Posted: January 30, 2008
Updated: February 02, 2008

ENOUGH WITH FOREIGN OWNERSHIP by Mel Watkins
  Free trade didn't work and it's doubtful more foreign ownership in Canada will either.
 
 

"MARKET FUNDAMENTALISM" LED TO WORST MARKET CRISIS IN 60 YEARS by George Soros
  Since 1980, regulations have been progressively relaxed until they have practically disappeared.
 

DEAR CANADA: LET WAR RESISTERS STAY! from the "Dear Canada" campaign
  Representatives from 18 US peace groups descend on Canadian consulates.

BIOFUELS A LOSE-LOSE STRATEGY, CRITICS SAY by Stephen Leahy
  Ethanol industry cutting into food supply.
 
 

HITLER'S ACCESSION TO POWER 75 YEARS AGO by James Laxer
  Beware, lest history repeat itself.
 
 

Editorial

KEEPING BANKERS AT BAY; AND, LEARNING FROM SUHARTO by Ish Theilheimer
  Following US banking and foreign policies may cost Canada dearly.
 
 

Canadian Politics

MULRONEY STILL UNDER MICROSCOPE by Geoffrey Stevens
  But ethics committee might cut its witness list.
 
 

GIVE ALL WOMEN THE BENEFIT OF ADVOCACY by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Blaming Islam for a teenager's death is easier than addressing the pervasiveness of family violence.
 

EMERY NEEDS TO FACE MUSIC by Bill Tieleman
  "Prince of Pot" brought prison sentence on himself.
 
 

MONEY FOR HOMES, NOT WAR from Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
  Manley report says we're a rich country, but homeless Canadians don't see the wealth.
 

Gordon's corner


WHY CAR USE ACTUALLY INCREASED by Charles Gordon
  Urban design dictates how people get to work, shopping.
 
 

Media files
THE FIGHT FOR THE OPEN INTERNET by Steve Anderson
  ISPs are blocking or slowing down traffic from certain websites for profit or political reasons.

Science matters
SYMBIOSIS: BIG HERBIVORES, ANTS AND TREES by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Nature weaves a complex tapestry of mutually beneficial relationships.
 

Workplaces
SOLDIERS NEED MORE SUPPORT from NUPGE
  Harper must do more for Canadian forces and their families.

BC HEALTH CARE WORKERS REACH TENTATIVE SETTLEMENT from the Hospital Employees Union/CUPE
  After landmark Supreme Court ruling, workers win expanded rights, protection from privatization.

Consumers

WOOD HEAT GETS A BAD RAP by Ish Theilheimer
  In many areas, responsible use of wood heat makes sense because it's renewable and provides jobs.
 
 

World beat

WHEN THE WALL FELL by Uri Avnery
  The breaking of the Rafah wall proves that no power can stop a mass of people that has crossed the border of despair.
 
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

"HOW THE MARKETS REALLY WORK" Brasscheck TV imagines what would happen if talking heads really told the truth. Two British comedians conduct a hilarious but scathing examination of what is happening with global financial markets following the subprime mortgage revelations. Their skit should alarm anyone watching governments pour billions into propping up the market, ostensibly to boost the economy. Really, says this skit, the money is going to compensate speculators who treated the market as a casino, and bet wrong.   www.brasschecktv.com/page/187.html

Hot headlines

THE "GREAT GAME" CONTINUES by John Pilger
  Attack on Afghanistan was planned months before 9/11.
 
 

INDONESIAN DICTATOR DIES by John Gittings
  Forced to step down in 1998, Suharto ruled for 30 years through ruthless repression, cronyism and manipulation of the world's rival superpowers.
 

SUBPRIME CATASTROPHIC FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND LATINOS by Glen Ford
  Already 500 years behind in home ownership, disadvantaged groups slip to more than 5000 years behind.

Take action!
SAVE THE CANADIAN HEALTH NETWORK WEBSITE from the Friends of CHN
  Informative, bilingual, non-commercial website slated for closure.

Feedback from our readers
SEIU HAS AN AXE TO GRIND by Paul Tulloch
  Article was one-sided, reader says.

Humour
A BRAIN FOR NUMBERS from the Internet
  Future of the markets predicted.