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 Editorial
HOWARD HAMPTON CAN LOOK HIMSELF IN THE MIRROR by Ish Theilheimer
Will a new leader for Ontario's NDP be able to build on the base he won back?
Gordon's corner
CBC SEEKS NEW SONG by Charles Gordon
Contest for new hockey song should be even funnier than Conservative attack ads on gas pumps.
 Science matters
THE MACAW, THE TOUCAN AND THE MANDUVI by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
Interdependence of species highlights the importance of looking at the big picture.
MeanToons
GETTING READY FOR THE BEACH by John Meaney
Fact finding can be shocking.
www.meantoons.com
 Canadian Politics
OBAMAMANIA EVOKES TRUDEAUMANIA by Geoffrey Stevens
Once upon a time, watching Canadian politics was exciting.
FEDERAL APOLOGY ONLY A START by Scott Harris
Injustices to aboriginal people still abound.
JAIL ISN'T THE ANSWER TO MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
Incarcerated women often have special needs, few resources.
AXE THE BC GAS TAX by Bill Tieleman
Big oil companies are already hosing you at the gas pumps and now Premier Gordon Campbell wants to do the same.
Workplaces
GOVERNMENTS FLUNK CHILDCARE: CLC from the Canadian Labour Congress
Quebec accounts for almost half the children with regulated childcare.
NEWFOUNDLAND SOCIAL WORKERS SWAMPED from NUPGE
Conditions so bad that 74 percent would consider comparable jobs in other fields.
Consumers
WHEN ORGANIC MILK ISN'T ORGANIC from The Cornucopia Institute
22,000-head Missouri operator faces court action.
Media files
OBAMA'S RUMOUR PATROL by Megan Garber
Why isn't the press doing this job?
| PICK OF THE WEEK |
REJECTING THE MARKET ECONOMY
New movement lives and travels for free, works for sustainability.
Disillusioned by materialism and squeezed out of meaningful jobs, many young people are turning to Freeganism. They foreswear meat and most forms of ownership (especially cars) and share information with one another about where to find free food and "really free" (swap) markets. If you see young people rescuing food from a dumpster and the women are wearing wings, they are probably freegans. One information centre for this movement is run by the Wetlands Activism Collective out of New York State. The website is
freegan.info
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 Hot headlines
A LINE NOT TO BE CROSSED by Eric Margolis
American-led "War on Terror" cannot be allowed to spread into Pakistan's Pashtun tribal area.
CIVIL LIBERTIES IN US AND UK by Gwynne Dyer
Tide is turning on public acceptance of imprisonment without charges for terrorism suspects.
THIS LAND IS THEIR LAND by Barbara Ehrenreich
Very rich drive prices so high in scenic areas that less-wealthy can't afford to visit, much less work there.
Take action!
KEEP ILL FARMWORKER IN CANADA from Justice 4 Migrant Workers
Sign petition to let longtime seasonal worker stay, and receive medical care.
Feedback from our readers
THREE ANTI-ABORTION BILLS BEFORE THE HOUSE by Rachel Gouin
Conferring human rights on the fetus is an issue for public debate.
Humour
THE END OF AN ERA from the Internet
To a long and hot summer on the road.
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