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Posted: September 27, 2005
THE COSTS OF TAX CUTS by Linda McQuaig
Proposed $7 billion in tax cuts would be better spent on 250,000 homeless.
ACCESS TO JUSTICE by Linda Silver Dranoff
A top lawyer talks about barriers to skilled representation in court.
THE PROFIT-DRIVEN WAR by Brian J Foley
Making war is the US's only job creation program.
US RECONSTRUCTION PLAN from the Tikkun community
Liberal Jews call for a massive Domestic Marshall Plan in light of Hurricane Katrina.
 Rez Solutions?
MORE TIPI TEACHINGS by Steward Steinhauer
Cree language course includes discussions about CSIS and cyberspace.
Commentary
A NEW ACADIA? by Ross J Peterson
Evacuation of New Orleans resembles the Grand Dérangement of 1755.
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WHY WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR A FAIRER, FLATTER SOCIETY by Ish Theilheimer
Weakening the levees that protect Canada's middle class could strand us all on rooftops.
Canadian Politics
FEDS PAYING IT FORWARD by Ellen Russell
Decreased surplus results from feds' decision to prepay into various funds.
MAYOR'S GIG JUST A STOPGAP FOR CLARK by Bill Tieleman
Christy Clark has eyes for provincial politics.
PARTY ON, RALPH — BUT CLEAN UP AFTERWARDS by Albert Koehl
Alberta's oil wealth comes at the expense of the atmosphere.
BIGGER BANKS AREN'T BETTER by Duff Conacher
Allowing big banks to merge would not benefit Canadians.
NUCLEAR BATTLES LOOM IN ONTARIO by Shawn-Patrick Stensil in Toronto ON, for Greenpeace and Nuclear Waste Watch
Environmentalists reject federal agency's bid to use province as nuclear waste dump.
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Communities, rights and change
TD TASK FORCE MISSES THE MARK by Reuel S Amdur
Economists advocate unworkable solutions.
 Workplaces
BIG EGOS AT AFL-CIO by Mike Martin
Stayers and goers are all big fish in really big ponds.
Watershed ways
WATER POWER PIONEERS IN KILLALOE ON by Lynn Jones
Home water mill sells power back to the electricity grid.
 Consumers
HOW IS YOUR PENSION INVESTED? by Eugene Ellmen
Pension plans should be required to disclose their social and environmental policies.
Media files
PUBLISHERS MAY THROW BOOK AT GOOGLE by Elizabeth Judge, for Timesonline
Book industry up in arms over Google's plan to digitize entire libraries without copyright holders' permission.
GOOGLE'S OWN WEB? by Jim Hedger
Google now rivals Microsoft in scope and scale.
 World beat
DEMOCRATIC HALLUCINATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ by Ivan Eland
Pretending that the US has pacified enemies in occupied territories won't make it so.
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BREAST CANCER IN-ACTION
The "Think before you pink" campaign says that pledging to support breast cancer research has become a new marketing ploy. But consumers rarely check how much of their purchase goes to charity, or what charities are involved. "Make sure you know what your money is actually supporting and consider whether shopping will truly make a difference," says Think Before You Pink.
See: www.thinkbeforeyoupink.org
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Hot Web Rumour
IS BUSH LOSING IT? from various sources, compiled by SG staff
Temper tantrums, tirades, terrified aides, all part of building rumours.
Hot headlines
GERMAN ELECTION HELPS TURKEY by Gwynne Dyer
Door to European Union still open.
CAMP CASEY GOES TO WASHINGTON by Scott Galindez, for Truthout.com
Cindy Sheehan and an estimated 500,000 march against Iraq occupation.
Take action!
SAVE UNION JOBS by Christine Hayvice, Communications Coordinator, CAW Local 2002
Vancouver Airport Authority cancels unionized company contract, signs with non-union replacement.
Feedback from our readers
THE MOTIVATION BEHIND KEEPING LAWNS from Graham Hyatt, Toronto ON
England vs North America.
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BREAKING NEWS! from the internet
A great deal on a fixer-upper...
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This just in...
(From 1954...?)
(The caption reads: Scientists, from the RAND Corporation, have created this model to illustrate how a "home computer" might look in the year 2004. However... the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also, the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not-yet-invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the home computer will be easy to use.)
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