From pnbrown at vcn.bc.ca Thu Sep 1 22:52:16 2005 From: pnbrown at vcn.bc.ca (Paul Browning) Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 22:52:16 -0700 Subject: [news] Fw: [trans-action] Re: Hurricanes and Climate Change - was Gasoline prices soar Message-ID: <013501c5af82$79947970$6601a8c0@PAUL> ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Doherty To: trans-action at googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:55 AM Subject: [trans-action] Re: Hurricanes and Climate Change - was Gasoline prices soar The Boston Globe August 30, 2005 Katrina's real name By Ross Gelbspan The hurricane that struck Louisiana yesterday was nicknamed Katrina by the National Weather Service. Its real name is global warming. When the year began with a two-foot snowfall in Los Angeles, the cause was global warming. When 124-mile-an-hour winds shut down nuclear plants in Scandinavia and cut power to hundreds of thousands of people in Ireland and the United Kingdom, the driver was global warming. When a severe drought in the Midwest dropped water levels in the Missouri River to their lowest on record earlier this summer, the reason was global warming. In July, when the worst drought on record triggered wildfires in Spain and Portugal and left water levels in France at their lowest in 30 years, the explanation was global warming. When a lethal heat wave in Arizona kept temperatures above 110 degrees and killed more than 20 people in one week, the culprit was global warming. And when the Indian city of Bombay (Mumbai) received 37 inches of rain in one day -- killing 1,000 people and disrupting the lives of 20 million others -- the villain was global warming. As the atmosphere warms, it generates longer droughts, more-intense downpours, more-frequent heat waves, and more-severe storms. Although Katrina began as a relatively small hurricane that glanced off south Florida, it was supercharged with extraordinary intensity by the relatively blistering sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico.The consequences are as heartbreaking as they are terrifying. Unfortunately, very few people in America know the real name of Hurricane Katrina because the coal and oil industries have spent millions of dollars to keep the public in doubt about the issue. The reason is simple: To allow the climate to stabilize requires humanity to cut its use of coal and oil by 70 percent. That, of course, threatens the survival of one of the largest commercial enterprises in history. In 1995, public utility hearings in Minnesota found that the coal industry had paid more than $1 million to four scientists who were public dissenters on global warming. And ExxonMobil has spent more than $13 million since 1998 on an anti-global warming public relations and lobbying campaign. In 2000, big oil and big coal scored their biggest electoral victory yet when President George W. Bush was elected president -- and subsequently took suggestions from the industry for his climate and energy policies. As the pace of climate change accelerates, many researchers fear we have already entered a period of irreversible runaway climate change. Against this background, the ignorance of the American public about global warming stands out as an indictment of the US media. When the US press has bothered to cover the subject of global warming, it has focused almost exclusively on its political and diplomatic aspects and not on what the warming is doing to our agriculture, water supplies, plant and animal life, public health, and weather. For years, the fossil fuel industry has lobbied the media to accord the same weight to a handful of global warming skeptics that it accords the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- more than 2,000 scientists from 100 countries reporting to the United Nations. Today, with the science having become even more robust -- and the impacts as visible as the megastorm that covered much of the Gulf of Mexico -- the press bears a share of the guilt for our self-induced destruction with the oil and coal industries. As a Bostonian, I am afraid that the coming winter will -- like last winter -- be unusually short and devastatingly severe. At the beginning of 2005, a deadly ice storm knocked out power to thousands of people in New England and dropped a record-setting 42.2 inches of snow on Boston. The conventional name of the month was January. Its real name is global warming. Ross Gelbspan is author of ''The Heat Is On" and ''Boiling Point." http://www.physorg.com/news5550.html Hurricanes growing fiercer with global warming August 01, 2005 Hurricanes have grown significantly more powerful and destructive over the last three decades due in part to global warming, says an MIT professor who warns that this trend could continue. "My results suggest that future warming may lead to an upward trend in [hurricanes'] destructive potential, and--taking into account an increasing coastal population--a substantial increase in hurricane-related losses in the 21st century," reports Kerry Emanuel in a paper appearing in the July 31 online edition of the journal Nature. Emanuel is a professor of meteorology in MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. Theories and computer simulations of climate indicate that warming should generate an increase in storm intensity. In other words, they should hit harder, produce higher winds and last longer. To explore that premise, Emanuel analyzed records of tropical cyclones--commonly called hurricanes or typhoons--since the middle of the 20th century. He found that the amount of energy released in these events in both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific oceans has increased markedly since the mid-1970s. Both the duration of the cyclones and the largest wind speeds they produce have increased by about 50 percent over the past 50 years. He further reports that these increases in storm intensity are mirrored by increases in the average temperature at the surface of the tropical oceans, suggesting that this warming--some of which can be ascribed to global warming--is responsible for the greater power of the cyclones. According to Jay Fein, director of the National Science Foundation's climate dynamics program, which funded the research, Emanuel's work "has resulted in an important measure of the potential impact of hurricanes on social, economic and ecological systems. It's an innovative application of a theoretical concept, and has produced a new analysis of hurricanes' strength and destructive potential." Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tom Keats wrote: David Pritchard wrote: Analysts say Hurricane Katrina's aftermath resulting in an "evolving energy crisis" sending oil, gasoline costs soaring http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050831.wgas0831/BNStory/National/ but, U.S. to release oil reserves: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050831.woilreserve0831/BNStory/Business/ I'm assuming those reserves will be put to U.S. domestic use. So, @ 700 million barrels in reserve divided by 7.75 million barrels consumed by the U.S. daily, that works out to about 3 months' worth. I suppose international oil politics might become interesting after that (as if they aren't already.) Anyhow, if GHG emissions contribute to global warming, thereby affecting the Gulf Stream and engendering more frequent and violent tropical storms & hurricanes, it would appear some chickens are coming home to roost. cheers, Tom -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christoff at resist.ca Fri Sep 2 07:16:18 2005 From: christoff at resist.ca (Stefan Christoff) Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 07:16:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [news] CKUT Radio: [Palestine] Gaza Withdrawal & the Right of Return Message-ID: CKUT Radio: [Palestine] Gaza Withdrawal & the Right of Return Listen to an interview with Mohammad Jaradat, coordinator of political campaigns at BADIL, a Palestinian NGO based in the West Bank. BADIL's work is primarily focused on the ongoing Palestinian struggle for the right of return and acts as a coordination point for the international struggle on this issue in the occupied West Bank. In the midst of the withdrawal of illegal Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and a handful in the West Bank, the issue of the right of return for Palestinian refugees has been seldom addressed by major media and political leaders throughout the world. In this context, the majority of Palestinians continue to demand their right to return, enshrined in international law. The right of return for Palestinian refugees and its implementation directly challenges the creation of a two state solution. -> To listen to the interview with Mohammad Jaradat of BADIL visit: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=13946 -> For more information on BADIL visit their website at: http://www.badil.org -> For news and analysis on the Palestinian struggle visit the Electronic Intifada at: http://www.electronicintifada.net [This interview was recorded and produced in Beirut Lebanon by Stefan Christoff for CKUT Radio in Montreal, who is currently in Lebanon working as a media activist, producing written, audio, and visual reports on present-day struggles for social justice in Lebanon. To contact Stefan email, christoff(at)resist.ca] ----------------------- From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 2 11:17:09 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:17:09 -0000 Subject: [news] 'Protest Warriors' Attacked by Rightwing Mob Message-ID: <20050902181709.26004.qmail@resist.ca> About two thousand people converged in Crawford yesterday for the "Cindy Doesn't Speak for Me" rally. "Gold Bless America, God Bless the Troops, and God Bless President Bush" was the theme of the day. Favorite chants included, "Cindy Go Home!" and "What's Our Exit Strategy? Victory!" Many of the speakers were AM radio talk show hosts from across the country. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/1/165450/8835 From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 2 11:17:09 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:17:09 -0000 Subject: [news] The Breast Monologues Message-ID: <20050902181710.26000.qmail@resist.ca> I have often joked I am going to perform a one-woman show called "The Breast Monologues." Ever since giving birth, my breasts have been a presence to reckon with. I have bonded with other large-chested women regularly on this issue. It is really weird that a society as breast-obsessed as America is, basically hates the "mother" breast. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/1/1111/54261 From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 2 11:17:10 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:17:10 -0000 Subject: [news] All about Katrina Message-ID: <20050902181710.26016.qmail@resist.ca> A bunch of Katrina related stories in the queue this morning. Who is to blame for the weather and could it have been prevented? Who is suffering most and why is Pat "kill Chavez" Robertson benefiting? Can global warming continue to be written off as myth? Find out how the Bush administration cut funding to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the The Army Corps of Engineers in order to pay for the war for oil resulting in an escalation of damages. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/2/104321/1693 From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 2 11:17:09 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:17:09 -0000 Subject: [news] Robert Fisk: In Iraq, a man-made disaster Message-ID: <20050902181710.26005.qmail@resist.ca> Martyrdom has always been a foundation of the Shia Muslim faith. But yesterday's tragedy gave it new meaning: possibly as many as 1,000 men, women and children were killed when they fell from a bridge over the Tigris river in Baghdad, apparently fearful that a suicide bomber had been let loose among them. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/1/165155/9817 From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 2 11:17:09 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:17:09 -0000 Subject: [news] 10 Year Anniversary of Ts'Peten Standoff Message-ID: <20050902181711.26006.qmail@resist.ca> 10 Year Anniversary of Ts'Peten Standoff Anniversary Gathering September 10 & 11, 2005 @ Ts'Peten (Gustafsen Lake, BC) Six years before the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks on the USA, Native peoples in Canada faced their own `9-11' terrorist attack (by the RCMP). On Sept.11, 1995, RCMP fired tens of thousands of rounds against Secwepemc warriors, and blewup a vehicle using an explosive charge. Despite being lightly armed, warriors succeeded in disabling a Bison APC used by police. Come and honor our Native warriors who withstood the largest RCMP terrorist attack in Canadian history. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/1/15435/38889 From christoff at resist.ca Sat Sep 3 13:46:33 2005 From: christoff at resist.ca (Stefan Christoff) Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 13:46:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [news] [the Electronic Intifada] Interview with Samah Idriss: Lebanon - Assassinations, Elections and Palestine Message-ID: Interview: Samah Idriss - Lebanon: Assassinations, Elections & Palestine Stefan Christoff, the Electronic Intifada, 3 September 2005 [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4155.shtml] This interview provides a critical perspective on the changing face of Lebanon's politics from an important literary figure in the country, Samah Idriss. Samah is a co-founder of the Campaign to Boycott Supporters of Israel and editor-in-chief of al-Adab, a Lebanese arts and culture magazine based in Beirut. The interview was conducted in August 2005 in Beirut, Lebanon and addresses various issues relating to the present day politics of Lebanon, while providing regional context to the major political changes taking place in Lebanon. Idriss addresses the wave of "opposition" demonstrations, which took place following the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the following Syrian withdrawal from the country and the recent Parliamentary elections. Idriss also discusses the relationships between political figures in the country, like Rafik Hariri, with Syrian political and economic elites prior to his death, and focuses on the relationship between Lebanese politics and the Palestinian struggle for liberation. EI: Can you comment on the recent Parliamentary elections in Lebanon, specifically I am interested in your perspectives regarding the relationship between the elections and the wave of "Opposition" demonstrations in Lebanon, demanding the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon.... The street demonstrations had very little to do with the outcome of the recent Lebanese Parliamentary elections. The outcome of the elections had everything to do with the decision of the Syrian regime to withdraw its military, due to fear of the possible repercussions resulting from U.N. Security Council Resolution 1559. Also the U.S. had decided it was time for the Syrians to leave Lebanon if they were not going to accept to liquidate Hezbollah, disarm the Palestinian camps and cooperate with the "Road Map" by pressuring the Palestinians to halt their legitimate war of attrition against Israeli occupation, while also completely preventing "infiltrators" from killing U.S. soldiers and "civil" contractors in Iraq. Clearly Syria could not fulfill the last two demands. Palestinians are fighting their own battle for liberation. Similarly, the bulk of military operations in Iraq have little to do with infiltrators from countries bordering Iraq; the U.S. military has itself confessed that less than 5% of the fighters in the Fallujah uprising were non Iraqis. Syria could not do more than exert pressure on the Palestinian leadership in Damascus, which it did, as today Palestinian factions barely have media offices in Syria. On the Iraqi front, the Syrians have indeed captured many pro-Saddam loyalists and also handed over some "Islamic infiltrators" to their respective merciless regimes. Also Syria built a wall on the Syrian-Iraqi border to prevent people from crossing into Iraq, although not as high as the Israeli Apartheid Wall! The Syrian government even requested that the United States provide special nocturnal binoculars, similar to those used by the U.S. government in an attempt to prevent Mexican migrants from entering the U.S. Concerning Hezbollah, Syria can not attack this party as it would be too costly for its close relationship with Iran, particularly at a time when the U.S. is threatening to bomb Iran into oblivion if it does not halt its peaceful nuclear projects. In short, the U.S. needed a quick and easy victory to compensate for all its failures in the region, especially in Iraq and Palestine, and what could be more promising, the US thought, than Lebanon, a country that is already tormented by decades of Syrian despotism and patronage? What made the US task all the more promising was the fact that Lebanon already contains parties which had worked hand in hand with the Israelis, such as the Lebanese Forces, and with the U.S., such as the Free Patriotic Movement led by Michel Aoun -- a former military general. The U.S. and France pressured the U.N. Security Council to adopt Resolution 1559, and Syria withdrew -- not out of fear of the Lebanese demonstrations -- but out of fear of being possibly subjected to a similar fate as Iraq under Saddam. People should also be aware that the Syrian intervention in Lebanon, which began in June 1976 during Lebanon's civil-war, took place with the total approval of the U.S., and specifically Henry Kissinger, in an effort to halt further Leftist-Palestinian advances against right-wing militias in Lebanon. In 2005, it was time for the same country that once approved the Syrian intervention to demand its withdrawal, in order to present to the U.S. public and project internationally another "victory for democracy," similar to the Georgian and Ukrainian "victories". As a result of US interference for the sake of "democracy" we have come out of the recent parliamentary elections with a replica of the pre civil war political scene. Old warlords are back on stage and in control of the country, such as Jumblat, Berri and Ja'ja'. However new players have also entered the scene, such as Sa'd al-Hariri, who is in no way against the U.S. policy in the region, and Hezbollah, with which the U.S. is willing to deal "only" if it disarms itself; i.e. if it accepts to be put at the mercy of Sharon and Israel.s Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz! Condemnation of the American pro-democracy ruse does not mean admiration of Syria. It is important not to ignore the major flaws that the Syrian regime has committed in Lebanon, for those were in fact responsible for the anti-Syria feelings represented by the huge opposition demonstration in Beirut on March 14th 2005 and during the recent elections. EI: Concerning the Syrian presence in Lebanon.... Many Lebanese have stated that the long-standing Syrian political & military presence in Lebanon could not have been possible without complicity from Lebanese elites at the highest levels. Throughout the Syrian presence in Lebanon many political leaders, who now form the "opposition" played important roles. So can you expand on the complicity of Lebanese political leaders in the Syrian presence in Lebanon and specifically those who throughout the past year have called for Syrian withdrawal.... Many politicians who called for the Syrian withdrawal were major beneficiaries of the Syrian presence in the country. The Progressive Socialist Party of Walid Jumblat benefited from the Syrian tutelage, acquiring more power in government positions and more control throughout the civil-war in "Druze" areas of the country. Until very recently any person who criticized Syria was denounced by Jumblat as an Israeli or US agent or ally! Jumblat never accused the Syrians of killing his father Kamal Jumblat, the head of the Lebanese National Movement, a coalition of Leftist pro-Palestinian parties, despite his later "conviction" that it was the Syrian who did it on March 16th, 1977. The late Rafik al-Hariri had excellent relations with some Syrian elites, both politically and financially. Hariri rarely uttered a word against their interference in Lebanese public life, and their political and economic corruption in the country. His supporters now claim that he often criticized Syria behind the scenes, but even if that were true it makes him no different from all the other politicians who for their own interest never bothered to expose the Syrians' machinations. The fact remains that Rafiq al-Hariri did not lift one finger publicly to put an end to all the wrongdoings the Syrian regime inflicted on the "Freedom, Sovereignty and Independence of Lebanon", the so-called Lebanese opposition's new trinity of belief. In this context one should have the honesty and courage to proclaim that the Syrian presence in Lebanon would not have been disastrous had it not been for the complicity of Lebanon's elites, including those who have retained power after the Syrian withdrawal, such as followers of Berri, Hariri, Jumblat,.... EI: Regarding Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, can you speak about what importance you give toward those Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon and the political changes taking place in the country. Do you feel that the Palestinian refugee "issue" should be included in general political discussions on the future of the country....? I have always firmly believed that there can be no real reform in the region, and even in the internal politics of Lebanon, if the Palestinian refugee issue is not taken into full account. There are over 300,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, and there is one and only solution for their plight: their right to return to their homes and villages throughout historic Palestine, including what is now called the state of Israel. There can be no just solution for the Palestinians, or a glorious present and future for Lebanon itself, if the Palestinian refugees are not granted their right to return. Having said that, one must add that until Palestinians can return to their land they must be granted all their civil and political rights in Lebanon. A free Palestinian, a dignified Palestinian, will be in a better position to fight for liberation and right of return. But granting Palestinians such rights in Lebanon is also good for Lebanon itself, a country that has long boasted about its pioneer role in the International Declaration of Human Rights! The Lebanese Minister of Labour recently permitted Palestinians to apply for foreign work permits for employment in many jobs from which they were banned from practicing. This has been applauded by the press, but people have not paid attention to the fact that this change in labour law still needs to be signed and approved by the Lebanese Parliament lest future Ministers of Labour reverse it. EI: Concerning the region and Lebanon politics. Can you speak about what links you see between the current political turmoil within Lebanon and the ongoing foreign occupations within the region, specifically Iraq and Palestine. Our region is witnessing a total war, led by the U.S. and Israel, against the freedom and interests of its people. In Iraq, the U.S. is waging a war to control its oil, and to generate a process of balkanization in the region that would insure that Israel remains the strongest country. Meanwhile Israel continues to deny Palestinians their basic rights, continues to occupy Shab'a farms in Lebanon, continues to steal water from the Hasbani and Wazzani rivers, and continues to withhold maps of the land mines it had implanted in the south of Lebanon since 1978. In Palestine, Palestinians are fighting to achieve sovereignty over their land and resources. In Lebanon, the Lebanese people continues to fight to insure that its country becomes safe from future encroachments against its freedom and independence, such encroachments recently assuming the form of "diplomatic intervention" by the US and French ambassadors. In Iraq, the resistance is striving to kick occupiers and their contractors out of the country and to insure that Iraq remains unified -- though not necessarily under a centralized despotic regime. We have a joint war because we have a joint enemy -- the Israeli-U.S. military and economic compound. Samah Idriss is a co-founder of the Campaign to Boycott Supporters of Israel, a co-founder of al-Saaha Cultural Club, a lexicographer, a literary critic who had earned his PhD from Columbia University in 1991, and editor-in-chief of al-Adab, a Lebanese arts and culture magazine based in Beirut. He has 2 books in literary criticism, 6 stories for children (5-10 years old), and 2 novels for young adults on the Lebanese civil war. [Stefan Christoff is currently in Lebanon as Electronic Intifada's Special Correspondent, reporting on present-day struggles for social justice. Stefan is a member of the International Solidarity Movement and also is active with Indymedia Beirut. You can contact Stefan at: christoff(at)resist.ca] ----------------------- From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 4 12:17:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] BLACK POWER SPEECH-A-THON/ LABOR DAY WEEKEND Message-ID: <20050904191704.14826.qmail@resist.ca> Due to the blatant racism of the Katrina response, and the constant denials of this obvious racism by white people, I am running a Black Power Speech-A-Thon this Labor Day Weekend. From Sept. 3-5, 2005, I will be providing black power speeches for free downloads on my website at http://resist.ca/~kirstena. I will post a new speech every few hours Sat. - Mon. Nothing has gotten better, only worse, since the 1960's regarding American racism. So, to counteract this crap, I am going to be providing hard core black power speeches from the 1960's to wake America up! This is not a new problem. This is an INSTITUTIONALIZED problem. And Black Panthers had their fingers on this. Thus, this Labor Day, enjoy these speeches and share them. It is time to up this thing. Agitate, agitate, agitate..."A White Man's Heaven is a Black Man's Hell." URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/3/84843/18611 From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 4 12:17:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] US would rather more die in New Orleans than accept help from Castro Message-ID: <20050904191704.14829.qmail@resist.ca> by Walter Lippmann | Sep. 03, 2005 Yesterday Fidel Castro spoke on Cuban television's nightly news magazine, the Mesa Redonda (Round Table) where he explained in detail the effors which Cuba's government made DISCRETELY to send 1100 doctors to New Orleans immediately. No response has yet been received from the United States government. Cuba has provided such assistance to many countries all over the world for many years. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/4/105659/9444 From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 4 12:17:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] America's Defensive White Pride Males Message-ID: <20050904191704.14830.qmail@resist.ca> I have not seen one person of color, anywhere, on any news broadcast, on any TV special, in any print article, even on the streets themselves, saying that the response to Katrina in New Orleans had "nothing to do with race." The mere fact that the ONLY people saying that are white says it all to me. Last night, I saw the Mayor of Houston whose name is ironically "Mr. White" pooh-poohing the racist part of this wholly. There is something totally obnoxious about this white mayor of Houston, saying it is "divisive" to try to address race in the Katrina response. Indeed, white boy President Bush said that any mention of this massacre in New Orleans being racially driven is merely a "political agenda" put out there by his opponents. I am sure Bush is scrambling to find some black faces to publicly deny the racist part of this, and that is why we have Condi Rice around. For times like these. You can tell just how racist this country is, by how many white men are working round the clock to pooh-pooh what is obvious to the world at this point. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/3/74638/46019 From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 4 12:17:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Tahltan remain committed despite injunction Message-ID: <20050904191705.14832.qmail@resist.ca> Tahltan Blogger | September 03, 2005 Tahltan Territory, BC - The Tahltan Elders, youth and families were disappointed by the injunction granted against their blockade to protect their lands and people against Fortune Mineral's open pit coal mine and Shell's coalbed methane proposals. However, their commitment to ensuring no unsustainable development takes place remains strong. "We view this as a minor setback in a much longer struggle for the Tahltan to protect the future of their people and the air, land and water on which they rely, said Rhoda Quock, "We believe the courts will set aside this decision once our lawyers have a chance to tell our story." URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/4/102823/7269 From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 4 12:17:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] The "New Poor" Versus The "Old Poor": Who Gets Prioritized? Message-ID: <20050904191704.14827.qmail@resist.ca> We have all heard the terms "old money," and "new money" with regards to familial wealth. "Old money" is perceived to be more noble, and more dignified in stature somehow. "New money" is considered superficial, transitory, or even happenstance. These same concepts can be applied to the poor. And what is interesting is the way society will try to separate out the "new poor" from the "old poor" when determining who to give aid to. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/3/11442/23148 From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 4 12:17:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] FEMA privatized hurricane disaster recovery planning for New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana. Message-ID: <20050904191704.14828.qmail@resist.ca> September 3, 2005 -- The firms that received the contract are big GOP contributors. Adding to the controversy regarding the Army Corps of Engineers diverting $250 million from the SELA (Southeast Louisiana) Urban Flood Control Program to Iraq and Halliburton reconstruction projects, is the revelation that FEMA outsourced hurricane recovery planning to the Baton Rouge-based consulting firm Innovative Emergency Management (IEM), Inc. to develop a "Catastrophic Hurricane Disaster Plan for New Orleans & Southeast Louisiana." The award was announced on June 3, 2004 on the firm's web site but was taken down just as Hurricane Katrina's winds and waves first started pounding New Orleans. It would now appear that the hurricane plan IEM and its team developed wasn't worth a damned thing. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/3/16341/55754 From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 4 12:17:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Strike!, September, out now and available for downloading Message-ID: <20050904191705.14834.qmail@resist.ca> Strike! | Sept. 2005 | Vol.1, Issue ..3 (Ontario Edition) anarchist news and commentary CBC Workers Locked Out - J.Shantz Community Power vs. Fire-power: Getting to the Root of Gun Violence in Toronto - G.Sweetman Anarchy in New Orleans? - P.Lilley Labour Day: From Parades to Pickets - J.Shantz Bad Boss of the month: Amato Pizza + Community Events Listings URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/4/44932/01010 From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 5 11:17:10 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:17:10 -0000 Subject: [news] The Death Sentence for Stealing a Damaged TV in New Orleans Message-ID: <20050905181711.22933.qmail@resist.ca> By Kirsten Anderberg We all remember quite well in 2003 how GWBush sent troops invading Iraq STRAIGHT to the oil fields to protect THEM first and foremost. While America "guarded" Iraq's oil supply, they let the hospitals, museums, universities and libraries become gutted and looted. Some of the oldest pieces of art ever found are now lost, thanks to GWBush. I feel what we just saw in New Orleans after Katrina was very similar. America has become a government to protect elite business profits WORLDWIDE. We all know about the Cheney - Haliburton connection and we all know about the Bush family oil connection. At this point, people are just little bumps in the road for the SUVs and military vehicles of the Bush administration worldwide. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/5/92534/19327 From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 5 11:17:10 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:17:10 -0000 Subject: [news] Why I Do Not Support The Troops Message-ID: <20050905181711.22932.qmail@resist.ca> By Lucinda Marshall | 02 September, 2005 | Countercurrents.org For the last four years, the anti-war movement has been seriously handicapping itself with its 'We support the troops but we're against war' mantra of qualified dissent. Initially, the phrasing of this message was a reflexive attempt to fit into the context of pro-militarism created by the Neocon spinmeisters who quickly established a flag-waving, 'Support our troops' litmus test in the aftermath of the tragedies of September 11th. Wanting to avoid being branded as un-American traitors from the get-go, the left promptly started couching their verbage in the newly minted criteria for patriotism. Unfortunately, that line of thinking is still alive and well today and has become a serious detriment to bringing an end to the agenda of empire. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/4/105053/8140 From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 5 11:17:10 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:17:10 -0000 Subject: [news] How the US got its neoliberal way in Iraq's constitution Message-ID: <20050905181711.22934.qmail@resist.ca> By Herbert Docena | Asia Times Online | September 1, 2005 LAST JUNE 30, the Iraqi newspaper Al-Mada published the latest draft of the Iraqi constitution that was then being negotiated by Iraqi politicians. Its contents would have been enough to give former occupation authority chief Paul Bremer a heart attack. The Iraqis - even those who were willing to cooperate with the United States - wanted, at least on paper, to build a Scandinavian-type welfare system in the Arabian desert, with Iraq's vast oil wealth to be spent on upholding every Iraqi's right to education, health care, housing, and other social services. By the time the next version was leaked in late July, the progressive provisions in the draft constitution had disappeared. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/5/94234/59204 From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 5 11:17:10 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:17:10 -0000 Subject: [news] Food Not Bombs Needs Help Feeding The Victims of Katrina Message-ID: <20050905181711.22935.qmail@resist.ca> Food Not Bombs groups all across the southern United States are feeding families displaced by Katrina. We need clothes,cooking equipment, food, cooks and money to provide for thousands of hungry homeless people. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/5/1082/77033 From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 5 11:17:11 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:17:11 -0000 Subject: [news] Situation dire for hunger strikers in Toronto prison Message-ID: <20050905181711.22937.qmail@resist.ca> By: Samir Shaheen-Hussain | September 3, 2005 The goal of the delegation was to focus attention on the prolonged hunger strike of these two men, while urging the PM to act immediately to have their demands met so that their health and lives are no longer at risk. Their demands are modest, to say the least, given that they have been held without charges and without having access to any evidence that may be being used against them as part of the security certificate process for four and five years, respectively; Mr. Almrei's principal demand is to be allowed to have one hour outside his solitary confinement cell while Mr. Mahjoub's is to have contact visits with his wife and children. Although two men are not convicted of any crime, they are demanding no treatment beyond that which is accorded to most federal prisoners! URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/4/165246/2321 From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 6 11:17:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] What Single Moms Coming Out of Katrina May Need Message-ID: <20050906181704.27629.qmail@resist.ca> As I watch the throngs of American citizens coming out of the Katrina disaster, I relate to the single moms, the "welfare moms," who had no property, spouse, or family when Katrina hit. I am a poor single mom. I immediately related to the fact that this hurricane, then aftermath, hit at the end of the month when poor people have the least money available, thus evacuation would have been impossible on their own. My son, who is now an adult, and I immediately realized that we would have been those left behind in New Orleans, as we are poor, with no car, or means. I have lived in New Orleans, and it was the poorest city I have ever lived in, for sure. Coming from the West Coast, that level of poverty was something I had never experienced before. To be in that kind of poverty, during a disaster of this proportion, while also being responsible for the lives of children, is overwhelming to even think about, much less live in real life. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/5/22499/83708 From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 6 11:17:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Housing Ministers Meeting in Nova Scotia Message-ID: <20050906181704.27632.qmail@resist.ca> Provincial and Federal Housing Ministers will be meeting in Nova Scotia Sept 22-23, ostensibly to discuss affordable housing. However, the absence of community consultation and the inaccessible situtation of the meeting at a beach resort >100km from Halifax, clearly show that this is nothing more than a beach party for the rich and powerful. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/5/12131/58805 From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 6 11:17:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Impeach Bush Mobilizes for Sept. 24 Rally Message-ID: <20050906181704.27631.qmail@resist.ca> Ramsey Clarke, Former U.S. Attorney General is heading up this site, and campaign. I hope we can get Canada here doing their own "Impeach Bush Rally" on Sept.24th, and help to show the world how you feel, and stand on this issue. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/5/161517/5730 From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 6 12:17:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] RCMP Poised to Arrest Tahltan Elders and Youth at the Klappan Blockade Message-ID: <20050906191704.9777.qmail@resist.ca> Tahltan Traditional Territory | September 5, 2005 On September 3 a court injunction and enforcement order was delivered to the Tahltan people at the Klappan Blockade. The court was held over 2000 miles away in Vancouver with very short notice. The RCMP will be moving in on Tuesday, September 6, to enforce the order. Elder Jenny Quock, has been on the blockade for the past 7 weeks. Jennys says, "It's confusing when they can treat us like criminals, for defending our rights and our land. The real criminals are government and industry for destroying what does not belong to them." URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/6/11536/42282 From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 8 02:17:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Against the Extradition of Marc Emery (Despite his Politics) Message-ID: <20050908091704.29978.qmail@resist.ca> The recent attempt by the American government to have Marc Emery extradited to face trial on charges of money laundering and selling marijuana represents a terrifying challenge to Canadian sovereignty. As most South American countries can testify, the American war on drugs has long been a cover for more naked imperialist goals, and Canadians should recognize that the potential extradition of Emery, a Canadian citizen and prominent political icon, represents a major step along the same path. But all that said, the elevation of Emery to martyrdom is not appropriate. He's the target of an imperialist regime, but he's still an idiot who needs to be defended on the big issues, and then dismissed into irrelevancy by the Canadian Left for his hackneyed politics. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/8/1333/69965 From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 8 10:17:15 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:17:15 -0000 Subject: [news] We Need to Treat Poverty's Root, Not Just Its Symptoms Message-ID: <20050908171716.16623.qmail@resist.ca> If you are one of the people who are immediately wanting to open your house up to the survivors of the Katrina disaster, who are immediately wanting to welcome these survivors into your schools and public/social services systems, you need to really ask yourself this question: "Do poor people really need to DIE and SUFFER HORRIBLY en masse in front of you, to get you to care about the homeless and poverty issues in America?" The Katrina massacre by our federal government was one thing, but the conditions that existed, where these poor folks were neglected by their government PRIOR to this is a reality. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/7/81558/52025 From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 8 10:17:15 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:17:15 -0000 Subject: [news] U.S. the new Saddam: General says U.S. in Iraq "Indefinitely" Message-ID: <20050908171716.16621.qmail@resist.ca> By ERIC MARGOLIS - The most important news from Iraq last week was not the much ballyhooed constitutional pact by Shias and Kurds, nor the tragic stampede deaths of nearly 1,000 pilgrims in Baghdad. The U.S. Air Force's senior officer, Gen. John Jumper, stated U.S. warplanes would remain in Iraq to fight resistance forces and protect the American-installed regime "more or less indefinitely." Jumper's bombshell went largely unnoticed due to Hurricane Katrina. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/7/73226/97254 From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 8 10:17:16 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:17:16 -0000 Subject: [news] Cheam request for assistance Message-ID: <20050908171718.16630.qmail@resist.ca> To anyone who can assist, I am writing this note to request your assistance in getting a straight story out to the public. Recently there have been several articles in the papers regarding Cheam and fishing. Most of this is racial profiling and propaganda that in most cases the media is only talking to one side and not the cheam people. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/7/174646/3447 From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 8 10:17:16 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:17:16 -0000 Subject: [news] Street Battles in Chile as Coup Anniversary Approaches Message-ID: <20050908171717.16629.qmail@resist.ca> On September 11th of 1973, General Augusto Pinochet installed himself as dictator after leading the US-supported military coup that overthrew the government of Chile. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/7/185240/3437 From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 8 10:17:17 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:17:17 -0000 Subject: [news] 'Get Off The Fucking Freeway': The Sinking State Loots its Own Survivors Message-ID: <20050908171718.16637.qmail@resist.ca> Two paramedics stranded in New Orleans in the wake of hurricane Katrina give their account of self-organisation and abandonment in the disaster zone. [ED: the response of the police, national guard etc is unbelievable] URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/7/19928/93315 From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 8 10:17:17 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:17:17 -0000 Subject: [news] Cheney in Hiding-Tar Sands Safe Message-ID: <20050908171718.16636.qmail@resist.ca> U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney postpones scheduled Alberta visit Now it may be said that it was Katrina that thwarted Cheney's attempt to take over the Alberta Tar Sands, but come to think of it where has he been for the last week? Haven't seen or heard hide nor hair of him during the disaster in New Orleans. Probably hiding in the same cave he was in after 9/11. So folks planning to protest his visit here, can rest easy for a while, but he promises to visit in the future, oh joy. Read the whole article: http://redbetweenthelines.modblog.com/?show=blogview&blog_id=731944 URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/8/4492/17551 From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 9 11:17:05 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Vicious Circle of CO2 Emissions Is Speeding Up Climate Change Message-ID: <20050909181706.6494.qmail@resist.ca> By Steve Connor | The Independent UK | 08 September 2005 The Kyoto treaty's attempts to curb man-made emissions of greenhouse gases are being undermined by extra carbon dioxide released naturally from the ground as a result of climate change. A study has found that the soil of Britain is emitting more carbon dioxide into the air than a quarter of a century ago because increasing temperatures are speeding up the natural rate of organic decay. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/9/95252/45526 From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 9 11:17:05 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] 2 Mounties suspended over beating Message-ID: <20050909181706.6496.qmail@resist.ca> Jeff Lee and Darah Hansen | Vancouver Sun | September 03, 2005 MERRITT I Two RCMP officers have been suspended and an auxiliary constable has had his peace officer status revoked after allegations a young aboriginal man was picked up on Friday night two weeks go, severely beaten and dropped off in the bush to walk 10 kilometres back to this Nicola Valley town. "This has got to be the worst beating I've ever had in my life," Glenn Shuter, 25, said Friday. Two weeks later, Shuter still sports a black eye, a swollen ear and two broken front teeth -- the result, he said, of the police assault. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/9/92721/12152 From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 9 11:17:05 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] FEMA's Criminal behavior Message-ID: <20050909181706.6495.qmail@resist.ca> Below, a long and sad but incomplete list of the negligence shown by the organization in charge of rescue operations in New Orleans. FEMA and their (un)supportive military and police units in the area seem more interested in preventing people from getting the help they need than providing any sort of aid, especially to the most needy. Only in America? URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/9/94754/95558 From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 9 11:17:05 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] =?iso-8859-1?q?Surviving_Canada=3A_Zhati_K=C3=B3=C3=A9=2C?= =?utf-8?q?Pehdz=C3=A9h?= Ki & Liidlii =?utf-8?q?Ku=C3=A9?= [Denendeh]. Message-ID: <20050909181707.6499.qmail@resist.ca> Every community in Denendeh faces similar possible impacts of a proposed Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, but some regions have specific concerns; Zhati Koe (Fort Providence) is not on the actual route of the proposed Mackenzie Gas Project pipeline. What could happen to the community is not mitigated or lessened by the geography of the situation, however. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/7/175514/5556 From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 11 11:17:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Retreating Glaciers Worrying Greenlanders Message-ID: <20050911181705.1540.qmail@resist.ca> By JAN M. OLSEN | Associated Press | September 11, 2005 LULISSAT, Greenland (AP) - The gargantuan chunks of ice breaking off the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier and thundering into an Arctic fjord make a spectacular sight. But to Greenlanders it is also deeply worrisome. The frequency and size of the icefalls are a powerful reminder that the frozen sheet covering the world's largest island is thinning - a glaring sign of global warming, scientists say. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/11/10441/0444 From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 11 11:17:04 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Former Malaysian PM Calls U.S. & U.K. Terrorists Message-ID: <20050911181705.1539.qmail@resist.ca> Al Jazeera | 09 September 2005 US and British pilots whose bombs killed Iraqi civilians were murderers, and actions taken by those two countries during the invasion and occupation of Iraq amounted to terrorism, former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has said....Several British and US diplomats walked out in protest of Mahathir's broadside against their countries in a speech at a national conference in Kuala Lumpur on human rights on Friday. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/9/151840/7660 From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 11 11:17:05 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Surviving Canada: The Deh Cho Region, Denendeh Message-ID: <20050911181705.1541.qmail@resist.ca> "If we have our way? First of all, we own the land and Canada has to listen to us. Anybody in the world should feel lucky to have such partnership as with the Deh Cho." URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/9/11952/91816 From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 13 11:17:05 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] DeBeers versus the Bushmen Message-ID: <20050913181706.15941.qmail@resist.ca> Diamonds are not a Bushmans best friend. According to the Reporters segment BBC World Report DeBeers and diamonds have been responsible for the forceable removal of all but 200 Kalahari Desert Bushmen from their land by the Botswana Government. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/13/0464/40573 From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 13 11:17:05 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Court upholds power of White House to jail citizens as " enemy combatants" Message-ID: <20050913181706.15942.qmail@resist.ca> By John Andrews | 13 September 2005 | World Socialist Web Site In a ruling with vast implications for basic democratic rights, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that the Bush administration can continue to incarcerate Jose Padilla, seized May 8, 2002 at Chicago's O'Hare airport, in a military prison, without filing any charges against him. The ruling attacks the right to be free from arbitrary imprisonment, the fundamental liberty dating back in Anglo-American law to the Magna Carta of 1215, as well as basic notions of due process. It demonstrates the extent to which the American ruling elite has broken with democratic standards and traditions. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/13/95043/9531 From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 13 11:17:06 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] Thrift seen as a big threat to growth Message-ID: <20050913181706.15944.qmail@resist.ca> Mr. Dodge said that demographic shift threatens to push the world economy into stagnation for years, as consumer spending sags, dragging down growth and pushing up unemployment. "There really is a risk of a prolonged deficiency in global demand as we look out over the next couple of decades," he said, speaking to the Spruce Meadows roundtable conference in Calgary. A higher rate of savings might seem to be an unalloyed virtue, but for economists too much thrift is a bad thing, if it eats into demand too much. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/13/05517/1529 From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 13 11:17:06 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] Grizzly Slaughter Message-ID: <20050913181708.15947.qmail@resist.ca> Yep another two Grizzly's are slaughtered by their tradtional enemy, humans. Callously, without regard for where they are the vehiclular murder of these two defenseless cubs shows that the National Parks are less about protecting wilderness and more about profit. In this case the traffic on the Trans Canada is heavy and fast enough that animals are at risk in an area that is technically their refuge. Read the whole article at: http://redbetweenthelines.modblog.com/core.mod?show=blogview&blog_id=735621 URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/13/05158/7934 From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 13 11:17:06 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] FEMA Director steps out of the way Message-ID: <20050913181706.15943.qmail@resist.ca> Editorial | NY Daily News | Sept 10, 2005 Announcing the removal yesterday of FEMA chief Michael Brown from direct involvement in Hurricane Katrina relief operations, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said: "Michael Brown has done everything he possibly could to coordinate the federal response to this unprecedented challenge." Now, there's a quote that's open to interpretation. It's like saying, "SpongeBob SquarePants did everything he possibly could to master quantum physics." He just failed miserably, not having the remotest ability to deal with the matter at hand. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/13/94545/9372 From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 13 11:17:06 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] McGuinty government rules out use of sharia law Message-ID: <20050913181708.15949.qmail@resist.ca> By COLIN FREEZE AND KAREN HOWLETT | Globe and Mail | September 12, 2005 Toronto -- Seeking to end months of debate, Premier Dalton McGuinty now says "there will be no sharia law in Ontario" -- an announcement that should quell a growing public-relations crisis concerning the use of Islamic law, but which also exposes Queen's Park to attacks from other religions. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/13/10054/4522 From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 14 14:17:05 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Time For The Four Hour Day Message-ID: <20050914211705.17258.qmail@resist.ca> And the Four Day Week. While surfing I came across this interesting site on an alternative to downsizing workers, downsizing the work day. Not a new idea but one that resurfaces when whenever capitalism adopts new technology to reduce labour costs. As Dr. Marx pointed out the class struggle is all about reducing the work day. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/13/181740/021 From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 14 14:17:05 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Australia's new anti-terror laws amount to police state Message-ID: <20050914211705.17259.qmail@resist.ca> Ray Fulcher | Green Left Weekly | September 14, 2005 PM John Howard announced on September 8 an "unusual but necessary" increase in the state's repressive armament, supposedly to fight the "war on terror". Taking his cue from British PM Tony Blair following the terrorist bombings in London, Howard is seizing the opportunity to introduce draconian new "anti-terror" laws, adding to a plethora of existing "anti-terror" legislation. The new laws will, according to many commentators, move Australia decisively towards becoming a police state. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/13/95511/6391 From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 15 11:17:05 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Pentagon plans strike-first nuclear policy Message-ID: <20050915181705.10557.qmail@resist.ca> By Rupert Cornwell | The New Zealand Herald | September 13, 2005 Washington - The Pentagon has drawn up a new strategy, built on the 2002 "Bush doctrine" of pre-emptive military strikes, that would allow the US to make first use of nuclear weapons to thwart an a WMD attack against the country. According to the Washington Post, one possibility is an enemy that is using, or "is about to use" weapons of mass destruction against US military forces or civilian population. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/15/95945/6273 From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 15 11:17:05 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Progressives, Firefighters and Nurses Need To Run Disaster Response Message-ID: <20050915181706.10558.qmail@resist.ca> by Scott Weinstein | September 14, 2005 Take the huge disaster we saw in the planning and rescue for Hurricane Kristina and imagine an alternative scenario where progressives, firefighters and nurses were in power. While the natural disaster might not have been avoided, the humanitarian disaster could have been completely prevented. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/15/91850/3667 From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 15 11:17:05 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] She's no anarchist: Alberta to invite private health care proposals Message-ID: <20050915181706.10561.qmail@resist.ca> Alberta will examine the possibility of having private insurance compete with the public health-care system for all medical treatments, Health Minister Iris Evans told The Canadian Press on Tuesday. "I'm not trying to be an anarchist, I'm just saying that while we're doing this actuarial review, isn't it responsible to look at all the options that are available?'' URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/15/61545/5088 From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 15 11:17:05 2005 From: news at resist.ca (Resist!ca) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Love Canal-type landfill submerged in New Orleans floodwaters Message-ID: <20050915181706.10559.qmail@resist.ca> Solid Waste & Recycling magazine | 12th September 2005 Overlooked in many news reports about the unfolding storm disaster in the southern United States, especially in the City of New Orleans, in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, is a potentially dramatic pollution issue related to a toxic landfill that sits under the flood waters right in the city's downtown, according to map overlays of the flooded area. The situation could exacerbate the already dire threat to human health and the environment from the flood waters. URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/15/95438/0983 From ron at resist.ca Tue Sep 20 13:17:00 2005 From: ron at resist.ca (ron) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:17:00 -0700 Subject: [news] News feed pause: Mostly Water released Message-ID: <43306E3C.1070804@resist.ca> Hi all, There has been a small delay in this news list which may take a while to correct. This list was automatically generated from the old resist.ca website. The news feed that previously appeared on that site has now moved to http://mostlywater.org The new site is still associated with the old site and will continue to carry the same material but it may take us some time to organize the automation process which this list depends on. We hope in the mean time, you will check out the new site and look around. There is a searchable archive there of all the old stories from the old site and new stories are being posted every day. As soon as we get this glitch worked out, the way to post stories to this list will be to add them to the Mostly Water web site. Sorry for the inconvenience, I'm sure we'll have it worked out soon, Ron