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Want Safe Drinking Water? You May Have to Drink the Privatization Kool-Aid
Ecojustice released it's third report card on drinking water quality today titled Waterproof 3. It is well worth the effort to read the full report,in doing so myself I came…
Of Free Trade and Democracy
I'm going to file this one under the category of things I never thought I'd see printed in a major newspaper. Peter Wilby in todays Guardian offers up a thorough…
Of Bankster Coups d’etat
First it was Papandreou of Greece and now Berlusconi of Italy has resigned in the wake of a bailout agreement. These resignations are being played in the corporate media as…
ATTN: Elite: Shutting down the Occupy camps will accomplish nothing
Those who feel threatened by the Occupy movement think that by forcibly clearing out the encampments that they will cut the movement off at the knees, nothing could be further…
Dr Vandana Shiva: No More Food Dictatorships
Dr Shiva speaking on food labelling at the Right To Know rally in front of the White House on October 16 World Food Day: "The onus just can't be on…
Canada’s aging prison population
First off I'd like to offer kudos to Howard Sapers, the Correctional Investigator of Canada, a true gem within our civil service .In his latest report Sapers highlights the aging…
Hunger count 2011
Every March Food Banks Canada surveys it's members compiling comprehensive data on hunger and food bank use across Canada. Hunger Count 2011 was released yesterday and as always the numbers…
Mapping the concentration of poverty in Toronto
It is no secret that income inequity and poverty have grown while the middle class has been decimated in the past three decades, well here are two maps created by…
SQUIRREL!
Perhaps the Conservatives greatest talent is their ability to change the channel using the art of distraction that I like to refer to as SQUIRREL!. Others favour the term shiny,but…
I’m Rob f–king Ford, the mayor of this city!
Toronto's 911 dispatchers have accused Rob Ford of unleashing a profanity laced tirade at them during his 911 call on Monday “You…bitches! Don’t you f--king know? I’m Rob f--king Ford,…
The Harperites attempting to deport a Canadian citizen
I've never much favoured deporting people who came to this country as children,believing that they are our problem to deal with, after all they are products of our society. Add…
#OccupyToronto One Big Happy Family
Despite the weather the mood at the occupation is upbeat and festive,if you haven't visited these wonderful folks yet,I highly recommend that you take sometime to do so. I guarantee…
More free trade in oppression: Honduras: The Deadliest Place in the World for a Journalist
On Friday August 12,2011, While on a state visit to Honduras,the first by any leader since the coup, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the signing of a free trade deal…
Can’t Handle The Truth… That’s OK, We Weren’t Going To Let You Have It Anyway
As you are most likely aware of, the Harper government has a fetish for secrecy. Whether it is quietly conducting trade talks while keeping the opposition in parliament and the…
Beware of False Patriots
"Beware of false patriots who come disguised as harmless Beavers but are really vicious Asses"One must be wary of these most foul of creatures for the will wrap themselves in…
When we go to the polls we have but one option- Neoliberalism
And that is the problem, the only options we have when we vote these days no matter where we are in Canada is the degree of neoliberalism we get. So…
"The weight of nothing"
"The weight of nothing" "Tell me the weight of a snowflake", a coal-mouse asked a wild dove. "Nothing more than nothing", was the answer. "In that case, I must tell…
10 Reasons Why CETA is Bad for Canada
"You can basically say that almost everything in the economy is up for discussion" Peter Van Loan This video from the folks at NAURESISTANCE.org highlights some of the dangers to…
Time for Canadian unions to once again embrace civil disobedience
With the Conservative government of Stephen Harper once again interfering in the collective bargaining process in effect stripping Air Canada Flight Attendants of the right to strike,labour is left with…