@ August 16, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Why Venezuela has Voted Again for Their ‘Negro e Indio’ President Monday Aug 16, 2004 There’s so much BS and baloney thrown around about Venezuela that I may be violating some rule of US journalism by providing some facts. Let’s begin with this: 77% of Venezuela’s farmland is owned by 3% of the population, the [...]
@ August 16, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Sunday, August 29, the eve of the Republican National Convention, is a crucial date to stage peace and justice actions that can help shape public opinion going into the November election. As Bush is coronated by his corporate, military and fundamentalist cronies, we must upstage him with a peace and justice message. We need the [...]
@ August 13, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Today, August 13, 2004, the greatest worldwide celebration will return to the country of its birth, Greece, and the site of the first modern Games held in 1896, Athens, raising hopes of restoring the harmony, peace and nobility in humanity that the Games are intended to showcase. In these Summer Olympic Games, 10,500 athletes from [...]
@ August 11, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Isn’t it fitting that Jackson Diehl uses a baseball metaphor in his August 2 “A Missile from the South,†which savages Venezuela’s President Chávez with surprising immoderacy. The author’s appraisal of that country’s political situation grossly “strikes out†due to its surfeit of flaws. But, in true Chávista style, Diehl’s extended “rant†exemplifies the misdirected [...]
@ August 10, 2004 # No Comment Yet
VANCOUVER — BC Ferries CEO David Hahn will promote privatization as a guest speaker to an international ferry operators' convention to be held in November at a luxury resort in the Bahamas, NDP Opposition MLA Jenny Kwan said today. Hahn's presentation – “New Opportunities for Private Operators in British Columbia” – will profile BC Ferries' [...]
@ August 10, 2004 # No Comment Yet
The Cosmopolitan Pilot Project is an “experiment in democracy”. FEDERAL RIDING POLITICAL CAFE PRESIDENTS Help provide community leadership fresh socially progressive approaches to government policies. Description/Overview Are you interested in social justice and/or environmental protection? Help faciliate “focus groups” regarding issues which are important to the diverse Canadian public, including university and college students. The [...]
@ August 3, 2004 # No Comment Yet
43% of African Americans Lack Coverage Washington, D.C. – A new study this week reports that a record-high 82 million Americans were without health insurance at some point over the past two years, and that most of those Americans were without coverage for at least nine months. The report, by the non-partisan group Families USA, [...]
@ August 3, 2004 # No Comment Yet
In the early hours of August 1, 2004, WTO member countries approved a framework deal to keep the so-called “Doha Development Round†alive. The agreement has been hailed as an “historic breakthrough†and a major step forward in the fight against agricultural subsidies. In reality, the deal is far from “development friendly,†a fact that [...]
@ August 2, 2004 # No Comment Yet
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Future talks under the framework issued this weekend by the World Trade Organization (WTO) will be extremely difficult because the text was hammered out in secret without the participation of many WTO countries, Public Citizen said today. The framework was issued at a General Council meeting of the WTO after being rubberstamped [...]
@ August 1, 2004 # No Comment Yet
HOPE IS ON THE WAY The Disturbing Words of John Edwards By John Chuckman July 31, 2004 I heard several lines from John Edwards’ convention speech on the radio before I clicked it off. Anymore and I would have vomited. As it was, I experienced a horrible flashback to being a twelve-year old at the [...]