From news at resist.ca Thu Dec 8 14:12:16 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 22:12:16 -0000 Subject: [news] Season's Greetings - You're Being Deported! Message-ID: <20051208221217.544.qmail@resist.ca> "Hundreds of failed refugees in the Toronto-area are being sought by immigration authorities who are making arrangements for their deportation during the holidays....The rejected refugees -- many who have been here for up to five years -- were mailed 'call in notices' warning them to show up this month at the Greater Toronto Enforcement Centre..." URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3687 From news at resist.ca Wed Dec 14 11:12:16 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:12:16 -0000 Subject: [news] Nuclear Waste in Northern Ontario? Message-ID: <20051214191216.17451.qmail@resist.ca> [![No nukes][1]][2] On November 3, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization submitted its final recommendation to the federal Minister of Natural Resources. Calling it "Adaptive Phased Management", the NWMO wants to do what the nuclear industry has been wanting to do for the last thirty years - bury nuclear waste. [1]: http://mostlywater.org/sites/mostlywater.org/files/images/anti-nuclear.gif [2]: http://mostlywater.org/node/3688 URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3689 From news at resist.ca Wed Dec 14 11:12:16 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:12:16 -0000 Subject: [news] MI6 and CIA 'sent student to Morocco to be tortured' Message-ID: <20051214191217.17457.qmail@resist.ca> Binyam Mohammed, 27, says he spent nearly three years in the CIA's network of 'black sites'. In Morocco he claims he underwent the strappado torture of being hung for hours from his wrists, and scalpel cuts to his chest and penis and that a CIA officer was a regular interrogator. URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3694 From news at resist.ca Wed Dec 14 12:12:11 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:12:11 -0000 Subject: [news] U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press Message-ID: <20051214201212.2278.qmail@resist.ca> The operation is designed to mask any connection with the U.S. military. The Pentagon has a contract with a small Washington-based firm called Lincoln Group, which helps translate and place the stories. The Lincoln Group's Iraqi staff, or its subcontractors, sometimes pose as freelance reporters or advertising executives when they deliver the stories to Baghdad media outlets. URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3675 From news at resist.ca Wed Dec 14 12:12:11 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:12:11 -0000 Subject: [news] Bolivia's Neo-Liberal Era Under Threat Message-ID: <20051214201212.2277.qmail@resist.ca> This year marks the 20th anniversary of the implementation of Decree 21060, which heralded the dawning of the era of neoliberal ?free market? policies in Bolivia. According to Jim Schultz, executive director of the Democracy Center, a human rights investigative organisation based in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and San Francisco, California, this South American country of 8.8 million people ?has been essentially the lab rat for the politics of the International Monetary Fund [IMF] and the World Bank? for the last 20 years. URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3671 From news at resist.ca Wed Dec 14 12:12:11 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:12:11 -0000 Subject: [news] Why Labour Solidarity Gets A Failing Grade Message-ID: <20051214201212.2279.qmail@resist.ca> While under the impression that the mighty Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) under the direction of Darlene Dziewit was going to show the vicious employer (the MTS Centre) that labour was not fooling around any more, nothing could be further from the truth. URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3676 From news at resist.ca Thu Dec 15 12:12:12 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:12:12 -0000 Subject: [news] TSA Would Allow Sharp Objects on Airliners Message-ID: <20051215201213.9780.qmail@resist.ca> The TSA has been reviewing its list of prohibited items since last summer and has debated whether throwing stars (a martial-arts weapon), ice picks and knives should be allowed back on board, according to TSA documents. In past briefings with reporters, Hawley said the agency was considering other changes that would make the airline security system less predictable. For example, he said that he was unsure whether it makes sense for passengers to routinely remove their shoes at the security checkpoint. He said he also plans to incorporate more bomb-sniffing dogs in airports. URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3674 From news at resist.ca Thu Dec 15 12:12:12 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:12:12 -0000 Subject: [news] Plea Bargains and Activists Message-ID: <20051215201213.9781.qmail@resist.ca> As activists are being harassed and accused in the NW and abroad right now, thus it is a good time to review what plea bargains ARE. Can torture produce a legitimate confession? The debate is ancient, worldwide and ongoing. Most respected authorities agree that confessions made under duress have serious problems... URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3690 From news at resist.ca Thu Dec 15 12:12:13 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:12:13 -0000 Subject: [news] 'I was paid to blame Syria' Message-ID: <20051215201213.9784.qmail@resist.ca> Husam Taher Husam, a former conscript in the Syrian army, alleged in a 75-minute interview on Sunday night that Saad Hariri, the son of the slain Hariri, met him several months ago and offered him $1.3m to testify against top Syrian officials. The spokesperson for the Syrian inquiry into Hariri's murder, Ibrahim Daraji, said on Monday that if Husam is the unidentified key witness quoted in the UN commission's interim report, then the United Nations' case "has completely collapsed." URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3672 From news at resist.ca Thu Dec 15 12:12:13 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:12:13 -0000 Subject: [news] Are U.S. Soldiers Sheep or Robots? Message-ID: <20051215201213.9782.qmail@resist.ca> People are trying to support the U.S. troops, while saying they are against the Iraq war. That can only be done by saying the soldiers themselves are mindless sheep who will do anything they are told, even if it is illegal, or they are robots, who obey and do not think. URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3663 From news at resist.ca Thu Dec 15 12:12:13 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:12:13 -0000 Subject: [news] Statement by Rod Coronado about the Animal Liberation Movement Message-ID: <20051215201214.9785.qmail@resist.ca> While not all of us agree with the opinions and actions of groups such as the Animal Liberation Front, Earth Liberation Front and Revolutionary Cells, the discussion of such groups actions and strategies is always worthy of respect as part of a healthy exchange of ideas and theories that is a hallmark of any legitimate movement endeavoring to keep pace with an ever increasing flood of animal abuse and environmental destruction. URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3659 From news at resist.ca Thu Dec 15 12:12:13 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:12:13 -0000 Subject: [news] happy holidays!! Message-ID: <20051215201213.9788.qmail@resist.ca> This Dick still believes in the necessity of imposing "American Style Democracy" (TM), bombing for peace and well... [![happy holidays][1]][2] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/sites/mostlywater.org/files/images/happy holidays.jpg [2]: http://mostlywater.org/node/3697 URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3698 From news at resist.ca Thu Dec 15 14:12:18 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:12:18 -0000 Subject: [news] Im not a sheep or a robot for the US Army Message-ID: <20051215221218.24114.qmail@resist.ca> I was a soldier in the us army and this is what led me to join and then desert. September 11 2001 The nation is under attack! I woke up, and rubbed my eyes, and sat down to watch the news before going to school. Then I saw the second plane hit the trade tower LIVE. Was this really happening I thought? Is this a movie? This made me really scared, I thought we were safe, it was also angered me at the same time. URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3700 From news at resist.ca Thu Dec 15 19:12:08 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:12:08 -0000 Subject: [news] Sneering at Redemption: Why Arnold Killed Tookie Message-ID: <20051216031206.8601.qmail@resist.ca> Tonight children are being born to mothers without health insurance, in neighborhoods politicians don't enter without SWAT teams, news cameras, and latex gloves. The political class has already branded these kids as human waste. But many of them could have found another path, because Stanley Tookie Williams would have been there to intervene in their lives and show another way....Now it's up to those of us who stood with Tookie to keep on pushing. This is (Arnold) Schwarzenegger's "mission accomplished" moment for his right wing, pro-death (penalty) base. But his "mission" will fail. He is part of a 21st century set of rulers who have repeatedly shown, whether in Baghdad or New Orleans, that they are unfit to rule. Their brutality will be met with resistance in the tradition of Nelson Mandela, Angela Davis, Malcolm X, Leonard Peltier, George Jackson... and Stanley Tookie Williams. URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3701 From news at resist.ca Sun Dec 18 17:12:13 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 01:12:13 -0000 Subject: [news] Labor Rights: If Unions Won't Fight for Them, Then What Good are Unions? Message-ID: <20051219011208.30408.qmail@resist.ca> On December 10th, International Human Rights Day, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney pointed out that, "For all practical purposes, Americans have lost the freedom to form unions"...I think workers aren't joining unions because they don't trust union leadership-and especially at the national level, I think workers are right. URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3705 From news at resist.ca Mon Dec 19 13:12:08 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:12:08 -0000 Subject: [news] Darren Thurston Arrested in US Message-ID: <20051219211206.29542.qmail@resist.ca> Former Vancouver resident and animal rights advocate Darren Thurston is under arrest in Tacoma, WA for allegedly carrying false identification. Authorities allege Thurston is associated with a suspect in a 2001 arson at the University of Washington. Thurston and others were part of a wave of arrests and investigations targeting environmentalists and animal rights activists. URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3702 From news at resist.ca Wed Dec 28 15:12:19 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:12:19 -0000 Subject: [news] Vancouver city council reduces social housing plans Message-ID: <20051228231221.5224.qmail@resist.ca> Mayor Sam Sullivan and his slim majority of newly elected city councillors began dismantling past council decisions yesterday by killing the planned trial of bike lanes on the Burrard Bridge... ...With that out of the way, after nearly six hours of delegations and debate, council moved immediately to reconsider another key past decision: the mix of social housing in the landmark southeast False Creek development, destined to be the athletes' village for the 2010 Winter Olympics. URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3722 From news at resist.ca Fri Dec 30 11:12:22 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:12:22 -0000 Subject: [news] Suspect in environment case found dead Message-ID: <20051230191223.23370.qmail@resist.ca> Phoenix - An Arizona bookstore owner charged with eco-sabotage in Washington was found dead in a Flagstaff jail cell early Thursday, authorities said. URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3717 From news at resist.ca Fri Dec 30 12:12:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:12:04 -0000 Subject: [news] The Devil is in the Details - Paul Martin's Broadside Against Bush Message-ID: <20051230201204.7158.qmail@resist.ca> By MACDONALD STAINSBY | Counterpunch You can be certain that there is a Canadian Federal election underway when a sitting Prime Minister of the Federal Liberal Party-- considered the party of permanent rule north of the 49th parallel-- takes direct shots at the President of the United States. Such words, even though guaranteed to never be followed with actions, tend to give many people who identify as Canadians a small measure of self-assurance and even pride. URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/3736