Posted: November 09, 2004

DEALING WITH THE W by Linda McQuaig
  Holding a bully's coat won't influence his outlook or policy.
 

US election watch

MEL WATKINS ON FLORIDA VOTE
  Volunteer election monitor did not detect intimidation or fraud, yet uneasiness remains.
 
 

A MODEL DEMOCRACY? by Penney Kome
  Complaints, questions about US voting procedures undermine America's credibility as a model for the world.
 

Health matters
HMOS DRIVE UP US HEALTH COSTS by Gordon Guyatt, MD
  Investor-owned for-profit healthcare costs more, kills more, than public non-profit services.
 

Communities, rights and change
RENEGING ON PAY EQUITY by Reuel S Amdur
  Supreme Court decision violates rights of hospital workers in Newfoundland.
 

Commentary
LEST WE FORGET by Ted Schmidt
  Remember all the casualties of war.

A MATTER OF FAITH by Hanns Skoutajan
  Considering George Bush's behaviour to be an examplar of moral values, stretches belief.
 

Canadian politics
OUTSOURCING THREATENS PRIVACY: UNION from the BCGEU
  BC Government Employees Union sues to prevent province from providing personal health information to US-linked company.

ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT FLAWED by Geoff Langhorne
  Lack of funding, enforceability, undermine goal of improving access for Ontarians with disabilities.
 

Editorial
LESSONS FROM THE HINTERLAND by Ish Theilheimer
  Kerry lost by playing to Bush's base, ceding vital turf.

Media files
PENGUIN DAY CONFERENCE IN TORONTO
  Participatory workshop explores Free and Open Source software for non-profits.

OUCH! $10 MILLION CUT FROM CBC from Canadian Press
  CBC may have to shut stations, end broadcasts earlier.
 

Hot headlines
SEEKING SAFETY by Ben Thompson, 365Gay
  US same-sex couples approaching Canadian consulates asking about immigration.

LEAFY BOOK MARKS from Greenpeace
  Isabel Allende's Spanish publisher goes ancient-forest friendly.

SACRIFICING BELLEDUNE by Hillary Lindsay, The Dominion
  New Brunswick community to host 100,000 tonnes of toxic soil.

$80 A BARREL OIL? by Bill Powers, Financial Sense Online
  Editor of Canadian Energy Viewpoint says peak prices are yet to come.

ARUNDHATI ROY ACCEPTS SYDNEY PEACE PRIZE
  Writer and activist jokes that friends wonder why anyone would give a peace prize to "the biggest trouble-maker we know".

Take action!
PROTEST THE IMPENDING MASSACRE IN FALLUJAH
  ANSWER calls for public demonstrations the day after the attack, as US forces launch attack against 300,000 civilians.

PROTEST SECRET TRIALS from TASC
  December 10 National Day of Action on behalf of five men held for years without charges.

NOAM CHOMSKY IN TORONTO
  Benefit for Canadian Dimension features iconic anarchist.

Feedback from our readers
SG SAVES READER FROM POST-US-ELECTION BLUES by Penney Sanger
  Thanks to Straight Goods for your insights, analysis and leadership.

HISTORY'S LESSONS by Michael Clarke, Global Democracy Project
  We've seen what's happening in the US before - in Germany and in Russia.