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Posted: September 27, 2006
Harper declines to protest over Arar case. by Linda McQuaig
Canada should protest US lawlessness in the name of fighting terror.
Reclaim the nation! by George Lakoff and the Rockridge Institute
Twelve traps to avoid in political campaigns.
Deep integration behind closed doors by Maude Barlow
Rumsfeld attends secretive Banff meeting to "harmonize" US, Canadian and Mexican policies.
Military mission unwinnable by Alexa McDonough
Afghanistan conflict requires political solution.
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 Editorial
Re-framing Afghanistan by Ish Theilheimer
It's time to invoke Canadian ideals against ramping up militarism.
Inquiry vindicates Arar by Mel Watkins
O'Connor Report leaves other troubling questions.
 Feds slash Status of Women program from FAFIA (Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action)
Faced with surplus, Harpocrats cut programs that advance equality.
Terminator threatens climate by Albert Koehl, Sierra Club Legal Defence Fund
Global warming the peak of human self-destructiveness.
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Gordon's corner
Freedom of speech can look after itself by Charles Gordon
Jan Wong stirs up swarms of criticism.
 Science matters
Predators good for food chain by David Suzuki
Polar bears, wolves, actually help protect whole ecosystem from climate change.
Canadian Politics
Risky business by Marc Lee and Bruce Campbell
Why "smart regulation" ain't so smart.
Status of Women Canada funding threatened compiled by SG staff
NGOs, Opposition parties, lobbying Harpocrats furiously.
 Workplaces
Reneging on retirees by Mike Martin
Employers consider cutting back on post-retirement benefits.
Professionals uniting by Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor, The Nation
Barbara Ehrenreich founds new US union for white-collar workers.
Workers' co-ops rescue rustbelt by Mitch Diamantopoulos, editor of Planet S Magazine
Time is right for a worker buy-out boom.
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 Media files
Access journalism by SG staff
Unabashedly right-wing journal brags of access to Harper government.
Name calling redux by Jeff Cohen, AlterNet
Right-wingers mad that Chavez called Bush the devil, but they've been name-calling for years.
World beat
Bush 'Taken Aback' By Pakistan Bombing Threat from Radio Free Europe
US President denies incident described in Pakistani President's new book.
Flight from Africa by Gwynne Dyer
Illegal immigrants risk their lives trying to reach Europe.
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CLINTON SMACKS DOWN FOX NEWS
Remember how Jon Stewart went on CNN's Crossfire and told the hosts that they were actually hurting American democracy with their argumentative approach? Last week, former President Bill Clinton took on Fox News interviewer Chris Wallace for asking loaded, partisan questions and trying to blame the Democratic administration for 9/11. Fireworks! Hey, maybe there IS a way to force the US news media to be accountable.
See the *whole* video clip (Foxnews.com offers 10-second soundbites) on
youtube.com/watch?v=1j79y7i10FY
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Hot headlines
North American confab 'undermines' democracy by Jerome R. Corsi for WorldNetDaily.com
Attendee of high-level meeting says officials wanted to hide it from public.
Take action!
Stop the illicit global arms trade from Oxfam Canada, Project Ploughshares, and Amnesty International
Sign e-petition to Canada's Foreign Minister.
Feedback from our readers
Deaths make military better from Cy Morris
PM says casualties improve military.
re: the Maher Arar case from tOM Trottier, Ottawa ON
What bothers me is the acquiescence.
Humour
A trip to the pond from Cartalk.com
Proving old age doesn't affect all your faculties.
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