Posted: August 05, 2009

NATO IS AN UNWELCOME WEDDING GUEST by Linda McQuaig
  Canada continues to kill civilians in Afghanistan.
 
 

G8 FAILURE TO LAUNCH ON CLIMATE by Stephen Leahy
  Commitments for 2050 reductions mean less than a 2020 target reduction would.
 
 

SOME US CHURCHES OPPOSE OBAMA ON HEALTH CARE by Dennis Gruending
  Catholics, Evangelicals and Southern Baptists are focussing on public funding for abortion.
 

"VOCABLES" AND OTHER SONGWRITING TIPS by Penney Kome
  Veteran Canadian folkrocker Brent Titcomb talks about finding his groove.
 

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Editorial

QUEBEC NATIONALISM – TIME TO ACCEPT GOOD, ALONG WITH BAD, AS FACTS OF LIFE by Ish Theilheimer
  Bloc has held Canada together, in spite of anglophone voters.
 

Science matters

G8 INCHES FORWARD ON CLIMATE CHANGE by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  But progress might be too slow to avert disaster.
 
 

MeanToons
LOOKING FOR RELIEF
  Some people see light at the end of the tunnel.

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Canadian Politics

SCHREIBER EXTRADITED by Geoffrey Stevens
  Harper government moves with stunning speed to get rid of irritant.
 

CALGARY'S "PEACE BRIDGE" STIRS CONTROVERSY by Gillian Steward
  Proposed pedestrian bridge divides public opinion.
 
 

HARMONIZE THIS! by Bill Tieleman
  Why the Harmonized Sales Tax is the biggest consumer rip-off BC has seen.
 
 

RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF WOMEN'S WORK by Elsie Hambrook
  Women have struggled to win recognition for unpaid work as well as equal pay.
 

World beat
WORLD WATCHES "SHOW TRIALS" IN IRAN by Golnaz Esfandiari
  Tehran lawyer Nermat Ahmadi and other observers believe that the hard-liners' efforts will backfire.
 

Workplaces


THE WORLD OF LABOUR by Harry Kelber
  News about workers in Afghanistan, France, Korea, USA, Israel.
 
 

Consumers
PARTY YOUR WAY TO UNDERSTANDING FILE STRUCTURE by Dylan Kome
  Every file has both a given name and an extension that tells us what the file does.
 

Media files


ANTI-UNION PROPAGANDA IN THE STAR by John Baglow
  Angelo Persichilli's biases are showing.
 
 

Hot headlines

MORE REVOLUTIONARY PROTESTS IN IRAN by Gwynne Dyer
  With history repeating itself, protests could be part of a complex strategy.
 
 
HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONS by Immanuel Ness
  Could the great recession lead to a great revolution?

PICK OF THE WEEK

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Take action!
REMEMBER HIROSHIMA AND NAGASKI from the Canadian Voice of Women
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PROTEST WAL-MART'S ATTEMPT TO TRADEMARK CIRCLE from Walmartworkerscanada.ca
  Retail giant tries to shut down website for organizing Wal-mart workers.

Feedback from our readers
TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY by Groover
  He manages to break Godwin's Law in the very first sentence.

Humour
HEADSTRONG from the internet
  Old age and treachery beats youthful exuberance every time.