Posted: April 06, 2005

ENOUGH WITH THE "SMEAR CAMPAIGN" AGAINST WORLD BODY by Linda McQuaig
  The "rule of law" is necessary - for the US as well as the UN.
 

BULIMIA LESSONS by Thom Hartmann
  The real lesson of Terri Schiavo: she died because she wanted to be thin.
 
 

BEIJING BETRAYED from Women's Environment and Development Organization, with special thanks to Wangari Maathai and June Zeitlin
  Women worldwide report that governments have failed to turn the platform into action.

LUBICON CREE CHALLENGE WELL DRILLING from Friends of the Lubicon
  Companies with ties to Alberta government want to drill heavy oil wells on land Lubicon band claims.
 

SWEDEN'S PROSTITUTION SOLUTION by Marie De Santis
  1999 law treats prostitution as a form of male violence against women.
 

Canadian Politics

LIBS' POLLING OUTFIT TAKEN TO TASK ON LABOUR REGS by Bill Tieleman
  BC Labour Fed demands Employment Standards Branch take action.
 

ONTARIO'S FLICKERING $6 BILLION DEFICIT from Inside Queen's Park, Vol 18, No 06
  Alternative Budget suggests Finance Minister has wiggle room.

Communities, rights and change

STUDENT ESSAY CAUSES UPSET IN MUSLIM SCHOOL by Reuel S Amdur
  Values under scrutiny, need more discussion.
 

Workplaces
CHARTER RIGHT NOT ENFORCED from NUPGE and the UFCW
  Unions say that "freedom of association" - the right to organize - overlooked in law, courts.

Commentary
FIXING THE PM'S POLICY VACUUM by Roy Culpeper
  Canada's overall security and foreign policies should be framed around international development work.
 

Editorial
ALL SENTIMENT, ALL THE TIME by Penney Kome
  Pope, Schiavo stories show major media weaknesses.
 

Watershed ways

ENERGY INEFFICIENT APPLIANCES by Ole Hendrickson
  Checking energy consumption before you buy saves money in the long run - and also the planet.
 

Consumers
WORSTPILLS.ORG
  Website evaluates pharmaceuticals, warns against hazardous drugs.

Media files
US FREELANCERS WIN BIG from The American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Authors Guild, and the National Writers Union
  National writers' organizations reach $18 million settlement in class action suit.
 

Hot headlines
"MOTHER OF THE MATRIX" VICTORIOUS by Martha Carter for Globe Link - Entertainment Issue
  Court finds Sophia Stewart originated concept for hit movie, Time/AOL lifted it.

SLEEPWALKING TO DISASTER IN IRAN by Scott Ritter, for English Aljazeera.net
  US media turning blind eye to Bush administration plans, just as they did with Iraq.
 

CHILDREN "STARVING" IN NEW IRAQ from BBC NEWS online
  Under Saddam Hussein, 4 percent were chronically malnourished; now the figure is 8 percent.

LIFE WITHOUT PETROLEUM by James Howard Kunstler, in RollingStone.com
  Steady depletion of the oil supply means we are entering a historical period of potentially great instability, turbulence and hardship.

STRAIGHT DOPE ON POPES by Cecil Adams
  The Papal history that the Church doesn't publicize.

OPPOSING WAL-MART by Steven Greenhouse, for The New York Times
  Coalition of 50 groups plan coordinated lobbying assault on giant retailer.

NO QUICK FIX FOR THE UN by Gwynne Dyer
  Great powers blame the UN for their own failure to act.
 

Take action!
PROTECT ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION from pro-choiceaction.org
  Tell Wal-Mart pharmacists they must dispense birth control when prescribed.

Feedback from our readers
ERRORS OF FACT from Jeremy Mesiano-Crookston
  Ed Smith's commentary piece contained inaccuracies.