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Posted: July 12, 2006
CANADIAN OIL POLICY NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST by Linda McQuaig
Harper and Bush agendas are alike, so what are they really up to?
 WORLD NEEDS A WOMEN'S AGENCY by Stephen Lewis
Erasing gender inequality is key to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
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 Canadian Politics
CANADA-US RELATIONS by Geoffrey Stevens
Harper earns a B- for managing this most delicate of all foreign affairs.
 ELECTIONS TO CHOKE THE GOVERNMENT FLOW from Inside Queen's Park Vol 19, No 13
Nine out of 14 governments in Canada were elected at least three years ago.
 MAINTAIN WAL-MART BAN by Bill Tieleman
Vancouver City Council should stand by last year's decision.
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Web 2.0? Workers' comp? War or occupation?
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Communities, rights and change
NORWAY SAYS NO TO WAL-MART by Reuel S Amdur
Wealthy Nordic country pulls its pensions funds on ethical grounds.
 "Best of Workplaces"
GLOBAL FIGHTBACK by Mike Martin
Workers overturned IMF and WTO demands in countries around the world.
 STANHOPE MANIFESTO from the Compensation Employees' Union
Compensation Employees spell out minimum standards for Workers' Comp.
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 Hot headlines
THE IRAQ WAR IS OVER by George Lakoff
The inconvenient truth is: it is an occupation.
 MEXICAN ELECTION ODDS by Greg Palast, excerpted from The Guardian UK
Vote counts echo Florida discrepancies in 2000.
THE FAILED STATES INDEX from Foreign Policy Magazine and the Fund for Peace
Second annual assessment finds China losing ground, Venezuela gaining it.
BEYOND GM FOOD by Jeremy Rifkin
New cutting edge MAS technology makes GM food obsolete.
NELSON THE TERRORIST by Gwynne Dyer
Hunt for Mandela's gun a reminder how perspectives change.
Humour
HALF-BAKED HEADLINES from the Internet
Grammarians should really not read these...
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MILITARY SURVIVOR WEBSITE
Suzanne Swift signed up for the US Army as a way to earn a college degree. She did not sign up for repeated sexual assault by her commanding officer and his friends. She served in Iraq, returned home and then went Absent WithOut Leave rather than face re-deployment under the command of her assailant. Her mother has built a website to gather public support and stories from other survivors of sexual assault in the military.
www.suzanneswift.org
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