Posted: November 23, 2004

GEORGE BUSH'S REAL AGENDA by Donald Gutstein
  Hoover Institute channels neocon demands through Condi Rice.
 
 

SHOULD KIDS BE ENHANCED OR ENTRANCED? by Linda McQuaig
  Europe: better children's programs through taxes. Canada: backseat DVD in minivan.
 

MARTIN SHOULD TELL BUSH by Hanns Skoutajan
  Friends don't let friends commit torture.
 

Workplaces
UNION EXPOSES SCAM AT STELCO by Mike Martin
  Corporate leaders have been making out like bandits. Now they're getting caught.
 

SETBACK FOR KING RALPH
  Alberta Tories lose 13 seats on way to a majority.
 

Canadian politics
VOTE REFORM by Aaron Freeman
  Feds should strike a Citizens' Assembly on electoral reform.

GROUPS FEAR CANADA TILTING TO ISRAEL by Paul Weinberg
  Anxiety arises over whether Paul Martin will continue the delicate balance of Israeli and Palestinian interests in the Middle East.

SCHOLAR REFUSED ENTRY TO US
  Historian Ramachandra Guha turned back by Immigration.

Communities, rights and change
STRESSED WORKERS: AN "EXTERNALITY" by Reuel S Amdur
  Market capitalism profits by making some costs, such as sick workers, "external" to corporate spreadsheets.
 

Watershed ways

ENOUGH STUFF by Lynn Jones
  Observe Buy Nothing Day, for the sake of the environment and your own sanity.
 

Consumers
WOMEN'S GROUPS WARNED ABOUT DEPO PROVERA from the Canadian Women's Health Network
  Pfizer's announcement that injectable contraceptive causes bone loss comes as no surprise.

FDA OFFICER NAMES FIVE DRUGS THAT SHOULD BE RESTRICTED by Marc Kaufman, Washington Post
  Weight loss drug, painkiller, acne drug among those with side effects that outweigh benefits, says officer.

Media files
REPORTER MAY FACE JAIL from the CNA, with links to additional files
  Canadian Newspaper Association calls for support for Ken Peters, who refuses to reveal source.

US MILITARY 'STILL FAILING TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS IN IRAQ' by Claire Cozens, The Guardian
  CNN chief says that at least ten journalists have been killed by US military.

SHIRIN EBADI: BOUND BUT GAGGED by Shirin Ebadi, The New York Times
  US publishers forbidden to handle 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner's work.
 

World beat
FATAL COMPROMISE by Ian Brown, The Guardian
  The decision by the US-funded Care International not to pull out of Iraq may have cost the life of its local director, Margaret Hassan.

US election watch
BLACK AND WHITE, NOT RED AND BLUE from The Black Commentator
  Vote in US divided between slavery - no slavery states.

Hot headlines
VANISHING VIDEO by Stephanie O'Hanley, Hour
  Concordia University won't hand over evidence in case against activist Jaggi Singh.

THINGS GROW BETTER WITH COKE by Amit Srivastava, India Resource Center
  Farmers in India use cola as a pesticide.

CANOE U by Drew Hayden Taylor, This Magazine
  Reflections on floating cultural appropriation, from a First Nations perspective.

THE PRICE OF POLYGAMY by The Tyee
  Interview with Jane Blackmore, a Mormon wife who filed a complaint with the BC Human Rights Tribunal, alleging abuse.

BLUENOSE PRIVATE POWER BLUES from NUPGE via Shunpiking
  Privatized Nova Scotia Power Inc reels from disaster to disaster.

Take action!
NATIONAL DAYS OF MOURNING FOR BUSH'S VISIT
  Canadian Peace Alliance calls for massive protests against Bush's visit to Ottawa.

Feedback from our readers
SEND BUSH A MESSAGE by Joe McGuire
  Fed-up businessman urges Canadians to hit the streets in protest against US policies.