Posted: May 31, 2005

"THE ENEMIES OF ALL HUMANKIND" by Linda McQuaig
  We should at least speak up about torture claims.
 

PESTICIDES' DAMAGE LINGERS from the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  Farmers report neurological problems decades after spraying.

COURT ORDERS AUDIT IN HAMILTON ELECTION by David Cohen
  Bookseller takes on City Hall, wins enforcement of election laws.
 

PROBLEMS WITH RADIOACTIVE WASTE PLAN by Shawn-Patrick Stensil, for Greenpeace
  Environmentalists challenge draft recommendations.
 

WHAT GEORGE GALLOWAY SAID from the Times Online (UK), on the Common Dreams site
  UK MP slams US Senators who accused him of oil-for-food fraud.
 

VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS by Alex MacDonald
  A new marketing approach could drastically upgrade energy efficiency in large buildings.
 

Health matters

RECOGNIZING CAREGIVING by Richard Shillington and the Healthy Balance Program
  Suggestions for adjusting the tax system to recognize unpaid work.
 

Canadian Politics

THE QUICK AND THE DEAD IN BC by Bill Tieleman
  STV, Green leader faltered; NDP soared.
 

THE POLITICS OF ECONOMICS from Inside Queen's Park Vol 18, No 09
  Ontario's infrastructure plan includes private financing for some projects.

BC SCANDAL STILL UNFOLDING by Bill Tieleman, for thetyee.ca
  The Basi-Virk-BC Rail probe may yield BC's biggest scandal yet.

Communities, rights and change
MINORITY LANGUAGES: A VIEWPOINT FROM FRANCE by Reuel S Amdur
  Article from Le Monde offers insight into how Canada might treat minority languages.

Workplaces

FINNISH STRIKE by Mike Martin
  Can Nordic paper workers resist capitalist demands for rollbacks?
 
 

BRITAIN'S DISPOSABLE WORKER SYSTEM from Hazards Magazine
  In UK, only 60 000 get compensation out of 850,000 hurt or sickened by their jobs annually.

TREE-SIT FOR WCB CLAIM from the WCB protest site
  Willi Chapman says he's been waiting 35 years for compensation.
 

Media files
VENEZUELA'S "EL" JAZEERA by Kelly Hearn, for AlterNet
  New South American TV network competes with US version of the news.

World beat
IRANIAN STUDENTS SIT-IN by Maryam Kousha, for OWL
  Men and women together protest sex discrimination rules.

SEPARATE SEATS BY SEX from Judith Mbadwe, Program Officer, WiLDAF/FeDDAF Nigeria
  Nigerian province regulates buses to separate women and men.

Hot headlines
NUCLEAR POWER: RISING FROM THE GRAVE? by Gwynne Dyer
  Climate change is so bad that nuclear energy looks good to some.
 

TEXAS CONSTITUTION BANS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE by Molly Ivins
  Legislator Senfronia Thompson recalls when Texas law banned interracial marriages.

US MEDICAID REVIEWS RULES from the Associated Press, in Albany NY
  System currently funds Viagra for convicted sex offenders.

NUKES DO NOT REPLACE OIL by Matthew L Wald, for the New York Times, Washington
  Nuclear power generates electricity, not gasoline: experts.

HALLIBURTON CONTRACTORS DENIED INSURANCE BENEFITS by David Phinney, Special to CorpWatch
  $US84,000 a year seemed like a lot, until he was injured.

OH GOD: EVEN CHRISTIANS QUESTION DUBYA by Staff and Wire Reports, on the Capitol Hill Blue site
  Christian college convocation speech met with anti-Bush buttons, ads.

$US1 TRILLION MISSING by Tom Abate, for the San Francisco Chronicle
  US Military waste under fire.

Take action!
ONTARIO CLAWS BACK FAMILY ALLOWANCE from the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)
  Tell Premier McGuinty not to take back the Child Tax Benefit from families on welfare.

Feedback from our readers
ENOUGH WITH THE OVER-COVERAGE OF "HEALTHY BEHAVIOURS" from Robin Gaison, in Edmonton AB
  So... what ARE the Social Determinants of Health?

Humour

MORE FUN FROM OUR BEST FRIENDS...
  Animals (and their owners) continue to surprise us!