMO by Matthew Behrens
  Canadian companies profit from conflict by selling bullets.

BC LEGAL AID CUTS HURT WOMEN from the CCPA
  Government cuts 40% from family law aid, which women are twice as likely to request.

World beat
UK TRIES AFGHAN FOR TORTURE ABROAD by Peter Graff, Reuters
  Landmark human rights trial for crimes allegedly committed in another country.

KENYAN ENVIRONMENTALIST WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE from the Greenbelt Movement
  Prof Wangari Maathai, MP, led the Greenbelt Movement to plant 20 million trees.

US election watch
FEEDING HIM LINES? by Dave Lindorff, In These Times
  Speculation rises that President Bush relies on high-tech earpiece to help him answer debate questions.

"VOTE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE WEEK" OCT 18-24 by Ted Glick
  Racism Watch prepares to inject progressive politics into last weeks of campaign.

RAMADAN ALERT from the ACLU
  FBI vows "aggressive" surveillance of Muslims, mosques until election - during Islamic holiday month.
 

Hot headlines
TUTU ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI by Desmond Tutu, International Herald Tribune
  One Nobel Peace laureate says another laureate's detention tests the world's resolve.

ALLERGIES: LOW LEVELS, HIGH STAKES by Molly Ivins, Creators
  Almost undetectable amounts of allergens can have fatal results.

A DRAFT IN THE AIR? by Dave Lindorff, Counterpunch
  Republicans protest too much that they have no plans to reinstate conscription.

Take action!
BUILDING THE OTHER SUPERPOWER from the Canadian Peace Alliance
  Ryerson University to host pan-Canadian peace conference.

HOMELESSNESS IS A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION
  National Anti-Poverty Organization calls for Federal government to implement a national housing strategy.

HONOURING THOSE WHO HELP WOMEN from Women's eNews
  Nominate outstanding leaders by October 17.

Feedback from our readers
BAD INVESTMENT by Michelle Tham
  Ryerson student urges Canada Pension Plan not to invest in tobacco.