From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 14:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Globalization And Democracy: Some Basics Message-ID: <20070701211704.7085.qmail@resist.ca> [Trade agreements like NAFTA, GATT, and FTAA]...endow anonymous international trade committees with the authority to prevent, over?rule, or dilute any laws of any nation deemed to burden the investment and market prerogatives of transnational corporations...This process, called globalization, is treated as an inevitable natural ?growth? development beneficial to all. It is in fact a global coup d??tat by the giant business interests of the world. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/globalization_and_democracy_some_basics URL: http://mostlywater.org/globalization_and_democracy_some_basics From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 14:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:40:09 -0000 Subject: [news] The Triumph of US/Israeli Policy in Palestine Message-ID: <20070701214009.8966.qmail@resist.ca> Claims that Hamas' "victory" in the Gaza Strip is a sign that the Bush Doctrine in Palestine has failed are misguided...It will benefit Israel by giving it a free hand to destroy Hamas, permanently sever the West Bank from the Gaza Strip, and re-"negotiate" with its newly appointed "partners" the remaining islands of economically unviable territory that will soon be entirely encircled by a concrete and barbed-wire wall...It will benefit Israel and the United States by assuring another compliant puppet regime adjacent to Jordan, friendly to Egypt and Saudi Arabia and hostile to Hizbullah, Syria and Iran...It has already benefited both Israel and the United States by reassuring them that their tactics for undermining indigenous experiments in democracy have once again proven effective... [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_triumph_of_us_israeli_policy_in_palestine URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_triumph_of_us_israeli_policy_in_palestine From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 15:17:38 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:17:38 -0000 Subject: [news] Life in a CIA Torture Center Message-ID: <20070701221740.16051.qmail@resist.ca> One of the problems the CIA faced in conducting their research on soul-destruction was the lack of available research subjects who could be subject to the full panoply of techniques...It is thus likely that the CIA?s psychologists...were not involved solely in the construction of this hell, but also in studying its effects so as to better refine the techniques. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/life_in_a_cia_torture_center URL: http://mostlywater.org/life_in_a_cia_torture_center From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 15:40:50 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:40:50 -0000 Subject: [news] Royal Dutch Shell Inherits Explosive BC Conflict Message-ID: <20070701224051.20075.qmail@resist.ca> The setting is a remote alpine basin southeast of Dease Lake, where the shared origin of the Nass, Stikine and Skeena Rivers gives the area its local name: the Sacred Headwaters. A stunning, expansive wilderness, it is the territory of the Tahltan people, who have hunted and trapped there for generations. It also happens to be underlain by one of British Columbia's largest potential coalbed methane deposits, to which Shell Canada -- and now Royal Dutch Shell -- holds drilling rights. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/royal_dutch_shell_inherits_explosive_bc_conflict URL: http://mostlywater.org/royal_dutch_shell_inherits_explosive_bc_conflict From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 15:40:50 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:40:50 -0000 Subject: [news] Nuclear CO2 warming costs Message-ID: <20070701224051.20087.qmail@resist.ca> The fact is, it takes energy to make energy -- even nuclear energy. And the true "energetic costs" of making nuclear energy -- the amounts of traditionally generated fuel it takes to create "new" nuclear energy -- have not been tallied up until very recently. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/nuclear_co2_warming_costs URL: http://mostlywater.org/nuclear_co2_warming_costs From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 2 08:17:23 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:17:23 -0000 Subject: [news] Adding Insult to the Injuries of Corporate Globalization Message-ID: <20070702151725.32580.qmail@resist.ca> Hundreds of Maritimers descended on Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 15th, 2007 to express their collective outrage with the plans being hatched by the attendees of Atlantica 2007: Charting the Course, a conference designed to meld the workers and resources of the eastern region into a cross-border puppet of corporate powerhouses. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/adding_insult_to_the_injuries_of_corporate_globalization URL: http://mostlywater.org/adding_insult_to_the_injuries_of_corporate_globalization From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 2 08:17:24 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:17:24 -0000 Subject: [news] Independence Day Hypocrisy Message-ID: <20070702151725.32581.qmail@resist.ca> Independence Day shame and hypocrisy [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/independence_day_hypocrisy URL: http://mostlywater.org/independence_day_hypocrisy From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 2 11:17:08 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:17:08 -0000 Subject: [news] When Killer Cops Walk Message-ID: <20070702181708.4548.qmail@resist.ca> When different rules apply to police officers than to everyone else, what exists is a police state. The seeds of totalitarianism are planted when the state's agents have a different moral code than the rest of us...[I]s there any doubt that had a typical American repeatedly shot an unarmed, defenseless person, different standards would apply? If so, there is no rule of law; there is only might makes right, where the police force's might is all that matters and justice is but an illusion. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/when_killer_cops_walk URL: http://mostlywater.org/when_killer_cops_walk From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 2 21:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:40:09 -0000 Subject: [news] Venezuelan Gusanos Flock to Fort McMurray Message-ID: <20070703044010.13562.qmail@resist.ca> Fleeing Chavez, oil workers flock to frigid Alberta By JOEL MILLMAN, The Wall Street Journal Associated Press Financial Wire June 26, 2007 Tuesday 2:10 PM GMT [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/node/25322 URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/25322 From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 2 22:17:05 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Anti-Colonial Resistance Brings Jail Time Message-ID: <20070703051705.21108.qmail@resist.ca> If Mohawk protester **Shawn Brant** turns himself in to police on Thursday, as is planned, he'll probably find himself locked up for a while - just as many of his heroes have been in the past..."I think it's not likely that I'm going to get out"..."[W]hen I do get out, I'm going to be more pissed off." [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/anti_colonial_resistance_brings_jail_time URL: http://mostlywater.org/anti_colonial_resistance_brings_jail_time From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 2 23:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Anti-Canada Day Starts Early in Guelph Message-ID: <20070703061705.15169.qmail@resist.ca> Tonight we hit the office of [Member of Parliament] Brenda Chamberlain. The locks were glued on the office door and an anarcho-indigenismo symbol was left in the vicinity. We chose Brenda to harass tonight because she is a political embodiment of the terror and degradation faced by many of us that have to live under a capitalist apathetic democracy. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/anti_canada_day_starts_early_in_guelph URL: http://mostlywater.org/anti_canada_day_starts_early_in_guelph From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 2 23:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Indigenous Nation's Governments Challenging Tar Sands Message-ID: <20070703061704.15168.qmail@resist.ca> Oilsands Facing Aboriginal Opposition Copyright 2007 Nickle's Energy Group Copyright, a division of HCN Publications Company All Rights Reserved Daily Oil Bulletin A couple of First Nations groups are protesting oilsands operations in their backyards. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/node/25324 URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/25324 From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 3 11:17:33 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:17:33 -0000 Subject: [news] Reinventing a War Criminal Message-ID: <20070703181734.25357.qmail@resist.ca> Reinventing Tony Blair into a poorly disguised Trojan Horse. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/reinventing_a_war_criminal URL: http://mostlywater.org/reinventing_a_war_criminal From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 3 11:40:31 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:40:31 -0000 Subject: [news] Young, Queer, Women of Colour Sent to Jail, Demonised by Media for Defending Themselves Message-ID: <20070703184033.31003.qmail@resist.ca> Four more Black girls just went bad. Young, 19 to 25; from..."troubled" families...[Y]ou've heard it all before. The reason you're reading about this bunch is that they're lesbians ? "killer lesbians," "a wolf pack of lesbians," say the media. They're not martyrs or heroes; they did something stupid that got them sentenced to prison. They stood up for themselves. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/young_queer_women_of_colour_sent_to_jail_demonised_by_media_for_defending_themselves URL: http://mostlywater.org/young_queer_women_of_colour_sent_to_jail_demonised_by_media_for_defending_themselves From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 3 12:17:18 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:17:18 -0000 Subject: [news] Effects of the Tar Sands: Interview with Celina Harpe Message-ID: <20070703191720.7884.qmail@resist.ca> An interview with Celina Harpe, an elder in the Cree community of Fort Mackay, downstream from Suncor and Syncrude strip mines and tar sands extraction plants near Fort McMurray.For those who prefer Yo [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/node/25334 URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/25334 From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 3 12:17:19 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:17:19 -0000 Subject: [news] On July 4 (& July 1) Put Away the Flags! Message-ID: <20070703191720.7890.qmail@resist.ca> Is not nationalism -- that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder -- one of the great evils of our time, along with racism, along with religious hatred?...These ways of thinking -- cultivated, nurtured, indoctrinated from childhood on -- have been useful to those in power, and deadly for those out of power. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/on_july_4_july_1_put_away_the_flags URL: http://mostlywater.org/on_july_4_july_1_put_away_the_flags From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 3 13:17:24 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:17:24 -0000 Subject: [news] Indigenous Anti-Canada Day (with Photos) Message-ID: <20070703201726.4165.qmail@resist.ca> On July 1st 2007, over 200 Indigenous women, children, Elders and men took the streets and the train tracks on a march and blockade to mark their resistance to Canada as an oppressive force against their people. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/indigenous_anti_canada_day_with_photos URL: http://mostlywater.org/indigenous_anti_canada_day_with_photos From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 3 13:17:25 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:17:25 -0000 Subject: [news] Cops Pepper Spray Aboriginals During Community Celebration Message-ID: <20070703201726.4168.qmail@resist.ca> Several aboriginal parents in a town northwest of Vancouver plan to file a complaint with the RCMP after a community celebration ended in pepper spray use and a confrontation with officers...In all, 15 adults and children, including two under two years old, were treated at St. Mary's Hospital for exposure to pepper spray. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/cops_pepper_spray_aboriginals_during_community_celebration URL: http://mostlywater.org/cops_pepper_spray_aboriginals_during_community_celebration From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 3 17:17:08 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:17:08 -0000 Subject: [news] Anti-Canada Day Ends Late in Guelph Message-ID: <20070704001708.21022.qmail@resist.ca> Yesterday evening, July 2nd...the [Canadian National Railway] tracks east of Guelph, Ontario...were blocked and burned with a tire fire lit at a safe distance from houses and forest. The blockage was alerted to CN through the use of wiring the tracks. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/anti_canada_day_ends_late_in_guelph_ontario URL: http://mostlywater.org/anti_canada_day_ends_late_in_guelph_ontario From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 3 18:17:05 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Abbas Advisor Says Hamas Fighting Collaborators Message-ID: <20070704011706.2301.qmail@resist.ca> Hani al-Hassan, Fatah senior political advisor, says the Gaza war was between **Hamas** and **Fatah collaborators** who aided Israel & the U.S. Following his statements, gunshots were fired at al-Hassan's home & Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed him from his role. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/abbas_advisor_says_hamas_fighting_collaborators URL: http://mostlywater.org/abbas_advisor_says_hamas_fighting_collaborators From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 4 11:40:16 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:40:16 -0000 Subject: [news] Indigenous Resistance Day Footage [VIDEO] Message-ID: <20070704184018.23778.qmail@resist.ca> More footage from Indigenous Resistance Day. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/indigenous_resistance_day_footage URL: http://mostlywater.org/indigenous_resistance_day_footage From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 4 11:40:17 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:40:17 -0000 Subject: [news] Guelph, Ontario: Report Back on Day of Action and Anti-Canada Day Celebrations Message-ID: <20070704184018.23783.qmail@resist.ca> For your reading pleasure, here is a compilation of articles and communiques regarding the recent Day of Action and Anti-Canada Day celebrations from Guelph, Ontario. Five different things happened altogether - a family-friendly rally that went excellent, a banner drop over the highway 401 at morning rush hour, an attempted sabotage of the rails, an attack on a local member of parliament's office, and a Mohawk unity flag was hung atop Guelph's highest point - the longest running catholic church. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/guelph_ontario_report_back_on_day_of_action_and_anti_canada_day_celebrations URL: http://mostlywater.org/guelph_ontario_report_back_on_day_of_action_and_anti_canada_day_celebrations From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 4 11:40:18 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:40:18 -0000 Subject: [news] =?utf-8?b?4oCcU2VsbGluZ091dOKAnQ==?= as a Street Performer (aka Busker) Message-ID: <20070704184019.23791.qmail@resist.ca> The other day I was sitting around with a street performer (aka busker) friend and we were discussing what ?selling out? means to us. Many of us perform on the streets simply to give free art to the world. Many of us perform for political reasons, to spread a political message on public streets, as in the tradition of agit-prop (agitational propaganda). But most buskers have had days when they are playing because they need the money, not because they want to. On these days, it is more attractive than ever to ?sell out? on the street. I interviewed some buskers to find out what they do to ?sell out? when they really need the cash. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/selling_out_as_a_street_performer_aka_busker URL: http://mostlywater.org/selling_out_as_a_street_performer_aka_busker From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 4 12:40:13 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:40:13 -0000 Subject: [news] Anti-Death Penalty Campaigner on Death Row in Texas: The Case of Kenneth Foster Message-ID: <20070704194013.20570.qmail@resist.ca> ...Kenneth Foster [is] a young African-American resident of Texas who is facing execution at the end of August 2007. His case revolves around a very controversial law known as the "law of parties." In essence, this law imposes the death penalty on anybody involved in a crime where a murder occurred, even if the accused was not involved in the murder or even aware that the killer intended to commit murder. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/anti_death_penalty_campaigner_on_death_row_in_texas_the_case_of_kenneth_foster URL: http://mostlywater.org/anti_death_penalty_campaigner_on_death_row_in_texas_the_case_of_kenneth_foster From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 4 14:18:00 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:18:00 -0000 Subject: [news] Developers are the Games' Real Winners Message-ID: <20070704211801.10617.qmail@resist.ca> The outcome of the race to win the [Olympic] Games didn't seem to matter to [Vanoc CEO Jack] Poole, who headed the 2010 Vancouver Bid Corporation. _Western Investor_ editor Frank O'Brien sat in on the talk and later editorialized that, according to Poole, "the real purpose of the 2010 Olympic bid is to seduce the provincial and federal governments and long-suffering taxpayers into footing a billion-dollar bill to pave the path for future real estate sales." [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/developers_are_the_games_real_winners URL: http://mostlywater.org/developers_are_the_games_real_winners From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 4 23:40:57 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:40:57 -0000 Subject: [news] Anarchists Arrested for Protesting Message-ID: <20070705064058.8574.qmail@resist.ca> Today 18 anarchists and anti-authoritarians were arrested in Riverfront Park after marching peacefully against police brutality through downtown Spokane, Washington. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/anarchists_arrested_for_protesting URL: http://mostlywater.org/anarchists_arrested_for_protesting From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 4 23:40:57 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:40:57 -0000 Subject: [news] "Terrible Things Happened to Me": Violence Against Iraqi Women and Girls Message-ID: <20070705064058.8575.qmail@resist.ca> Over four million Iraqis have fled their homes because of brutal violence that is ravaging Iraq. This warfare has taken an incredible toll on the health of the Iraqi people, and women and girls are being particularly and systematically targeted for violence. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/terrible_things_happened_to_me_violence_against_iraqi_women_and_girls URL: http://mostlywater.org/terrible_things_happened_to_me_violence_against_iraqi_women_and_girls From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 5 09:17:22 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:17:22 -0000 Subject: [news] Pollution Kills 750,000 in China Every Year Message-ID: <20070705161723.11722.qmail@resist.ca> Pollution kills three quarters of a million people in China every year, according to previously unreleased World Bank statistics...They come at an embarrassing time for Beijing, which is growing increasingly concerned at the country's environmental crisis, which it has promised to address. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/pollution_kills_750_000_in_china_every_year URL: http://mostlywater.org/pollution_kills_750_000_in_china_every_year From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 5 09:17:22 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:17:22 -0000 Subject: [news] Corporate Software Threatens User's Freedom Message-ID: <20070705161723.11723.qmail@resist.ca> Many of us know that governments can threaten the human rights of software users through censorship and surveillance of the Internet. Many do not realize that the software they run on their home or work computers can be an even worse threat. Thinking of software as "just a tool", they suppose that it obeys them, when in fact it often obeys others instead. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/corporate_software_threatens_users_freedom URL: http://mostlywater.org/corporate_software_threatens_users_freedom From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 5 09:40:22 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:40:22 -0000 Subject: [news] Confrontation: Repression and Rebellion Across Canada Message-ID: <20070705164023.17485.qmail@resist.ca> A new blog with news and information on repression, rebellion, and anarchist and indigenous activities across Canada. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/confrontation_repression_and_rebellion_across_canada URL: http://mostlywater.org/confrontation_repression_and_rebellion_across_canada From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 5 10:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:17:10 -0000 Subject: [news] Native Americans and Immigrants Share Common Struggle Message-ID: <20070705171710.26770.qmail@resist.ca> One group has lived here for millennia, while the other has just arrived. But Native Americans and immigrants have much in common, particularly the alienation and oppression they experience in U.S. society, activists and community leaders said on day three of the U.S. Social Forum (USSF)... [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/native_americans_and_immigrants_share_common_struggle URL: http://mostlywater.org/native_americans_and_immigrants_share_common_struggle From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 5 10:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:17:10 -0000 Subject: [news] Divide and Rule, Israeli-Style Message-ID: <20070705171710.26769.qmail@resist.ca> Israel...has no interest in meaningful peace talks with the Palestinians or in a final agreement. It wants only to impose solutions that suit Israel's interests, which are securing the maximum amount of land for an exclusive Jewish state and leaving the Palestinians so weak and divided that they will never be able to mount a serious challenge to Israel's dictates. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/divide_and_rule_israeli_style URL: http://mostlywater.org/divide_and_rule_israeli_style From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 5 15:17:06 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] The Sustainable Soldier Takes to the Streets! In Your Car? Message-ID: <20070705221706.15079.qmail@resist.ca> Let me share a little story before I get into a new government plan that will save you money (can you spot the oxymoron?). About a year ago I went to a presentation at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada given by someone directly trained by Al Gore. According to the presenter (a grown man with family), he applied (written essay and all) and was accepted to travel to the southern US with a bunch of other like minded folk to learn how to give the famous presentation from ?An Inconvenient Truth?. These well trained Sustainable Soldiers (my term not theirs) then give presentations back home in their respective communities to anyone who will listen. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_sustainable_soldier_takes_to_the_streets_in_your_car URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_sustainable_soldier_takes_to_the_streets_in_your_car From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 5 15:17:06 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] Imperialism and McQuaig's "Holding the Bully's Coat" Message-ID: <20070705221707.15080.qmail@resist.ca> For much of the past year I have been doing research for a new book about the history of Canadian foreign policy from an internationalist, working class perspective. What I have learned, quite frankly, has shocked me. That a writer as good as [Linda] McQuaig can avoid so much that has been wrong with Canadian foreign policy was almost as surprising. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/imperialism_and_mcquaigs_holding_the_bullys_coat URL: http://mostlywater.org/imperialism_and_mcquaigs_holding_the_bullys_coat From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 5 20:17:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:17:09 -0000 Subject: [news] 62 Die in U.S. Immigrantion Jails Since 2004 Message-ID: <20070706031709.6794.qmail@resist.ca> Sandra M. Kenley was returning home from her native Barbados in 2005 when she was swept into the United States? fastest-growing form of incarceration, immigration detention...Seven weeks later, Ms. Kenley died in a rural Virginia jail, where she had complained of not receiving medicine for high blood pressure. She was one of 62 immigrants to die in administrative custody since 2004 [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/62_die_in_u_s_immigrantion_jails_since_2004 URL: http://mostlywater.org/62_die_in_u_s_immigrantion_jails_since_2004 From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 5 20:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:40:09 -0000 Subject: [news] U.S. Border Fence Protrudes into Mexico Message-ID: <20070706034009.26012.qmail@resist.ca> The 1.5-mile barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border was designed to keep cars from illegally crossing into the United States. There's just one problem: It was accidentally built on Mexican soil. Now embarrassed border officials say the mistake could cost the federal government more than $3 million to fix. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/u_s_border_fence_protrudes_into_mexico URL: http://mostlywater.org/u_s_border_fence_protrudes_into_mexico From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 6 23:17:03 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:17:03 -0000 Subject: [news] Open Letter to the RCMP: Indigenous People Resist RCMP Violence Message-ID: <20070707061704.8506.qmail@resist.ca> OPEN LETTER TO THE RCMP RCMP Headquarters 1200 Vanier Parkway Ottawa, ON K1A 0R2 >From local Indigenous groups active on Coast Salish Territory July 5, 2007 We greatly condemn the RCMP's vicious and sinister use of violence against a six-month-old baby in the Sechelt community in BC. While the baby's face and scalp was severely burned from the RCMP's use of pepper spray on him, the RCMP chose to claim that they were justified in the violence. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/open_letter_to_the_rcmp_indigenous_people_resist_rcmp_violence URL: http://mostlywater.org/open_letter_to_the_rcmp_indigenous_people_resist_rcmp_violence From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 6 23:17:03 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:17:03 -0000 Subject: [news] The Cashless Penny Message-ID: <20070707061704.8507.qmail@resist.ca> A new report by the Bank of Canada has concluded that we should have dumped the penny two years ago. Apparently it costs about $130 million a year to make 1.4 billion pennies. That is, it costs 9 pennies to make one penny. You may ask why are pennies so expensive? Their answer: it is your fault because ?people are hoarding and not spending their pennies?. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_cashless_penny URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_cashless_penny From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 6 23:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:40:09 -0000 Subject: [news] Why are Children so Afraid of Immigration Cops? It's the Uniforms They Wear! Message-ID: <20070707064010.12636.qmail@resist.ca> [A government] review...tackled the real reason people feel so aggrieved when forcibly removed from their country of residence with the intention of sending them back to be imprisoned, tortured or live in poverty in an oppessive regime - it's the uniforms immigration officers wear!...[T]hey are now seeking tips from fashion designers when it comes to designing [immigration] enforcement officer uniforms. Out are dark navy suits, in is something...softer...like pastels. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/why_are_children_so_afraid_of_immigration_cops_its_the_uniforms_they_wear URL: http://mostlywater.org/why_are_children_so_afraid_of_immigration_cops_its_the_uniforms_they_wear From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 7 00:17:03 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:17:03 -0000 Subject: [news] The Political Paranoia Over Immigration Message-ID: <20070707071703.20210.qmail@resist.ca> The [immigration] debate has waxed and waned over the last two centuries. What hasn't changed is the temptation to substitute shrillness for commonsense and depict the most recent newcomers as lepers, terrorists and parasites whose very presence subverts our economy and threatens our democracy. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_political_paranoia_over_immigration URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_political_paranoia_over_immigration From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 7 22:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:40:09 -0000 Subject: [news] Direct Action Destroys GM Potatoes Message-ID: <20070708054009.11569.qmail@resist.ca> During the night of Friday 6th July, a group of activists converged on Britain's last remaining GM trial site just outside Cambridge. They scaled the security fences and destroyed the crop of genetically modified potatoes. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/direct_action_destroys_gm_potatoes URL: http://mostlywater.org/direct_action_destroys_gm_potatoes From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 11:17:06 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] Wide World of Junk Message-ID: <20070708181706.13496.qmail@resist.ca> Comments on movie piracy in Canada. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/wide_world_of_junk_0 URL: http://mostlywater.org/wide_world_of_junk_0 From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 11:40:13 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:40:13 -0000 Subject: [news] The 'Hated' Invasion of Iraq: Why So Few Protests? Message-ID: <20070708184014.17428.qmail@resist.ca> ...[The] sharp disillusion of voters with America's occupation of Iraq owes almost nothing to any anti-war movement...[I]n comparison to kindred movements in the 1960s and early 1970s, or to the struggles against Reagan's wars in Central America in the late 1980s, [the anti-war movement] is certainly inert. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_hated_invasion_of_iraq_why_so_few_protests URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_hated_invasion_of_iraq_why_so_few_protests From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 12:17:16 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:17:16 -0000 Subject: [news] Assimilation is a Double-Edged Sword for Immigrants Message-ID: <20070708191717.25585.qmail@resist.ca> Immigrants of color do assimilate into U.S. society, but, in contrast to white immigrants, for people of color assimilation means downward mobility. Assimilation means learning the racial order of the United States, and for people of color it means joining the lower ranks of that racial order. The association often made between assimilation and upward mobility is based on the experience of white immigrants. For immigrants of color, the trajectory of assimilation is a very different one. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/assimilation_is_a_double_edged_sword_for_immigrants URL: http://mostlywater.org/assimilation_is_a_double_edged_sword_for_immigrants From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 12:17:16 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:17:16 -0000 Subject: [news] Killing the Palestinians Message-ID: <20070708191717.25586.qmail@resist.ca> Forty years of oppression and almost sixty years of dispossession are too many years of pain for any human being. It is time for the Palestinians to be released from Israel?s vice-like control. It is time to balance the scales of justice. It is time to stop killing the Palestinians. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/killing_the_palestinians URL: http://mostlywater.org/killing_the_palestinians From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 16:40:16 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:40:16 -0000 Subject: [news] Dryden Mill workers Suffer Brain Poisoning Message-ID: <20070708234017.25070.qmail@resist.ca> Blotting out the sun Between 2002 and 2004, hundreds of workers from across the province flocked to Dryden, Ontario to help build a new recovery boiler for the Weyerhaeuser pulp and paper mill. It was supposed to be a dream job with great pay and lots of overtime. But for some workers, like Terry Melnick of Thunder Bay, it didn't turn out that way. He suffered brain poisoning. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/dryden_mill_workers_suffer_brain_poisoning URL: http://mostlywater.org/dryden_mill_workers_suffer_brain_poisoning From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 17:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Military experts say worldwide water scarcity could lead to future conflict Message-ID: <20070709001704.31691.qmail@resist.ca> Some of the world's most powerful nations are getting increasingly desperate for fresh water and observers are concerned that a day will come when countries will fight for the dwindling resource. Countries in the Middle East and Africa have long dealt with water shortages but now the likes of China, India and the United States are grappling with the problem. And the United Nations says five billion people will be living in areas with limited water availability by 2025, which will only exacerbate tensions and demand for the limited supply. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/military_experts_say_worldwide_water_scarcity_could_lead_to_future_conflict URL: http://mostlywater.org/military_experts_say_worldwide_water_scarcity_could_lead_to_future_conflict From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 18:17:03 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:17:03 -0000 Subject: [news] Will the coming oil crisis be the end of suburbia? Message-ID: <20070709011703.10657.qmail@resist.ca> Will the coming oil crisis be the end of suburbia? By ERIC R. GREEN [http://www.chieftain.com/editorial/1183874885/6][1] [read more][2] [1]: http://www.chieftain.com/editorial/1183874885/6 (http://www.chieftain.com/editorial/1183874885/6) [2]: http://mostlywater.org/node/25741 URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/25741 From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 9 05:17:14 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:17:14 -0000 Subject: [news] Making Gaza "Scream" Message-ID: <20070709121714.24408.qmail@resist.ca> Israel's unremitting repression of the Palestinians. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/making_gaza_scream URL: http://mostlywater.org/making_gaza_scream From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 9 15:17:06 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] "Awesome Rally for Sechelt" Message-ID: <20070709221707.6099.qmail@resist.ca> I'm taking this time to raise my hands up to all who came out to show their support at the rally to support the Sechelt people. It was so strong and for the Sechelt band to call to say they had sent a contingent truly added fuel to our fire and to our hearts. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/awesome_rally_for_sechelt URL: http://mostlywater.org/awesome_rally_for_sechelt From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 9 15:17:06 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] We Think Before We Act: 'Mischevious' Shawn Brant Denied Bail Message-ID: <20070709221707.6100.qmail@resist.ca> On the June 29th "Indigenous Action Day" the Canadian government had set all kinds of traps for us to fall into. We held thousands of gatherings to make our presence and issues known to the public without one act of violence...Corporate Canada tried to stir up phony accusations against Mohawk Shawn Brant of Tyendinaga...On July 5th Shawn turned himself in as he promised...He was imprisoned without bail until August 25th when he has a preliminary hearing. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/we_think_before_we_act_mischevious_shawn_brant_denied_bail URL: http://mostlywater.org/we_think_before_we_act_mischevious_shawn_brant_denied_bail From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 9 16:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Cuba has solved its energy crisis without sacrificing its environment Message-ID: <20070709231704.18722.qmail@resist.ca> HAVANA: Cuba has solved crippling energy shortages that plagued the island as recently as 2004 without sacrificing a long-term commitment to promoting environmentally friendly fuels, the head of the U.N. Environment Program said Wednesday. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/cuba_has_solved_its_energy_crisis_without_sacrificing_its_environment URL: http://mostlywater.org/cuba_has_solved_its_energy_crisis_without_sacrificing_its_environment From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 9 21:40:18 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:40:18 -0000 Subject: [news] 'Islamic Terrorists' Supported by the US: 'Black Ops' Directed Against Iran, Lebanon & Syria Message-ID: <20070710044019.14955.qmail@resist.ca> **Fatah Al Islam** is an "intelligence asset" financed by Saudi Arabia. While the Bush administration accuses Damascus [Syria] of supporting Fatah Al Islam, there are indications that the killings in the Palestinian refugee camps were the result of a carefully staged military intelligence operation. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/islamic_terrorists_supported_by_the_us_black_ops_directed_against_iran_lebanon_syria URL: http://mostlywater.org/islamic_terrorists_supported_by_the_us_black_ops_directed_against_iran_lebanon_syria From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 10 12:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:17:10 -0000 Subject: [news] Fighting Extremism Over There, So It Can Flourish Here? Message-ID: <20070710191711.24246.qmail@resist.ca> "Why has the United States committed itself to fighting religious extremism abroad while it is allowing such fanaticism to thrive at home? How can it claim to be fighting overt religious fundamentalism abroad when it is allowing overt religious fundamentalism to prosper within its borders?" [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/fighting_extremism_over_there_so_it_can_flourish_over_here URL: http://mostlywater.org/fighting_extremism_over_there_so_it_can_flourish_over_here From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 10 12:40:35 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:40:35 -0000 Subject: [news] Surviving Summer Heat Message-ID: <20070710194037.12127.qmail@resist.ca> Every year people die from heat. The summer heat can be a killer if you are not prepared, and do not understand the ways of the sun. Knowing a few essential things about heat could save your life. Whether you are involved in an auto emergency, or have gotten lost hiking, or even if you are just experiencing high heat levels in the city, there are things you should know about heat and health. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/surviving_summer_heat URL: http://mostlywater.org/surviving_summer_heat From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 10 13:17:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:17:09 -0000 Subject: [news] Street Performers Harmonize with Concrete and Trees Message-ID: <20070710201709.24011.qmail@resist.ca> I was street performing (or ?busking?) in Freeway Park in downtown Seattle yesterday and began to realize street performers harmonize with their surroundings, such as you would harmonize with a choir. A large part of street performing is creating this *comfort zone* for yourself amidst many competing sights and sounds around you. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/street_performers_harmonize_with_concrete_and_trees URL: http://mostlywater.org/street_performers_harmonize_with_concrete_and_trees From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 10 13:17:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:17:09 -0000 Subject: [news] U.S. Woman Arrested Over Dry Lawn Message-ID: <20070710201709.24013.qmail@resist.ca> A 70-year-old US woman has been left bruised and bloody after an unexpected clash with police who came to caution her for not watering her lawn...Trouble flared when Utah pensioner Betty Perry, 70, refused to give her name after being upbraided because her garden breached local regulations...She says the officer hit her with handcuffs, cutting her nose, although police insist she slipped and fell. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/u_s_woman_arrested_over_dry_lawn URL: http://mostlywater.org/u_s_woman_arrested_over_dry_lawn From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 10 13:17:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:17:09 -0000 Subject: [news] "The Richest First Nation in Canada" Message-ID: <20070710201709.24012.qmail@resist.ca> The primarily indigenous and mostly Cree (also ?Chipewyan Dene?) community of Fort MacKay ? just north of the internationally famous tar sand ?boom? city of Fort McMurray ? is said to be the ?richest First Nation in Canada.? The question should be asked: How well does this reach the entire community, and does the economic benefit outweigh the cost?[![Syncrude Plant: North of Fort McMurray][1]][2]**Syncrude Plant: **North of Fort McMurray [read more][3] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/system/files/images/100_0343.thumbnail.JPG (Syncrude Plant: North of Fort McMurray) [2]: http://mostlywater.org/ [3]: http://mostlywater.org/the_richest_first_nation_in_canada URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_richest_first_nation_in_canada From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 10 13:40:14 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:40:14 -0000 Subject: [news] Al-Qaeda Threatens War Against Iran Message-ID: <20070710204015.30193.qmail@resist.ca> The leader of an al-Qaeda umbrella group in Iraq, who was thought to have been killed by US forces, has threatened to wage war against Iran unless it stops supporting Shias in Iraq within two months...Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, head of the Islamic State in Iraq, said his Sunni fighters have been preparing to wage a battle against Shia-dominated Iran. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/al_qaeda_threatens_war_against_iran URL: http://mostlywater.org/al_qaeda_threatens_war_against_iran From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 10 14:17:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:17:09 -0000 Subject: [news] Canada Leads World in Marijuana Use Message-ID: <20070710211710.8846.qmail@resist.ca> ...[W]e can officially call ourselves Toker Nation now. According to the 2007 World Drug Report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Canada has the dubious honour of leading the industrialized world in marijuana use, at least when calculated as a percentage of population. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/canada_leads_world_in_marijuana_use URL: http://mostlywater.org/canada_leads_world_in_marijuana_use From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 11 12:17:14 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:17:14 -0000 Subject: [news] Remembering The Maestro: Music Master, Anti-Fascist Message-ID: <20070711191714.31120.qmail@resist.ca> Honoring a patriot, democrat and anti-fascist. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/remembering_the_maestro_music_master_anti_fascist URL: http://mostlywater.org/remembering_the_maestro_music_master_anti_fascist From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 11 15:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:17:10 -0000 Subject: [news] "Is This Man a Psychopath?": General Dan 'Bomber' McNeill, NATO's Commander in Afghanistan Message-ID: <20070711221710.8435.qmail@resist.ca> Following his appointment as commander of NATO's forces in Afghanistan earlier this year, **U.S. General Dan McNeill** devised a daring strategy to defeat the Taliban...His air strikes hit homes in the Kapisa province...killing nine people from four generations of a local family, including a 6-month-old child...NATO would set out to prove that its air force could kill more civilians than the number achieved by the Taliban. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/is_this_man_a_psychopath_general_dan_bomber_mcneill_natos_commander_in_afghanistan URL: http://mostlywater.org/is_this_man_a_psychopath_general_dan_bomber_mcneill_natos_commander_in_afghanistan From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 11 19:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:40:09 -0000 Subject: [news] Increasing Precarity: The Politics of Migrant Labor Message-ID: <20070712024010.32171.qmail@resist.ca> According to the United Nations, nearly 400 million people are migrant workers inside their own countries or outside their countries of birth. Whether in search of refuge or a more prosperous future, people are increasingly migrating...[T]he existence of a hyper-exploitable migrant workforce in the U.S and Canada is part of a global phenomenon where transnational migration flows bring...South Asian workers into the Middle East; North African labor into Europe; Central Americans into Mexico; and Thai and Korean workers into Japan and Australia. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/increasing_precarity_the_politics_of_migrant_labor URL: http://mostlywater.org/increasing_precarity_the_politics_of_migrant_labor From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 11 20:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Al Aqsa Brigades Demand Removal of Palestinian Prime Minister Message-ID: <20070712031704.7945.qmail@resist.ca> The **Al Aqsa Brigades**, the armed wing of [the] **Fateh** movement, issued a press release Friday evening rejecting statements of the assigned Palestinian Prime Minister, **Salaam Fayyad**, and demanded [Palestinian] President Mahmoud Abbas remove him from his post...The brigades...stated that Fayyad said...that the resistance brought miseries to the Palestinian people, and added that "now the truth is clear to us, Fayyad is America?s man in Palestine..." [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/al_aqsa_brigades_demand_removal_of_palestinian_prime_minister URL: http://mostlywater.org/al_aqsa_brigades_demand_removal_of_palestinian_prime_minister From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 11 21:40:08 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:40:08 -0000 Subject: [news] Campaign to Stop and Tear Down the Border Wall of Death Message-ID: <20070712044009.7237.qmail@resist.ca> Se invita a su organizaci?n o movimiento a que se una a esta campana contra el Muro de la Muerte que ya se preparan para construir entre Texas y los estados fronterizos en M?xico. __________________________ This is an invitation to you and your organization or movement to join the Campaign to STOP and TEAR down the Wall of Death on the US-Mexico border in particular to the Texas-Mexico borders. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/campaign_to_stop_and_tear_down_the_border_wall_of_death URL: http://mostlywater.org/campaign_to_stop_and_tear_down_the_border_wall_of_death From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 12 11:40:19 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:40:19 -0000 Subject: [news] The Liberal Thrashing of Ward Churchill Message-ID: <20070712184021.15264.qmail@resist.ca> The shameless trashing of Ward Churchill from the left side of our political setting was perhaps the most grotesque of all the attacks faced by the tenured University of Colorado professor after his essay "Some [People] Push Back" began making headlines in early 2005. It was predictable that right-wingers...would blather about Churchill being un-American, but the liberal loathing of the radical academic came with an extra unexpected fervor. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_liberal_thrashing_of_ward_churchill URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_liberal_thrashing_of_ward_churchill From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 12 17:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Some Words for David Brophy Message-ID: <20070713001705.8209.qmail@resist.ca> With deep sadness verging on despair we are sorry to have to say that one of our closest and dearest ?Friends?, David Brophy, on Monday July 9 brought his own life to an end. Dave was one of our founding members and for years was a tireless driving force behind our efforts. He inspired many people as a non indigenous person who understood and practiced an ethical relation to indigenous peoples and a supportive role in their struggles. He made a difference in the struggle for a better world, a saner way of living in balance with nature, a society based on bonds of trust and justice. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/some_words_for_david_brophy URL: http://mostlywater.org/some_words_for_david_brophy From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 12 17:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] RCMP, U.S. Army Block Public Forum on the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) Message-ID: <20070713001705.8208.qmail@resist.ca> The **Council of Canadians** has been told it will not be allowed to rent a municipal community centre for a public forum it had planned to coincide with the next Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summit in Montebello, Quebec...The Municipality of Papineauville, which is about six kilometres from Montebello, has informed the Council of Canadians that the RCMP, the S?ret? du Qu?bec (SQ) and the U.S. Army will not allow the municipality to rent the [Community] Centre... [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/rcmp_u_s_army_block_public_forum_on_the_security_and_prosperity_partnership_spp URL: http://mostlywater.org/rcmp_u_s_army_block_public_forum_on_the_security_and_prosperity_partnership_spp From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 12 21:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:17:10 -0000 Subject: [news] Hamas Describes it's Goals for All of Palestine Message-ID: <20070713041710.25009.qmail@resist.ca> ...[A] state may have a right to exist, but not absolutely at the expense of other states, or...at the expense of millions of human individuals and their rights to justice. Why should anyone concede Israel's "right" to exist, when it has never even acknowledged the foundational crimes of murder and ethnic cleansing by means of which Israel took our towns and villages, our farms and orchards, and made us a nation of refugees? [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/hamas_describes_its_goals_for_all_of_palestine URL: http://mostlywater.org/hamas_describes_its_goals_for_all_of_palestine From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 12 21:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:17:10 -0000 Subject: [news] Sechelt Reserve Sit-In Targets Chief Over Pepper-Spray Incident Message-ID: <20070713041711.25010.qmail@resist.ca> About 60 members of the Sechelt Indian Band on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast have locked down three buildings, demanding their chief resign over his handling of a pepper-spraying incident involving RCMP...Robert Joe, one of the band members involved in the standoff, [said]...they are upset because they feel Chief Stan Dixon acted alone when he accepted an apology from the RCMP after the incident on July 2. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/sechelt_reserve_sit_in_targets_chief_over_pepper_spray_incident URL: http://mostlywater.org/sechelt_reserve_sit_in_targets_chief_over_pepper_spray_incident From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 12 22:17:06 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] John Graham Says Native Chiefs Under FBI Spell Message-ID: <20070713051706.4970.qmail@resist.ca> An East Vancouver Native man has criticized (Members of Parliament] and Canadian aboriginal leaders for not speaking out forcefully against his looming extradition to the United States on a first-degree murder charge. During a jailhouse interview with the Georgia Straight in the North Fraser Pretrial Centre, John Graham denied killing celebrated Canadian Native activist Anna Mae Aquash... [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/john_graham_says_native_chiefs_under_fbi_spell URL: http://mostlywater.org/john_graham_says_native_chiefs_under_fbi_spell From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 12 22:40:13 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:40:13 -0000 Subject: [news] Who Will Save Palestine? Message-ID: <20070713054014.24699.qmail@resist.ca> Both [the West Bank & Gaza] are still under Israel's military occupation -- one shunned and isolated by political intrigue and the other apparently working at cooperating with the occupier, and there's the tragedy of it all. Nothing that has happened in the last fortnight has stopped Israel in its tracks. Life for the Palestinians in the occupied territories is just as bitter and just as terrifying as it ever was only with a new dimension -- no one knows whom to believe or if there is a viable Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) left to champion their struggle against Israel's unrelenting land theft, apartheid practices and violent human rights abuses. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/who_will_save_palestine URL: http://mostlywater.org/who_will_save_palestine From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 13 11:17:32 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:17:32 -0000 Subject: [news] The Palestinian National Initiative & the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Message-ID: <20070713181735.22715.qmail@resist.ca> ...[W]e are promoting the _Initiative for National Salvation_ as a national solution to the crisis...In order for this dialogue to succeed and for national unity to be re-established, there must be the formation of a unified, temporary decision-making body within the Palestine Liberation Organisation, which is responsible for the Palestinian Authority and is the sole, legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. This interim body should include all Palestinian political forces without exceptions... [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_palestinian_national_initiative_the_popular_front_for_the_liberation_of_palestine URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_palestinian_national_initiative_the_popular_front_for_the_liberation_of_palestine From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 13 15:17:06 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] China: 'Uncivilised' Elements Cleared from Subway Stations in Preparation for Olympics Message-ID: <20070713221706.20330.qmail@resist.ca> Beijing plans to start clearing beggars and other "uncivilised" elements from major city subway stations next week as it continues sprucing up for next year's Olympics...Enforcement teams will begin patrolling four key lines...to chase out the beggars, peddlers and performers who flock to subway stations during the summer to escape the city heat... [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/china_uncivilised_elements_cleared_from_subway_stations_in_preparation_for_olympics URL: http://mostlywater.org/china_uncivilised_elements_cleared_from_subway_stations_in_preparation_for_olympics From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 13 15:17:06 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] Disruption Of Hindu Chaplain's Senate Prayer Shows Religious Right's Intolerance Message-ID: <20070713221706.20331.qmail@resist.ca> Religious Right activists want government to reflect...their faith [only]..._Americans United for Separation of Church and State_ today deplored the disruption by Religious Right activists of a Hindu chaplain?s prayer to open the U.S. Senate..."This shows the intolerance of many Religious Right activists,"..."They say they want more religion in the public square, but it?s clear they mean only their religion." [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/disruption_of_hindu_chaplains_senate_prayer_shows_religious_rights_intolerance URL: http://mostlywater.org/disruption_of_hindu_chaplains_senate_prayer_shows_religious_rights_intolerance From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 13 18:40:13 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:40:13 -0000 Subject: [news] Community Housing in Victoria's Fernwood Message-ID: <20070714014013.31732.qmail@resist.ca> Journey of 10,000 miles begins with one small step. This is what 4 of us did back in 1972. Tired of living in houses that were to be demolished, taken over by landlords or sold, we decided to buy a house together. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/community_housing_in_fernwood_victoria URL: http://mostlywater.org/community_housing_in_fernwood_victoria From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 13 18:40:13 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:40:13 -0000 Subject: [news] No One is Illegal - Vancouver: Target the North American Competitiveness Council and Security & Prosperity Partnership! Message-ID: <20070714014014.31735.qmail@resist.ca> In support of the continental calls for resistance to the **Security & Prosperity Partnership (SPP)**, _No One is Illegal - Vancouver_ has recently begun a campaign to target the membership of the **North American Competitiveness Council (NACC)** and it's involvement in the SPP...We encourage those interested to get in touch and join us in organizing various forms of resistance to the NACC and also to organize autonomous actions as part of a broad movement to oppose the destructive plans of the SPP. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/no_one_is_illegal_vancouver_target_the_north_american_competitiveness_council_and_security_prosperity_partnership URL: http://mostlywater.org/no_one_is_illegal_vancouver_target_the_north_american_competitiveness_council_and_security_prosperity_partnership From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 14 17:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Support Their Troops Message-ID: <20070715001704.390.qmail@resist.ca> ...[T]he grand taboo of the [US] antiwar movement is to show the slightest empathy for the resistance fighters in Iraq. They are never mentioned as people for whom we should show concern, much less admiration...[I]f you are going to sympathize with the US soldiers, who are fighting a war of aggression, than surely you should also sympathize with the soldiers who are fighting for their homeland. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/support_their_troops URL: http://mostlywater.org/support_their_troops From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 14 17:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Free Benefit Concert Honors America's Oldest Domestic Violence Shelter for Native American Women Message-ID: <20070715001704.389.qmail@resist.ca> A Michigan family folk group will hold a free concert on **August 12**, 2007 to benefit America's **first Native American battered woman's shelter** in Mission, South Dakota. The concert honors 30 years of service to the women and children of the Lakota Rosebud reservation. The motto of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc.: _Domestic Violence Is Not A Lakota Tradition._ The benefit concert is at 5 pm local time on August 12, 2007 at the Custer Lutheran Fellowship, a Custer, S.D. Church. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/free_benefit_concert_honors_americas_oldest_domestic_violence_shelter_for_native_american_women URL: http://mostlywater.org/free_benefit_concert_honors_americas_oldest_domestic_violence_shelter_for_native_american_women From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 14 20:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] How the Far Right Targets Africa Message-ID: <20070715031705.14751.qmail@resist.ca> When President George W. Bush announced the formation of a military command for Africa (AFRICOM)...it came as no surprise to the **Heritage Foundation**. The powerful right-wing organization designed it. The Heritage Foundation, founded in 1973 by ultra-conservatives Paul Weyrich and Joseph Coors...has a strong presence in the Bush Administration...[and] a [high] profile when it comes to Africa policy..._Pre-emptive strikes are justified on grounds of self-defense. America must not be afraid to employ its forces decisively when vital national interests are threatened._ [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/how_the_far_right_targets_africa URL: http://mostlywater.org/how_the_far_right_targets_africa From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 14 20:40:08 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:40:08 -0000 Subject: [news] A Story from an ICE Detention Facility Message-ID: <20070715034009.1265.qmail@resist.ca> Sr. X is an undocumented worker who resides in the West Coast. In 2007 he was taken in hand cuffs from his town by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and transported to a West Coast detention facility. There he was forced to put on one of three colors of jumpsuits. His jumpsuit was blue, the other colors being orange and red. Red signified the highest level of ?illegality,? orange the medium level and blue the lowest threat level. Sr. X was put into a large room that, while he was there, held 200 human beings. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/a_story_from_an_ice_detention_facility URL: http://mostlywater.org/a_story_from_an_ice_detention_facility From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 14 23:17:03 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 06:17:03 -0000 Subject: [news] Workers Urge Air France to Stop Expelling Immigrants Message-ID: <20070715061703.12731.qmail@resist.ca> French trade unions have urged Air France to stop using its planes to deport illegal immigrants...The unions say some of their members have been traumatised by witnessing the handling of failed asylum seekers forcibly sent home on Air France jets. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/workers_urge_air_france_to_stop_expelling_immigrants URL: http://mostlywater.org/workers_urge_air_france_to_stop_expelling_immigrants From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 15 15:17:03 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:17:03 -0000 Subject: [news] CIA Terror Bombings Message-ID: <20070715221703.21216.qmail@resist.ca> ...[I]n 1983...an American military barracks was bombed, killing 241 marines...That bombing was..."itself a bloody reprisal for earlier American acts of intervention and diplomatic betrayal in Lebanon's civil war"...CIA director **William Casey** decided...to undertake reprisals [and]...target a Shia cleric, **Muhammad Husain Fadlallah**, "because of his reputation for fiery sermons in favor of social justice and national independence"...The CIA did not just try to assassinate Muhammad Husain Fadlallah. Instead the Agency carbombed his entire neighborhood...Whether or not the cleric was the perpetrator, the message would be clear to all concerned: _attacks on American marines would result in retribution against the whole offending community._ [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/cia_terror_bombings URL: http://mostlywater.org/cia_terror_bombings From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 15 15:40:11 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:40:11 -0000 Subject: [news] Why Do They Hate Us? A Case Study in Western Morality Message-ID: <20070715224012.24867.qmail@resist.ca> Islamic militants insist the west exploits their nations by keeping deeply corrupt regimes in power. In exchange for protection from their own people and neighbours, and fabulous wealth, these authoritarian Arab regimes -- always termed "moderates" by western media -- sell oil on the cheap to the west and do its bidding. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/why_do_they_hate_us_a_case_study_in_western_morality URL: http://mostlywater.org/why_do_they_hate_us_a_case_study_in_western_morality From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 15 15:40:11 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:40:11 -0000 Subject: [news] Five Ways to Stay Focused During a Decline in the Movement Message-ID: <20070715224011.24869.qmail@resist.ca> Although we ?know? that our political fortunes will vacillate, dealing with a downward shift in movement activity is always tough. It is common to feel depressed, estranged from friends, and without a sense of purpose...I tried to reflect on what was happening and remain attentive to strategies that helped me cope. Below I?ve compiled a list of the five that I found most useful. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/five_ways_to_stay_focused_during_a_decline_in_the_movement URL: http://mostlywater.org/five_ways_to_stay_focused_during_a_decline_in_the_movement From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 15 16:17:08 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:17:08 -0000 Subject: [news] Gender Savagery in Guatemala Message-ID: <20070715231709.31648.qmail@resist.ca> Nightmarish crimes against women have been occurring with horrifying frequency in Guatemala. In the last seven years, over 3,200 Guatemalan women have been abducted and murdered, with many of them raped, tortured, and mutilated in the doing. The number of victims has shown a striking increase in the last few years with some six hundred murdered in 2006 alone...Independent investigators charge that the vast majority of present-day atrocities against women have been committed by current or former members of the Guatemalan intelligence services. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/gender_savagery_in_guatemala URL: http://mostlywater.org/gender_savagery_in_guatemala From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 16 00:17:03 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:17:03 -0000 Subject: [news] The White House Has a Manual for Silencing Protesters Message-ID: <20070716071704.27075.qmail@resist.ca> After a myriad of stories about people being excluded from events where the [US] President is speaking, now we know that the White House had a policy manual on just how to do so...Called the "Presidential Advance Manual," this 103-page document from the Office of Presidential Advance lays out the parameters for how to handle protesters at events. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_white_house_has_a_manual_for_silencing_protesters URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_white_house_has_a_manual_for_silencing_protesters From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 16 11:17:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:17:09 -0000 Subject: [news] Plan Iraq: Permanent Occupation Message-ID: <20070716181709.17412.qmail@resist.ca> Plans in place for the permanent occupation of Iraq. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/plan_iraq_permanent_occupation URL: http://mostlywater.org/plan_iraq_permanent_occupation From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 16 11:40:29 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:40:29 -0000 Subject: [news] The Humanitarian Hawks of Harvard Message-ID: <20070716184031.23121.qmail@resist.ca> Should a human rights center at the [US'] most prestigious university be collaborating with the top US general in Iraq in designing the counter-insurgency doctrine behind the current military surge?...The new [counter-insurgency] doctrine was jointly developed with academics at the _Carr Center for Human Rights_ at Harvard. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_humanitarian_hawks_of_harvard URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_humanitarian_hawks_of_harvard From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 16 15:40:15 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:40:15 -0000 Subject: [news] Wide World of Junk Message-ID: <20070716224016.15710.qmail@resist.ca> [![Wide World of Junk][1]][2] Here 's some information on the whole video piracy debate ...as if anyone really cares. Remember that meeting between the Harpies and Conan the Austrian? [read more][2] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/system/files/images/garbage.thumbnail.jpg (Wide World of Junk) [2]: http://mostlywater.org/wide_world_of_junk URL: http://mostlywater.org/wide_world_of_junk From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 16 16:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Harper Rejects Criticism of Trade with Colombia Message-ID: <20070716231705.23930.qmail@resist.ca> Prime Minister Stephen Harper dismisses criticism that Canada should build free-trade links with problem-plagued Colombia...The prime minister announced that Canada will [have] free-trade negotiations with Colombia, considered the most violent country in the western hemisphere...Human rights and other non-governmental groups in Colombia were quick to attack the free-trade talks. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/harper_rejects_criticism_of_trade_with_colombia URL: http://mostlywater.org/harper_rejects_criticism_of_trade_with_colombia From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 16 16:17:05 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Overcrowding Leads to Lung Infections in Young Inuit Children Message-ID: <20070716231705.23931.qmail@resist.ca> Overcrowding and bad ventilation appear to be to blame for the high number of lung infections in young Inuit children, finds a new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal...Inuit infants in the Baffin region of Nunavut have the highest reported rate of hospital admission in the world, because of severe...lung infections, with annualized rates of up to 306 per 1000 infants. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/overcrowding_leads_to_lung_infections_in_young_inuit_children URL: http://mostlywater.org/overcrowding_leads_to_lung_infections_in_young_inuit_children From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 17 00:17:03 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:17:03 -0000 Subject: [news] "I Can End Your Life with the Stroke of a Pen": Teens Facing 80-100 Years Without Parole Message-ID: <20070717071704.23623.qmail@resist.ca> ...[T]he morning after 3 black students attempted to integrate Jena High School's playground by sitting in the traditionally all white area under a tree...three nooses were left hanging from the tree's branches...When the boys who hung the nooses were caught and the superintendent brushed it off as a "harmless prank," every black student in school crowded under the tree in protest. The District Attorney was called...to end the protest...[H]e held a pen in the air and told them all "I can end your life with the stroke of a pen." A week later he tried to make good on his promise. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/i_can_end_your_life_with_the_stroke_of_a_pen_teens_facing_80_100_years_without_parole URL: http://mostlywater.org/i_can_end_your_life_with_the_stroke_of_a_pen_teens_facing_80_100_years_without_parole From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 17 07:17:06 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] Anarchist Group Preparing Demonstration at S.P.P. Meetings Message-ID: <20070717141706.3447.qmail@resist.ca> An anarchist group is planning a protest during Security and Prosperity Partnership meetings being held in Montebello, Quebec about 80 km east of Ottawa. The group called P.G.A. Bloc Ottawa is preparing demonstrations in hope of disrupting the meetings between Prime Minister Stephen Harper, U.S. President George Bush and Mexican President Felipe Calderon. The three leaders will be discussing the S.P.P at Chateau Montebello on August 20th and 21st. Quebec provincial police say people have the right to peacefully protest but they will be there to protect area residents. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/node/26441 URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/26441 From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 17 11:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:17:10 -0000 Subject: [news] Overcoming Zionism Message-ID: <20070717181711.26202.qmail@resist.ca> **Joel Kovel** has given us an impressive, important book...Kovel takes the discussion on how to "overcome" Zionism exactly where it ought to be and articulates how this may be accomplished. He writes beautifully, even poetically, not just on Zionism's sordid history, but on its ideology, its ethics, even on the terrible ecological devastation in Israel itself...And he writes with courage and hope. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/overcoming_zionism URL: http://mostlywater.org/overcoming_zionism From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 17 23:40:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:40:10 -0000 Subject: [news] One Civilian Massacre at a Time: Losing the War in Afghanistan Message-ID: <20070718064011.18933.qmail@resist.ca> On the basis of the way that US/NATO propaganda is presented, the argument could be made by insurgents that they are fighting in their own country against foreign invaders and their killing of civilians takes place because foreigners occupy civilian areas and therefore place civilians at risk. We all realize that suicide bombings by bloodthirsty lunatics have been deliberate and merciless and have killed dozens of innocent people but it is morally corrupt to claim that US air strikes are one bit less evil when they kill women and children. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/one_civilian_massacre_at_a_time_losing_the_war_in_afghanistan URL: http://mostlywater.org/one_civilian_massacre_at_a_time_losing_the_war_in_afghanistan From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 18 00:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] SPP: NAFTA Kicked Up A Notch Message-ID: <20070718071704.26416.qmail@resist.ca> The **North American Free Trade Agreement** is the world's most advanced example of the U.S.-led free trade model. It's not just about economics any more. The expansion of NAFTA into the **Security and Prosperity Partnership** reveals the road ahead for other nations entering into free trade agreements. It is not a road most nations -- or the U.S. public -- would take if they knew where it led. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/spp_nafta_kicked_up_a_notch URL: http://mostlywater.org/spp_nafta_kicked_up_a_notch From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 18 00:40:30 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:40:30 -0000 Subject: [news] Cheney Urges Bush to Strike Iran Message-ID: <20070718074034.13380.qmail@resist.ca> "Cheney Pushes Bush to Act on Iran." That's the headline of a very frightening article by Ewen MacAskill and Julian Borger in the London _Guardian_...What a nightmare Dick Cheney is visiting on our planet! Isn't it time we awaken to the fact that he's a crazed monster egging on a vain, cruel, delusional religious fanatic of a president as he inflicts incalculable suffering on the Middle East... [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/cheney_urges_bush_to_strike_iran URL: http://mostlywater.org/cheney_urges_bush_to_strike_iran From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 18 12:40:26 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:40:26 -0000 Subject: [news] The Homestead Steel Strike: A Bloody Landmark in Labor History Message-ID: <20070718194029.30041.qmail@resist.ca> The bloody struggles of 1892 had demonstrated to working people the great strength and determination of those who would deny them equality, but also the strength and determination that their forces could muster. It showed them what must be done and gave them hope that ultimately they could do it. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_homestead_steel_strike_a_bloody_landmark_in_labor_history URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_homestead_steel_strike_a_bloody_landmark_in_labor_history From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 18 14:17:15 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:17:15 -0000 Subject: [news] Privatizing Women: Military Prostitution and the Iraq Occupation Message-ID: <20070718211715.26647.qmail@resist.ca> [A military] contractor employee living in the Green Zone reported..."[I]t took me 4 months to get my connections. We have a...[Personal Security Detail] contact who brings us these Iraqi cuties." Western contractors' e-mails also suggest that some Chinese, Filipina, Iranian and Eastern European women may also be prostituted to Americans and other Westerners within Iraq. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/privatizing_women_military_prostitution_and_the_iraq_occupation URL: http://mostlywater.org/privatizing_women_military_prostitution_and_the_iraq_occupation From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 18 15:17:22 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:17:22 -0000 Subject: [news] Anarchist Bank Robber Gets 25 Years Message-ID: <20070718221723.5878.qmail@resist.ca> Athens - A self-proclaimed anarchist bank robber arrested after a shoot-out in Athens city centre in 2006 was jailed for 25 years on Tuesday. To jeers from dozens of young anarchists and amid a heavy police presence, an Athens criminal court found 28-year-old Iannis Dimitrakis guilty of armed robbery, attempted homicide and membership of a criminal organisation. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/node/26490 URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/26490 From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 18 21:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Cop Faces Discipline for Testifying for Defence in Ian Bush Inquiry Message-ID: <20070719041704.25059.qmail@resist.ca> The Edmonton Police Service contends [Const. Joe] Slemko places himself in a conflict every time he testifies for the defence...Slemko has defied the policy because he says he won't compromise his values as a police officer. He has twice been cited for insubordination for testifying for the defence and is facing a third internal disciplinary hearing this fall. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/cop_faces_discipline_for_testifying_for_defence_in_ian_bush_inquiry URL: http://mostlywater.org/cop_faces_discipline_for_testifying_for_defence_in_ian_bush_inquiry From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 18 21:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] US Marine Guilty of Killing Iraqi Civilian Message-ID: <20070719041704.25060.qmail@resist.ca> A US marine has been found guilty of kidnapping and conspiring to murder an Iraqi civilian shot dead during an overnight raid near Baghdad last year...Cpl Trent Thomas was the first of eight members of an infantry unit to go on trial for the killing of Hashim Ibrahim Awad, 52, in Hamdaniya in April 2006. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/us_marine_guilty_of_killing_iraqi_civilian URL: http://mostlywater.org/us_marine_guilty_of_killing_iraqi_civilian From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 18 21:40:11 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:40:11 -0000 Subject: [news] Police Repression in Oaxaca Kills One, 62 Detained, Disappearances Message-ID: <20070719044011.29340.qmail@resist.ca> Today in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, a confrontation between the APPO (Popular Assembly of The Peoples of Oaxaca) and security forces of the State of Oaxaca as well as Federal Preventive Police has left at least one movement participant dead as a result of police violence, at least 62 detained, and an unknown number of people disappeared. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/police_repression_in_oaxaca_kills_one_62_detained_disappearances URL: http://mostlywater.org/police_repression_in_oaxaca_kills_one_62_detained_disappearances From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 19 12:40:23 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:40:23 -0000 Subject: [news] "Don't be Yourself, and You'll be Okay": Gay Man Killed After Refugee Claim Denied Message-ID: <20070719194025.12659.qmail@resist.ca> Friends of a former Vancouver resident murdered in Mexico whose refugee claim was rejected by Canada are claiming he was killed because he was gay, and calling into question this country's attitude toward queer refugees seeking asylum...**Enrique Villegas**, 35, was found dead in his apartment in Mexico City Apr 7, just over four years after his refugee claim ? which he made based on his sexual orientation ? was denied by the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB). [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/dont_be_yourself_and_youll_be_okay_gay_man_killed_after_refugee_claim_denied URL: http://mostlywater.org/dont_be_yourself_and_youll_be_okay_gay_man_killed_after_refugee_claim_denied From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 19 13:17:41 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:17:41 -0000 Subject: [news] The Militarization and Annexation of North America Message-ID: <20070719201744.23553.qmail@resist.ca> The hostile corporate takeover of North America. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_militarization_and_annexation_of_north_america URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_militarization_and_annexation_of_north_america From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 19 14:17:05 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Canada in Afghanistan: New Direction or Damage Control? Message-ID: <20070719211705.4744.qmail@resist.ca> It is a simple matter for officials from the US-NATO coalition to demonize our enemies while ignoring the crimes committed by our current allies, the Northern Alliance. In 2001, the US responded to the defiance of the Taliban by taking sides with their equally unsavory enemies in a country that endured a devastating civil war (1992- 1996). How did this help Afghans? Most Afghans want the unindicted war criminals and warlords in [Afghan President] Hamid Karzai?s cabinet to be brought to justice, not supported by the West. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/canada_in_afghanistan_new_direction_or_damage_control URL: http://mostlywater.org/canada_in_afghanistan_new_direction_or_damage_control From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 19 14:17:05 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] The Theory of Altruistic Government Message-ID: <20070719211705.4743.qmail@resist.ca> Brent Jessop - [Knowledge Driven Revolution.com][1] - July 18, 2007 What is _The Theory of Altruistic Government_? In short, it is the irrational belief that the government will do what they promised to do because they were elected to do it. For us non-believers, this notion is quite silly. Government has never answered to those who vote for them, they have much more important paymasters to answer to than the electorate. But for some reason 'The Theory of Altruistic Government' persists in many sectors of society. Now here is a tip for those who are starting to question their faith: when the government supports an idea, it is bad. Simple and useful. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.knowledgedrivenrevolution.com [2]: http://mostlywater.org/the_theory_of_altruistic_government URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_theory_of_altruistic_government From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 19 18:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Mobilization Against the SPP: Protest Against Bush, Harper & Calderon - August 19-21, Montebello, Quebec Message-ID: <20070720011704.17366.qmail@resist.ca> The **Security & Prosperity Partnership** reinforces the idea of "Fortress North America", whereby the rich and privileged live in gated communities and gentrified cities, protected by police and security, with easy movement for capital between borders; for the rest, there's border fences, detention centers, prisons, surveillance, and increased precarity...When George Bush, Stephen Harper and Felipe Calderon try to meet [in]...Montebello, we are going to protest and try to disrupt their meeting. There will be activities from August 19-21, with a...convergence [in] Montebello (or as close as possible to Montebello) at 3pm on MONDAY, AUGUST 20. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/mobilization_against_the_spp_protest_against_bush_harper_calderon_august_19_21_montebello_quebec URL: http://mostlywater.org/mobilization_against_the_spp_protest_against_bush_harper_calderon_august_19_21_montebello_quebec From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 19 22:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Police Surround Peasant Demonstrators in Vietnam Message-ID: <20070720051704.31278.qmail@resist.ca> Police in Vietnam have started surrounding hundreds of peasants who have been demonstrating in Ho Chi Minh City for almost a month over land disputes, a demonstrator said overnight. About 200 demonstrators, most of whom are women, have been encircled by "many police, both in plain clothes and uniform"... [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/police_surround_peasant_demonstrators_in_vietnam URL: http://mostlywater.org/police_surround_peasant_demonstrators_in_vietnam From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 20 21:40:11 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:40:11 -0000 Subject: [news] The Politics of Complaining, Grumbling, and Whining Message-ID: <20070721044011.6983.qmail@resist.ca> I know that certain topics generate more ?whining? slurs directed towards me than others. When I speak about poverty issues or sexism, I get markedly more accusations of ?whining? than when I complain about the Iraq War or the environment?s destruction. Although in the 1970?s, when I complained about environmental issues, I was labeled a ?whiner?...Thus ?whining? has some political context to it. Different things are perceived as ?whines? in different eras. Since certain topics are perceived as ?whining? topics, due, it seems, to the status quo, it makes sense that ?whining? has political implications. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_politics_of_complaining_grumbling_and_whining URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_politics_of_complaining_grumbling_and_whining From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 20 23:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] =?utf-8?q?Harper=E2=80=99s?= Foreign Policy of American Convenience Message-ID: <20070721061704.6359.qmail@resist.ca> Stephen Harper has been making much of himself lately, promoting his version of how to achieve global peace and prosperity, with talks and presentations on Afghanistan and Columbia. The central tenet of his global approach is apparently to support those ideas and governments that are of convenience to American foreign policy. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/harper_s_foreign_policy_of_american_convenience URL: http://mostlywater.org/harper_s_foreign_policy_of_american_convenience From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 20 23:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:40:09 -0000 Subject: [news] The Invisible Government Message-ID: <20070721064009.10127.qmail@resist.ca> In a speech in Chicago, **John Pilger** describes how propaganda has become such a potent force in our lives and, in the words of one of its founders, represents 'an invisible government'. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_invisible_government URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_invisible_government From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 21 00:17:03 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:17:03 -0000 Subject: [news] Another Step Toward War With Iran Message-ID: <20070721071704.17317.qmail@resist.ca> The Democrats certainly don?t contest Bush?s Middle East foreign policy, they embrace it. Just last week the Senate voted 97-0 in favor of moving toward war with Iran. So while the Democrats call for withdraw of our troops from Iraq in the future, they insist we must keep an eye on Iran... [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/another_step_toward_war_with_iran URL: http://mostlywater.org/another_step_toward_war_with_iran From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 21 13:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Resist the SPP!: Callout for 5 Days of Decentralized Direct Action and Economic Sabotage Message-ID: <20070721201704.12728.qmail@resist.ca> This is a call to action against the companies and governments who govern our lives through law and capital. Since the beginning of the invasion process, capitalism and state governance have perpetuated colonization on the lands of Turtle Island. This process has not stopped. Instead, it takes new forms through the neo-liberal agenda and continues under the authority of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/resist_the_spp_callout_for_5_days_of_decentralized_direct_action_and_economic_sabotage URL: http://mostlywater.org/resist_the_spp_callout_for_5_days_of_decentralized_direct_action_and_economic_sabotage From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 21 13:40:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:40:10 -0000 Subject: [news] "I Complained and They Put Me in Prison": British Cops Assault Rape Allegations Message-ID: <20070721204011.16365.qmail@resist.ca> Ann Marie stood shaking and sobbing in a quiet side hallway inside the stately Parliament building recently as powerful people walked by oblivious to her pain...The reason for Ann Marie's tears relates to her failure to get anyone in power anywhere in London to help with the source of her wrenching pain: the 2005 rape of her eldest son by police in the Stoke Newington section of London. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/i_complained_and_they_put_me_in_prison_british_cops_assault_rape_allegations URL: http://mostlywater.org/i_complained_and_they_put_me_in_prison_british_cops_assault_rape_allegations From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 21 22:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 05:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Property is Racism Message-ID: <20070722051705.7252.qmail@resist.ca> The operation of capitalism over the last five hundred years has yielded the result that the greatest share of the world's wealth, and the firmest grip on the control levers of the world's economy and politics, are held by the white race...It is the mania for control, rather then merely religious bigotry or fanatical avarice, that fuels the drive for white supremacy. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/property_is_racism URL: http://mostlywater.org/property_is_racism From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 22 00:17:05 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Toronto Cops Attack Chilean Soccer Players Message-ID: <20070722071705.9105.qmail@resist.ca> An angry post-match confrontation between Chilean soccer players and Toronto police has escalated to become an international incident, with officials in Santiago laying the blame squarely on Canadian authorities...Chilean President Michelle Bachelet told local reporters she was dismayed with the use of "unjustified aggression" by Toronto police after a bloody brawl following a FIFA U-20 World Cup match late Thursday. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/toronto_cops_attack_chilean_soccer_players URL: http://mostlywater.org/toronto_cops_attack_chilean_soccer_players From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 22 12:40:11 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:40:11 -0000 Subject: [news] Woodworkers Initiate Strike Action Against Forest Companies Message-ID: <20070722194011.17839.qmail@resist.ca> At midnight Friday members of the United Steelworkers (USW) [began] strike action against 31 member companies of Forest Industrial Relations (FIR) and Island Timberlands..."This is about restoring dignity and respect for our members so they are employed safely, don?t have their jobs contracted out and receive proper severance when their jobs are gone"... [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/woodworkers_initiate_strike_action_against_forest_companies URL: http://mostlywater.org/woodworkers_initiate_strike_action_against_forest_companies From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 22 13:17:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:17:09 -0000 Subject: [news] Vancouver Civic Workers Set to Strike Message-ID: <20070722201709.24336.qmail@resist.ca> [Vancouver's] outside workers have jumped the gun on their strike this morning and immediately ended garbage collection...The move follows a vote by civic inside workers late Thursday to reject what the City of Vancouver called its "final offer" by 89 per cent. The union said it would issue a 72-hour strike notice this morning..."[This] shows the degree to which civic workers are aghast at the City of Vancouver and Bureau's total refusal to engage in legitimate bargaining and sends a clear message to the city that they need to get back to the bargaining table"... [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/vancouver_civic_workers_set_to_strike URL: http://mostlywater.org/vancouver_civic_workers_set_to_strike From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 22 14:17:07 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:17:07 -0000 Subject: [news] U.S. Building Detention Centres for 'Massive Influx' of Migrants & 'New Programs' Message-ID: <20070722211707.2779.qmail@resist.ca> ...[R]ecent developments suggest that the Bush administration may already be contemplating what to do with Americans who are deemed insufficiently loyal or who disseminate information that may be considered helpful to the enemy...[T]here was [also] that curious development in January when the Army...awarded...Kellogg Brown & Root a $385 million contract to construct detention centers somewhere in the United States, to deal with "an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs".... [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/u_s_building_detention_centres_for_massive_influx_of_migrants_new_programs URL: http://mostlywater.org/u_s_building_detention_centres_for_massive_influx_of_migrants_new_programs From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 22 22:40:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:40:10 -0000 Subject: [news] South Korea: Labour Strife Escalates as New Labour Law Comes into Effect Message-ID: <20070723054010.17759.qmail@resist.ca> On July 1st South Korea's new Law on Non-Regular Work came into effect. The principle of the law was to protect non-regular workers, but in practice the way in which it has been put together and implemented has led to protection only for a few and increased precariousness for many. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/south_korea_labour_strife_escalates_as_new_labour_law_comes_into_effect URL: http://mostlywater.org/south_korea_labour_strife_escalates_as_new_labour_law_comes_into_effect From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 23 10:40:39 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:40:39 -0000 Subject: [news] Saving a President Message-ID: <20070723174040.8990.qmail@resist.ca> George Bush is showing he's willing to do anything to stay in power. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/saving_a_president URL: http://mostlywater.org/saving_a_president From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 23 11:17:40 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:17:40 -0000 Subject: [news] Colombia's 'Democratic' President: Evidence Ties Uribe to the Paramilitaries Message-ID: <20070723181742.24796.qmail@resist.ca> Colombia's only national newspaper, _El Tiempo_, called the allegations against President Uribe 'implacable, devastating and unjust' [and] a 'disgrace'...'Implacable, devastating and unjust' are adjectives that could more appropriately be applied to the terror the narco paramilitaries have inflicted on Colombia in recent times, but 'a disgrace' is too complaisant a term to describe a president supported, financed and bought by such terrorists. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/colombias_democratic_president_evidence_ties_uribe_to_the_paramilitaries URL: http://mostlywater.org/colombias_democratic_president_evidence_ties_uribe_to_the_paramilitaries From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 23 11:40:39 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:40:39 -0000 Subject: [news] More UK Cops Get Tasers Message-ID: <20070723184041.30363.qmail@resist.ca> More frontline police officers in England and Wales are to be armed with 50,000-volt Taser stun guns, the government has confirmed. Under the new rules, use of Tasers...will no longer be limited to trained firearms officers. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/more_uk_cops_get_tasers URL: http://mostlywater.org/more_uk_cops_get_tasers From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 23 11:40:40 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:40:40 -0000 Subject: [news] Abbas Supported by U.S. Zionist Lobby Message-ID: <20070723184042.30369.qmail@resist.ca> AIPAC, Israel's powerful Washington "lobby", has just announced its support for [Palestinian President Mahmoud] Abbas' moves. The Zionists relish this chance to poison Abbas with their public praise while using him to weaken Hamas. "Divide and conquer" means that they defeat both halves. Why is he still playing along? [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/abbas_supported_by_u_s_zionist_lobby URL: http://mostlywater.org/abbas_supported_by_u_s_zionist_lobby From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 23 17:17:13 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:17:13 -0000 Subject: [news] Dene Tha' Take Deal from Ottawa Over Mackenzie Gas Project Message-ID: <20070724001713.23877.qmail@resist.ca> Ottawa, Dene Tha' reach deal on Mackenzie gas pipeline Last Updated: Monday, July 23, 2007 | 2:46 PM CT [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/07/23/mackenzie-pipeline.html][1] [read more][2] [1]: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/07/23/mackenzie-pipeline.html (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/07/23/mackenzie-pipeline.html) [2]: http://mostlywater.org/node/26803 URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/26803 From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 23 17:17:13 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:17:13 -0000 Subject: [news] Using the SPP to Streamline Tar Sands Pipelines Message-ID: <20070724001714.23878.qmail@resist.ca> Ottawa targets pipeline red tape SHAWN MCCARTHY [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070723.RLUNN23/TPStor...][1] July 23, 2007 [read more][2] [1]: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070723.RLUNN23/TPStory/Business (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070723.RLUNN23/TPStory/Business) [2]: http://mostlywater.org/node/26801 URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/26801 From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 23 18:17:03 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:17:03 -0000 Subject: [news] Chicago and the Olympics: Pushing the Poor Out of House and Home Message-ID: <20070724011704.2861.qmail@resist.ca> ...[T]he campaign for the 2016 [Summer Olympic] Games has cast a light on an ongoing housing crisis for the city's working majority--symbolized by the city's gutting of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), the agency that runs the public housing system, and the stream of residents leaving Chicago as one of the most basic of necessities becomes harder and harder to afford. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/chicago_and_the_olympics_pushing_the_poor_out_of_house_and_home URL: http://mostlywater.org/chicago_and_the_olympics_pushing_the_poor_out_of_house_and_home From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 23 23:17:03 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:17:03 -0000 Subject: [news] U.S. Soldiers Routinely Terrorize Iraqi Civilians Message-ID: <20070724061703.10002.qmail@resist.ca> With no end yet in sight for the long dark night of the Iraq war, _The Nation_ magazine is coming out this week with an article that goes into great and disturbing detail about the brutal treatment of Iraqi civilians by some U.S. soldiers and marines. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/u_s_soldiers_routinely_terrorize_iraqi_civilians URL: http://mostlywater.org/u_s_soldiers_routinely_terrorize_iraqi_civilians From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 24 08:17:07 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:17:07 -0000 Subject: [news] Algonquin Response to Ottawa Citizen Article Message-ID: <20070724151707.7688.qmail@resist.ca> [_Received via email_] | by Paula LaPierre In Response to ?Our natives must evolve into an economic force in Canada?, The Ottawa Citizen, published: Friday, July 06, 2007, by Fred Maroun of Ottawa, Re: ?Turning guilt into billions of dollars?, July 1, and ?We can't keep native communities on life-support forever?, June 29. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/node/26821 URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/26821 From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 24 11:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Anti-Poverty Activists Engage in Campaign of Economic Sabotage Message-ID: <20070724181704.15420.qmail@resist.ca> Anti-poverty activists have begun a campaign of economic sabotage targeting parking meters. So far, in one night, over 300 meters have been damaged in such a way as too make them useless. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/anti_poverty_activists_engage_in_campaign_of_economic_sabotage URL: http://mostlywater.org/anti_poverty_activists_engage_in_campaign_of_economic_sabotage From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 24 11:40:08 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:40:08 -0000 Subject: [news] Zionist Group Demands Liberals Dump Quebec 'Anti-Israel' Candidate Message-ID: <20070724184009.20805.qmail@resist.ca> **B'Nai Brith Canada** has asked Liberal Leader St?phane Dion to remove new star candidate Jocelyn Coulon from an upcoming byelection in Montreal's Outremont riding because of his past stance on Israel...Coulon...has a "well-documented anti-Israel bias," including sympathy for Hamas, that is "out of step with current Liberal policy," according to a statement released by the group. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/zionist_group_demands_liberals_dump_quebec_anti_israel_candidate URL: http://mostlywater.org/zionist_group_demands_liberals_dump_quebec_anti_israel_candidate From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 24 19:17:05 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] PFLP to Abbas: Beware of the Israeli Trap to Divide Palestinians Message-ID: <20070725021706.19646.qmail@resist.ca> Jamil Mizher, the **Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine** political leader in Gaza, has warned [Palestinian Authority] chief Mahmoud Abbas not to fall [into] the Israeli trap designed for him in a bid to shatter the Palestinian national unity, saying, "The Israelis will only offer false promises to you..." [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/pflp_to_abbas_beware_of_the_israeli_trap_to_divide_palestinians URL: http://mostlywater.org/pflp_to_abbas_beware_of_the_israeli_trap_to_divide_palestinians From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 25 00:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] U.S. Threatens Military Intervention in Pakistan Message-ID: <20070725071704.6911.qmail@resist.ca> The Bush administration this week signalled a tough new stance on Pakistan, demanding that military strongman General Pervez Musharraf takes action against Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in areas bordering Afghanistan, and threatening US strikes if he failed to do so. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/u_s_threatens_military_intervention_in_pakistan URL: http://mostlywater.org/u_s_threatens_military_intervention_in_pakistan From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 25 00:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Is the Annexation of Canada Part of Bush's Military Agenda? Message-ID: <20070725071704.6910.qmail@resist.ca> It is important to understand that this process of territorial integration under the proposed **North American Union** would embody Canada and Mexico into the US Homeland Security apparatus. Broadly speaking, Washington would set the agenda for "integration" and would exert an overriding influence in developing the legal, political, economic, military and national security architecture of the proposed NAU...What these developments suggest is that the process of "binational integration" is not only occurring in the military command structures but also in the areas of immigration, police and intelligence. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/is_the_annexation_of_canada_part_of_bushs_military_agenda URL: http://mostlywater.org/is_the_annexation_of_canada_part_of_bushs_military_agenda From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 25 11:17:03 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:17:03 -0000 Subject: [news] Ward Churchill Dismissed by University of Colorado Message-ID: <20070725181703.32547.qmail@resist.ca> The University of Colorado's governing board on Tuesday fired [Ward Churchill]...Churchill vowed to sue, saying "New game, new game," after the Board of Regents' 8-1 vote was announced..."I am going nowhere," [he said]...calling the academic investigation "a farce" and "a fraud." [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/ward_churchill_dismissed_by_university_of_colorado URL: http://mostlywater.org/ward_churchill_dismissed_by_university_of_colorado From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 25 11:40:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:40:10 -0000 Subject: [news] Indonesia's Bloody Brand of 'Counter-Terrorism' Message-ID: <20070725184011.5401.qmail@resist.ca> ...[C]ritics contend that Washington's enthusiasm for its Indonesian military "partners" has been at the expense of any accountability for military atrocities. On April 26, the U.S.-based **East Timor and Indonesia Human Rights Network** (ETAN) condemned the participation of Indonesian Major General Noer Muis in a joint U.S.-Indonesia military exercise. ETAN pointed out that General Muis has been indicted for crimes against humanity in East Timor. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/indonesias_bloody_brand_of_counter_terrorism URL: http://mostlywater.org/indonesias_bloody_brand_of_counter_terrorism From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 25 12:17:06 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] An Open Letter Reflecting on the Recent Green Scare Hearings Message-ID: <20070725191707.15325.qmail@resist.ca> For those of you who do not know me, I have run Darren Thurston?s support committee and website since his arrest in December 2005, and have a close association with some others indicted in the Green Scare case including Chelsea, Joe and Rebecca. This is only one facet of my long history of activism, but it is that which is most salient to this letter. Since his decision to co-operate with the US Government?s investigation into the ALF/ELF early last summer, there have been a lot of allegations made about Darren and others which are either untrue or overblown in order to paint a particular picture. I would like to start here by explaining the truth as I have understood it as a participant and supporter in this case, then briefly talk about the personal effects of this situation, and also the greater ethics of our political movements. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/an_open_letter_reflecting_on_the_recent_green_scare_hearings URL: http://mostlywater.org/an_open_letter_reflecting_on_the_recent_green_scare_hearings From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 25 20:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:40:09 -0000 Subject: [news] 'Low-Hanging Fruit': Neo-Cons Push for Attack on Syria Message-ID: <20070726034011.31737.qmail@resist.ca> Neocon officials in the Defense Department call them "low-hanging fruit"...The term refers to nations targeted for regime change that might be achieved with minimal strain, at least when compared with the effort needed to topple the regime in Iran. Some neocons are beginning to concede that the effort might not be feasible at this time...They're advocating instead that the Bush administration move soon against Syria. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/low_hanging_fruit_neo_cons_push_for_attack_on_syria URL: http://mostlywater.org/low_hanging_fruit_neo_cons_push_for_attack_on_syria From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 25 22:40:08 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:40:08 -0000 Subject: [news] The =?utf-8?b?4oCcQ2FuYWRpYW5NaW5pc3RlcnPigJ0=?= of Hamid =?utf-8?q?Karzai=E2=80=99s?= Afghan Government Message-ID: <20070726054008.3057.qmail@resist.ca> The Canadian military operation in Afghanistan is considered by the ruling elite to be a mission that gives Canada leverage in the ?Great Game? being played out in Afghanistan for geo-political influence in Central Asia. A major producer of oil, natural gas, uranium and hydro-electric power, Canada aspires to be an ?energy superpower? and therefore has a powerful interest in the fate of the oil reserves of the Caspian Sea region. In addition, Afghanistan?s mineral deposits are of great interest to Canadian companies active in the mining sector. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_canadian_ministers_of_hamid_karzai_s_afghan_government URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_canadian_ministers_of_hamid_karzai_s_afghan_government From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 26 09:17:15 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:17:15 -0000 Subject: [news] Reviewing Michael Parenti's "Democracy For the Few" Message-ID: <20070726161718.14065.qmail@resist.ca> By Stephen Lendman Parenti's book destroys the myth of "We the people." [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/reviewing_michael_parentis_democracy_for_the_few URL: http://mostlywater.org/reviewing_michael_parentis_democracy_for_the_few From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 26 11:17:48 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:17:48 -0000 Subject: [news] Bush Policy Pushes Lebanon to the Brink of Civil War Message-ID: <20070726181748.26993.qmail@resist.ca> The more the daily horror in Iraq worsens, the more the Bush administration clings to the purported success of Lebanon, once the poster boy for its now redundant "democratization" campaign. But, by allowing the build up of armed groups by its allies, and obstructing compromise in a vain effort to empower an unpopular government, the White House is pushing Lebanon down a dangerous path toward civil conflict, and ultimately disintegration. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/bush_policy_pushes_lebanon_to_the_brink_of_civil_war URL: http://mostlywater.org/bush_policy_pushes_lebanon_to_the_brink_of_civil_war From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 26 11:17:48 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:17:48 -0000 Subject: [news] MacLaren Hall Survivors Start Path to Suing the State Over Child Abuse Message-ID: <20070726181748.26992.qmail@resist.ca> **MacLaren Hall** was a notorious state run child "protection" institution in America that warehoused thousands of children from the 1950's to 2003, when it was shut down from too many child deaths. I am a survivor of that institution and have begun organizing survivors to make demands on the state for four decades of abuse. This week, MacLaren Hall survivors made history by presenting a list of demands to the state. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/maclaren_hall_survivors_start_path_to_suing_the_state_over_child_abuse URL: http://mostlywater.org/maclaren_hall_survivors_start_path_to_suing_the_state_over_child_abuse From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 26 11:40:14 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:40:14 -0000 Subject: [news] Food Not Bombs: When Feeding the Homeless Becomes a 'Terrorist' Act Message-ID: <20070726184015.31982.qmail@resist.ca> [Food Not Bombs] has been dubbed one of the country?s ?most hardcore terrorist groups? by the U.S. military. How such a label could be applied was difficult to see, but after September 11, FNB clearly lived up to its ?terrorist reputation? by supplying hot meals to rescue workers returning from the disaster area. In the wake of the Asian Tsunami, FNB helped feed many who might otherwise have gone without. In New Orleans FNB volunteers were among the first to respond after Hurricane Katrina. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/food_not_bombs_when_feeding_the_homeless_becomes_a_terrorist_act URL: http://mostlywater.org/food_not_bombs_when_feeding_the_homeless_becomes_a_terrorist_act From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 26 17:17:07 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:17:07 -0000 Subject: [news] Logger: Broken Promises Have Led to Worn-Out Workers Message-ID: <20070727001707.19737.qmail@resist.ca> Norm Macleod has been through a lot of good years and bad years as a logger on Vancouver Island...But yesterday, looking back on a 30-year career, he can say with confidence that he never imagined working conditions would be as difficult as they are at present in a rebuilding coastal forest industry. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/logger_broken_promises_have_led_to_worn_out_workers URL: http://mostlywater.org/logger_broken_promises_have_led_to_worn_out_workers From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 26 17:17:07 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:17:07 -0000 Subject: [news] Shia and Sunni Militants Unite to Attack U.S. Message-ID: <20070727001708.19738.qmail@resist.ca> American attempts to co-opt Iraqi insurgents in Baghdad have suffered a set back after Sunni and Shia Muslim militants in a key district of the city forged an alliance against United States forces..."We fought the Shia because of pressure from al-Qa'eda," said Turki al-Girtani, [a Sunni tribal] leader. "Now after they were beaten we have to refocus on the real enemy, which is the US army." [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/shia_and_sunni_militants_unite_to_attack_u_s URL: http://mostlywater.org/shia_and_sunni_militants_unite_to_attack_u_s From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 26 17:40:18 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:40:18 -0000 Subject: [news] Mexicans Targeted by US Company for Iraq Message-ID: <20070727004019.24132.qmail@resist.ca> The US company Dyn Corp International is recruiting Mexicans in El Paso, Texas, to patrol Iraqi borders, reported _Prensa Latina_ on Sunday...The company, which has the support of the US Defense Department in its recruiting business, has sent 6,000 "contractors" to Bosnia, Afghanistan, Haiti and Iraq. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/mexicans_targeted_by_us_company_for_iraq URL: http://mostlywater.org/mexicans_targeted_by_us_company_for_iraq From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 26 20:17:07 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:17:07 -0000 Subject: [news] No One is Illegal - Vancouver Launches New Website Message-ID: <20070727031707.4277.qmail@resist.ca> The Indigenous & Migrant solidarity group, **No One is Illegal - Vancouver** has recently launched a new web site...Here you will find information on the principles, campaigns and other work of NOII-Van, as well as numerous updates... [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/no_one_is_illegal_vancouver_launches_new_website URL: http://mostlywater.org/no_one_is_illegal_vancouver_launches_new_website From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 27 11:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:17:10 -0000 Subject: [news] Martial Law is Now a Real Threat: Declaring the U.S. a Battlefield Message-ID: <20070727181711.19755.qmail@resist.ca> >From the looks of things, the Bush/Cheney regime has been working assiduously to pave the way for a declaration of military rule, such that at this point it really lacks only the pretext to trigger a suspension of Constitutional government. They have done this with the active support of Democrats in Congress, though most of the heavy lifting was done by the last, Republican-led Congress. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/martial_law_is_now_a_real_threat_declaring_the_u_s_a_battlefield URL: http://mostlywater.org/martial_law_is_now_a_real_threat_declaring_the_u_s_a_battlefield From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 27 14:40:11 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:40:11 -0000 Subject: [news] 'Cordon' Brown: New Prime Minister, Same Old Repression Message-ID: <20070727214011.29769.qmail@resist.ca> New Prime Minister, same old repression. This Wednesday (25th) **Gordon Brown** announced a raft of new civil liberty-curbing powers for the state - with plans to double detention without charge, the creation of a new ?unified border force? and additional electronic passport controls. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/cordon_brown_new_prime_minister_same_old_repression URL: http://mostlywater.org/cordon_brown_new_prime_minister_same_old_repression From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 27 15:17:07 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:17:07 -0000 Subject: [news] Did Guerrillas Strike at the Heart of Mexico's Oil Industry? Message-ID: <20070727221707.5664.qmail@resist.ca> On July 11th, newspapers in Mexico City began receiving a series of communiqu?s under the rubric of the _Military Zone Command of the Popular Revolutionary Army and State Committee of the Party of the Popular Democratic Revolution_ claiming credit for blowing out two 36 inch natural gas pipelines...and a key valve house...that shut down gas distribution to millions in central Mexico. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/did_guerrillas_strike_at_the_heart_of_mexicos_oil_industry URL: http://mostlywater.org/did_guerrillas_strike_at_the_heart_of_mexicos_oil_industry From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 27 19:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:40:09 -0000 Subject: [news] The Social Costs of Neoliberalism in China Message-ID: <20070728024009.26903.qmail@resist.ca> "...Chinese industry has resolved its investment problem, but that has been accompanied by its death knell. From what I see, the social crisis facing China will continue to intensify, as will the neglect of China's economic autonomy, in addition to the eventual breakdown of the country's financial system. This is entirely foreseeable; it's only a matter of time before China faces something along the lines of the 1997 East Asian financial crisis." [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_social_costs_of_neoliberalism_in_china URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_social_costs_of_neoliberalism_in_china From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 27 20:17:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:17:09 -0000 Subject: [news] Trans Woman Sues State Over Prison Rape Message-ID: <20070728031710.3343.qmail@resist.ca> A transgender woman who claims she was repeatedly raped and beaten by a male cell mate went to court this week to challenge a state policy that assigns inmates like her to men's or women's prisons depending on whether they have undergone sex-change surgery. Alexis Giraldo, 30, claims that Folsom State Prison guards ignored her complaints of abuse and returned her to the same cell until a subsequent assault got her placed in protective custody and eventually moved to another facility. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/trans_woman_sues_state_over_prison_rape URL: http://mostlywater.org/trans_woman_sues_state_over_prison_rape From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 27 20:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:40:09 -0000 Subject: [news] Slouching Toward a Palestinian Holocaust Message-ID: <20070728034010.24113.qmail@resist.ca> Is it an irresponsible overstatement to associate the treatment of Palestinians with [the] criminalized Nazi record of collective atrocity? I think not. The recent developments in Gaza are especially disturbing because they express so vividly a deliberate intention on the part of Israel and its allies to subject an entire human community to life-endangering conditions of utmost cruelty. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/slouching_toward_a_palestinian_holocaust URL: http://mostlywater.org/slouching_toward_a_palestinian_holocaust From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 27 22:17:08 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:17:08 -0000 Subject: [news] Resisting Olympic Development in Chicago Message-ID: <20070728051708.10772.qmail@resist.ca> The anti-Olympic movement has been grabbing headlines all over the world recently, from the growing indigenous resistance against the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver over stolen land, to the controversy over the 2016 Summer Games in Bejing over local displacement and China?s involvement in the human rights abuses in Darfur and Tibet. But...in the U.S. another, less publicized, battle is being waged over an Olympic location near Chicago, and for the residents of Lake County, the fight has hit close to home. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/resisting_olympic_development_in_chicago URL: http://mostlywater.org/resisting_olympic_development_in_chicago From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 28 08:17:07 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:17:07 -0000 Subject: [news] Researchers Crack Every Certified CA Voting Machine Message-ID: <20070728151707.11431.qmail@resist.ca> ewhac writes "The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that computer security researchers throughout the University of California system managed to crack the security on every voting machine they tested that has been approved for use in the state. The researchers are unwilling to say how vulnerable the machines are, as the tests were conducted in an environment highly advantageous to the testers. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/node/27074 URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/27074 From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 28 09:40:15 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:40:15 -0000 Subject: [news] The Political Simpsons Message-ID: <20070728164016.10569.qmail@resist.ca> With the opening of the Simpsons movie today, the Tyee has put together a collection of eleven satirical clips from over the years. The collection includes one of my fav's (below) on the two party system. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/node/27051 URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/27051 From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 28 15:40:16 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:40:16 -0000 Subject: [news] Barack Obama: Running Dog Lackey of U.S.Imperialism Message-ID: <20070728224017.3630.qmail@resist.ca> **Barack Obama?s** most recent attempt to prove his Harvard-certified safety to the doctrinal gatekeepers of the U.S. foreign policy establishment ought to make it clear once and for all that he is what the Maoists used to call a "running dog lackey of United States imperialism." [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/barack_obama_running_dog_lackey_of_u_s_imperialism URL: http://mostlywater.org/barack_obama_running_dog_lackey_of_u_s_imperialism From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 28 21:17:03 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:17:03 -0000 Subject: [news] U.S. Military to Crackdown on SPP Protesters at Montebello? Message-ID: <20070729041704.13928.qmail@resist.ca> The US army is to enforce a huge security perimeter around the upcoming [**Security & Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP)**] meeting in Canada this August, as well as cracking down on expected protests, having already shut down a public forum due to take place close to the event. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/u_s_military_to_crackdown_on_spp_protesters_at_montebello URL: http://mostlywater.org/u_s_military_to_crackdown_on_spp_protesters_at_montebello From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 28 23:17:05 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] [Video] Resist the SPP! Message-ID: <20070729061706.18988.qmail@resist.ca> The **Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP)** was founded in March 2005 at a summit of the Heads of State of Canada, the US, and Mexico. SPP is not an official treaty; therefore it has been able to escape any public scrutiny...August 20th Bush, Harper, and Calderon are meeting in Montebello, Quebec at a SPP Summit. Resist the SPP on this continental day of action. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/video_resist_the_spp URL: http://mostlywater.org/video_resist_the_spp From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 28 23:17:05 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] How Truth Slips Down the Memory Hole Message-ID: <20070729061706.18985.qmail@resist.ca> **John Pilger** applies to current events Orwell's description in _1984_ of how the Ministry of Truth consigned embarrassing truth to a memory hole. He highlights the killing of a Palestinian cameraman by the Israelis as an example of how "we" are trained to look on the rest of the world as quite unlike ourselves: useful or expendable. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/how_truth_slips_down_the_memory_hole URL: http://mostlywater.org/how_truth_slips_down_the_memory_hole From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 29 00:40:21 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:40:21 -0000 Subject: [news] Time for a More Radical Immigrant Rights Movement Message-ID: <20070729074022.17188.qmail@resist.ca> Congress's failure to pass immigration reform legislation is being used to crack down on undocumented immigrants in several states. In responding, immigrant communities and their allies should take their cues from the Civil Rights movement. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/time_for_a_more_radical_immigrant_rights_movement URL: http://mostlywater.org/time_for_a_more_radical_immigrant_rights_movement From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 29 10:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] RCMP Often Rewrote Critical Reports, Watchdog Says Message-ID: <20070729171704.4537.qmail@resist.ca> OTTAWA -- [...] RCMP commissioners [...] rewrote half of the rulings by a civilian watchdog agency that found Mounties used excessive force or acted improperly [...] the head of the independent agency says. The refusal of the RCMP commissioners to accept the findings of commission reviews over Mountie actions "strikes at the core of civilian accountability of the RCMP," the report said. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/rcmp_often_rewrote_critical_reports_watchdog_says URL: http://mostlywater.org/rcmp_often_rewrote_critical_reports_watchdog_says From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 29 15:17:31 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:17:31 -0000 Subject: [news] Clergyman to Stand Trial for "Dirty War" Crimes in Argentina Message-ID: <20070729221731.14671.qmail@resist.ca> _The heads of the Catholic Church participated in the dictatorship. Many priests were chaplains inside the barracks of the concentration camps. We want to point out that there is a sector from the church that didn't have anything to do with the dictatorship, on the contrary they supported us and reported the crimes committed at the time. But most of the representatives from the church participated in the celebration of death and torture._ --**Nora Cortinas**, President of the founding chapter of the human rights group, **Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo** [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/clergyman_to_stand_trial_for_dirty_war_crimes_in_argentina URL: http://mostlywater.org/clergyman_to_stand_trial_for_dirty_war_crimes_in_argentina From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 29 15:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:40:09 -0000 Subject: [news] Nationwide Protests Rock Peru, Bush Seeks Allies in Latin America Message-ID: <20070729224009.19977.qmail@resist.ca> National protests rock Peru as President Alan Garcia navigates through an increasingly tumultuous labor and teacher uprising. Rejections of a free trade agreement with the US and neoliberal economic policies are at the heart of the national uprising which has left three people dead and several wounded. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/nationwide_protests_rock_peru_bush_seeks_allies_in_latin_america URL: http://mostlywater.org/nationwide_protests_rock_peru_bush_seeks_allies_in_latin_america From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 29 16:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Fatal Neglect: Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan Message-ID: <20070729231704.27506.qmail@resist.ca> The first annual estimates that attempt to include all insurgency-related civilian deaths [in Afghanistan] came out in 2007 for the previous year, leaving five years during which the U.S. and Afghan governments, human rights groups and other non-governmental organizations, and the media did not provide the information to the public. This year's increased efforts to monitor the situation and to review conditions in the past may reflect on the fact that more civilians are becoming casualties of the war... [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/fatal_neglect_civilian_casualties_in_afghanistan URL: http://mostlywater.org/fatal_neglect_civilian_casualties_in_afghanistan From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 30 10:17:25 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:17:25 -0000 Subject: [news] Buzzword Jack in the New Sustainable Economy Message-ID: <20070730171727.18426.qmail@resist.ca> _Brent Jessop - _[_Knowledge Driven Revolution.com_][1] - _July 26, 2007_ There are a lot of problems facing Canada and the world these days. If you were a leader of a major ?leftwing? Canadian political party like Jack Layton, what would you write an article about? [read more][2] [1]: http://www.knowledgedrivenrevolution.com [2]: http://mostlywater.org/buzzword_jack_in_the_new_sustainable_economy URL: http://mostlywater.org/buzzword_jack_in_the_new_sustainable_economy From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 30 10:40:52 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:40:52 -0000 Subject: [news] Another Side to Race and Immigration Message-ID: <20070730174055.30980.qmail@resist.ca> It really hit me in the 1980s while living in Boston. At that time the southern Irish economy was a complete mess. People were the greatest export from Ireland, and a lot of them were coming to the USA. At the same time, immigration from Haiti and the Dominican Republic was increasing...As a struggle for the rights of immigrants and against discrimination emerged, Haitians and Dominicans began to coalesce, but the Irish were a bit stand-offish. Immigrant rights activists were at first perplexed until they uncovered that the Irish were being encouraged by Irish American politicians to keep themselves separate from other immigrant groups because it was likely that a 'special' deal could be cut for them. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/another_side_to_race_and_immigration URL: http://mostlywater.org/another_side_to_race_and_immigration From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 30 11:17:41 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:17:41 -0000 Subject: [news] The Churchill Firing Message-ID: <20070730181743.15663.qmail@resist.ca> Many conservatives believe the firing of University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill will now reduce liberal politics in academia. Many liberals believe that his firing will uphold high standards of academic scholarship. Both are wrong - because the firing of Churchill reveals a very pernicious kind of exclusionary dogmatism in scholarly research and writing and media reporting. The firing of Professor Churchill for alleged research misconduct ignored evidence to the contrary provided by professors who know his work best, ignored evidence from a committee of scholars who found the investigating committee itself guilty of research misconduct, and ignored all Indigenous evidence and perspectives that are critical of Eurocentric versions of the history of the European invasion of the Americas. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/the_churchill_firing URL: http://mostlywater.org/the_churchill_firing From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 30 11:17:40 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:17:40 -0000 Subject: [news] Free the San Francisco 8: Former Black Panthers in Prison Need Your Support Message-ID: <20070730181742.15660.qmail@resist.ca> Eight former Black Panthers are currently in prison in California on charges related to the 1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer...The struggle to gain these men's freedom is gaining but will require much more public support. In a manner similar to the campaign waged in 1971-1972 to free Angela Davis and the ongoing campaign to free Mumia Abu Jamal, this campaign must become a widespread and international campaign. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/free_the_san_francisco_8_former_black_panthers_in_prison_need_your_support URL: http://mostlywater.org/free_the_san_francisco_8_former_black_panthers_in_prison_need_your_support From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 30 15:40:52 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:40:52 -0000 Subject: [news] Information on the Continental Day of Action & Upcoming Activities to Oppose the Security & Prosperity Partnership (SPP) Message-ID: <20070730224054.15880.qmail@resist.ca> **August 20th** is a continental day of action to oppose the SPP, a highly secretive agreement between US, Mexico, and Canada. The SPP is essentially NAFTA-plus-Homeland Security, firmly rooted within a colonial and capitalist framework...Leading up to August 20th, a wide range of educational events, actions, and creative resistance is being planned by a growing network of groups and individuals. Below are just some of the activities being planned, with many more being planned and confirmed. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/information_on_the_continental_day_of_action_upcoming_activities_to_oppose_the_security_prosperity_partnership_spp URL: http://mostlywater.org/information_on_the_continental_day_of_action_upcoming_activities_to_oppose_the_security_prosperity_partnership_spp From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 30 16:17:39 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:17:39 -0000 Subject: [news] =?utf-8?b?w4A=?= propos du PSP: un autre point de vue Message-ID: <20070730231740.25636.qmail@resist.ca> En ao?t prochain, Stephen Harper, George Bush et le pr?sident mexicain Felipe Calder?n se r?uniront au ch?teau Montebello, au Qu?bec, dans le cadre du soi-disant ?Partenariat pour la s?curit? et la prosp?rit? (PSP)?...Ils parlent de ?s?curit?? et de ?prosp?rit??, mais leur programme en est un d?ins?curit? et de mis?re pour les classes ouvri?res et opprim?es de toutes les am?riques. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/a_propos_du_psp_un_autre_point_de_vue URL: http://mostlywater.org/a_propos_du_psp_un_autre_point_de_vue From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 30 16:17:39 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:17:39 -0000 Subject: [news] A =?utf-8?q?prop=C3=B3sito?= del ASPAN: Otro punto de vista Message-ID: <20070730231740.25635.qmail@resist.ca> En agosto pr?ximo, Stephen Harper, George Bush y el presidente mexicano Felipe Calder?n se reunir?n en el castillo Montebello, en Qu?bec, en el marco del llamado Acuerdo para la Prosperidad y la Seguridad en Am?rica del Norte (ASPAN)...Ellos hablaran de - seguridad ? y de ?prosperidad- , pero su programa en realidad es de inseguridad y de miseria para las clases obreras y oprimidas de toda Am?rica. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/a_proposito_del_aspan_otro_punto_de_vista URL: http://mostlywater.org/a_proposito_del_aspan_otro_punto_de_vista From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 30 19:40:19 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:40:19 -0000 Subject: [news] Why Waco is Wacko Message-ID: <20070731024020.12274.qmail@resist.ca> **Five things** you should know about the **Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP):** [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/why_waco_is_wacko URL: http://mostlywater.org/why_waco_is_wacko From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 31 11:17:49 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:17:49 -0000 Subject: [news] Palestine: Establishing Conference for the Coalition of Independent and Democratic Trade Unions Message-ID: <20070731181750.677.qmail@resist.ca> Democratic and politically independent trade unions in the Palestinian territories representing more than 50,000 female and male workers [gathered] on Friday July 27, 2007 for a historic two-day conference to establish a new labor coalition. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/palestine_establishing_conference_for_the_coalition_of_independent_and_democratic_trade_unions URL: http://mostlywater.org/palestine_establishing_conference_for_the_coalition_of_independent_and_democratic_trade_unions From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 31 11:17:49 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:17:49 -0000 Subject: [news] Americans Warn Aussies About Life Without Unions Message-ID: <20070731181751.680.qmail@resist.ca> Three low paid American workers on an **Australian Council of Trade Unions** (ACTU)-funded visit are warning Australians of the dangers of non-unionised workplaces. ACTU president Sharan Burrow said the three Americans were an example of what Australians could expect in the future..."Australia is becoming more and more like the United States and these workers are here to tell us how hard it is to be a low paid worker in a rich country..." [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/americans_warn_aussies_about_life_without_unions URL: http://mostlywater.org/americans_warn_aussies_about_life_without_unions From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 31 13:40:29 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:40:29 -0000 Subject: [news] Palestinian Authority Renounces Armed Struggle Message-ID: <20070731204030.21524.qmail@resist.ca> Jerusalem For the first time in its history, the Palestinian Authority has published a policy platform that doesn't include armed resistance to Israel as a core principle. A new government program presented by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and prime minister Salaam Fayyad has drawn praise from peaceniks on both sides, and fresh scorn from Hamas, after the Arabic word muqawama was left out of the document for the first time since the PA was established in 1993. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/palestinian_authority_renounces_armed_struggle URL: http://mostlywater.org/palestinian_authority_renounces_armed_struggle From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 31 20:40:21 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:40:21 -0000 Subject: [news] DEA Terrorizes Medical Marijuana Community in California Message-ID: <20070801034023.22077.qmail@resist.ca> Fierce rollback efforts by the Drug Warriors in California have been complemented by a defeat for reform lobbyists in Congress. Since June there has been a "huge upsurge" in asset-forfeiture cases against medical marijuana providers in the Eastern and Central Districts of California...[Drug Enforcement Administration] raids closed eight Los Angeles dispensaries this week; no arrests were made. Proprietors of dispensaries raided the week before in Bakersfield, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, Corona, Riverside, and Palm Springs face federal cultivation-for-sale charges. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/dea_terrorizes_medical_marijuana_community_in_california URL: http://mostlywater.org/dea_terrorizes_medical_marijuana_community_in_california From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 31 23:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:40:09 -0000 Subject: [news] Concert Fights Domestic Violence: White Buffalo Calf Woman's Society Protects Native American Woman and Children Message-ID: <20070801064009.29243.qmail@resist.ca> [![Free benefit concert at Custer Lutheran Fellowship church in Custer, S.D. for oldest Native American woman's shelter in U.S.: Pictured (left to right) at the Custer Lutheran Fellowship church are Donna McConnell, church office administrator; Tillie Black Bear, founder/director of White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS) battered woman's shelter in Mission, S.D; and Rev. Kent Narum, church associate pastor. Photo by Javier H. Alegree, media, education and public relations specialist for the WBCWS domestic violence shelter][1]][2]**Free benefit concert at Custer Lutheran Fellowship church in Custer, S.D. for oldest Native American woman's shelter in U.S.: **Pictured (left to right) at the Custer Lutheran Fellowship church are Donna McConnell, church office administrator; Tillie Black Bear, founder/director of White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS) battered woman's shelter in Mission, S.D; and Rev. Kent Narum, church associate pastor. Photo by Javier H. Alegree, media, education and public relations specialist for the WBCWS domestic violence shelterThe public is invited to free benefit concert at 5 p.m. on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at the Custer Lutheran Fellowship church in Custer, S.D. with donations for the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society domestic violence shelter, the nation's first battered woman's shelter for Native American women and children in Mission, S.D. that has served the Rosebud Indian Reservation for nearly 30 years. Performing will be family string band White Water and Duo Borealis, two groups known for their unique folk music from Michigan's Upper Peninsula. For more information contact Rev. Dave Van Kley at 605-673-4691. [read more][3] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/system/files/images/Custer+Concert+Mtg+7-29-07+%252316.thumbnail.jpg (Free benefit concert at Custer Lutheran Fellowship church in Custer, S.D. for oldest Native American woman's shelter in U.S.: Pictured (left to right) at the Custer Lutheran Fellowship church are Donna McConnell, church office administrator; Tillie Black Bear, founder/director of White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS) battered woman's shelter in Mission, S.D; and Rev. Kent Narum, church associate pastor. Photo by Javier H. Alegree, media, education and public relations specialist for the WBCWS domestic violence shelter) [2]: http://mostlywater.org/ [3]: http://mostlywater.org/concert_fights_domestic_violence_white_buffalo_calf_womans_society_protects_native_american_woman_and_children URL: http://mostlywater.org/concert_fights_domestic_violence_white_buffalo_calf_womans_society_protects_native_american_woman_and_children