@ June 28, 2003 # No Comment Yet
A win for the CommunistsRoy WhyteCDMJune 27, 2003It is quite a day when the seemingly undemocratic Communist Party of Canada scores a victory for democracy in Canada. More to the point – it was a win for the underdogsBrought into the light is hope that new ideas, new blood and new methods now have a [...]
@ June 27, 2003 # No Comment Yet
As I started thinking about ideas for this article, it was mid-June and it
occurred to me that it was just a week and a bit past the 59th anniversary of the
Juno beach incursion into Nazi held Europe. Then I started to peruse websites
and resources looking to further develop the idea of a serious look into
Canada’s [...]
@ June 26, 2003 # No Comment Yet
As torture persists in our world and takes on new forms and enters into ever-widening and complex contexts, AI continues its campaign for the eradication of this 21st century crime against humanity.
June 26 is the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture — a day which aims at reinforcing support for victims [...]
@ June 22, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Just as we need government for the people, and by the people, so we need money for the people, and by the people. Money Reformers advocate essentially two things - firstly, that we change from a debt-based to a debt-free economy. That is, to a society where money, or a great deal of it, is [...]
@ June 20, 2003 # No Comment Yet
By Paul Harris
YellowTimes.org Columnist (Canada)
(YellowTimes.org) – The National Post is a newspaper in Canada that is in love with all things American. It salivates over the prospect of Canada becoming not only more like the United States, but actually part of it. It must be darn near apoplectic with rage right now over what [...]
@ June 18, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Demystifying the Trade Barons
Roy Whyte
CDM
June 18 2003
When looking over the multitude of trade deals, including their names, their content and end conclusions one thing becomes evident – they are confusing until you do your homework. Some would even suggest the confusion is part and parcel of the deals – done on purpose to keep [...]
@ June 16, 2003 # No Comment Yet
As the lethal neoliberal ideology continues to dominate our lives, capital is enjoying a freedom that puts human freedoms to shame. Over a trillion dollars a day quickly travel in and out of national economies, sometimes within hours, in order to make unproductive profit. The fast-paced game of currency speculation is rivalling soccer as the [...]
@ June 15, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Did you know…
The top two hundred global corporations are now so big that their combined sales surpass the combined economies of 182 countries, and they have almost twice the economic clout of the poorest four-fifths of humanity. Of the hundred largest economies in the world, fifty-two are now transnational corporations.
@ June 10, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
By Imad Khadduri
Former Iraqi nuclear scientist
YellowTimes.org Guest Columnist (Canada)
(YellowTimes.org) — As the swelter of anger bubbles from the machination of misinformation that led to the faltering WMD casus belli for invading Iraq, the retreat and half-baked excuses of Bush, Blair, Cheney, Wolfowitz and Powell further expose the sharp edge of [...]
@ June 10, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Written and submitted by
David Bentley
June 10 2003
In 1981, then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was in the process of forming and delivering the Charter of Rights, which was to include an Aboriginal rights clause. Vic Savino (2001), in the publication “First Perspective”, refers to this time as a time when 8 out of 10 provinces [...]