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At Indy Media - Dec.2001
- The Globalization of Repression: A Special Report to the European Parliament
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Washington Post - Dec.2001
- Homeless Surge In N.Y. Symbol Of New Crisis
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At the Nation- Jan.2002
- Big Ten Media Chart
 Excellent representation of Media Concentration and Ownership
- McChesney/Nichols: The Making Of A Movement
Getting Serious About Media Reform
- Crispin-Miller: What's Wrong With This Picture
The Media Cartel and it's cultural effects
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Electronically Hijacking the World Trade Center Attack Aircraft - Dec.2001
- http://software.design.tripod.com/mirror/homerun.htm
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CorpWatch- Dec.2001
- Madsen: Homeland Security, Homeland Profits...
Government spy agencies seek new ways to monitor the Internet. Civil libertarians worry about privacy while software companies stand to make billions.
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At the Globe and Mail - Dec.29.2001
-  Alberta to spend $1-million on ad campaign to convince Albertans that unpopular health care changes are necessary.
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At CNN - Dec.29.2001
Global Warming Effect - 6.5 feet of snow buries Buffalo, New York
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At the BBC/Guardian/Indiatimes - Dec.28/29.2001
Calls to stop the Afghanistan bombing after many more civilians killed by US
- Ministry calls for an end to US bombing
- Survivors return to heavily bombed Afghan village
- US bombers 'hit Taleban hideout': .
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At the National Post - Dec.28.2001
Changes would allow search warrants from abroad to be executed in Canada
- Ottawa ready to cede legal powers: Fighting cyber crime:
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US Aiming for a Coup in Venezuela - December 28, 2001
Info from the San Francisco Examiner
   The National Security Agency, the Pentagon and the U.S. State Department have held a two-day meeting on U.S. policy toward Venezuela. Similar meetings took place in 1953, 1963, and 1973 before coups in Guatemala, Brazil and Argentina. It should send a deep chill down the backs of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the populist coalition that took power in 1998.
   The catalyst for the interagency get together was a comment by Chavez questioning the value of bombing Afghanistan, calling it "fighting terrorism with terrorism." In response, the Bush Administration temporarily withdrew its Ambassador and convened the meeting. The outcome was a requirement that Venezuela "unequivocally" condemn terrorism, including repudiating anything and anyone the Bush Administration defines as "terrorist."
   The dark clouds gathering over Venezuela have much more to do with oil, land and power--than current issues like terrorism. The Chavez government is presently trying to change the 60-year old agreement with foreign oil companies that charges them as little as 1 percent in royalties, plus hands out huge tax breaks. There is a lot at stake. Venezuela has 77 billion barrels of proven reserves, and is the US's third biggest source of oil. It is also a major cash cow for the likes of Phillips Petroleum and ExxonMobil.
   In spite of the fact that oil generates some $30 billion each year, 80 percent of Venezuelans are poor, and half of those are malnourished. Most rural Venezuelans have no access to land except to work it for someone else.
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Cartoons at Znet
http://zena.secureforum.com/cartoons/
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At the  CBC - Dec.28.2001
- Taliban, al-Qaeda prisoners to be held in Cuba
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At Straight Goods - Dec.28.2001
- The cat is out of and Klein’s in the bag  (Premier's drinking never reported by news media due to reporters' cronyism and fear)
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At the Toronto Star - Dec.24.2001
- Captured Taliban fighters plead for help
- Not my son on tape, bin Laden's mother says
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At the CBC & BBC- Dec.24.2001
- Argentine leader upbeat on debt plan
- Argentina stops payment on foreign debt
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At the Globe & Mail - Dec.24.2001
War - Indian forces move closer to Pakistani borderl
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At CNN - Dec.24.2001
- CIA hired Afghans to track bin Laden
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At the National Post - Dec.23.2001
- Victims of racial profiling, say Canadians' attitudes changing for the worse
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At the BBC – Dec.23.2001
- Afghan convoy bombing row grows: dozens of civilians were killed when a convoy was bombed by American warplanes.
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At MotherJones.com – Dec.2001
- Bin Laden's World – Cartoon
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At guerrillanews.com – Dec.2001
- CNN Spoof - America at War
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At Working for Change –Dec.2001
- Witchhunt in South Florida
- Spin doctor Laura on Geraldo Rivera's war coverage
-The mad leading the blind: War mongers and their media lapdogs
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At the National Post Satire site – Dec.2001
- BC Liberals tout 90-day accomplishments
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At Independent News – Dec.2001
- American Taliban has no right to lawyer, insists White House
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At the Washington Post – Dec.2001
- Opinion Leaders: U.S. Policies Major Reason for Terrorist Attacks
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Fresh Blood on US Hands as Karzai takes power in Kabul – Dec.22.2001
   Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghanistan's new leader. Calling on Afghans to forget the painful past he asked for international help in re-building the war-ravaged country. He said his administration would respect Islamic rules, freedom of speech and the rights of women. He also stressed the need to rebuild Afghanistan's education system.
   Though the inauguration was billed as the end of the long dark night of conflict and strife, it took place under the shadow of the war eagle after the US bombed a convoy of tribal leaders driving to the event. Also from the darkness are amnesty international reports from eyewitnesses describing bodies of civilians buried in the rubble of houses or killed while riding in civilian vehicles. Concern for prisoners of war has come up again with 7,000 Taliban and al-Qaida fighters were being held for questioning with almost no monitoring of their conditions or treatment.
   Tribal Leaders Massacred by US
   US warplanes attacked a convoy in eastern Afghanistan claiming it was carrying leaders of Osama Bin Laden's terror network. Yet reports from Afghanistan say the planes actually bombed a convoy of Afghan tribal chiefs heading to Kabul for the inauguration of Hamid Karzai.
   If this bombing is a mistake, it follows an earlier mistake where the US bombed its own men and nearly killed Hamid Karzai the day he was named to be the new Afghan leader.
   In the latest "mistaken" attack AC-130 gunships and fighter jets attacked the convoy near the town of Khost. "There were a lot of people killed and a lot of vehicles damaged or destroyed," US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a news conference in Washington. The Afghan Islamic Press reports that 65 people were killed and many others injured. Several Afghan elders, tribal chiefs and commanders were among the victims of the killings, including militia commander, Mohammadi Ibrahim.
   US Ally Pakistan Implicated in Terror Attack on India
    India is massing troops on the border with Pakistan and the two countries are on the brink or war. Tensions have increased after it was found that Pakistan's secret police trained terrorist commandos for a recent attack on the Indian Parliament.
   The shootout at the parliament buildings in India is seen as the worst terrorist attack since Sept 11th and key US ally in the war against terror, Pakistani Dictator, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf may have been involved in it.
   War support drops outside G-7
    Also problematic for the US is a new poll showing support for the war on terror crumbling outside the G-7 countries. In many countries the war has almost no support at all, and there is strong opposition in Germany and Japan. Support for the war in Canada has dropped from around 80 percent to 60 percent.
    In spite of the polls the US in massing troops in Kuwait, indicating an upcoming attack on Iraq. Rumsfeld is moving Zalmay Khalilzad into the state department to push for the go ahead on war with Iraq. Somalia, Yemen and Indonesia are also key war targets.
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At the London Times - Dec.20.2001
- Riot deaths plunge Argentina into chaos
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At IndiaTimes - Dec.20.2001
- US hot pursuit inside Pakistan under secret deal
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At CNN - Dec.20.2001
- Al Qaeda prisoners escape in Pakistan revolt
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At NowToronto - Dec.20.2001
- DON WANAGAS CITY HALL: IT'S A COVER-UP
MEL TO SEAL BACKROOM DEAL IN CONTRACT SCANDAL WHEN NO ONE'S LOOKING
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At the Toronto Star - Dec.20.2001
- Campaign against hydro deregulation launched
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The Centre for Research on Globalisation- Dec.2001
   An independent research and media group of progressive writers, scholars and activists committed to curbing the tide of "globalisation" and "disarming" the New World Order.
   The CRG webpage at http://globalresearch.ca is  based in Montréal
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War on Iraq Coming – Dec.20.2001
   Bush/Cheney appointee Donald Rumsfeld and the Wolfowitz cabal complete their takeover of the State Department at the end of December by moving Zalmay Khalilzad into a position. Khalilzad is seeking to take the Middle East portfolio when Bruce Reidel steps down later this month … and Rumsfeld continues his review of the military, redirecting it to actions in Central Asia. The War on Afghanistan began immediately after he started the review.
   Other moves to solidify control of the State Department through the hawk controlled military/intelligence apparatus have led to the killing of the Bio-terror Treaty, the ABM Treaty and the extreme measures attacking civil liberties through the War on Terrorism.
   Khalilzad,  Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz have been lobbying for years for a new war on Iraq.
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EU Summit Reports - Dec.2001
- 80,000 at EU summit demo
- EU summit demo, day 2
- Belgium, Real nice Pictures of Anarchist March
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The Public Eye on Davos -  Wed, 19 Dec 2001
   A challenge to the annual meeting of the  World Economic Forum. Updated details are available at: http://www.publiceyeondavos.ch
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At the BBC- Dec.19.2001
- Mumia Abu-Jamal's death sentence overturned
- First British arrests under new terror laws
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At the Globe and Mail - Dec.19.2001
- B.C. Liberals see support plummet in polls
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Protesters March to Reclaim Civil Liberties as the War Rages On – Dec.15.2001
   Toronto residents gathered at City Hall Saturday to oppose the loss of civil liberties contained in government anti terrorist measures.
    - Read the full article with photos.
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G7 is coming to Ottawa - Dec.2001
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/011213/n13363437_1.html
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CIA and Corporate America By Steve Kangas  - Dec.2001
http://www.korpios.org/resurgent/L-overclass.html
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Corpwatch NEWS   - Dec.2001

  • USA: Software Firms Say FBI Eavesdropping Unacceptable
  • USA: Lobbyists Try to Insert Special Interests in Bioterrorism Bill

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    Bill C36 - BUSTED! Cops Remove C36 Protesters  - Dec.2001
    - Updates are at http://alberta.indymedia.org/
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    Exposing the "video of Bin Ladin"!  - Dec.2001
    www.angelfire.com/ab6/waragainstislam/contradiction.htm
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    At IndiaTimes - Dec.17.2001
    - Osama, Omar escape to Pakistan
    At the Toronto Star - Dec.17.2001
    - Liberals choke off terror-bill debate
    - Nobody monitoring safety of Ontario water
    At the Globe- Monday Dec.17.2001
    - Greenpeace raids Australian nuclear reactor
    - FBI wants to beef up Canadian presence
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     Protest Begins Against Canada's Severe Anti Terrorist Legislation – Sat.Dec.8.2001
     The Bloor West for Peace group kicked off protest opposition to Bill C36 with a picket at liberal MP Tony Ianno's office in the Italian neighbourhood of Toronto.
    - read the full article with photos
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    Why There is a War is Afghanistan by John McMurtry - Dec.15.2001
       This long work by economic reformer John McMurtry is a must read.
    - read the full article
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    Bin Laden Tape – Sequel to the Running Man – Dec.13.2001
       Trial and execution via Television from a Stephen King horror story is now reality.
       - read the article.
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    Canada submits budget to U.S. for approval- Thu, 13 Dec 2001
       This week, with the Canadian budget, Paul Martin actually presented his budget for approval in advance to U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O¹Neill.
    - read the full article
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    ACLU Appalled by Ashcroft Statement on Dissent: Calls Free Speech "Main Engine of Justice"
       In a blatant attempt to stifle growing criticism of recent government policy, Attorney General Ashcroft delivered testimony last week equating legitimate political dissent with something unpatriotic and un-American . . . .
    - www.aclu.org/news/2001/n121001b.html
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    Rushed legislation opens door to human rights violations - Fri, 14 Dec 2001
    Info from Amnesty International
       The Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act, passed today, opens the door to human rights violations in the UK, Amnesty International says.
          The Act will permit non-nationals to be detained without charge or trial for an indefinite period of time. People will be detained when the Home Secretary states that he reasonably believes and suspects a person to be a national security risk and a suspected "international terrorist". The Home Secretary's belief and suspicion may be based on secret evidence and then confirmed by a judicial body that can hold hearings in secret, from which the detainee and their lawyer may be excluded, and base its decision on secret evidence.
          Amnesty International remains concerned that these provisions will result in the creation of a shadow criminal justice system without the safeguards of the formal system.
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    3,500+ Civilians Killed by Bombing in Afghanistan - 12/10/01-CommonDreams
       More than 3,500 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan by U.S. bombs, according to a study to be released December 10 by Marc W. Herold, Professor of Economics, International Relations, and Women's Studies at the University of New Hampshire.
       Professor Herold has been gathering data on civilian casualties since October 7 by culling information from news agencies, major newspapers, and first-hand accounts. "I decided to do the study because I suspected that the modern weaponry was not what it was advertised to be. I was concerned that there would be significant civilian casualties caused by the bombing, and I was able to find some mention of casualties in the foreign press but almost nothing in the U.S. press," said Herold.
    Herold's data will be available at http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mwherold/.
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    Latest News from Afghan War – Osama is there and not there. Al-Qaeda fighters are surrendering and fighting to the death, and they are trapped and escaping to Pakistan.
    - Mossad behind Sep 11 attacks: Report in Arabia
    - Forces close in on al Qaeda: CNN Report
    - Al-Qaeda fighters 'head for Pakistan': BBC Report
    - Bin Laden troops in last stand: Guardian Report
    - Container deaths probe not to be public: Pakistan News
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    News from the Undeclared War - Dec.10/12.2001
    US Mountain Bombing  Poisoning Water Supply – Dec.12.2001
       American war planes have dumped about 2,400 heavy bombs on the mountains near Tora Bora over the last week. Some of them weigh up to 5,000 lbs.
       Though only a few of Osama bin Laden's fighters have been killed, hundreds remain – some in the thousands of caves, others fleeing over the mountains. As the bombing continues no one is noting that much of the water supply of Afghanistan flows down from the mountains and the US bombing is continually poisoning that supply with depleted uranium.
       A future of cancers is being insured in Afghanistan by George Bush and the Allies. Yet at the same time they are calling Osama bin Laden the root of all evil.
    - Rumsfeld isn't telling whole story - at the Toronto Star
    - Tora Bora army refuses to surrender at the Guardian
    - Captured Taliban suffocated on trip to jail  at the Guardian
    - A slide into chaos: If western strategists were to ask themselves whether the new Afghanistan looks better than the old one: the answer would have to be no ... Luke Harding at the The Guardian
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    Paul Martin's Concentration Camp Canada Budget – Dec.10.2001
    By Gary Morton
       Special shoes have been a tradition of budget days. For today's federal budget Finance Minister Paul Martin should have been wearing his concentration camp shoes. This isn't a budget for people. It's for a police state or military government.
       I remember reading about one of the Jewish chaps in a concentration camp. He was about thin as a stick and pale as a stripped cucumber, his biggest worry being that the broken pieces of wire holding his dilapidated shoes on would break and leave him frozen footed and doomed.
       Perhaps the liberals will soon have us all wearing those shoes.
       Paul Martin's Budget 2001 is ostensibly a plan to enhance personal and economic security. It spends $7.7 billion over the next five years, but provides little more than police state measures. Genuine security for Canadians that can only come through housing programs, aid for the poor and homeless, and health care are not genuinely addressed.
     Security includes air security, intelligence and policing, military, border security and the screening and jailing of entrants to Canada.
    Crackdown on Immigrants: $1 billion to investigate immigrants and refugees.
    - Security Screen: $395-million for increasing immigration officers at home and abroad to screen out security risks.
    - Immigration Spy Force: 44 immigration control officers who gather intelligence on illegal immigration overseas and check for false documents will be increased to 100 and will work with American Intelligence Agencies.
    - Detention: $210-million for an enforcement plan to detain illegal immigrants, security risks and refugee claimants lacking full documentation.
    - Deportation: Increased spending to enforce deportation orders. $15-million to speed up the system so that false claimants would be removed from Canada quickly.
    - ID Cards: $287-million for magnetically scanned permanent resident cards.
    War on Terror: $1.2 billion for Defence:
    - Operation Apollo: Ottawa's codename for its contribution to the war on terrorism - Mr. Martin has set aside $510-million.
    - Anti-terrorist commandos: the Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2), will be doubled at a cost of $119-million over five years.
    Big Brother: $1.6 billion for Police and Spy Agencies:
    - Super Spying: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service receive $1.6-billion over five years. The funds will allow the RCMP to upgrade key technology systems to collect and disseminate intelligence. CSIS' share will be spent on upgrading technology and equipment for intelligence gathering and analysis.
    Spy Eye on the Skies: $2.2 billion for air travel security through a new federal air security authority.
    - New agency: Creation of an air security authority.
    - Sky Marshals - Armed undercover sky marshals will patrol Canadian flights, paid from a ticket tax of at least $12 for a one-way flight.
    - Screening and Bomb Detection - beefed-up screening of passengers and baggage as well as airport police and new bomb detection equipment.
    - Big Sister Airline Database - $67-million will go to setting up databases so that lists of air travellers and info from passports can be checked against upgraded security databases.
    Militarized Border Enhancements:
    - Scanners/Jail: $2.2 billion border package includes scanners, officers on patrol, detention or deportation of those who arrive.
    - Federal Aid for Multinationals: $600-million to be spent on roads and infrastructure at border crossings to facilitate trade between multinational corporations.
    - Merger of Canada/US Border Cops - $135-million to expand the integrated border teams of police, customs, and immigration officers on both sides of the border.
    - Ion Scanning - $107-million will be spent on new X-ray machines and ion scanners to detect drugs and explosives in shipments of goods.
    - Nexus - $58-million to expand Nexus, a fast-lane system for pre-checked travellers crossing the border, to several major border points.
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    MP Anne M. Office Occupation UPDATE!!! - Sun, 09 Dec 2001 21:54:53
    From: Bob <bobknob2000@yahoo.com>
    Hey everyone:
       Going into hour 61 everything is still going well.  We are rather anxiously awaiting the opening of the office tomorrow morning.  Right now there are approximately 20 people still at the office, but we had many more drop by to visit today.
       If anyone could make it tomorrow morning for the office opening, it would be really appreciated.  The office opens at 8am, but we hope to have an extra 20 there by about 7:30, so if you're a morning person or not, get yo ass down there!!
       We did have one tense moment this afternoon when some of the office workers saw a news broadcast covering our action about evicting Anne (see previous update).  They were quite worked up when they showed up at the office to discover all of the furniture placed in the parking lot.
       According to the office workers (who are quite mean people by the way), our moving the furniture constitutes "property damage" (we actually fixed a desk for them that was falling apart when we got there), setting up a tent on public property is "trespassing", and refusing to leave was "aggravated assault".  Do you get the feeling they just simply wanted to get us arrested?  Not to worry though, the police showed up and confirmed our suspicions that the workers were in fact misguided, and had probably just been hanging around McLellan too long.  Apparently self-righteousness is catching.
       Anyways, other than that it has been fairly calm.  But please phone in and let us hear your voice, it can get lonely upholding justice and freedom at 3am. phone number - (780) 982-5829 If not, keep those solidarity emails coming, they give me that warm-and-fuzzy feeling everytime I get one!
    love to all,
    bob
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    BioWar - Dec.2001
    - GM & Bio-weapons Control Must Go Together
    - US expert believed behind anthrax attacks
       BERLIN - The anthrax attacks in the United States were probably the work of a member of a U.S. biological warfare programme, the magazine of environment group Greenpeace Germany reported yesterday. The magazine said its article was based on information from a U.S. delegation source at the United Nations biological weapons conference in Geneva that began last week. The attacks have killed five people.
      "The U.S. delegation believe it is an inside job... Their members also have more information than has been made public," Kirsten Brodde, a
    reporter for the magazine, told Reuters.
       The attacks prompted initial accusations by President George W. Bush that Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden may been responsible.
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    News from the Undeclared War - Dec.9.2001
    - Omar shot his way out of Kandahar: IndiaTimes Report
    - Journalist beaten by Afghan mob: CNN Report
    - Gadhafi son aids Arab 'innocents':CNN Report
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    News from the Undeclared War - Dec..7/8.2001
    At the Guardian - US targets Somalia,Sudan,Yemen,Bosnia,Paraguay and Uruguay in hunt for al-Qaeda
    At this site - Afghanistan Dazed and Confused (Where did Osama and Omar go?)
    At the BBC - Power struggle in Kandahar
    At India Times - US bombs cave hideout of Osama, Omar missing
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    Afghanistan: Surrender must comply with the laws of war - 6 Dec 2001
       With the surrender of Taleban forces in Kandahar imminent, Amnesty International called for measures to be taken to ensure there will be no repetition of the recent events in Mazar-I Sharif.  Hundreds of captured Taleban fighters and others were killed in disputed circumstances at Qala-i-Jhangi fort.
       "Appropriate arrangements for the processing and protection of fighters who have surrendered must be made this time," Amnesty International said.  "The International Committee of the Red Cross should be allowed to perform its role, to ensure that people are properly protected."
    For the latest information on the 11 September Crisis visit:
    http://web.amnesty.org/11september.htm
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    Electronic Frontier Foundation- Latest bulletin
  • Judge Denies Scientists' Free Speech Rights
  • EFF Asks Court to Eject DVD Case
  • Court Rules Internet Publication of Software Not Free Speech
  • EFF Update on Sklyarov Case

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    IFAW: Stopping the Slaughter of Apes for Bushmeat  - Dec.2001
       The homes of chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas are being destroyed for logging and mining. As roads are built, commercial hunters travel into African forests and kill apes, elephants and other wildlife to sell as food. IFAW is supporting the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) in trying to stop this slaughter.
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    At Indy Media - Dec.2001
    - Washington's Own Love Affair with Terror by Robin Miller
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    From:  Robert Weissman -  05 Dec 2001
    - The Global Justice Movement: Alive and Kicking
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    Rep. Scott McInnis of the GOP wants leading green groups to denounce eco-terror, though they're already on record against it .- Dec.2001
    - TERRORIZING THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT
    - Environmental activist Ray Vaughan responds to McInnis
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    News from the Undeclared War - Dec.6.2001
    At the Guardian - The new Afghan administration
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    Conspiracy Theory on Terror – Dec.06.2001
       A 2,000 pound US satellite-guided (JDAM) Joint Direct Attack Munition landed among friendly forces today outside of Kandahar. Three soldiers were killed, many others wounded and Hamid Karzai, who has just been named head of the provisional government in Afghanistan, got injured.
       Some small news web sites that cover the war … the ones that think every thing is a conspiracy, will see this only one way. They'll think the US just tried to kill Hamid Karzai but failed.
    - read the full article by Gary Morton
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    News from the Undeclared War - Dec.4/5/6.2001
    At CNN - Errant bomb kills 2 U.S. troops, wounds 20 others
    At the BBC - Afghan opposition clash with al-Qaeda
    At the CBC - U.S. troops continue search for bin Laden
    At the Star - Many Afghan refugees stuck in no man's land
    At India Times- The village where 'nothing' happened
    At India Times - Alliance factions go for each other's throats
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    Canadian Border Militarized – Dec.4.2001
    By Gary Morton
       In another move to create a world state of Free Trade but Racially Profiled and Gated Citizens, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is putting the National Guard on duty along the Canadian border. The Canada-U.S. border management plan will see the two countries share more personal information on citizens and expand integrated border patrol units. The agreement also calls for co-ordinated visa requirements between the two countries. The RCMP and the FBI merge to a certain extent in this plan, making it perhaps the greatest blow to sovereignty contained in anti terrorist legislation. Canadians are now going to be targeted according to the prejudices of the FBI and the US Prison Nation … and a larger Pandora's Box has been opened, releasing US Police and Intelligence Agencies into Canada's government structure.
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    Nyberg the Spoiler as Tziretas wins Beaches-East York in squeaker – Dec.4.2001
        Right wing candidate, Mike Tziretas, has captured the by-election with just 54 votes more than top rival Janet Davis. NDPer Davis was denied victory by spoiler Gail Nyberg and now Toronto residents are stuck with a pro Harris, lobbyist supported councillor.
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    You Vote On It – Was Walk For Capitalism the Dumbest Event of the Year?
    By Gary Morton, Dec.2001
       I came across the "The Global Walk for Capitalism" at Rabble.ca, where it was listed as Site of the Week. On the site a steroid-boosted geek is the model for world wide walks for Capitalism.
       The Toronto Sun reports that 100 people marched down Bay St. holding signs like "Earth First ... We Can Mine Other Planets Later" and "Life, Liberty and Property."  The marchers went through the financial district, slapping blue ribbons on businesses they felt represented the capitalist spirit. Starbucks outlets on their route got rousing cheers. "In my ideal world, I envision towering, mile-high skyscrapers housing gigantic multinational corporations," said march leader Powell.
        ….so let the readers vote on it … does Starbuck's deserve a blue ribbon … is the Walk for Capitalism the Event of the Week … and should bin Laden blow up those mile-high corporations?
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    News Items at the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
  • RAWA photos - Northern Alliance massacre hundreds of Pakistani Talibanr
  • RAWA's appeal to the UN and World community after the fall of Kabul
  • Alliance accused of brutality in capture of Kunduz
  • What will the Northern Alliance do in our name now? I dread to think...
  • No surprise at rumours of new atrocities by our 'foot-soldiers'
  • Many Afghans haunted by Northern Alliance's past
  • Fall of Kabul Could Lead to a Bloodbath, Officials Warn
  • Hundreds of Pakistanis believed massacred
  • UN Reports Mazar-e-Sharif Executions
  • Kabul residents fear northern alliance, worry for their safety Kabul

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    Toronto Tenants - Dec.2001
    - New Rental Statistice Paint Damning Picture of Harris Government - Dec.2001
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    At the Star - Dec.2.2001
    - Relentless air attack pounds Kandahar
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    At IndiaTimes -- Dec.3.2001
    - 15 killed as US forces blast jeep by mistake
    - Sensor may sniff out Bin Laden
    - 8,000 Pakistanis either dead or missing in Afghanistan
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    At CNN -- Dec.3.2001
    - Israel - Series of suicide bombings kills 28 people, wounds hundreds
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    The Devil Comes to Kandahar
    Near the Kandahar airport Dec.1.2001
       "People think it's just like doomsday. They're in a terrible situation," said refugee, Mohebullah.
    - Read the full news article by Gary Morton, Dec.1.2001
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    Latest at PJ the Cat's Animal Rights News
    - Hamilton - Gore Park Deer Mistreated - Dec.2001
    - Protesters hold fake fur fashion show at the Bay - Dec.2001
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    At the Guardian - Dec.2.2001
    - Secret US plan for Iraq war
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    At The Varsity - Dec.2.2001
    -  Afghanistan at war: Are there any solutions in sight? By Sultan Hekmatullah Ghaznaw
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    At the BBC - Dec.1..2001
    - 80 Survivors found at Mazar fort
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    At the Guardian - Nov.29.2001
    - Allies justify mass killing
    - Captured Taliban may face trial in Guam
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    2002 G8 Summit in Kananaskis to be Militarized- Nov.30.2001
       Alberta's Kananaskis resort will likely be designated a special military zone for the G8 Summit next summer. During a briefing for provincial justice ministers on the Public Security Act, a Privy Council official said provisions of the Liberal's second anti-terror bill could be used to designate a military zone around international summits.
       The official specifically cited last April's Summit of the Americas in Quebec City as an example in which the new military exclusion zone power could be used, Quebec Justice Minister Paul Begin said yesterday.
       Asked about the creation of military zone around Kananaskis, Alberta Solicitor General Heather Forsyth did not rule out such a drastic measure.
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    At the Star  - Nov.30.2001
    - Ontario warned of tainted food crisis
    - Slaughter in the fort of horror
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    At The Times - Nov.29.2001
    -  CIA blunder sparked Taleban revolt that became a mass suicide
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    Food Aid Drop Crushes House, Kills Mother and Child -  Nov.29.2001
       The Pentagon has announced that during the drop of humanitarian aid on Afghanistan, a woman and a child had been killed when a load landed on their house.
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    At the BBC - Nov.28.2001
    - Carnage after Taleban Revolt
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    At the Star & the National Post - Nov.28.2001
    - Rage grows over war atrocities
    - Grits snuff debate on terror bill
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    from the New Statesman -  November 26, 2001
    - The truths they never tell us By John Pilger
       Behind the jargon about failed states and humanitarian interventions lie thousands of dead
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    Afghanistan: Amnesty International calls for urgent inquiry into violence in Qala-i-Jhangi - 27 Nov 2001
       Following news reports of hundreds of killings of prisoners of war during clashes within the Qala-i-Jhangi, a fort on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif, Amnesty International is calling on the United Front, the United States and the United Kingdom to investigate these events.
       After negotiating a surrender, hundreds of foreign troops fighting with the Taliban were escorted from Kunduz to the fort by the United Front last weekend.  The circumstances surrounding the fighting that followed are still not clear, although initial reports indicate that some prisoners overpowered guards and seized firearms.  British and US special forces are reported to have been involved in the fighting, including by directing US air strikes.
       An urgent inquiry should look into what triggered this violent incident, including any shortcomings in the holding and processing of the prisoners, and into the proportionality of the response by United Front, US and UK forces.  It should make urgent recommendations to ensure that other instances of surrender and holding of prisoners do not lead to similar disorders and loss of life, and that the key role of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in overseeing the processing and treatment of prisoners is facilitated. The outcome of this inquiry, and any disciplinary or other measures that may be taken against anyone found responsible for wrongdoing, should be made public.
    For the latest information on the the 11 September Crisis visit:
    http://web.amnesty.org/11september.htm
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    From the NDP - Nov.28.2001
    WELCOME TO ONT-AMERICA? - There's no need for a North American security perimeter, NDP Leader Howard Hampton said today.  He scoffed at the Conservative government's claim that Ontario and Canada must blend their immigration, refugee, policing, security and customs laws with the United States.  "There is no economic or trade evidence that a Fortress North America is necessary and there's nothing to suggest that we need to adopt American policies for domestic security reasons," Hampton said. "In fact, there's more than enough evidence to show that this is the wrong way to go." Statistics Canada reported last week that trade between Canada and the U.S. returned to normal levels about one week after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Hampton said that shows cross-border trade has not been hampered by any new security measures.  "All the Tories are doing is whipping up hysteria as a cover for their real agenda, which is to move Canada closer to becoming the 51st state," Hampton said.  He pointed to the failure of the U.S. 'war on drugs' and its inability to keep the Mexican border secure despite public expenditures of billions of dollars.  "The government's proposal is a perfect example of the American tail wagging the Ontario dog," Hampton said.
    CALL OFF HYDRO PRIVATIZATION - The controversy over the sale of Hydro One sends a strong message that the NDP knows full well.  Selling off our electricity system will be an economic disaster, Howard Hampton reminded the government.  "Power rates will soar and business and consumers will suffer. So why not do the right thing and do it now: Halt the privatization of the whole system, not just Hydro One," Hampton said.  "Making Hydro One a non-profit entity won't protect consumers and industry from rate inflation As long as you put our generating capacity in private hands, prices will skyrocket as private operators seek out the biggest profit in the US.  The transmission links will still get built because private generators will pressure you to get them built.  If you want to stop Ontario from becoming California, you need to do one thing.  Scrap Hydro privatization, period."
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    Voter Rights Campaign. - Nov.28.2001 - Today, on the first anniversary of the 2000 federal election, and as Elections Canada releases its legislative reform proposal report, Democracy Watch launched its new Voter Rights Campaign.
    Voter Rights Campaign webpage: http://www.dwatch.ca/camp/voterdir.html
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    At the BBC - Nov.28.2001
    - Taleban prisoners' 'last stand'
    ...hundreds of prisoners massacred in Afghanistan .... a huge force of Ameican air power and Alliance fighters battle to silence 10 Taliban fighters sill alive in the beseiged prison.
    - Opposition fierce to British anti-terror bill
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    World Bank Poised to Devour Afghanistan - Nov.25.2001
    (Prisoners of War Slaughtered as Globalization Rushes In)
    - read the full article on this site
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    At the Guardian - Nov.26.2001
    - Bloodbath in northern Afghanistan continues
    - Mass breakout ends in bloodbath
    - US lands hundreds of ground troops outside Kandahar
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    At the National Post - Nov.26.2001
    - Canada probes 14,000 refugees
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    G-20 Protest Notes – One Humanity, One Struggle
    * Updated with more photos
    - notes and photos from the Nov 16th and 17th demos in Ottawa By Gary Morton
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    Anti World Trade Organization 2001 Reports
    - A report on the Beirut anti Capitalism conference against the WTO
    - USA Strategy Summit
    - Global Exchange news
    - International Forum on Globalization on the WTO
    - Public Citizen
    - The WTO and the Prison Industrial Complex
    - WTO and the fate of the World's Forests
    - 10 Reasons to Dismantle the WTO
    - Beyond the WTO – Alternatives at the International Forum on Globalization
    - 10 ways to Democratize the Global Economy
    - Focus on the Global South
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    MPP MIKE COLLE AND PROTESTERS STOP BAYVIEW EXTENSION
    Protest Continues Saturday
    Today, November 23, at 11:00 a.m., M.P.P. Mike Colle, together with EARTHROOTS and local residents, were successful in stopping the bulldozers at the site of the planned Bayview Extension.
     Police were called and ordered the protesters off the site, however, when Miller Paving was unable to provide a work permit to the police, they were ordered to stop work immediately and the protesters were allowed to stay on site.
     MPP Mike Colle is asking all Moraine supporters to join him on site TOMORROW, November 24 at 11AM, at Bayview Avenue and Stoufville Road (Richmond Hill) as he continues the protest to stop the Bayview Extension and save the Jefferson Forest.
     Please come out and show your continued support for our environment!
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    At the BBC- Nov.23.2001
    - Massacre fears amid talk of surrender in Kunduz
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    At the Varsity - Nov.23.2001
    - academic freedom case - U of T sells itself cheap
    - Homelessness activists beat bogus charges
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    At NowToronto - Nov.23.2001
    -  U.S. SAUDI SCANDAL: DID FBI CALL OFF PROBE OF SAUDIS TO PROTECT OIL TIES?
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    At the Star & the Globe- Nov.22.2001
    - FBI goes to lengths to perform wiretaps
    - Harris grilled over Ipperwash
    - China expels Canadian, Western protesters
    - Bill C-36 still isn't good enough
    - Border checks leave 32 in jail as security risks
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    At Indy Media- Nov.2001
    - Disturbing Images of Bombing Victims in Afghanistan
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    At the BBC - Nov.21.2001
    - 30,000 Civilians trapped in American Bombing of  Kunduz
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    At CNN - Nov.21.2001
    - U.N. says 120,000 children face death by famine in Afghanistan
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    At the CBC - Nov.21.2001
    - Ottawa spends 36 Million to keep Calgary safe from G-8 violence
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    At the Star - Nov.21.2001
    - Terror bill changes rapped
    - Fears voiced over `secret trials'
    - Canadians arrested in Tiananmen protest
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    LIBERTY V.S. SECURITY - Nov.2001
    - web page of articles on Canada's anti terrorism legislation Bills C35 and C36 and the War in Afghanistan  written by Connie Fogal, Director, Defence of Canadian Liberty Committee
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    Food First News, Information and Criticism of the fall 2001 Quatar WTO Meeting is  at:
    www.foodfirst.org/progs/global/trade/wto2001/index.html
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    CRTC Orders Star Ray TV Off Air- Nov.2001
        Weary from the ongoing battle with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, Jan Pachul's fight to keep his Star Ray TV channel servicing the east end of Toronto has made him more determined than ever to expose the undemocratic practices of what is possibly, the most important regulatory agency in the country.
    - read the full article
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    from the Ontario NDP - Nov.21.2001
    NO CUTS - "Call off the corporate tax cuts and the private school tax credit."  It's a message New Democrats keep repeating in hope that the Conservative government will see the light.  The economy is tanking, government ministries are preparing to lop $5 billion in spending on services, staff and programs and the Tories still intend to hand out $2.4 billion in public money to their wealthy corporate friends.  As well, they will bulldoze ahead with the widely unpopular plan of giving public funds as tax credits for private schools at a cost of at least $300 million a year. The NDP has consistently opposed corporate income tax cuts.  NDP Leader Howard Hampton reminded the government again today that investments in schools, health care, environmental protection and childcare are more essential than financing tax cuts for the well-off.
    PRIVATE JAIL FAILS - An outbreak of violence at Ontario's newly-opened private jail in Penetanguishene signals the Conservatives should abandon their dangerous private jail scheme, NDP Justice Critic Peter Kormos said today.  "Troubles at the Penetanguishene super jail confirm what the NDP has said all along: The Tories' for-profit jail experiment puts prison and community safety at risk," Kormos said. "The Conservatives must scrap the experiment now." Kormos called on the Conservatives to replace their American-style private jail scheme with a renewed commitment to the proper incarceration and rehabilitation of inmates in publicly-run jails. That would mean the province wresting control of the Penetanguishene super jail from its for-profit American operator and abandoning plans to privatize the Lindsay super jail. In the U.S., these private companies have dreadful record of problems, including escapes. "Violence at the Penetanguishene super jail has shown dungeons for dollars are not the answer. And if the Tories refuse to back down and more inmates flood into the jail, things are likely to only get worse," Kormos said.
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    At the Nation - Nov.2001
    - Women & Afghanistan
    - Humanitarian Crisis
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    At Democracy Watch Canada - Nov.2001
    - Industry Minister Should Open His Eyes to Undemocratic Influence of Lobbyists and Strengthen Lobbying Law (November 14, 2001)
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    At Corporate Watch - Nov.18.2001
    - War Profiteering: Bayer, Anthrax and International Trade
    NEWS
    * Qatar: WTO to Launch New Trade Talks
    * Qatar: WTO Still Harmful to Developing Countries
    * USA: Bush Orders Terrorist Trials by Military Tribunal
    * Afghanistan: Killing and Plunder as Alliance Takes Revenge
    * USA: Osama's Mama -- Corporate Hip-Hop Promotes War
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    ACLU Opposes Bush's Military Tribunals - Nov.18.2001
    - Courts would try  non-citizens Charged with Terrorism
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    Liberal Bill C-36 – Invasion of the Terrorist Body Snatchers (Nov.15.2001)
    - read the full article
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    At the Guardian - Nov.15.2001
    -Victorious Alliance says: We don't want your peacekeepers
    At the Globe - Nov.15.2001
    - Canada poised to deploy 1,000 troops
    - Western aid workers released by Taliban
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    Warlords, not Democracy will Rule in Afghanistan – Nov.14.2001
       The war for control of Afghanistan has seen civiliansand soldiers treated as something less than human. Recently hundreds of people were summarily executed or killed by bombs. Soldiers were shot and left on the street without burial. In some areas the US bombed every structure, every tree and burned every blade of grass. Civilians and children are still collateral damage, people that get blown up if they are in the way between the forces of the West and Osama bin Laden.
       There has been no basic respect for fundamental human rights or the conventions of war at all. The Nazis almost look good in comparison.
       Now former Northern Alliance President Burhanuddin Rabbani is returning to rule again, and President George W. Bush is saying there needs to be "a balanced, broad-based" government installed in Kabul. And it must be a government, he added, that "must export neither terror nor drugs, and ... must respect fundamental human rights."
       If this seems strange to some people it might be because the West has systematically used intelligence agencies like the CIA to destroy every peoples democratic government and movement in the Middle East this century. We have been the enemies of democracy there. The Taliban as a movement never had an honest political base. They were the creation of intelligence agencies.
       In reality any new government will be much like the Taliban or even worse when internal war develops. Past governments, including the Taliban, have survived with the support of the warlords that flourish across Afghanistan. They are the bases of power and these warlords have a vested interest in smuggling drugs and weapons.
        In spite of what George Bush says, he has invested in them. Supporting the exiled northern warlords in the battles that led to the fall of Kabul. They are the foundation of any new society being constructed and that means the Afghan government will remain corrupt.
        Bush and Blair would have us believe that a new government will create civil society and some rights for women. But that is unrealistic when the real powers are the same warlords that are showing no respect for human life. We in the West have acted in the same way – with fighter planes we've told the Afghanis they have the right to go along with us or be shot and bombed into the nearest ditch.
        The foundation of civil society is respect for human life. All other rights rise from that. Our world powers and the West don't have that respect any more. So don't expect to see it in the governments they create.
    Gary Morton
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    Sword of War Splits Afghanistan in Half – Nov.13.2001
    * Gathered from various sources by Gary Morton
    - Read the ful article
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    At the Nation - Nov.13.2001
    WTO - the Fourth Ministerial may well turn out to be, as Walden Bello puts it, the last hurrah of the WTO and the project of radical economic globalization of which it was the crown jewel.
    For the full story read Bello's "Dispatch from Doha"
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    The HOLYCAUST - Sun Nov.11.2001
    (Afghan War Has Become a Power beyond Terror.)
    - read the full report with photos by Gary Morton
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    Homes not Bombs Shuts Down Space Warfare Facility - Sat, 10 Nov 2001
    - full report from Toronto Action for Social Change
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    At The BBC - Nov.12.2001
    - Major boost for Afghan aid effort
    Aid workers say millions of Afghans face starvation as winter sets in if aid operations are not successful.
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    Abdul the Dangerous – Nov.11.2001
       The Toronto Muslim community held a demo today against the war. This rally of mostly families from mosques drew an army of cops. There were rafts of motorcycle cops, red unmarked vans, paddy wagons, all sorts of uniforms and undercover men and the media was nearly all police media.
       Camera guys at the front of the rally were cops with 10-thousand-dollar zoom attachments. While I took photos of the banners with my 99-dollar digital camera, one cop gave a cameraman instructions. "That's Abdul there putting on the blue jacket. Make sure you get solid footage of him."
       Abdul appeared to be one of the organizers of the rally. I took his photo but deleted it. Now I wonder if he knows he's under constant police surveillance.
       So much for the claim that political organizers won't be harassed under anti terrorism legislation. They are already under heavy surveillance and the bill hasn't even gone through yet.
       Here are a couple photos of the rally
    http://home.eol.ca/~command/afghan1.jpg
    http://home.eol.ca/~command/afghan2.jpg
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    At The Village Voice- November 7 - 13, 2001
    - U.S. Allies in Afghanistan Left Trail of Atrocities
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    At the Guardian - Nov.11.2001
    - Now coalition faces the difficult part of war
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    At the Globe - Nov.11.2001
    -Britain to detain terrorism suspects without trial
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    WTO Protested - Human Need Not Corporate Greed
    - notes and photos on the Toronto Nov 9th Protest Against the World Trade Organization
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    Article about the Anti-Fascist Speakout/March in Parkdale on Friday,  November 9
    - At Indy Media
    from Anti-Racist Action - Toronto
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    OCAP in 2002 - Thu, 8 Nov 2001
    From:   "John Clarke" <johnclarke@sprint.ca>
    - HELP BUILD THE ONTARIO COALITION AGAINST POVERTY IN 2002!
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    "Taking Over the World: Militarism and Corporate Globalization" - Nov.2001
    - complete series of articles
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    Secret Documents Show Corporate Collusion at WTO - Sat, 10 Nov 2001
    From: CorpWatch <corpwatch@corpwatch.org>
    - The WTO's Hidden Agenda
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    At PJ the Cat's Page
    - Royal's Story - Pound Animals In Research Need YOUR Help - Nov.2001
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    Police intelligence computer gets virus -Thu, 08 Nov 2001
    From: Bob Olsen <bobolsen@interlog.com>
    Here we have it!
    <bobolsen@interlog.com> is on the Toronto Police Intelligence computer files!
    I find this absolutely hilarious!
     "Intelligence" <intelligence@torontopolice.on.ca> was infected by the I-Worm/Sircam virus. On Nov 5, 2001 it sent out an email to every email address listed on the Toronto police intelligence computer, including <bobolsen@interlog.com>
         dated: Nov 5, 2001,
         subject: internet searching instructions,
         from:"Intelligence" <intelligence@torontopolice.on.ca>
    If you did not get that message from  <intelligence@torontopolice.on.ca>, then I guess you just don't rate according to Toronto police  intelligence and Ann McLellan's new Canadian anti-terrorist bill. I have kept the file, named "internet searching instructions" It is 179 kb [183,808 bytes] I have not opened it as I do not want to get the virus.
    Bob
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    TRACKING THE WTO - Nov.9.2001
    To keep up with the latest on negotiations during the 4th Ministerial meeting of the WTO in Doha, Qatar,Nov.9-13:
    1)Check the CFWTO website for daily written updates ('discuss this' section).  International trade specialists will be tracking Doha negotiations on an hourly basis and we'll be posting these analyses regularly to the site: http://www.wtoaction.org/cfwto/
     2) Maude Barlow of The Council of Canadians will be giving daily audio updates from Qatar.  he audio links are accessible off of the top right corner of The Council of Canadians web page.  You will need speakers for your computer as well as the real audio program (you can download "real audio" off the Council website as well if you don't already have it): http://www.canadians.org
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    At the BBC - Nov.9.2001
    - Race to beat polio in Afghan camps
       "Our children in Afghanistan, they suffer because we have no money. There's no food or water. Now they can't be vaccinated against disease and surely more of them will die. We're lucky to be here," says Boba, waving her hands in emphasis.
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    WTO, Veneman and US-led genocide - Wed, 07 Nov 2001
    from item 3The United States is within a week or two of quite visibly committing a crime so much larger as to obliterate the world's memory of September 11
    from item 5At a time when globalisation and trade liberalisation forced by WTO and the World Bank are pushing thousands of people to starvation and thousands of farmers to suicide, the WTO draft texts are committed to continue the genocide... WTO rules are not just about global trade. They determine whether millions will live or die.
    - read the full news page
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    Bill C-36 Online Petition Defend Civil Rights - Wed, 7 Nov 2001
    From:  CAWR Toronot <cawr_toronto@yahoo.ca>
    As agreed last night at the Coalition Against War and Racism Weekly meeting, the Petition regarding the proposed Bills C-36 and C-11 is online,  We would like to get the maximun number of signatures before coming friday to present to Minister of Immigration Elinor Caplan.
    http://www.PetitionOnline.com/AWDACAWR/
    Minister of Immigration will be the Arab Canadian Mural at CAF office this Friday November 9, 2001 7:00 - 9:00 PM CAF National Office (Beituna)
    Mughir Al Hindi
    On Behalf of Coalition Against War and Racism
    The Terror in Anti Terrorism Legislation  - Bill C-36 - Nov.4.2001
  • CitizensontheWeb.com EDITORIAL - Anti Terrorism Bill C-36 – A Formula for Trouble at Home
  • Liberty v.s. Security by Connie Fogal

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    Photos - The Victims of War  in Afghanistan - 6 Nov 2001
    http://www.dqc.org/~ben/
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    The Sinister Side of Sept 11th and the War - Stan Goff Interview  -  posted Nov.5.2001
        A deeper look at Events from Sept 11th to the War and the hidden agenda by Stan Goff. Goff worked at Jungle Operations, Counter-Terrorist Operations,  Nuclear Weapons Protection and other Special Operatons. His insight gives us a frightening view  of America and our future.
    - Read the whole story
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    War in Afghanistan articles - 5-7 Nov 2001
    - Washington Post - War Support Ebbs Worldwide
    - Globe - Antiterrorism bill targets Muslims, group says
    - Toronto Star - Bombing could lead to increase in terrorism by Thomas Walkom
    - Toronto Star - Bill C-36 - Rewrite bill on terror or scrap it by James Travers
    - A War We Cannot Win   by JOHN LE CARRé
    - Cover-up of Complicity of the Bush Administration? The Role of Pakistan's Military Intelligence Agency (ISI) in the September 11 Attacks. by  Michel Chossudovsky
    - Straight Goods - Canadian Bar challenges Anti-Terrorism bill
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    Stop the Tory Clawback of Disability Benefits - Nov.6.2001
    from the NDP -  MPP WANTS A RAISE - FOR OTHERS - Sault Ste. Marie MPP Tony Martin reminded the Conservatives that families on Ontario Works or recipients of disability supports have had their benefits frozen since 1995.  Meanwhile, the cost of living has increased by 9.5 per cent. Martin has spearheaded a drive to stop the Conservative government from clawing back the child benefit allowance that Ottawa sends to Ontario's poorest families.  He has also introduced a bill to provide people on disability allowances a cost of living increase every April 1 to keep pace with rising costs of food, clothing, housing and necessities.  "Children are suffering.  Families can't put food on the table, can't afford the winter clothing they need, and are terrified by the upcoming stresses of Christmas. Stopping the claw back would give back almost $100 per child every month to families who need it most.  Surely Minister, you don't think children should be penalized for being born into poor families," Martin said in the house today.
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    Greenpeace presents alternative to WTO proposed new Round
    Web Radio Reports WTO - ON NOVEMBER 9 TUNE IN AT:
    http://www.greenpeace.org
    or
    http://www.indymedia.org
    Beirut, 2nd November 2001 - Greenpeace International today presented the environmental organisations' alternative to the new Round of trade liberalisation proposed by the United States and European Union for the 4th ministerial conference of World Trade Organisation (WTO). The international organisation also outlined it plans in the run up to the meeting in Doha, including the visit of the flagship SV Rainbow Warrior, which is only a few days sailing away from Doha and will be a platform to give a voice to people who are usually never heard at such meetings.
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    At The BBC - Nov.5.2001
    -  Charitable groups urge the United States to respect humanitarian law in Afghanistan
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    At the Star- Nov.5.2001
    - U.S. fears Pakistan on shaky ground
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    ALERT: Ottawa Protest Nov.16-19
  • International Monetary Fund/World Bank/G20 meetings are in Ottawa Nov 16-19

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    Starhawk - fall 2001
    - Only Poetry Can Address Grief:  Moving forward after 911.
    - Why Act Now?  Spells and Counterspells -- why we need to stay  active!
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    War on Terrorism Targets Green Party USA -  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 13:48:57 -0500
    From: "Paul" <webmaster@globalcircle.net>
    * The Green Party USA statement on the war against Afghanistan is at http://www.greenparty.org/911.html
       Armed government agents grabbed Nancy Oden, Green Party USA coordinating committee member, Thursday at Bangor International Airport in Bangor Maine, as she attempted to board an American Airlines flight to Chicago.
       "An official told me that my name had been flagged in the computer," a shaken Oden said. "I was targeted because the Green Party USA opposes the bombing of innocent civilians in Afghanistan."
       Oden, a long-time organic farmer and peace activist in northern Maine, was ordered away from the plane. Military personnel with automatic weapons surrounded Oden and instructed all airlines to deny her passage on ANY flight. "I was told that the airport was closed to me until further notice and that my ticket would not be refunded," Oden said.
       Oden is scheduled to speak in Chicago Friday night on a panel concerning pesticides as weapons of war. She had helped to coordinate the Green Party USA's antiwar efforts these past few months, and was to report on these to The Greens national committee. "Not only did they stop me at the airport but some mysterious party had called the hotel and cancelled my reservation," Oden said.
       The Greens National Committee -- the governing body of the Green Party USA -- is meeting in Chicago Nov. 2-4 to hammer out the details of national campaigns against bio-chemical warfare, the spraying of toxic pesticides, genetic engineering, and the Party's involvement in the burgeoning peace movement.
       "I am shocked that US military prevented one of our prominent Green Party members from attending the meeting in Chicago," said Elizabeth Fattah, a GPUSA representative from Pennsylvania who drove to Chicago. "I am outraged at the way the Bill of Rights is being trampled upon."
       Chicago Green activist Lionel Trepanier concluded, "The attack on the right of association of an opposition political party is chilling. The harassment of peace activists is reprehensible."
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    Atlanta Protest to target CNN – Nov.1.2001
    (Protestors to Challenge Suppression of Free Press)
    from "The ACTivist Magazine" <info@the-activist.org>
       ATLANTA, GEORGIA -- The 4910 Collective and an ad hoc alliance of local groups and concerned individuals, has scheduled a march and rally to condemn the lack of fair and representative media coverage of the US response to the September 11th attacks and the US war against the Taliban. Scheduled for Saturday, November 10th, the march will begin at 12:00pm at Woodruff Park. The march will proceed to the CNN Building where it will culminate into a rally featuring street theatre, speakers, music, and puppets.
    http://www.angelfire.com/ga4/cnnprotest/
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    WTO - Nov.4.2001
    A number of pamphlets and info sheets on the WTO (in English and French) put together by the Montreal N9 Coalition are available at:
    http://www.geocities.com/ericsquire/wto.htm
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    CLUSTER BOMBS AND COALITIONS - 2 Nov 2001
       OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Alexa McDonough said in the Commons Tuesday Canadians want to know what role their country has in shaping strategy for the current campaign in Afghanistan.
       "For example," Ms. McDonough said, "the U.S. is dropping cluster bombs. Cluster bombs are like landmines, a lethal weapon killing innocent civilians, particularly children, something that Canada has strongly opposed in the past.  Did Canada approve of the use of cluster bombs? Was Canada even consulted on the use of cluster bombs?"
       She said Canadians want to know if this coalition means every partner has a say. "Is that not the point of a coalition?" she asked. "Yet in Afghanistan it appears that the United States alone seems to be making the decisions about strategy, about tactics and about targets."
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    solutions to the coming police state... Sat, 3 Nov 2001
    Steve Mann <mann@eecg.toronto.edu>
       Having read your posting on bill c-36, I thought that perhaps your group might find my new book "Cyborg: Digital Destiny and Human Possibility in the Age of the Wearable Computer" (Randomhouse Doubleday) to be of interest.
    See http://wearcam.org/cyborg.htm
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    US Nationwide and International Anti-War Protests -Sat, 3 Nov 2001
  • http://www.PeaceNoWar.net
  • The World Peace Walk from New York City to Washington DC
  • RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) Speaking Tour
  • Fairfax: Weekly Sunday Peace Rallies
  • Oakland East Bay Coalition Against the War.
  • Ft. Benning School of the Americas vigil and protest
  • MASSACHUSETTS Weekly Peace Vigil, on Commons

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    At The Nation  - Nov.4.2001
  • SECURITY WITH LIBERTY: A FORUM

    •    Amy Bach interviews  leading experts on civil liberties and law enforcement asking each to draw a line between acceptable and necessary measures for  protecting the public and gratuitous assaults on basic rights authorized by the new anti-terrorism law
  • POST SEPTEMBER 11 DETENTIONS

    •    On October 28, a group of civil liberties, human rights, Arab-American, public access and other organizations, including The Nation, demanded the release of information on the many people who have been jailed and detained since the September 11th terrorist attacks.
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    At Indy Media - Nov.2001
    -Police brutalize animal rights protesters in Little Rock, Arkansas
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    At the Varsity - Nov.2001
    - African AIDS horror hits home
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    At Fair.org - Nov.1.2001
    - Afghanistan - CNN Says Focus on Civilian Casualties Would Be "Perverse"
       In the United States television images of Afghan bombing victims are fleeting, cushioned between anchors or American officials explaining that such sights are only one side of the story. In other countries images of wounded Afghan children curled in hospital beds or women rocking in despair over a baby's corpse are more frequent and lingering.
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    [MLNews!*] 10-31-01
    - HIDDEN AGENDA BEHIND WAR ON TERROR
    - USA: Terrorist Camps at Home
    - ANTI-WAR PROTESTS IN OVER 75 U.S. CITIES ON Oct 27
    - DC :11/9: Floating protest planned
    - 1,500 Dead In U.S. Raids: Taliban Envoy  Rick Rozoff
    - Fighting for the rights of women in Afghanistan  Anja van Dijk
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    Heart Health and Poverty report released on Nov. 1
    This report shows that  poverty itself has a direct effect on the heart health of low income communities. The full report can be downloaded from the web site
    http://www.york.ca/wellness/heart.pdf. Hopefully the report can be an  important advocacy tool.
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    At the CBC - Oct.31.2001
    - U.S. trampling civil rights with detentions: activists
    - Ottawa gets ready for international conferences
    At the POST - Oct.31.2001
    - Allies plan spring invasion
    At the Star - Oct.30.2001
    - Cabinet Ministers Break Ranks Over Draconian Anti Terror Bill
    - Police don't need sweeping powers
    - Anti-terror bill a threat to privacy
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    The Other Side of Policing - Oct.28.2001
       Relatives of police shooting victims and a number of citizen groups held forums, workshops and a march and rally as a Toronto Alternative to the International Police Convention at SkyDome.
    - read the full news article with photos.
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    Civilian Casualties Mount - Oct.31.2001
       A group of western reporters is being taken into Afghanistan to see civilian buildings and a hospital that suffered direct hits in yesterday's heavy bombing. Huge bombs sent a mushroom cloud high in the air in one city.
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    U.S. Warns Afghans That  Cluster Bomblets and Food Packets Look Alike - Oct.30.2001
        U.S. radio broadcasts into Afghanistan now include a safety warning: airdropped food parcels are square, unexploded cluster bombs are can-shaped, and both are yellow, so it is important to tell them apart.
    ``Attention people of Afghanistan!'' the broadcasts in Persian and Pashto say. ``As you may have heard, the Partnership of Nations is dropping yellow Humanitarian Daily Rations. The rations are square-shaped and are packaged in plastic. They are full of good nutritious, Halal food,'' prepared according to Islamic precepts.
    ``In areas far from where we are dropping food, we are dropping cluster bombs,'' the radio spots say, according to a transcript obtained on Monday. ``Although it is unlikely, it is possible that not every bomb will explode on impact. These bombs are a yellow color and are can-shaped ...
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    WAR - Oct.2001
    - Reports analyses and thoughts on S11 and the war in Afghanistan
    - Collection of articles at The Nation
    - articles on this site
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    Canada Health Coalition - Save Public Health Care - Oct.2001
    - website is dedicated to facillitating public involvement in the Commission on the Future of Health Care. It includes speeches, facts, files so on.involvement in the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
    http://www.healthcoalition.ca/romanow.html
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    From the  NDP Daily News DigestOct 29-01
       PRIVATE POWER - The Conservatives cost taxpayers a bundle when they leased the Bruce nuclear plant to a multinational corporation without letting the auditor see the secret deal first, NDP Leader Howard Hampton said today.
       Despite a push by New Democrat MPP Shelley Martel a year and a half ago to have the auditor examine the controversial electricity privatization deal, Conservatives blocked any review before the deal was signed. "Selling off a $7.7-billion asset for a couple of hundred million dollars is never a good deal," Hampton told the finance minister.  "The fact of the matter is that for a $7.7-billion asset, British Energy is only going to pay rental fees of $16 million a year. What a giveaway! Yet, when it's over, the people of Ontario will have to pick up the costs of decommissioning the nuclear facility and the costs of storing the nuclear waste. You're giving away the profits to your corporate friends for virtually nothing and you're loading the people of Ontario with all of the debt down the road," Hampton said. "The Provincial Auditor was delayed from looking at this deal for over a year and a half by your government. You used every stalling tactic, every procedural step you could to avoid having this deal reviewed by the Provincial Auditor. So I say to you, before you sell off any more stations, nuclear or coal-fired or anything else, if you believe that all of the information is out on this deal, then put all of the documents on the table here today."
       SENIORS SHUT OUT - The Conservative government has silenced seniors in the debate over their health care in Ontario, NDP Health Critic Shelley Martel said today.  The Nickel Belt MPP revealed that a Ministry of Health review of Community Care Access Centres has shut out representatives from the Ontario Coalition of Senior Citizens' Organizations, which represents 500,000 seniors from 130 groups. "Seniors deserve a voice in any discussion about the future of long-term care in Ontario. When the Conservatives silence seniors, they're silencing those with the most to lose. That's unacceptable," Martel said.  The OCSCO has been a leader in the fight for high-quality care for seniors. Martel called on the government to meet with the coalition and engage in meaningful consultation with its members over the future of long-term care and home care. Since the Conservatives capped funding for 43 provincial Community Care Access Centres, the resulting shortfall is $175 million.
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    At Straight Goods– Oct.2001
    - The rush to pass extreme legislation - Parker Barss Donham. The record shows the rush to reduce civil liberties in times of crisis rarely is justified by results
    - Work-life conflict getting worse - New data shows an increasing clash between work and the rest of life.
    - Settling the issue of trespassing GM crops - Arthur Hanks. Saskatchewan organic growers are planning a class action lawsuit to defend their crops from the spread of GM food production.
    - NAFTA tribunal denies citizens their say - The Canadian postal system is under attack from new international trade law.
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    At Mainline – Oct.28.2001
    - Thousands Hold Church-Led Peace March In Bullet-S
    - NY events around the WTO ministerial [IMF-WB-Pro]
    - Gestapo Approved: House OKs New Police Powers
    - The New McCarthyism: Woman in Black, Kofi Annan
    - Lists of US Bombings that hit wrong targets in Afganistan
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    Flag Burner gets beaten in Jail - Oct.2001
       After burning the American Flag I was jumped by under-cover cops who made sure to act in the most violent way possible.
    - read the full article at Indy Media
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    Global Internet Liberty Campaign Newsletter.
    Read the GILC Alert Volume 5, Issue 7 October.26.2001
     Complete newsletter is posted here
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    Electronic Frontier Foundation - Latest bulletin
    - Chilling  Effects  of  Anti-Terrorism Bill on  Freedom of Expression
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    Biological Weapons - Oct.2001
    - The Sunshine Project (US) This is a site  for citizen action for sensible US policy on biological weapons control.
    - Scientists Fear Miracle of Biotech Could Also Breed a Monster
    - Biopesticide and Bioweapons
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    Funny Bin Laden Animation - Oct.27.2001
    - http://www.madblast.com/oska/bin.cfm
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    At the Globe - Oct.26.2001
    - Red Cross says warehouses bombed by U.S. jets
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    At the Varsity - Oct.27.2001
    - Secret service spied at U of T
    - Falun Gong to celebrate peace and compassion
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    Canada-Colombia Solidarity Campaign Accused of Being Terrorist Group
    TORONTO -- Oct. 23 -- The Canada-Colombia Solidarity Campaign is defending itself against a false accusation by National Post columnist Diane Francis.  In an Oct. 16 column, Francis called the group a terrorist front.
             The CCSC does solidarity work with Colombian groups who are resisting violence and working on peaceful alternatives.
             The group says, "The attempt to discredit the CCSC is a part of the overall strategy to keep the invisible struggles invisible, to conflate them with terrorism, and to justify the repression and destruction of alternatives. On October 15, the U.S.suggested that a war on Colombia would not be ruled out as part of its campaign against terrorism."
             The full response from the CCSC is at
    http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/minga/debatewithfrancis.htm
    and the group has also posted a statement of its position, goals and efforts at
    http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/minga/offical-response.htm
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    Letters Cut as Toronto Star Frowns on Animal Rights – Oct.25.2001
       Canadian citizens and Ontario animal lovers showered the Star with letters after the paper ran two mean-spirited Ellie Tesher columns. Anne Gibson of the Toronto Coalition For Bill C-15 anti-cruelty legislation says people on her contact list sent in dozens of letters opposing the Star's viewpoint. The Star did not publish any of those letters.
       Ms. Tesher's columns paint animal activists as terrorists. She wants to kill a federal bill (C-15) that would increase penalties for cruelty to animals. Her feeling is that animal experimentation, factory farming and other cruel business uses of animals could be under threat if the critters gain legal status as more than property.
       The extreme nature of Tesher's columns and the Star's failure to publish letters led some people to speculate as to whether TorStar has investments in pharmaceuticals or factory farming.
       My feeling is that the Star's new attitude may originate with the appointment of Robert Pritchard as President. Pritchard headed the University of Toronto before moving to the Star. He had an office decorated with trophies commemorating the many protests against his administration.
       Pritchard probably views animal cruelty as a commodity and may be using his influence and prejudices to have the Star defend his old turf and animal experimentation at U of T.
    By Gary Morton
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    Joe Clark Dogged by Animal Rights Protesters - Oct.23.2001
       Federal Tory leader Joe Clark got embarrassed by protesters and their dogs as he attended a fundraising dinner  in Toronto.
       - read the full story
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    At Straight Goods - October 23, 2001
    - Whither lasting personal and national security? - Barrie Zwicker. 40,000 needless deaths since September 11th show need for commitment to relieving the globe's fundamental problems.
    - Europe protests the new war - Richard Swift, New Internationalist. Veteran activists, anti-globalists and Muslims were among the thousands protesting the war in Europe this October.
    - What the Islamic world hears when Blair and Bush speak - Dr. Mohamed Khodr
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    MPS Vote Down Mandatory Labels For GM Foods   (Oct.2001)
       Canadian Parliament killed a bill that would have made it mandatory for genetically modified foods to be labelled in Canada.
       The news story and complete record of how MPS voted is on the main page under For the Record at
    http://geneaction.org
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    Future of Health Care in Canada - 25 Oct 2001
       The Ontario Health Coalition's submission to the Romanow Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada has been put up on the website.
    http://www.web.net/ohc/
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    NDP Calls for Increase in Ontario Minimum Wage - Oct.25.2001
    AT A MINIMUM - At the very least, the Conservative government should increase Ontario's minimum wage to $7.50 an hour immediately, NDP Leader Howard Hampton said in the Legislature today.   A new poll just released in the US shows that 81 per cent of Americans favour  raising their minimum wage again to stimulate the economy.  The American minimum wage is already higher than Ontario's.  Hampton's proposal makes Ontario's lowest hourly wage, frozen since 1995, equivalent to the current American minimum wage after conversion.
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    US Anti-Terrorism Legislation Passes - Oct.24.2001
    troubling  provisions would:
    - Allow information obtained during criminal investigations to be distributed to the CIA, INS, Secret Service, military and others without judicial review.
    - Authorize expanded use of covert searches for any criminal investigation, thus allowing the government to enter your home, office or other private place and conduct a search, take photographs, and download your computer files without notifying you until later.
    - Expand the definition of terrorism in such a way that could potentially allow the government  to levy heavy penalties for relatively minor offenses, including political protests. Permit authorities to indefinitely detain non-citizens without meaningful judicial review.
    - Minimize judicial supervision of law enforcement wiretap authority.
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    SIGN the CFWTO "a Better World is Possible" PLEDGE -Oct.2001
    http://www.wtoaction.org/pledge/
       Our goal is to get as many signatures as possible by Nov. 8 before the International Day of Action against the WTO on Nov. 9th.  We want to send a strong message to the Canadian government that the majority of Canadians believe that a better world really IS possible through fair trade.
    To join
    the CFWTO listserve, sign on at www.wtoaction.org/cfwto/
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    At the Star  - Oct.22.2001
    - FBI Wants Right to Use Torture
    - 60,00 Pakistanis sign up  to fight U.S
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    Terror vs. Terror and the Peace March in Toronto – Sat.Oct.20.2001
       War and bigotry are the first casualties of truth. Canada's police are worried about that and stationed a paddy wagon near the speakers' podium at Saturday's Queen's Park peace rally.
    - read the full report with photos
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    Media Democracy (Died) Day – Oct.20.2001
       A gang of Toronto alternative media people protested at outlets of media conglomerates Friday, and later held a panel discussion, film night and social at Bar Code.
    - read the full report
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    Autumn Fur Protests - Oct.20.2001
       Autumn colors are spinning in the gusts, inspiring Freedom for Animals and friends as they continue with a series of protests against the Halloween ghouls of the fur industry.
    - Read full report with photos
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    At the Star & Globe- Oct.20.2001
    - Afghan refugees stream into Iran
    - U.S. suffers first combat-related casualties ( Ground Troops in Afghanistan)
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    At the Nation - Oct.20.2001
    - BRUCE SHAPIRO: Anthrax Anxiety
    - KATHA POLLITT: War and Peace
    - MARC SIEGAL: Profits of Fear
    - VICTOR NAVASKY: Profiles in Cowardice
    - JONATHAN SCHELL: Seven Million at Risk
    - MARY KALDOR: Wanted: Global Politics
    - MICHAEL MASSING: Press Watch
    - Berkeley City Council voted  to urge a quick halt to the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan.
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    Afghanistan - The massacre of Khorum - Oct.20.2001
     From:  "Steve Kerr" <stephen.kerr@sympatico.ca>
       If you have Real Player, then go to http://www.channel4.com/news/home/20011014/4afg.ram for a video and audio report of the total destruction of the village of Khorum and the massacre of its population by US bombardment.
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    At Eye - Oct.2001
    Toronto vs. terror - Local thinkers discuss how the city should respond to the Sept. 11 aftermath
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    O16 Reports - Oct.2001
    At the Varsity
    - Thousands demand help for Ontario’s poor - Students join anti-poverty demonstrators for march through financial district By Kelly Holloway
    At NowToronto
    - Invasion on Bay  OCAP Action  By Tom Lyons
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    Star Columnist Ape Angry over Animal Rights – Oct.16.2001
        She's swinging from the trees, beating her breasts in primal anger, and scaring little old grandmas with the spectre of anthrax smokin' animal rights zealot terrorists. Yes it's the Toronto Star's Ellie Tesher again, and fueling her rage is a harmless federal bill (C-15) that would increase penalties for animal abuse.
    - Read the full article by PJ the Cat
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    At the Law Union - October 16.2001
        In the wake of September 11, the Commons had little trouble  passing the new Immigration and Refugee "Protection" Act.
    - Read  Bill C-11 as passed by the House of Commons.
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    Electronic Frontier Foundation - Oct.16.2001
    - US Anti-Terrorism" Surveillance Bill To Pass This Week
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    At the Globe - Oct.17.2001
    - Afghansitan- explosions heard for 50 miles as  US Planes Bomb Red Cross buildings
    - Look out, Anne: Your antiterrorism bill will clear-cut democracy by PETER TABUNS AND CLAYTON RUBY
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    At the Star - Oct.16.2001
    -Sweeping anti-terror powers unveiled -Bill proposes arrest without warrant, 72 hours' detention
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    Neo-Nazis Attack in Parkdale – Oct.15.2001
       A group of activists were attacked on Saturday, October 13th at the corner of Queen and Lansdowne in Parkdale. Since the tragedy of September 11th there has been an increase in sightings of Neo-nazi groups on Queen Street west between Dufferin and Roncesvalles Ave. There have been unconfirmed reports of attacks but nothing this bold. In broad daylight on a busy street corner they jumped a comrade who was on the megaphone doing a speak-out against the war and against the racist backlash. After the incident, we continued our leafleting and began calling on the community to join us for a rally on Thursday, October 18th at 6:30 p.m. at the Parkdale Library. The response from the people we spoke to was overwhelmingly "We don't Want Nazis in our neighbourhood!" We are calling on all community members to mobilize and send a strong message to these thugs. We will not accept this in our community! We have the right to free speech and we have the right to live without fascist intimidation. Join Us on Thursday.
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    Toronto Anti-War Rally Targets Racist Media –Sat.Oct.13.2001
       The Coalition Against War and Racism met near the U.S. Consulate today to oppose the war, Canada's involvement in it and the biased media coverage that has been prevalent since September 11th.
    - Read the full report with photos by Gary Morton
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    Bicycle Master Plan: Will it Pass Budget Review - Oct.15.2001
    From Nancy Smith Lea <nsmithlea@kf.oise.utoronto.ca>
       The Toronto Bike Plan was adopted in principle in July but it still needs to get funded. This plan doesn't go nearly far enough to address conditions for cyclists downtown and the amount requested for cycling infrastructure is clearly inadequate. BUT if it's this plan or no plan--we want it! Below is ARC's letter in support. Why not send one too?
    To:  Toronto City Council
    Re:  Bicycle Master Plan
       In anticipation of the upcoming budget review, Toronto's Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists (ARC) wishes to voice its support for full funding for the Bicycle Master Plan.  Although we believe the plan misses some of the most highly used and perilous downtown bicycle routes, we recognize that it will improve the situation for thousands of cyclists in many areas of the city.  It is our hope that in addition to supporting the current plan, Council will instruct the Transportation Department to develop a plan for the safe passage of cyclists on Bloor, College, Dundas, Queen, and King Streets, where cycling collisions are most frequent[1].  Cyclists will feel particularly ignored and unrepresented if Council decides it can afford $170 million for a 2km Front Street extension to add another 2400 unwanted automobiles per hour to the downtown core, but not the $70 million required to add over 1000km of bicycle lanes all over the city.  If the Bicycle Master Plan succeeds in its goal of doubling the number of bicycle trips by 2010, it will be a truly significant benefit not just to Toronto cyclists but to everyone who appreciates clean air or more efficient transportation.
    Please vote "YES" to full funding for the Bicycle Master Plan.
    Sincerely,
    Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists
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    Ontario Action Alert: Harris to Make Hunting a Legal Right! – 16.Oct.2001
    From: "Plourde, Denise" <DPlourde@contactpsc.com
       On October 5th 2001, the Government of Ontario announced its plan to make hunting and fishing a "legal right" under the proposed Heritage Hunting and Fishing Act. If allowed to pass, this legislation would elevate the recreational slaughter of wildlife to the same level as such fundamental liberties such as the freedom of speech and assembly.
       The government has also proposed to establish a Fish and Wildlife Heritage Commission, to be made up of representatives from the hunting and fishing lobby. Under the proposed legislation, the Commission will gain almost exclusive control over wildlife management in Ontario.
    WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS LAW TO PASS!!
       Ontario residents have only until NOVEMBER 4th to submit letters in opposition to the government's legislative proposal. Please print off and sign your name and address to the letter below (or better yet, write your own letter) and let the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources know that you object to the proposed Heritage Hunting and Fishing Act and the establishment of a Fish and Wildlife Heritage Commission.
    *** To be sure that your letter is received and counted, please send it directly to PETA at the address below, and we will take care of delivering the letters to the Ministry of Natural Resources. Please mail or fax letters no later than October 31st to:
    People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
    c/o Animal Alliance of Canada
    221 Broadview Avenue, Suite 101
    Toronto, ON M4M 2G3
    Fax: 416-462-9647
    letters must be hand written and must have the
    Enviromental Bill of Rights Registry number which is EBR: AB01E6001  Without these two elements letters will not be considered at all.
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    Sierra Club Protests ClearCutting – Sat.Oct.13.2001
        Members of the Sierra Club and friends want Harris to Stop Clearcutting Ontario. Guidelines released by the Ministry of Natural Resources that allow damaging forest clearcuts will soon be adopted as policy, which is why protesters are on the street trying to rally public support against Harris.
    Photo of protest: http://home.eol.ca/~command/ccut4.jpg
    Contact:
    Dave (dave_a_murray@hotmail.com)
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    Child welfare cuts – Oct.15.2001
       TORIES PLAN TO ROB KIDS - NDP Deputy Leader Marilyn Churley moved to stop pending Ontario-wide cuts to child welfare services.  The Toronto-Danforth MPP released an internal memo from the Children's Aid Society of Toronto warning aid workers of the coming funding restrictions that the government will impose as a result of a recession made worse by the events of September 11th. The memo states: "We were informed that recessionary trends in the province have worsened and been further exacerbated by the events of September 11th. As a result we were informed that all government spending is being affected and funding for child welfare agencies across Ontario will be seriously restricted."  Said Churley:  "We saw the impact of your government's chronic under-funding of the child welfare system in the death of baby Jordan Heikamp. Haven't you learned anything from that death? At a time when Children's Aid workers can't even begin to tackle all of their casework, how could you possibly restrict their funding even further? Guarantee me right now that you will not cut a dime from child welfare programs that are already stretched beyond their capabilities."
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    At the Globe/Star - Oct.14/15.2001
    - Bombed villagers ask: Why us?
    - At least 20 Nigerians killed in anti-U.S. protests
    - Tomorrow - Canadian Police get Sweeping powers
    - Bush launches war's risky Phase 2
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    Star Ray TV to Protest at CRTC Oct 19th
       Jan Pachul, operator of Star Ray TV, the Community TV station in the east end of Toronto for the past two years, has had his CRTC hearing, and it could very well be the first many appearances of this long-running TV horror show
       On September 19, 2001 the CRTC called Pachul to appear before them to explain "whether he was operating a television undertaking without a licence." Pachul freely admits that he has indeed been on the air, serving a widening viewership in Greater Toronto roughly spanning the area from Scarborough on the east to Lawrence and Weston Road on the west, and from the lake to East York in the north.
       "The real question, to me" says Pachul, "is why won't they grant me a licence to operate a low power TV station devoted to public service?" He has filed for a Judicial Review of CRTC actions from the Federal Appeals Court of Canada. In the meantime, probably fired up with the huge amount of press Pachul has generated, a number of other, richer players are entering the area of public service. Applications have been made for licences by at least three other companies to provide locally oriented TV service.
       "There is nothing new about this approach," says Pachul, "Companies like City-TV have promised local service in the past, then grew so big they had to chuck the idea. The same will happen with these new applicants. Meanwhile I've wanted to provide it for the past five years and the CRTC is stonewalling me."
       As part of Media Democracy Day on Friday October 19 Star Ray TV supporters plan on demonstrating against the CRTC at 3 to 5 PM. Targeted for protest is the CRTC's Toronto office at 55 St.Clair Ave. East. Call 416 693-7400 to participate.

    Media Democracy Day URL: http://www.mediademocracyday.org
    Transcript URL: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/transcripts/2001/tb0919.htm
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    At Toronto Video Activist Collective - Oct.2001
    - Walk for Peace in Toronto: Tariq Ali, Pakistan-born, British anti-war activist, speaks on Saturday, Sept 29 - Quick Time video.
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    At Fair.org - Oct.13.2001
    - Killing Them Softly: Starvation and Dollar Bills For Afghan Kids
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    PROTECT CIVIL RIGHTS - From the NDP(Oct.12.2001)
       Some 20 leaders of community organizations met for breakfast this morning with Hampton, MPPs Peter Kormos and Michael Prue. They expressed their concerns about the Conservative government's erosion of civil rights in Ontario.  In Question Period, Kormos had some harsh words for the solicitor general, who tacitly backs a policy of ethnic profiling and insidious police surveillance hit lists.  "First you appoint a security adviser who believes in and advocates ethnic profiling. Now your Solicitor General says that he endorses the Toronto Police's thousand-person hit list, their target list.  The question is, how do you get on this target list, this hit list, and what do innocent people do to get their names off this list?  Ethnic profiling, geographic profiling-call it by any other name; it still means that people are being targeted because of where they come from. That means that they're being targeted because of the colour of their skin, because of their surnames, because of their religions.  Apparently, a list of 1,000 people exists here in Toronto and people want to know what criteria get people on that list. One person told us-these were hard-working people that Howard Hampton and I met with-they're afraid. They're afraid that they're being spied on for no good reason. One person told us today, 'I never thought that I'd experience in my lifetime what Japanese-Canadians went through.' What we're asking of you, sir, is very simple. Put it on the record today. What are the criteria for the creation of a surveillance list that you, as Solicitor General, endorse?"
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    WHAT'S NEW ON CORPWATCH
    - Grassroots Globalization - After September 11th: Where Do We Go From Here?
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    Web Conference on Global Peace- Oct.2001
    Dr. Mikael Nordfors has set up a Web conference on global democracy and world peace
    http://www.globaldemocracynow.com/
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    Educators for Peace and Justice - Oct.13.2001
    A group of Toronto-area teachers who want to provide an alternative analysis to the media distortions and government propaganda concerning the war. To join, or for info, call John Morton at 393-9912 or Lynda Lemberg at 393-1798 or email lynda.lemberg@stel.tdsb.on.ca
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    At Straight Goods - Oct.13.2001
    You cannot slaughter people into submission.  Much ado about Sunera Thobani's  speech.   Was it offensive and inappropriate, as prominent federal  politicians claim? see for yourself.
    - read full article
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    Britons Suspicious of Globalisation - Oct.2001
       The British public are not convinced about the benefits of globalisation.  Only one in eight agree that globalisation enhances everyone's quality of life and 58% believe that 'what's good for business is not good for most people in developing poorer countries'. Around nine in ten believe that government should stand up to multinationals. There is also considerable public sympathy with the ideals of anti-globalisation protestors, with two in five adults thinking that the protestors are raising genuine concerns and issues shared by many people around the world.
    http://www.mori.com/polls/2001/globalisation.shtml
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    At The Nation - Oct.11.2001
    - Annihilation and the Ways of Peace
    - Private Censorship
    At the Worldwatch Institute - Oct.11.2001
    - A New Marshall Plan? Advancing Human Security and Controlling Terrorism
    At NowToronto - Oct.11.2001
    - Missile Diplomacy
    - Tribal Backlash
    At MainLine - Oct.11.2001
    - CT: Students walk out of classes in protest of US Bombings
    - Activists under government and corporate surveillance
    - Quaker Peace Vigil at the Liberty Bell
    - Successful Peace action Leiden, The Netherlands
    At the Star - Oct.11.2001
    - Fingerprinting at the airport  - Air travellers to face security gauntlet
    - Pakistani police open fire on protesters
    At the Globe - Oct.11.2001
    -100 killed in bombong - Afghan casualties mount
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     Police make list of 'suspected terrorist sympathizers' in Ontario - Oct.11.2001
        Civil liberties in Ontario are under siege and the Conservative government is part of the problem, NDP Leader Howard Hampton said today. Hampton called on the Conservatives to disavow a campaign by their appointee to the Toronto Police Services Board that targets citizens for police investigations "who may have said something that might lead to police raising their eyebrows." Norm Gardner told a radio station that Toronto police are compiling a list of hundreds of people to target for surveillance. People are ending up on the hit list based on hearsay, tips from informants, suspicious or disgruntled neighbours, he said.  "The Conservatives should put an end to this type of harassment," said Hampton.
       "This type of 'thought police' activity has no place in Ontario. The government should insist that people not be targeted because of the colour of their skin, the language they speak, the place they were born, or the thoughts they may have," said Hampton, who has also criticized the government's acceptance of "ethnic profiling" of citizens by police and security personnel.
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    Global Anti-War info and Coordination - Oct.11.2001
    Events - http://pax.protest.net/
    http://www.PeaceNoWar.net/
    subscribe to the list by sending email to peacenowar-subscribe@lists.riseup.net
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    Puppy Mills– Oct.9. 2001
    The cruelty of puppy mills has been in the news recently and there is a movement to ban puppy mills in Ontario.
    - Read the full article from Stephanie Holliday.
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    Afghan casualties mount
    At the Globe - Oct.10.2001
    -Afghan civilian deaths inevitable: Rumsfeld
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    Kindness not behind US Food Aid to Afghanistan  – Oct.10.2001
       Food aid to Afghanistan is falling in unmarked mine fields, posing a danger to civilians.
       "[The food drop in Afghanistan]isn't in any way a humanitarian aid operation, but more a military propaganda operation, destined to make international opinion accept the U.S.-led military operation." Medecins Sans Frontieres, winner of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize for its medical relief work in more than 80 countries.
    - story at the Associated Press
       "The Bush administration is seeking powers that would allow the president to unilaterally impose an embargo on food and medicine sales to countries that he says aid terrorists, congressional aides said Friday"
    - story at Boston Herald
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    NDP Leader Condemns Bombing of Afghanistan – Oct.10.2001
       OTTAWA - New Democratic Party leader Alexa McDonough has expressed her strong opposition to the commencement of bombing in Afghanistan.  She said: "The perpetrators of the September 11 terrorist atrocities in the United States committed crimes against humanity and must be brought to justice. However, justice will not be served by bombing civilian targets such as power plants and the infrastructure that supports civilian necessities."
       Ms. McDonough condemned the Prime Minister's decision to commit Canada's military without seeking Parliamentary authorization through a vote in the House of Commons.
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    A Better Way to Oppose the War – Oct.9.2001
    by Gary Morton
       Legal opinions are out on this war, and some show the bombing of Afghanistan to be a violation of the UN Charter … meaning people killed or wounded in the attack are victims of crime and terror.
       In Canada our government has decided that we are George Bush's lapdogs. We will loyally follow the USA to war against any nation, group or organization tagged as the terrorist enemy. We will do this without any debate in parliament or any genuine attempt to inform the public of the hazards of this decision. Never mind that it is a huge gamble ... one where we fan the flames of a volatile Middle East, hoping we might get lucky and bag some terrorists.
       If total war without public consent is legal under Canadian law, it shouldn't be.
       Our options as citizens seem to be to protest or formulate some sort of legal challenge … two poor options.
       Legal challenges usually fail and take too long, and this government is not going to open an ear to voices of dissent. These are politicians and pundits that talk about war as a price for freedom. Which is a lie when they are working daily to curtail our civil liberties.
       This war is about security, not freedom … security for the corporate engine of the West, at any price. It is being conducted by a shaky US-led coalition, so perhaps we should aim at the weak links in that coalition.
       The weak links or countries to lobby are India, Jordan, Germany, possibly Spain, and Turkey. Convince them to pull out and Bush's war legs will crumble. Other countries that appear to have reservations are Japan, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Oman, United Arab Emirates and China. NATO is also a possible weak link as individual members have expressed concern about the use of the mutual defense clause.
       Let's work on them before Bush gets down to his last mile.
       The reason I say last mile is because there are a total of 18 miles of railroad tracks in Afghanistan. They are about the only thing other than civilians to bomb there. Bush appears to be tossing down about 20 million tons of explosives per mile of track, and once he gets down to that last mile, he'll need another nation to attack.
        As his lapdog we'll go with him, our mouths filled with the bones of the martyrs we've created in this war on terrorism.
        I suppose there could be various endings if the war continues. My guess is that in Canada it will end in the 60-million-dollar bunker our leaders are constructing under Toronto. The mayor, the premier and the prime minister will be down there in radiation suits, eating food they bought with dollars cut from social programs. If it isn't Doc Strangelove, then we'll still be alive and in the terror above. Yet I suspect that terror will be occurring behind the barbed wire of a police state, and it will have little to do with Osama Bin what's-his-name.
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    Consequences of War - Oct.9.2001
    -American flags burn as fury erupts in Pakistan

    At michaelmoore.com
    Mike's Message - 10.08.2001
    - All I Am Saying Is Give War a Chance
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    ACLU : Oppose New Extreme Senate Terrorism Bill! - 08 Oct 2001
       In a dramatic departure from the anti-terrorism bill adopted by the House Judiciary Committee, Senate leaders have introduced the “Uniting and Strengthening America (USA) Act” (S.1510), a bill that would significantly undermine many of the freedoms that Americans hold dear.  It is likely that this legislation will be rushed onto the Senate floor this week without any committee review.
       Among the bill’s most troubling provisions are measures that would give the government the authority to spy on its own people, enable the Attorney General unlimited authority to incarcerate non-citizens, and allow the government to expand its use of secret searches.
       Take Action!  Don’t allow Congress to abandon our cherished constitutional safeguards during this time of national crisis.  You can read more about this legislation and send a FREE FAX to your Senators from our action alert at:
    http://www.aclu.org/action/usa107.html
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    Bush to Attack other Countries - Oct.8.2001
       As the bombing of Afghanistan continues, civilians are dying and President Bush has announced that he will attack other nations. A story at Wired called Nuke em on High  details the possible use of tactical Nukes to destroy bunkers in Afghanistan.
       Canada is new deeply committed to this war though it hasn't  been debated in parliament.  Art Eggleton says Canadian Forces will become an integral part of the overall campaign, supplying troops, planes and war ships.
       In the Middle East the attacks have stirred up a cauldron of dissent, and initial results are that the war on terrorism will become an engine creating more terrorism and possibly civil war in nuclear powered Pakistan.
    See the Toronto Star for details on Canada's involvement.
    -Canada sends forces to join U.S. attacks
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    Demonstration at the US Consulate in Toronto as Cruise Missiles hit Kabul – Oct.7.2001
    Report by Gary Morton
       The USA and Britain attacked Afghanistan with cruise missiles today, and Prime Minister Chretien appeared on TV to tell Canadians to keep living normal lives. Those words were ignored as a crowd gathered to protest at the US Consulate shortly after the bombing began. This time protesters face media, police and governments that do not want to tolerate dissent or allow the freedom that used to belong to the West.
       Though the missile attacks on Afghanistan are billed as surgical strikes against terrorist bases, the attacks are massive and against cities like Kabul.
       Osama Bin Laden appeared via tape on TV in the Middle East before the bombs flew. He confirmed that the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center were to punish the USA for its foreign policy. Osama noted that people in the West ignore mass killing in other parts of the world … like the 500,000 children that died due to sanctions against Iraq, and the bombing of Lebanon and so forth. Calling on his people to rise up he promised that there will be no peace in the West until there is peace in Palestine.
       After Osama Bin Laden's taped message some media pundits were openly worried about news coming out by satellite TV in the Middle East. It can't be slanted or censored much by Western media. This could mean that viewers in the West will be presented with the truth, which is something our governments and media don't want.
       Canada is to play a support role in a growing invasion that is certain to fail in the long run. And the television news said there is no dissent in Canadian parliament.
       If not there should be because this is not a battle on the flat sands of Iraq. George Bush has gone to the mountain, and it may well erupt and fall on all of us. There will be no winners in this one.

    Photos of demo:
    http://home.eol.ca/~command/oct701.jpg
    http://home.eol.ca/~command/oct702.jpg
    http://home.eol.ca/~command/oct703.jpg

    * The next demonstration at the US Consulate in Toronto is Tuesday Oct 9th at 5 pm.
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    Genetically Modified Food Issue a Step Up on the Political Agenda – Oct.8.2001
    By Gary Morton
      The Council of Canadians held a national day of action in support of the mandatory labeling of GM foods on Saturday. Organizers Brent Patterson and Kim Phillips plus members and supporters passed out leaflets outside Loblaws' superstore at Bathurst/St. Clair Toronto.
       Public support for GM  food labeling is strong and some politicians are now catching onto that. Federal NDP environment critic Joe Comartin is out in support of the campaign for labeling and liberal leadership candidate Allan Rock is now a strong supporter. Liberal MP Charles Caccia has a private member's bill before Parliament to amend the Food and Drug Act to require mandatory labeling of foods that contain genetically altered materials.
       In Europe you must label if there is anything genetically modified in the food. Rules come into effect in January in Japan and in December in Australia and New Zealand.
       Canada has been on the wrong track, using tax dollars in support of Genetic Engineering. Ottawa spent $2.8 million last spring on a door-to-door brochure extolling the virtues of GM foods. Industry Canada is a member of BioteCanada, bestowing corporate welfare on huge companies like Monsanto. An American company, Monsanto just sucked a million dollars from the government to aid in the development of GE wheat that Canadian farmers and industry do not want.
       Monsanto, Novartis and other large genetic engineering firms are also coming under scrutiny in the wake of the Sept.11th terrorist attack in the United States. They have made the technology for dangerous techniques that can alter plant and animal species too readily available.
    Photos from past demonstration
    http://home.eol.ca/~command/c287b.jpg
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    The Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds - Meeting Notes and Links on AFGHANISTAN… Oct.4.2001
    - War on Terror becomes Terror By Gary Morton
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    At the Star - Oct.7..2001
    -Military strikes under way in Afghanistan
    -British submarines firing at Afghan targets
       The USA and Britain have launched cruise missiles at Afghanistan. Though stating that the attacks are on terrorist training camps, the bulk of the attack has been directed at the city of Kabul, which is full of civilians.
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    At Mainline News – Oct.2001
    -WHAT ARE BUSH'S REAL WAR PLANS?
    -Spend, Spend, Spend - Patriotism or Disconnection?]
    -How it's done: " Why we fight."
    -It's the Oil Never mind the pundits, the root cause remains the same
    -Nothing Anti-American About Opposing Drive To War
    -Naomi Klein: Using Crisis To Take On The Fakes
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    At Mother Jones – Oct.2001
    - Speak No Evil ... The government can be expected to clam up in times of war -- but why are citizens muzzling themselves?
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    At Working for Change – Oct.2001
    -Terrorist or dissident ... A global coalition could jeopardize human rights
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    from Netsurf
    No Nukes Is Good Nukes
       That Osama bin Laden and his web of terrorists might have nuclear weapons doesn't bear thinking about, but Wired raises this specter without bringing much meat to the meal. There's some discussion about suitcase-sized nukes and gossip that the Soviets lost a few during the break-up of the Soviet Union, as well as informer reports that bin Laden has been after nuclear materials for a long time. The story is thin, if terrifying, but it points to a fat resource put up by Carey Sublette. Nuclear Weapons Frequently Asked Questions (NWFAQ) is a megaton of information about nuclear weapons in general, organized into 14 big chapters (two aren't online yet). You can download a .zip file of the whole thing to read at your convenience. Carey thinks public commentary and awareness is essential to combat proliferation and guard against misuse. His site is huge, fairly authoritative, and readable, a serious place for a serious subject.
    Wired: http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47158,00.html
    NWFAQ: http://www.fas.org/nuke/hew/Nwfaq/Nfaq0.html
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    American Civil Liberties Union - Oct.2001
    - ACLU Calls New Senate Terrorism Bill Significantly Worse; Says Long-Term Impact on Freedom Cannot Be Justified
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    At the Toronto Star - Oct.2001
    -Random police videos ruled illegal
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    At the Globe - Oct.2001
    -September Eleventh Peace Coalition rejects war on terrorism
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    At the National Post - Oct.2001
    -Timothy Findley compares oil industry to terrorists
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    At Fair.org - Oct.2001
    -Can the New York Times Count-- or Quote-- Peace Activists?
    -Media March to War (viscious quotes from US papers)
    -The "Wimp" Factor: Goading to Shed Blood
    -Action Alert: Nightly News Glosses Over Anti-Terrorism Act
    -Killing Civilians: Behind the Reassuring Words
    -Media Pundits Advocate Civilian Targets
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    At TomPaine - Oct.2001
    - THE WARTIME OPPORTUNISTS - Under Cover Of Crisis Anything Goes
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    Thanksgiving Message
    Protest the Turkey Slaughter
       Caged in Hamilton is holding a protest Sunday October 7th from 2:00 to 3:00 for the thousands of turkeys who die painful deaths during holidays. Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate our harvests, not to exploit nature. It has been estimated that approx. 20 million turkeys are slaughtered every year in Canada and over 300 million in the United States.
        Location for the Thanksgiving protest … meet a bit before 2:00 pm at The Bran (in the parking lot) on 751 Upper James near Mohawk.
    Denise  Plourde
    red@vegantopia.com
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    New legal guide for activists - Oct.2001
    The Ontario Common Front Legal Committee has just released a new legal
    guide for activists.
    please check it out on-line at:
    http://www.ocap.ca/legalguide/
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    Tickets available for Nov. 8 Peace Bus to Ottawa- Oct 2001
    From:  TASC <tasc@pop.web.ca>
       Attention Toronto-area folks concerned about star wars, space warfare, and ending global terrorism
       On Friday Nov. 9, a nonviolent action and Festival of life will take place at the site of Canadian research and development for space warfare, the "Defence" Research Establishment Ottawa. To help Canada with its commitment to end terrorism, let us remove the tools of terror--star wars and space warfare--from Canadian soil.
       To reserve a seat on the peace bus to Ottawa from Toronto, which leaves Thursday Nov. 8. contact us at tasc@web.ca or (416) 651-5800. While no one is turned away for lack of funds, we request a $40 donation (sliding scale) to cover the costs of the return trip, food and accommodation in Ottawa, and related expenses.
       If you cannot make it to Ottawa but would like to support this effort by helping subsidize bus seats, donations can be made to Homes not Bombs and sent to PO Box 73620, 509 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto, ON M6C 1C0.
    Charitable receipts are available for any donation over $75 and made out to St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society (and sent to the same address).
    Peace
    Homes not Bombs
       PS: Buses will be leaving from Hamilton as well as Kitchener on Nov. 8. If you are closer to those areas, contact in Hamilton (905) 627-2696 or Kitchener (519) 584-7556
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    From the NDP – Oct.2001
    Harris' War on Immigrants
    RACIST POLICY A SHAME- The premier is fanning the flames of fear and racism with his newly announced war on immigrants, policies that could allow police to single out and scapegoat people based on skin colour, religion, language or birthplace, NDP Leader Howard Hampton charged today.  He chastised the premier for media comments that linked immigrants with danger and terrorists. "Premier, people have died (in the US attacks), so people are scared. But could you tell me how fanning the flames of fear, how equating immigration with terrorism, does anything positive, does anything to help the situation in Ontario today? People what to know what you can effectively do rather than simply fanning fears," Hampton said.
    'ETHNIC PROFILING' A CONCERN- Human rights Critic Peter Kormos today called on the Conservative government to distance itself from a proposal by Lewis Mackenzie's that racial profiling is necessary in Ontario to fight terrorism.  The premier has hired Mackenzie as a special security advisor to the Conservatives. In a radio interview September 12, the retired major-general said:  "I'm sorry, more current attention is going to have to be paid to people who are obviously, potentially part of that group. ... At some stage you have to say, "Look, I'm terribly sorry the odds are you're not involved but you're going to receive more thorough interrogation." "There is no place for this type of policy in Ontario," said Kormos. "The Conservatives should distance themselves from Mr. Mackenzie's 'ethnic profiling' proposal and promise Ontario that people will never be targeted because of their skin colour, the language they speak, and the place they were born."
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    New on Corporate Watch – October.2001
    Stop Fast Track!!
    http://www.corpwatch.org/action/2001/025.html
    Congress is using the September 11th tragedy to push through Fast Track legislation that would give President Bush sweeping powers to implement the Free Trade in the Americas Agreement. Under Fast Track, Congress gives up its authority to change the content of trade agreements. The bill could come up for a vote in Congress as soon as next week. Call your Representatives and tell them not to sign away their power on trade issues.  Tell Congress to vote NO on Fast Track.
    IN THE NEWS
    http://www.corpwatch.org/news
    - USA: Opportunists Use the Crisis  to Push Agenda
    - Australia: Police Move on Melbourne Climate Protesters
    BULLETIN BOARD
    http://www.corpwatch.org/bulletin
    - Terrorism Bill Fails to Protect Civil Liberties
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    American Patriot Act of 2001– Oct.2001
    You can read the text of the upcoming Patriot Act of 2001 (The "new" Anti-terrorism act being sent to the US congress this week) at the links below
    - http://www.house.gov/judiciary/
    - http://www.house.gov/judiciary/hr2975terrorismbill.pdf
     There are some real concerns about civil liberties with this thing.
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    Petition on eBay Alaskan Wolf Hunt auctions – Oct.2001
    Please sign this petition to stop auctions of Wolf Hunts on eBay.
    www.thePetitionSite.com/takeaction/999999991
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    From the New Democratic Party - 2001.10.05
    TARGETING THE INTOLERABLE
    An interactive slideshow on the global problem of child labour
    http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/ratification/
    Sponsored by International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
    NDP JOINS CAMPAIGN FOR MANDATORY GM LABELING
    OTTAWA - NDP environment critic Joe Comartin this week endorsed a fall campaign sponsored by a coalition of groups, including Greenpeace and the Council of Canadians, calling for mandatory labeling of genetically modified food.
    "The public want to know, and have a right to know, what is in the food they eat," Mr. Comartin said. "The government has had ample opportunity to take action on this issue but continue to drag their feet. Hopefully this campaign will help prompt them into action."
    Mandatory labeling of genetically modified food has been part of NDP policy since 1999. NDP health critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis has introduced a bill that would require such labeling.
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    Other Views of the War on Terrorism - Oct.3.2001
    -Concordia Student Union Accused of Links with Terrorists and Bin Laden
    -Pakistan on the Brink by Tariq Ali
    -The Terrorism Trap by Richard J. Barnett
    -Genocide or peace  We can feed the starving Afghan millions or mount a military campaign. We can't do both
    -Polarization - a war for capitalism
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    At The Varsity - Oct.2001
    -Professors rally around Dr. Healy’s lawsuit against the U of T
    (Last few years have seen more threats to academic freedom than in past fifty years: National Teachers Assoc.)
    -Falun Gong goes on 500 km S.O.S. walk
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    Paranoia via Mike Harris and Ottawa - Oct.3.2001
       Ontario Premier Mike Harris is running scared of Terrorists. Appearing by videotape out of fear of the public legislature, he appoints a general and RCMP chief to hunt alleged terrorists and creates an elite police unit to harass immigrants.
    -Elite police unit to hunt deportees
    -Harris blasted for videotaped announcement
    -Terrorist fundraisers will face jail
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    Psychiatric Colonization of the Normal - Oct.3.2001
    -Prescription For Scandal:   Biological Psychiatry's Faustian Pact
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    5 Acquitted for Protesting US Government School of Terrorism – Oct.3.2001
    (Activists Vow to Continue Movement to Close US School of Terrorism)
    see http://www.soawne.org/
       Philadelphia, PA - “Resistance against oppressive US foreign policy and the School of Assassins is a necessity, not a crime!”  This was the presiding tone among the more than 50 supporters who held igil outside the Philadelphia courthouse this morning as the five SOA Watch activists went on trial for peacefully protesting the School of the Americas (SOA), located at Ft. Benning, GA.  Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, from Detroit, Michigan, offered  eloquent testimony about the atrocities committed by graduates of the SOA.  Represented by former Pennsylvania Attorney General Shane Creamer (who took the case pro bono) and Public Defender Shawn Nolan, the activists were acquitted on all charges (disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, obstructing justice, obstructing a highway, and conspiracy to obstruct a highway).
       During the Republican National Convention (July 31, 2000), the five enacted a massacre carried out by SOA graduates, presided over by Uncle Sam.  Defendant Laurel Paget-Seekins stated, “We put the SOA on trial today and the verdict shows that the real crime is the training of soldiers to repress their own people.  We will continue to nonviolently act to close this school  of terror until it is shut down for good.”
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    Mainline News – Peace Protests – Oct.1.2001
    -15,000 People Gather in San Francisco
    -Thousands Fill Streets of DC to Protest War
    -Spain (AP) Thousands Protest Retaliation
    -NAPLES Anti-NATO Demo: Tens Of Thousands March
    -Athens against war
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    The New Canadian Peace Movement Grows – Sept.29.2001
    Toronto report by Gary Morton
       Though it got called on short notice today's Walk for Peace & Global Solidarity became the largest demonstration of the year. People from numerous social justice and anti-racism groups chose to show.
       Sunshine and warmth filled the day. At the beginning I tried to find a spot where I could photograph the full length of the march as it circled to head off for the US Consulate. That wasn't possible as it was too big. While trying to get that photo I discovered that the event could have been even bigger. People passing through the park complained that they hadn't seen any announcement of it in the media.

    Digital Photos:
    http://home.eol.ca/~command/sept2901.jpg
    http://home.eol.ca/~command/sept2902.jpg
    http://home.eol.ca/~command/sept2903.jpg

       Part of a pan-Canadian Day of Action Against War And Racism that included rallies in Vancouver, Halifax and Montreal, the demo didn't get much media coverage. With their War on Terrorism banners, the mainstream press has left the concept of peace out of the equation and out of the news. It might even be said that a reason for marches is that so many people are sick of the lies, bullshit and propaganda filling the daily news.
       This new peace movement represents an educated culture existing in parallel with the culture of brainwashed warmongers that the pollsters tap. Authorities are treating this movement as illegitimate and began by attempting to provoke a confrontation. The rally was to go down Yonge Street, where it would have been visible to a larger crowd. Police prohibited that and openly threatened to jail the organizers and make mass arrests if demonstrators did not follow a route chosen by them. We had the numbers to disobey police, but organizers were left with little choice other than to avoid an ugly scene that would grant a propaganda opportunity to Toronto's mainstream War Media.
       Terrorism is linked to suffering caused by the policies of globalization and arms manufacturing, and though the Mobilization for Global Justice and students made up a large portion of the crowd, none of the other groups thought that peace was a simple matter of avoiding a war in Afghanistan. There are definite links to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Hostility and Terror are not products solely produced by a variety of Islamic extremists. The West is breeding suffering, unrest and terrorism through the implementation of foreign policy designed to allow the rape of the planet by
    global corporations. And this means that any War on Terrorism has to begin at home.
        At Queen's Park Hajera Rostam said that Afghani-Canadians are being targeted, and her talk reflected the concerns of most of the people. One picket sign said Taliban do not equal Afghanistan. Which is true as most Afghanis don't support the oppressive Taliban. They are impoverished victims caught between the Taliban and the angry West.
        This war is not against visible nations, but against terrorism. At the American Consulate, Tariq Ali attacked the use of that concept.  "You do not fight terror with terror," Ali said. "…The rule of the West is to punish the crimes of our enemies but reward the crimes of our friends." Tariq is also concerned about the way these events are being used to attack our civil liberties and to introduce more restrictions for people of the "wrong colour".
       The march ended at the City Hall Peace Garden. It proved that we have a large culture of peace in Toronto … and that the challenge is to get the message to the rest of society. The larger media conglomerates are a formidable foe working to magnify the terror so it can be used by corporate and government forces to remove civil liberties and grow the same oppressive global agenda that created oppression and terrorism in the first place.

    Protest Info:
    Toronto Mobilization for Global Justice
    http://www.mob4glob.ca
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    Police Dog Critical Mass Ride – Sept.29.2001
       The Toronto police put last night's Critical Mass Bike ride under special surveillance. Four cruisers showed up, ticketed one rider, then followed the ride about the city at its tail with their spinners flashing like it was some sort of emergency. The ride ended at the small park by Hart House and people dispersed in various directions to confuse police.
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    War on Terror or War without Evidence – Sept.29.2001
       The heavily armed boy scouts sent by the USA and Britain into Afghanistan are also authorized to do a hit on bin Laden, so we have to wonder why they don't want him alive to testify?
       CNN news talks of a letter outlining the terrorists' mind set and linking three of the attacks. The letters were found in a lost suitcase, an abandoned vehicle and the wreckage of Flight 11. Perhaps the next letter will be found embedded in a meteor fragment.
       In profiles released on the terrorists yesterday, US intelligence appears to know very little. Those tracked are mostly (though they're not sure) from Saudi Arabia and Algiers. Some lived in Germany for a time and in the USA and Toronto. The only link appears to be to an intelligence operative of Saddam Hussein. There is only a possible link to bin Laden. So why are we in Afghanistan and so certain bin Laden is the big wheel behind all of this?
    Gary
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    Netsurfer - Sept 11 - Journalists' Resources
    - Attack on America - Journalists' Resources.
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    Electronic Frontier Foundation- Latest bulletin
    - ALERT: Hackers Could Get Life in Prison, No Parole, Under "Anti-Terrorism" Bill
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    New at CorpWatch - September.2001

  • USA: Wartime Opportunists
  • USA: Merchants of Death Cash In on Tragedy
  • USA: It's the Oil, Stupid
  • USA: Biotech Terrorism?
  • USA: Nukes Vulnerable to Attack
  • USA: Children Affected by Tragedy
  • USA: Bank Laws Fund Terrorists
  • USA War on Terror, or Fight Against Old Enemies?

    • BULLETIN BOARD
  • Message of Hope
  • Community Activists Announce September 30 Peace March
  • National Day For Peace Oct. 7

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    At Salon - Sept.2001
    - Berlusconi- says The West must conquer Islam
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    Nuclear Waste Plan Totally Unsatisfactory - Sept.29.3001
    from the NDP
       OTTAWA - The   federal government's nuclear fuel waste bill allows the nuclear industry to make all of the decisions, in too short a time, probably using methodology relatively inexpensive for the industry but totally unsatisfying for the Canadian public, New Democrat environment critic Joe Comartin said in the Commons Thursday.
       He said the NDP would support the bill in second reading to make sure it has thorough review at the committee stage.
       "The work in that committee hopefully will get us to a result by way of significant amendments that in fact would make the treatment of nuclear
    waste something in which Canada can be a leader in the world, as opposed to what we see in the bill now," Mr. Comartin said.
       He said the NDP "will attempt to get changes is the composition of the panel that will form that commission (overseeing nuclear waste), because as it stands now the only people who would be on it are from the industry. Those people who need regulation would be doing the regulating."
        For the full text of Joe Comartin's speech on the Nuclear Fuel Waste Act, please e-mail info@fed.ndp.ca, and write "Nuclear Waste" in the subject field.
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    From NGIN - Sept.27.2001
    -Now for GM weapons (It's time to get tough with the biotech firms over germ warfare)
    -Fighting terrorism of all brands By Vandana Shiva
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    Netscape Poll - America – Nation of Cowards - Sept.27.2001
    The poll asks
    Are you willing to trade some civil liberties for heightened security?
    Yes:  67%  55751 votes
     No:  33%  27027 votes
               82778 votes total.
    The majority are waving the white flag, not the American flag. Yet at the same time they want to go to war.
    To fight for what? A country without civil rights?
    If this poll is truly representative of the American sentiment, the terrorists have won.
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    At the Globe - Sept.26.2001
    -Afghan crowd storms, burns U.S. embassy in Kabul
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    At the Toronto Star - Sept.26.2001
    -U.S. to boost security at border with Canada
    -MPP to protest hearing-aid delisting
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    At the Guardian- Sept.25.2001
    - Revealed: British plan for Afghan onslaught
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    At Canadian Business Online -Sept.25.2001
    (Canadian government spent a billion on agbiotech)
    - Ottawa is still pumping tax dollars into GM foods
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    Stop the  War Page at Rabble.ca - Sept.25.2001
       Rabble has put together a list of online action you can take to help stop the war. This list will be updated daily at
    www.rabble.ca/click_no_to_war.shtml
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    From the NDP- Sept.25.2001
    HAMPTON SEEKS INQUIRY - Howard Hampton and the NDP continue to press for a public inquiry into the death of Dudley George at Ipperwash in 1995. Court documents the government tried to hide reveal that the premier took leadership in the decisions that led to George's death.  Harris told the legislature he had no role in the OPP moving in to clear native protesters out of the park.  But court submissions noted that Harris would "take the lead" in deciding when the OPP made its move.  At a Sept. 5, 1995 meeting, a senior Harris staffer reported that the premier "did not want to be seen working with Indians at all" and rejected the OPP's recommended cautious and conciliatory approach.  The premier's contradictions trouble Hampton. "These documents make it clear that Mr. Harris misled the Legislature about his involvement in the Ipperwash tragedy. That's a serious breach of trust. He should call a public inquiry or step down," he said.
    ELECTRIC SHOCK - The Conservatives are risking jobs and the financial health of families by pursuing the flawed sell-off of Ontario's public electricity system, NDP Leader Howard Hampton told the Legislature today.  "The economy is faltering and a major consumers' watchdog in the U.S. has told lawmakers there to stop privatizing electricity," Hampton said. "What more does the premier need to know before he halts the sell off of our power supply? "
    During Question Period, when quizzed by Hampton, the premier was unable to name one jurisdiction where hydro privatization and deregulation have resulted in lower electricity prices or more reliable service.  Hampton cited a new report from the Consumers Federation of America that warns US lawmakers to suspend any plans to privatize.  According to the Wall Street Journal, 22 states already have.  The consumers group found that electricity privatization has "fatal flaws" and that consumers inevitably will pay
    considerably more for electricity as they have in Pennsylvania, Montana, New York, the UK, California and elsewhere.
    RENT ROLLBACK - In Toronto, since August alone, 55,000 tenant households have been hit with new landlord applications to raise their rent.  While Conservatives and Liberals are content to line the landlords' pockets, MPP Rosario Marchese has joined the City of Toronto in calling for rent rollbacks that would prevent landlords from jacking up rents above the rate of inflation.  This would save the average Toronto tenant $1,020 in refunds, Marchese pointed out.  He's also advocating a return to real rent control and the construction of affordable, rental housing.
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    Peace on a Cloudy Afternoon - By Gary Morton, Sept.22.2001
        Three events that point to a lack of peace took place in Toronto today. One was titled A Call for Non-Violence! The others were Car Free Day and an anti-Fur Demonstration at the Bay.
    - read the full article with photos
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    Gene News - Sept.2001
    -Gene Action website and resource page.
    -Pharma Buys a Conscience By  Carl Elliott
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    United Animal Nations - Sept.2001
    AnimalAid  Relief provided for the Companion Animals  of the Terrorist Victims
    - Full Story at www.uan.org/news/animalaid.html
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    USA Routinely Blocked Anti-Terrorist Resolutions – Sept.2001
        The United States routinely opposes allies such as Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom in UN resolutions condemning terrorism, genocide, war crimes and other "crimes against humanity." Many times the US casts  the sole opposing vote. See U.N. Resolution E/CN.4/1998/L.7, for example, which condemns "all acts" of terrorism sponsored by both Palestinians and Israelis (vote 51-1 in favor, United States opposing). In 1998, 120 nations voted in favor of an International Criminal Court capable of prosecuting cases like those of September 11th. The United States joined only 6 other countries, including China and Iraq, in opposing the Court. In order for the Court to now take effect, 60 countries must ratify  the treaty. As of 28 June 2001, only 36 countries have done so (http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/icc/).
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    New York Times Service - Sept.2001
    -Experts See A High-Security America Of Surveillance & Seizures By William Glaberson,
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    [MLNews!*] 09/20/01
    -Pentagon sez use Tactical Nuclear Weapons
    -Unusual Buying Before Attacks
    -'War isn't a game after all' by Naomi Klein
    -Not in our son's name  V S C
    -Fw: Artists Against the War [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
    -New York Peace Vigil Misrepresented Deliberately
    -Anti-war, humanist group forms in New York City  Paul Kneisel
    -What is Islam? - AOL World Book Online
    -What Jihad Means
    -WTO Entry Will Shake Up China
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    Electronic Frontier Foundation - Latest bulletin - Sept. 20..2001
    -TWO Surveillance Bills Threaten Privacy
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    CanWest Global Goes to War - Sept.2001
        Canadian Media Conglomerate and Post owner CanWest Global goes to war against democracy and the people.  Asper delivers a rabid and racist speech to the Chamber of Commerce. Looks like there will be little tolerance of dissent among the Canadian media giants.
    At the National Post -  CanWest director's speech
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    Sept 11 - Who did it?
    - Foreign Report presents an alternative view
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    At NowToronto - Sept.2001
    -Uneasy Peaceniks By TOM LYONS
    -Left's Moral Lapse By RICHARD SWIFT
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    At Eye - Sept.2001
    -Fear factor - Canadian authorities and activists voice concerns about local fallout from the U.S. terror attacks
    BY VERN SMITH & CARLY ZWARENSTEIN
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    At the Star - Sept.2001
    -Operation Infinite Justice - U.S. war machine set for action in the Gulf
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    Updates at New York Indy Media - Sept.2001
    - Click here
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    At Corporate Watch - Sept.2001
    - HUMAN RIGHTS - Brooklyn Diary
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    At the Globe and Mail – Sept.2001
    -You'll soon be watched much more, experts say
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    Sex Scandal Muddies Beaches By-election Campaign – Sept.19.2001
    By PJ the Cat
    - read the report
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    Ontario Health Coalition  Report - Sept.2001
    -Secrets in the House - Homecare Reform in Ontario 1997 - 2000
    -Why NOT Privatize? Fact sheet on Privatization
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    At the Post - Sept.2001
    -Municipalities take on Ottawa's trade agenda By  Murray Dobbin
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    At the Globe and Mail – Sept.2001
    -Leaders repeat call for tolerance
    -Negotiators give go-ahead for China to join WTO
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    Threats of Violence Disrupt Toronto Vigil for Mourning – Sept.16.2001
    By Gary Morton

    Photos:
    - Child with Flowers at US Consulate in Toronto
    - Banner - We Mourn for all Victims of War and Terrorism

       A vigil for mourning at the US Consulate went a bit sour at the outset when police forced mourners across the road. Officers seized Laurel Smith of Toronto Action for Social Change and dragged her over to a traffic island on University Avenue.
       There have been people mourning at the consulate all weekend, placing flowers, candles and teddy bears on the grass and steps. Today some of them had little tolerance for people arriving with peace banners. They tried to pick fights and generally expressed their support for war not peace. These folks were of the patriotic sort that have been brainwashed by the mainstream media. One man was dressed in an American Flag.
       People like Laurel came to mourn all victims of terrorism and most believe that working for peace, economic justice and education can reduce terrorism.
       Bombing can create more victims of terror, and the child in the photo listed above was probably another victim … as it did not help her to see that adults wanted to fight rather than to mourn.
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    Democracy Shut Down at US Consulate Sept. 16
    From:   TASC <tasc@pop.web.ca>
    It was supposed to be a day of mourning and a call for reconciliation and peace, but Toronto police would have none of it this afternoon in front of the United States consulate. A variety of Quakers, Unitarians, Anglicans, and members of groups such as Homes Not Bombs and the International Socialists came to mourn as well, and to call for nonviolence, peace, and social justice.
            RCMP had informed the group they could stand in the first lane of University Avenue, but while demonstrators awaited the 1 o'clock officialstart time, the police told a group of some 10-12 people holding incendiary signs such as "War is not the Way: Nonviolence Now" and "There is no way to peace, peace is the way" that they had to move across the street. While most cops gave no reason, some stated that our presence was "not a good mix" with those laying flowers at the consulate in remembrance of the victims of the Tuesday terror attacks in the U.S.
            Police, frustrated that citizens were exercising their democratic rights to stand silently on the sidewalk and plead for peace while their
    government whips up the fervour for war, violently ripped the Homes not Bombs banner out of the hands of two individuals and took it across the street. Then, Laurel Smith, a member of Homes not Bombs who was holding a sign reading "Nonviolence Now," was bumped from behind by one police officer, so she sat down. When told to move, Laurel asked for one valid reason, which was not forthcoming. She was then roughly manhandled and dragged across the four lanes of traffic and thrown onto the concrete island dividing University Avenue. She is now nursing a large bruise on her right arm.
            After everyone gathered on the island and set up banners and began leafletting, police again moved to clear the area, stating we should stand way across the street near the University Ave. courthouse. Again, a small group refused to move, as there was clearly no legal or safety reason to do so. We wondered whether we would be moved if we instead had held signs calling for the bombing of Afghanis.
            Again, officers refused to provide a legitimate reason, and pushed people around. Smith, again holding her sign, had it violently ripped from her hands, at which point she again sat down.
            Ironically, the police appeared to be acting, in their usual heavy handed fashion, against the wishes of many who had simply shown up at the consulate to express condolences, many of whom supported our plea for no escalation of the violence, no retaliatory strikes.
            It is clear that the war atmosphere being whipped up by so-called political "leaders" is being reflected in a local level on the streets of our cities, as we saw in today's police actions and as we continue to see in the escalating racist attacks being carried out against Muslims, Hindus, anyone in this country who seems "suspect," just weeks after Canada proclaimed before the world that it was not a racist nation.
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    Continuing reports on the Devastating Terror Attack in the USA - Sept..2001
    - The Supreme Leader is Rising By Gary Morton, Sept.14.2001
    - Terror Networks and the Web of  Media Lies By Gary Morton,  Sept.13.2001
    - Click on this URL: www.cyberclass.net/wtc.htm to read more of what the alternative media are writing about The World Trade Centre Catastrophe.
    -USA: Bush's Faustian Deal With the Taliban
    -NATO Plans Afghan Invasion; Iraq Attack?
    -Racist Attacks Against Arab- and Muslim-Americans
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    Gene News – Sept.2001
    -Independent Scientists An Endangered Species
    -Beware Corporate Takeover of Organics
    -Europe’s New Rules Could Sink All GMOs
    -Frankendrugs with Human Genes Spliced into California Rice Fields
    -800 PROTESTERS UPROOT BT-CORN IN THE PHILIPPINES
    -Time Magazine on the Rising Tide of Protests Against Corporations
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    At the Star - Sept.15.2001
    -Hijackers set down roots, blended in, then attacked
    -Bombing could begin within days
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    At the Toronto Sun - Sept.15.2001
    -Canada's Muslim community now living in fear
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    Debunking the Harris Blueprint - Sept.2001
    I have debunked the Harris government's BLUEPRINT for Ontario.  I've tried to find a more charitable way to describe their efforts but the best I've come up with is "liars."
    See for yourself at http://www.tokyotightwad.com/blueprintdebunking.htm.
    Douglas JE Barnes
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    World Conference to Combat Activism Planned – Sept.11.2001
       The Dutch police are organising an international conference about the methods used to combat activism at neoliberal summits. It will take place from 3 to 5 October 2001 in The Hague. The official
    program can be found on the website:
    http://www.burojansen.nl/orde/engels/ineng.htm
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    New  website of World Social Forum - Sept.11.2001
       Other vision, other world, other movement
    http://www.portoalegre2002.org
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    At Wired - Sept.11.2001
    - Protestors Wish for Cams to Scram.
    Angered over the proliferation of video cameras and webcams in public places, 22 groups in seven countries mug for the cameras and get their 15 minutes of fame.
    By Julia Scheeres.
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    OneWorld – Sept.11.2001
    Oneworld.net, the world's leading gateway on the web for human rights and sustainable development, has launched its campaign website on trade in the lead up to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Meeting in Doha, Qatar on 9-13 November 2001.
    The OneWorld trade campaign site www.oneworld.net/campaigns/trade/ includes:
    - the latest updates from organisations like Third World Network, Oxfam, World Development Movement, Christian Aid and Corporate Watch.
    - stories on trade from alternative news agencies like Gemini News and Inter Press Service
    - suggested action and ways to become involved in changing world trade to work for the world's poor
    - background introductory guides to International Trade, GATS and Fair Trade
    - links to organisations and online resources on the movement for trade justice
    - search engine to 1.5 million online documents on global issues
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    GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) Motion and Petition - Sept.11.2001
    Toronto - Please investigate, & hopefully choose to sign the petition at our new website
    http://www.canadians-toronto.org
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    ALERT: Canadian Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the Works - Short Deadline
    - See the Sept.7.2001 EFFECTOR Newsletter on this site.
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    At the Star - Sept.9.2001
    -Two Ipperwash meetings on day of shooting: aide
    -On Ipperwash, Harris' credibility is razor-thin
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    At the Globe - Sept.9.2001
    - Under siege in the ivory tower
       Public issues - from genetic engineering to psychiatric illness - have become more complex than ever, requiring academic specialists to help sort them out. Yet Canadian universities get more and more of their funding from private, corporate interests. What happens when these facts collide - for example, when a scientist discovers that a funder's drug is dangerous? As one researcher put it: 'This place is a fortress'
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    Liberals Hire Pollster to Promote US Integration  - Sept/2001
       OTTAWA – New Democrat finance critic Lorne Nystrom has condemned Liberal government policies aimed at increasing the integration of Canada and the United States.
       “The Liberals even hired a pollster to come to their recent Caucus retreat to tell them how to push for closer Canada-U.S. integration”, Mr. Nystrom wrote in a letter to the editor of The Globe and Mail.
       U.S. citizens “are alone in the developed world in not having universal access to health cares, its rates of child poverty, and economic inequality are amongst the highest in the OPECD,” he said. “This is not a society that we as Canadians should be in any rush to join.”
       For the full text of Lorne Nystrom’s letter to the editor of The Globe and Mail, please e-mail info@fed.ndp.ca and write “Canada-U.S.” in the subject field.
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    Mainline News! - Sept/9/1
    -Reuters: Italian Directors Plan Film on Genoa
    -HARD REIGN The Lowdown on Controlling Olympic Protests
    -Just 6 Days Left to Save Our National Forests  Vic Titious
    -Nov-L: Oregon and Prison Slave Labor
    -Hollywood helps CIA come in from the cold
    -New web info on neo-Nazi net actions  Paul Kneisel
    -FREE SPEECH TV NEWSLETTER  toolgt
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    from the Globe and Mail
    Top court dismisses bid by media on riot tape- Friday, September 7, 2001 – Page A8
    Ottawa -- A group of media companies has lost its bid to stop police from retaining confiscated photos and videotape of a riot outside the Ontario legislature.
       The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an application by CBC, CTV, Global Television, ONtv and The Globe and Mail seeking to appeal a ruling that upheld the police's right to confiscate and view footage from the riot of June 15, 2000.
       Last November, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice rejected an application to quash a search warrant used to seize the film. CP
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    from NetSurf Mag - BREAKING SURF -Sept.2001
    -The Failure of Tech Journalism
    Steve Gilliard's glorious rant about journalism.
    -An Engineer's View of Venture Capitalists
    Engineer Nick Tredennick has lots of experience with start-ups and the folks who fund them.
    -Would AOL Uphold Human Rights in China?
    -Top Secret - Theodore Postol's report detailing suspicious flaws in a government report on a missile defense flight test got seized by the DOD.
    -Orwellian Creep - Electronic Frontiers Australia is speaking out against a Parliamentary report that recommends that law enforcement authorities force Australian ISPs to keep records of their customers' online activities
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    GlobalizeThis! September 30 Actions in DC and Around the World - Sat, 08 Sep 2001
    "Tens of thousands -- no one knows how many -- plan to turn the nation's capital into a melting pot of dissent at month's end to show opposition to the IMF and World Bank" (9/5 Washington Post)

    Dear Friends,
       For an update from the Mobilization for Global Justice on the whirlwind planning for protests at the World Bank/IMF meetings in Washington DC. please visit
    http://www.globalizethis.org
    S30 Moblization for Global Justice Calendar of actions and events
    http://www.globalizethis.org/s30/calendar.cfm
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    At Essential Action - Sept/2001
    [stop-imf] background info on Mobilization for Global Justice demands
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    from WorkingForChange.com-  Sat, 8 Sep 2001
    -From New Deal to raw deal By Robert Scheer
    -Blast from the past  -  Nuclear madness sweeps the White House
    -PAC of wolves - Rightwing group, dressed as sheep, attacks Calif. gov
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    Help us stop massive clearcuts in Ontario’s public Forests   - Fri, 7 Sep.201
       Late on the Friday of the Labour Day long weekend, The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) released a new draft of their clearcutting guideline which requires companies to create massive clearcuts in Ontario's public forests
       An earlier draft of the guideline was released last fall and called for the use of 10,000 hectare clearcuts (larger than the City of Guelph). Rather than addressing the public outcry that resulted, the MNR has now removed any limit on the size of clearcut allowed. The new draft guideline would allow the vast majority of the area logged in a forestry plan area to be in massive clearcuts.
       MNR says that big clearcuts will be good for wildlife because naturally occurring fires are also big. This simplistic and misguided concept is the cornerstone of the guideline, and puts at risk the remaining areas of large, continuous old forest in the province. Woodland caribou, a threatened species, is already locally extinct everywhere that industrial logging has occurred in Ontario. This guideline sets a dangerous precedent for forestry in Canada.
       Although the guideline contains some progressive changes to how many trees should be left standing in clearcuts after logging to provide better wildlife habitat, these changes don't go far enough. Any positive changes the guideline proposes are swamped by its focus on massive clearcuts, whichill do significant harm to our forests.
       We need your help to get the MNR to drop its plans to allow massive clearcuts. The Ontario government must be shown that we won't stand by and let them destroy our forests. Your comments to MNR are a key element in the fight to get this guideline changed and to stop this dangerous Canadian precedent.
    Send your comments to Joe Churcher, Silviculture Systems Specialist MNR Forest Management Branch
    70 Foster Drive Suite 400, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, P6A 6V5, PHONE: (705) 945-5710,FAX: (705) 945-6667
    - see http://www.wildlandsleague.org/clearaction.html
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    McLabour: Big Mac backs Blair – Sept.2001
        TONY BLAIR has triggered a potentially damaging row  over Labour's increasingly close links with big corporations after it emerged that he is to attend a  £15,000 reception at the party's annual conference paid for by the burger chain McDonald's.  It agreed to sponsor the food and drink for 450 guests at a high-profile event in Brighton to celebrate Labour's 100th conference only after receiving assurances that the prime minister would attend.
       Hosted by the cabinet minister Charles Clarke, appointed party chairman by Blair after the election, the invitation-only soiree, on the eve of the leader's keynote speech, is one of the most controversial commercial "opportunities" offered by Millbank to raise upwards of £4 million during the week.
       The US corporation, a target of anti-globalisation protesters who plan to demonstrate outside the conference when it opens on September 30, is anxious to receive the implied endorsement of Blair and other ministers.
        Executives initially intended to finance a football stunt within the conference security complex, but switched when they found that Blair was unable to make the kickabout.
       McDonald's said a director would "say a few words" at the reception. A corporate video crew is expected to film the gathering. The company also raised the  possibility of the prime minister wearing a McDonald's hat, according to a lobbyist with knowledge of the discussions, but Millbank ruled that out as unacceptable.
       The arrangement prompted unease within the party.
       Labour MP John McDonnell, a critic of transnational corporations such as McDonald's, said: "It turns my stomach, I don't know how low we can sink. It just shows how out of touch the Labour leadership is with the rank and file of the movement."
        John Edmonds, the head of the GMB who fears unions are being sidelined in the party, said: "I hope this is not the first step towards renaming us the McLabour  party"
    (Guardian News Service)
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    Star - Aug.7.2001 - APEC probe rebukes Mounties
    Globe - Aug.7.2001 - Genoa's real lesson
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    At Eye Magazine - Sept.6.2001
    -Ipperwash whitewash by Kristiana Clemens
    -Crazy for you - The province has made it easier to force treatment on psychiatric patients By Carlyn Zwarensteing
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    Beaches By-Election Report from PJ the Cat – Sept.5.2001

    In this issue
    -NDP Candidate Michael Prue Stomped by Elephant
    -Green Liberal Candidate Campaigns Door to Door by Car

    1. NDP Candidate Michael Prue Stomped by Elephant
         Monday's Labour Day parade took on a strong Beaches by-election flavour with workers throughout the event sporting orange Michael Prue pocket stickers. Prue's supporters marched in the lead on a route lined by telephone polls pasted with OCAP Fight to Win Images … and to many people it must have looked like the Michael Prue Fight to Win march.
       A key part of Prue's worker strategy was to avoid marching in the parade with the scrubbies. He stood at the review stand inside the Exhibition gates with Howie, Jack, Olivia and Joe.
       Trouble began when air show jets began roaring over an Elephant ride across the road from the review stand. Worker chants and drums combined with the noise of the planes to spook the elephants. It got worse when a low flying formation caused one elephant to bolt. Knocking his trainer aside the beast crashed through the fence with three children on his back. He rushed through the crowd to the stand where Michael Prue was waving to the folks in local 313. Seizing Prue with his trunk the elephant slammed him down in front of horrified spectators, and stamped him with his right foot.
       "It stamped on him so hard his eyes nearly popped out," said Councillor Joe Mihevc.
       "We've given Prue a million dollars worth of free publicity," said a frustrated Howard Hampton. "Count on us having him back together and limping toward the finish line in this campaign."
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    2. Green Liberal Candidate Campaigns Door to Door by Car
          Beaches-East York liberal candidate Bob Hunter has a strong environmental background as a green reporter for City TV and Eye Magazine … and in this campaign he's caught many people by surprise by campaigning door to door by auto.
       Led by a police escort Hunter is cruising neighbourhood streets in a refurbished '59 Corvette. Despite its powerful gasoline engine, the race car is also a mean green machine. Its development sponsored by the federal government, it features a hood ornament wind daisy that powers the onboard cigarette lighter.
       We questioned Hunter on the curb at Maple Street. "The race car is a peacemaker," said Hunter. "I want people to know that you can love cars and be green, too. I've said as much before in my Eye column."
        Asked about the police escort Hunter said, "The police have always done favours for City TV and that carries over to employees like me."
        But some neighbours disagreed. "Those officers are getting out of the car and staring down people with NDP lawn signs," said local resident Marvin Wilson. "It's intimidation is what it is. Hunter will having us living in a green police state where cops drive race cars."
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    * Voting Day for a new Ontario MPP in Beaches-East York is September 20.
    Related Web Site - Elect Michael Prue September 20
    http://www.michaelprue.org/
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    At the Star & Globe - Sept.4.2001
    -Ontario ups work week to 60 hours
    -Minister slams smog plan
    -Harris met with police just before assault on natives
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    PR Nation:  Anti-spin Activist John Stauber Penetrates America's Lie  Machine. This article deals with PR and activiism. Covers GM foods and bovine growth hormone spin.
    http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0901-05.htm
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    Social Movements: A summary of what works - Sept/1/2001
     - http://www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/movements.html
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    At Eye - Aug.30.2001
    -Is this what democracy looks like?  By Kristiana Clemens
    -Eye Editorial on Oak Ridges – Money Talks
    -Sewer rats... er, rates By John Sewell
    -Hot and bothered  - Orgasm aid has women creaming themselves
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    At Star - Aug.30.2001
    -Safe Schools Act in force next week
    -Tories' advertising campaign shameful Ellie Tesher
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    At the Globe - Aug.30.2001
    -Canadians have little taste for GM food
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    Global Internet Liberty Campaign Newsletter.
    Read the GILC Alert Volume 5, Issue 6
    Aug.27.2001
    Free expression - latest scoops
    Complete newsletter is posted here

    Sample article - New toilet emails medical info
    The latest threat to Internet privacy may be soon be in your bathroom.
       Several companies, including U.K.-based Twyford Bathroom, have developed computerized toilets that perform tests on human waste. In doing so, they can determine whether users have certain health problems, including pregnancy, low fiber diet, and various diseases. These toilets can then send this medical information over the Internet to a variety of recipients, such as supermarkets (should there be any nutritional deficiencies). As one bathroom expert quipped, "Why shouldn't toilets be linked to the Internet?"
      These devices have drawn considerable alarm from many quarters as an apparent invasion of privacy. One leading gastroenterologist expressed fears that the high-technology toilets would "result in a lot of unnecessary further testing." It is also unclear whether the manufacturers have developed any specific systems or rules to prevent privacy abuses. However, for the time being, it may be some time before these digital bathroom appliances become widespread, mainly because they are still very expensive. Indeed, a single Twyford Bathroom VIP toilet costs a hefty US $5 000.
       See Michael Y. Park, "More Than an Average Joe's 'John'," Fox News, Aug. 9, 2001 at http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,31677,00.html
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    Bill to Shut Down Puppy Mills - Aug.29.2001
       Liberal MPP Mike Colle has a Private Member's Bill to shut down 'Puppy Mills' and to give more power to the SCPA to protect animals.
    Message:
       Through your efforts and countless others who want stronger laws for the protection of animals and tougher penalties for their abusers, we can succeed in passing Provincial legislation to put a halt to these fly-by-night operators who abuse animals and take advantage of pet owners.
      Email, phone, or fax your local MPP and ask them to support my Private Member's Bill to protect innocent animals, consumers and to encourage speedy passage of my bill when the house resumes on September 24th 2001.
       If you want to know who your MPP is in your riding do the following: Go to http://www.ontla.on.ca and click Member and then Search By Address for the contact info that you need.
         You can also contact the S.P.C.A. website at http://www.ospca.on.ca or call them  at 1-888-668-7722 to find out how you can help.
        If you want a copy of a petition calling for the shutdown of puppy mills to post at your local pet store or vet, please email my office.
      Regards and thanks again for your support.
      Mike Colle M.P.P.
      Eglinton-Lawrence
      Critic for Consumer and Business Services
      ( 416) 325-8707
      http://www.mikecolle.com
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    Where Cruelty is Cool - Art System's Showing of Aesthetic Evil
    By PJ the Cat (Aug.25.2001)
    * This new report is a true story of Art, Activists and Animal Torture in the Kensington Market Area of Toronto.
    - read the whole story.
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    Electronic Frontier Foundation- Aug 24.2001 bulletin
      Read the full issue of EFFector at citizensontheweb
    www.interlog.com/~cjazz/bnews7c.htm
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    Columbia updates from PACE- Aug.2001
    Friends of Colombia and Canada:
       Today's update is from Medellin, and is all about alternatives.  We also have pictures, from the women's mobilization in Barrancabermeja and from the indigenous mobilization in Cauca.
    http://www.zmag.org/crisescurevts/colombia/mingacm7.htm
       A picture from the women's march of August 16, 2001
    http://www.zmag.org/crisescurevts/colombia/ofp_aug16_01.jpg
       2 pictures from the indigenous mobilization of August 20, 2001
    http://www.zmag.org/crisescurevts/colombia/cricfoto.htm
       As always, I urge you to visit our Minga website:
    http://www.zmag.org/crisescurevts/colombia/ccscminga.htm
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    At the Toronto Star - Aug.27.2001
    -Ontario Election financing criticized
    -Tenant advocates denounce 3.9% hike
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    Media Democracy Day Web site is now online
    www.mediademocracyday.org/
    Toronto's Car Free Day website is now online.
    www.carfreeday.ca
    Michael Prue is running for Ontario MPP in Beaches-East York
    web site - Elect Michael Prue September 20
    www.michaelprue.org/
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    Canadian Action Party  Denounces
    “Politically-Modified” Report on GMOs
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    At the Other Toronto Media - to Aug.25.2001
    -Native protesters blockade B.C. road for 3 hours
    -What do Police have Against Clean Air?
    -Blacks meet to fight killings in their community
    -Activist calls on unions to fight Harris
    -Seniors not told of millions in benefits
    -Harris policies hurt tenants in 905 area
    -Clean-air rules too lax, firms say
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    Eight Arrested at Toronto Clear the Air Demonstration – Aug.20.2001
    - View Three reports and Photos– from Gary Morton, Tooker Gomberg and TASC
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    Canada Colombia Solidarity Campaign - Update August 20, 2001
    - Seventeen Thousand Indigenous Mobilize to Address Violence and Displacement
    "The President of Colombia promised he would end poverty and he is doing it by killing the poor"
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    IMC NEWS BLAST | Monday, August 20, 2001
    THE UNITED STATES’ PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX by Indymedia News Blast Team
    - read a compilation of notices, stories and opinions
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    Death Due to the Harris Cuts - In memory of Kimberley Rogers - Aug.2001
    - read the full article
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    The DC Masquerade- Aug.2001
    The DC Masquerade:will raise money to buy and fabulously decorate hundreds of gas masks for free distribution at the IMF/World Bank protests in Washington Sept 29.
    http://www.masqueradeproject.org
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    At the Star and POST - Aug.18.2001
    -Critics slam food label plan (Draft allows 5 per cent of ingredients to be genetically modified)
    -Mounties create 'Public Order Program'
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    Cops attack Toronto Reclaim the Streets, 3 arrested - 18 Aug 2001
    From: Graeme Bacque <gbacque@netzero.net>
    - read the full report
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    Hamilton - CAGED Pickets the Wonderful World of Animals – Aug.12.2001
    - View a Complete Report and Photos at PJ the Cat's Animal Rights Page.
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    Electronic Frontier Foundation - Aug.16.2001 bulletin

  • FTAA treaty DMCA-ized - Hollywood Exports Technology Ban Overseas Despite US Abuse
  • Scientists Support Professor's Copyright Law Challenge
  • Court Protects Online Anonymity of Corporate Critics

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    At Amnesty - Aug.17.2001
  • Spain: "Street children" have rights too
  • USA: Time to stop executing juvenile offenders and join the modern world
  • Colombia: New Security Law -- a further blanket of security to human rights violators

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    News on Columbia
    The Canada-Colombia Solidarity Campaign
    -International Women's March Blockaded by Paramilitaries  Barrancabermeja, August 15, 2001
    -Main Site Page
    from the NDP
    Kormos and Marchese Confront Human Rights Abuses
    Thu, 16 Aug 2001 16:23:31 -0400
       COLOMBIA - New Democrat MPPs Peter Kormos and Rosario Marchese faced off with Colombian paramilitary forces Wednesday, learning first-hand about the constant threat of deadly violence confronting Colombian peace activists every day.
        Kormos and Marchese, in the civil-war-torn country as part of a two-week, 30-person Canadian peace delegation, helped shield women attending a peace conference in the city of Barrancabermeja from potential paramilitary attacks.
        The region is marked by assassinations and mass killings by the army and paramilitary forces. Already, five landmines have been found near the  conference. Despite the serious threat of violence, some 2,000 women from  all over Colombia attended the event.
         "I'm moved by the courage and defiance of these women in the face of the paramilitaries and their aggression," Kormos said from Colombia. "I hope  our presence will help protect them from harm and lend them encouragement in their struggles for freedom and justice."
        After the event, Kormos and Marchese took part in ceremonies marking mass killings, including a peaceful march through a paramilitary-occupied zone.
        Marchese described the mood as one of hope, despite the civil war and the human rights threats constantly being faced by Colombian peace activists.
        Marchese and Kormos are part of the Canada-Colombia Solidarity Campaign's Minga (Andean for "collective endeavour") For Life and Against Violence  delegation. The tour began Aug. 13 and continues to Aug. 28.
        Thirty delegates from British Columbia to Newfoundland and representing labour, First Nations, African-Canadians, women, faith groups, academics, MPPs and social activists are now witnessing the impact of the country's deteriorating conflict and humanitarian crisis. The delegation, alongside leaders from Colombia's "Invisible Struggles" (Indigenous, Peasant, Afro-Colombian, labour and women's movements) will develop a strategy for long-term change.
         Media inquiries: Jeff Ferrier (416) 325-9555/Gil Hardy (416) 325-7118
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    News on Genoa - Aug.15.2001
    -Genoa Protesters Claim Excessive Force
    -Italian court orders American student, 19 others released from prison
    -Blacklisted G8 protesters and performers remain detained in Italy
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    MPP Says Oak Ridges Moraine Report a Sell-Out -August 14, 2001
    From:  Mike_Colle-MPP@ontla.ola.org
       (Queen's Park) - MPP Mike Colle says recommendations released today by the Oak Ridges Moraine Advisory Panel are a disappointing sell-out that are a backward step for Moraine protection.
       Says Colle, "This is a very disappointing, weak report that is very permissive of development on the Oak Ridges Moraine and not on the side of protection. Essentially, if this report is followed it will be a death of a thousand cuts for the Moraine."
    Among the most troubling recommendations:
    1.      Wildlife and natural corridor protection has been reduced from 34% recommended by the government at the OMB hearings to just 16%.
    2.      Millionaire estate lots will be permitted on nearly 40% of the Moraine deemed countryside/rural.
    3.      Aggregate extraction will be permitted in sensitive natural corridors.
       Also troubling is the broken promise of public consultation. The government has refused full public meetings, cutting off important debate by opting for controlled so-called 'open-houses.'
       There will be no public hearings or meaningful time set aside to really hear what the public thinks.
       Colle is urging the public to not give up the fight despite this setback.
       Adds Colle, "The government is afraid of real public consultation because they know people who want Moraine protection will reject this report. That is why they're cutting off debate. Nevertheless, they will be watching us to
    see what we will accept. We can not give up the fight for a proper protection plan. We will not accept this disappointing sell-out."
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    At the Star - Aug.14.2001
    -Ontario housing plan won't work
    -As rents climb, nobody protects tenants
    -Protesters to sue over plan to close meeting
    -Thousands sign hearing exam petition: MPP
    -US Firm calls end to cancer testing in Canada
    -Debate on Charter Schools Resumes
    -Cops charged after crime photo passed around
    -Our water won't slake U.S. thirst
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    At Straight Goods - Aug.10.2001
    Consumer Power and Global Warming
       Some hints for things to buy, do or boycott to cool the Earth by Ish Theilheimer
       Many parts of Canada are now suffering through one of the driest, hottest summers ever. It looks like part of a scary pattern of global warming, with more smog alerts every year, more deaths from pollution, the Great Lakes drying, agriculture in peril and more. Somehow, the politicians and the all-powerful corporations don't seem to have the will to do what's needed to turn things around.
       Most governments and politicians won't stand up to corporate power. But you  can. Like it or not, we can often have more influence as consumers than as  citizens. And environmentally concerned citizen-consumers are developing sophisticated ways to pressure corporations, as well as to vote against  global warming with their wallets or even at their electrical meters.
    The full story is at http://www.straightgoods.com/Publisher/010808.asp
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    At Eye - Aug.9.2001
    -Police arrest records are still for sale
    -Indymedia plants seeds in Toronto
    -Natives fight hotel megaproject
    -Manifesto destiny: activists take on golf
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    Climate Change, and Bonn. Which deal will set the world on fire? Tues.Aug.7.2001
    * Notes on the public report from Peter Tabuns of Greenpeace, activist Tooker Gomberg, and Christine Elwell of the Sierra Club.
    - read the full report
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    They Belong in the Wild– Aug.5.2001
    Report and Photos on the Niagara Action for Animals MarineLand Protest
    - view the full report
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    CORPWATCH - Aug.5.2001
    IN THE NEWS:
    *UN: One Year Later Global Compact Has Little To Show
    *Mexico: Prisons Opening Maquiladoras
    *USA: Chocolate Firms Fight 'Slave Free' Labels
    *USA: Negotiator In Global Tobacco Talks Quits
    *USA: Letter from Inside the Black Bloc
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    Globe - Aug.2001
    - 13 convicted under Ontario anti-squeegee law
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    Toronto Buses to Washington D.C., Sept 2001
    -PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY
       For those interested in travelling to Washington D.C. for the World Bank/International Monetary Fund Demos at the end of September, Toronto Mobilisation for Global Justice is sending six buses. Space is very limited so buy your tickets now to avoid disappointment.
       Price: $80 - $110 sliding scale (alternate arrangements can be made). Ticket info: mob4glob_buses@hotmail.com or (416) 208-0785.
       Contact - mob4glob_buses@hotmail.com
       Cheques can be made payable to Toronto Mobilisation for Global Justice.
    Please mail them to: Toronto Mobilisation for Global Justice, c/o Canadian Federation of Students, 720 Spadina Ave. Suite 201, Toronto, ON M5S 2T9
       Buses are TENTATIVELY scheduled to leave on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 28 and return on Saturday, Sept. 30.
    Good Links:
    - Here's a great - article on the World Bank/IMF.
    - I think this is the official demo website.
    - This is one of the best pieces out there (Susan George's "Brief History of Neo-Liberalism").
    - The goods -straight from the horse's mouth:
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    At Montreal Indy Media - Aug.2001
    - "Historic" Victory for Squatters Amidst Police Intervention
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    OCAP -  Oct 16 accommodations - 01 Aug 2001
    The Welcoming Committee established for the October 16th Toronto kick-off to the OCAP campaign "The Retreat is Over: Fight to Win" is now collecting names of individuals who need accommodations during their time in Toronto.
    We would ask that you e-mail Alison Fisher at alisonf@yorku.ca with your name, dates which you will require accommodation for, and any special needs you may have.
       The Welcoming Committee is also working to establish a convergence space for the October 16th events. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas for possible downtown space or if you are interested in joining the Welcoming Committee, please e-mail us at the same e-mail address above. Your assistance would be most appreciated.
    We look forward to seeing you on October 16th. Fight to Win!
    Welcoming Committee
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    Smog Death Alert – Aug.2.2001
       It's raining a dry combination of particulate matter and live and dead bugs in Toronto.
       As I stepped outside at 5 pm on lower Bathurst I encountered some of the dirtiest smoggy air ever. It was like breathing gasoline fumes straight … and not only that, clouds of what looked like aphids or tiny mosquitoes were sweeping over me, making it even harder to breath. On closer inspection it appeared to be dirt on my skin.
       Stopping in the park I talked to a man as I tried to brush the stuff from my face. I said – This the last straw. It's a Smog/Death Alert. It's raining god damn dirt. We've got to get rid of Mike Harris before he kills us.
       It's too late for that, and It's not dirt, he replied, his expression smug. Look closer my friend, those are dead bugs and they're in the air over at least the whole of downtown.
       Traveling by roller blades for three kilometers, I hoped for an end to the filth. Instead I encountered people with their mouths covered, T-shirts turned into masks and so on. The only difference was that farther north the bugs were bigger and alive.
        Next person I talked to was a friend on his bike. He's a hairy sort of guy, and bugs were swarmed all over him like something out of a horror movie.
        So now I'm home and covered in tiny dead bugs. I could take a shower but since I'm leaving for a GM food demo, why bother. The filth is still out there.
       I'll put on a breather mask, but we all really need body suits.
       So is it out of control pollution or out of control genetic engineering?
    * It turns out the bugs were aphids, that flew up from trees, plants, grass - triggered by some sort of effect of climate change. They are not native but have swarmed in from China and destroyed most of the soybean crop.
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    Climate Change Caravan Hits Toronto and ESSO – July.30.2001
    - See Photos and a report by Gary Morton
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    Star - Aug.2.2001
    -APEC report to be released publicly within a week
    -GM wheat imperils agriculture, coalition warns
    -U.S. must act on biological weapons issue
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    Globe - Aug.2.2001
    -Squatters end Montreal occupation
    -Police hit tar ponds protesters with pepper spray
    -U.S. House rejects drilling ban in Arctic wildlife sanctuary
    -U.S. bans all human cloning
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    Italy/G8 Summit(Aug.1): Amnesty International calls for commission of inquiry
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    New Toronto Tenants Site - Aug.1.2001
    http://www.geocities.com/torontotenants
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    GE food action - Aug.1.2001
       If anyone has spare money floating around, 70 year old Percy Schmeiser has exhausted his retirement savings fighting his court battle against Monsanto and needs funds for his appeal of the decision that found him guilty of infringing on Monsanto's canola patent when they found their breed in his field. He has been saving his own seed for 50 years. His neighbor was growing Monsanto GM canola. His trust fund is:
    Fight Genetically Altered Foods Inc.
    CIBC Account # 38-01411
    603 Main Street, Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada S0K 2A0
    ALSO
       In Canada, the 10 year old Plant Breeders Rights Act, which gives companies the right to hold patent rights on life forms, is under review.  The website of the consulting company, charged with gathering public input, is at http://www.pbrevaluation.org/ . Their email is at info@serecon.ca
       A consultation on various aspects of biotechnology, including biotech food, is also underway at http://cbac-cccb.ca/
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    Globe - July.30.2001
    -Majority supports restricting car use to cut smog
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    Village Voice - July.2001
    -How the Drug War Poisons Colombia by James Ridgeway
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    Third World Network - July.2001
    -Biomedics: Misguided and Risky Panacea
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    Human Rights News- July.2001
    -Sierra Leone: Most Serious Attacks in Months - UN Peacekeepers Needed to Protect Civilians
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    Amnesty Wire - July.2001
    -Silencing the protesters
       Hundreds are killed and injured by security forces during mass anti-government protests in the Kabylia region of northeastern Algeria
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    WTOAction.Org!- July.2001
    -Protest World Bank / IMF, September 28, Washington DC
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    Working for Change - july.2001
    -Money defense shield - Star Wars doesn’t have to work to turn a tidy profit
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    Colorlines - July.2001
    -Race in the 'Post Third World' by Makani Themba-Nixon
        The UN becomes the flash point as groups vie for racism’s new meanings.
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    E.U. presents new gene labeling, traceability rules -  July 26, 2001
    - story at ENN
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    Forest Action Network- July.2001
    -Dene Suline of Cold Lake Reoccupy Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range in Alberta
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    More news on Genoa Torture/Violence –July.2001
    Genoa Summit News  (young man murdered by police, hundreds injured)
    - Click here to read a full news digest with photos
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