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Posted: March 15, 2006
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Communities, rights and change
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MAKE WAR, NOT PEACE by Linda McQuaig
Forces' leaders trying to stifle debate on mission.
ATTACK ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN US from the Center for Reproductive Rights
Center for Reproductive Rights testifies before UN Human Rights Committee.
 Gaia beat
MAJOR FIRMS ENDORSE CLIMATE PLAN by Stephen Leahy
Energy and manufacturing firms support Pew Center's "Agenda for Climate Action".
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Editorial
WHERE'S TOMMY? by Ish Theilheimer
Seismic shifts on federal scene call for vigorous action.
 Gordon's Corner
THE GLOBALIZATION OF SPORTS by Charles Gordon
Nations can no longer count on being best at their own sports.
Rez Solutions?
GIMME SHELTER by Stewart Steinhauer
Housing, schooling, language all part of the same puzzle on the Rez.
PLATINUM-SEEKERS CHASED FROM FIRST NATIONS LAND by Kate Harries
Big Trout Band protest disperses mineral exploration company camp.
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 Canadian Politics
HALF-MILLION DOLLAR BABY PRIVATIZING BC by Bill Tieleman
Many of the public-private partnership contracts go to big Liberal donors.
POVERTY IN TORONTO IS RACIALIZED: STUDY from the Institute for Social Research, York University, Toronto ON
Report based on census data since 1971.
 BY-ELECTION PREDICTIONS Inside Queen's Park Vol 19, No 05
Bob Rae for federal Liberal leader?
 Workplaces
UNION PLANS FOR CANADA by Mike Martin
Canadian Labour Congress sets out four-point plan for jobs and prosperity.
ONTARIO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY STRIKE by Ted Montgomery, Chair, OPSEU bargaining team for college faculty
Union wants smaller class sizes, alleges bad faith bargaining.
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Consumers
MARKS & SPENCER GOES FAIR TRADE from Marks & Spencer
UK retailer offers only Fair Trade coffee and tea, introduces Fair Trade cotton.
Media files
 AMERICA'S ONLINE CENSORS by Rebecca MacKinnon, for the Nation
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and Cisco alleged to abet Chinese government efforts to spy on its citizens.
 World beat
IRAN: "EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE" by Gwynne Dyer
US plays chicken with Iran.
 MEHMET TARHAN IS FREE! from Payday, an international, multi-racial network of men, gay and straight, working with the Global Women's Strike
Turkish court releases gay Kurdish conscientious objector from prison.
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PEACE EXPO
From June 23 – 28, Vancouver will host more than 200 speakers, panels, seminars, workshops and cultural events on the theme of "Cities and Communities: Working together to end war and build a peaceful, just and sustainable world." This is a hugely ambitious effort, decades in the building, to bring international peace communities together in a festive, supportive environment. There is still time to get involved, and help shape an event that would be particularly meaningful to you, personally.
www.worldpeaceforum.ca
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 Hot headlines
BETTER THAN EXPECTED by Carol Goar, for the Toronto Star
New federal government off to an auspicious start on native issues.
WITNESS COACHING IN 9/11 TRIAL from Agence France-Presse (AFP) via Yahoo
Judge may dismiss Zacarias Moussaoui trial.
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Feedback from our readers
HARPER'S CALL FOR IMPEACHMENT from John Duddy, in Calgary AB
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IN AFGHANISTAN from Cy Morris, in Sudbury ON
Bring back the historical Canadian peace-keeping role.
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