Posted: December 07, 2004

SUPERSUGAR by Penney Kome
  High Fructose Corn Syrup pumps up calories in processed foods.
 
 

BMD = SPACE WEAPONS by the Hon Douglas Roche
  Former Disarmament Ambassador warns against participating in Ballistic Missile Defense plan.
 

DANCING WITH ISRAEL OR UN MIS-STEP? by Linda McQuaig
  Canada "assists" Palestinians with nation-building by voting against recognizing their rights.
 

TRYING TO EXPORT GENERIC DRUGS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES by Jeff Connell
  New legislation subject to negotiations on patent protections, marketing responsibility.

Commentary
WHEN BUSH COMES TO SHOVE by Hanns Skoutajan
  Bush's visit brings out wit in normally polite Ottawans.
 

Communities, rights and change

HOUSING IN CRISIS FOR 1.7 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS by Reuel S Amdur
  Lack of federal housing policy leaves millions of Canadians homeless.
 

Workplaces

LAWYERS, GUNS AND MONEY by Mike Martin
  Laws, court battles rarely favour workers.
 

NO MORE UNION-MADE CLOTHES from the ICFTU
  After next January 1, restrictions on Chinese-made clothes will end.

Canadian politics
FIGURING OUT ELECTORAL REFORM by Bill Tieleman, The Georgia Straight
  Two columns about BC's proposed Single Tranferable Vote illustrate public confusion.

DECRIMINALIZE PROSTITUTES, NOT PROSTITUTION by Elaine Audet and Micheline Carrier
  Sisyphe, a Quebec feminist website, responds to Quebec celebrities' call to decriminalize the sex trade.

Consumers
EIGHT THINGS A CREDIT CARD USER SHOULD KNOW from PBS Frontline
  US credit card agencies play by their own rules.

Media files
FREE KIT FOR DEALING WITH MEDIA VIOLENCE by Valerie Smith, The Free Radical
  Kit contains analysis and recommendations for controlling media violence, from slasher films to violent video games.

COMMERCIAL-FREE EMAIL BY THUNDERBIRD by Ish Theilheimer
  What's not to like with new open source email program?
 

World beat
CANADIAN TOUR HONOURS RWANDAN SURVIVOR from Rights and Democracy
  Godelieve Mukasarasi wins Freedom Award for her work with women massacre survivors.

GEOGRAPHY RULES by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch
  US surprisingly well positioned to attack Iran.

CHEAP COMPETITION from BusinessWeek
  Upcoming Bureau of Labor Statistics report estimates Chinese wages at 64 cents an hour.
 

Hot web rumour
WHISTLEBLOWER AFFIDAVIT ON RIGGING US E-VOTE from Bradblog.com
  Programmer says he built vote rigging prototype at Republican Congressman's request.

Hot headlines
ELIMINATING WITNESSES by Naomi Klein, The Guardian
  How US troops sequester or kill sources of information on Iraqi casualties.

NO TO SENATE VOTE from the Globe and Mail
  One quarter of Alberta voters declined or spoiled ballot for Senate race.

LIFE IN IRAQ by Charles Shaw, Newtopia
  Interview with an independent reporter who managed to stay in Iraq and smuggle out reports very different from official US accounts.

US dollar crashing from The Economist
  If US dollar fails as world currency standard, foreign creditors might start cashing in decades of IOUs.

WEAPONSMAKERS RUN US ADMIN by Tim Weiner, The New York Times
  Outsourcing: Lockheed-Martin handles everything from taxes to mail sorting.

STRUGGLING WITH GULF WAR SYNDROME by Julia Horton, The Scotsman
  Independent UK inquiry validates soldiers' accounts of mysterious illness.

US HEADED FOR "ECONOMIC ARMAGEDDON" by Brett Arends, The Boston Herald
  Record trade deficit to raise interest rates, hammer indebted consumers.

Take action!
GIFT EXEMPTION VOUCHER from Adbusters
  Give the relief of not shopping!

Feedback from our readers
CANADA A FRIEND TO THOSE IN NEED? by Margie Fortune, NB
  Help should include Canada's own kids.