Posted: June 02, 2010

G20: PROTEST-PHOBIA by Linda McQuaig
  Government, media smearing protesters before G20 even starts.
 
 

OFFSHORE WIND, NOT OFFSHORE OIL by Janet Larsen
  We should leave oil before it leaves us.
 
 

BUILDING THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE by Penney Kome
  People-centred economy values people and planet as highly as profit.
 
 

BREAST CANCER IS COSTLY from the Canadian Breast Cancer Network
  New report finds financial stress complicates recovery.

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Editorial
CANADA CONDONES FREEDOM FLOTILLA MASSACRE by Ish Theilheimer
  Britain shows an outbreak of democracy could happen here, but it would take a lot of doing.
 

Gordon's corner


TO SAVE THE PLANET by Charles Gordon
  No sacrifice is too much, except for real ones.
 
 

Science matters
NEW DEAL PROTECTS 72 MILLION HECTARES OF WILDERNESS by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
  Canada's Aboriginal people are the key to Boreal Agreement's success.
 

MeanToons
THE NERVE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL!
  Accounting is something that other people have to do.

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Canadian Politics

IT'S TIME FOR THE LEFT TO UNITE by Geoffrey Stevens
  Harperites will control the government as long as Liberals, NDP and BQ split the vote.
 

SPOTTING GENDER BIAS IN POLITICAL NEWS COVERAGE by Elsie Hambrook
  Political reporting has been a male-dominated field for as long as politics has.
 

ANDRÉ MARIN'S TERM EXTENDED SIX MONTHS by Inside Queen's Park
  McGuinty wounded by friendly fire in controversy over provincial ombudsman.
 

VIRK'S LAWYER IMPLICATES BC PREMIER by Bill Tieleman
  Gordon Campbell must decide whether to testify after shocking allegations.
 
 

IMMIGRANTS' EDUCATION CHALLENGE by Mehdi Rizvi
  University-educated immigrants often find their children face barriers at school.
 
 

SYNCRUDE, "PETRO-POLITICS", AND THE ENVIRONMENT by Janet Keeping
  Alberta should maintain one law to rule us all.
 
 

USA Watch
NEW NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY FOR USA from Radio Free Europe
  Obama adminstration emphasizes global co-operation and robust diplomacy.

Workplaces

THE NEW FACE OF SEIU USA by David Moberg
  Mary Kay Henry takes the helm of America's second-biggest union, as Andy Stern departs.
 

Consumers
US MOVES AGAINST DECEPTIVE TELEMARKETING CALLS from the US Federal Trade Commission
  Court order stops robocalls pitching credit card interest rate reduction.

Media files

EPOCH TIMES SHAKES OFF LAWSUIT by John Gordon Miller
  Judge rules that Falun Gong newspaper acted in the public interest.
 
 

THE RECESSION'S HUMAN COSTS from the National Film Board of Canada
  Innovative National Film Board project puts real faces on the effects of the market crash.
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

THE VALUE OF NOTHING "We mortgaged our future and called it freedom," author Raj Patel says on the short video about his new book, The Value of Nothing. The site also holds his blog, other videos, and info about about his other book, Stuffed and Starved. Entertaining, provocative, and hey! the books are bargains.   rajpatel.org

Hot headlines
BP: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION NEEDED by Jason Leopold for t r u t h o u t
  Evidence, previous convictions should spur official action.

WATER WARS LOOM IN AFRICA by Gwynne Dyer
  Egypt won't give up its Nile share.
 
 

INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE OVER ISRAELI ATTACK ON GAZA FLOTILLA by Robert Booth for guardian.co.uk
  Israeli navy stormed the Mavi Marmara, the flagship of a flotilla of vessels crewed by pro-Palestinian activists.

Take action!
SAVE CANADA'S ENVIRONMENT LAWS from the Sierra Club Canada and Ecojustice
  Ostensibly a Budget bill, Bill C-9 contains myriad items that reduce the scope of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA).

Feedback from our readers
BEHAVING LIKE CHRISTIANS by Phil Blaney
  Don't forget there are those who try every day to follow the example of Jesus Christ.

Humour
TOP TEN REASONS TO GO TO WORK NAKED from the Internet
  (Hot weather is not one of them...)