From news at resist.ca Thu Apr 24 13:17:05 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Political Crisis in Mexico Mounts as Opposition Rejects Privatization of =?utf-8?q?Mexico=E2=80=99s?= Oil Resources Message-ID: <20080424201705.1929.qmail@resist.ca> "The movement headed by Andr?s Manuel L?pez Obrador is fomenting a coup d?etat aimed at dismantling the Mexican nation and provoking a bloody civil war." This highly charged accusation by the Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE), the equivalent of the Chamber of Commerce in the United States, was featured prominently in most of Mexico?s newspapers this morning. For 10 days now, the Mexican Senate and National Assembly in Mexico City have been totally shut down [as opposition has] occupied the podiums of both legislative houses. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/political_crisis_mexico_mounts_opposition_rejects_privatization_mexico%E2%80%99s_oil_resources URL: http://mostlywater.org/political_crisis_mexico_mounts_opposition_rejects_privatization_mexico%E2%80%99s_oil_resources From news at resist.ca Thu Apr 24 17:17:04 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] "Almost None of 45 People Tracked Were Better Off": Study Contradicts Government Welfare Claims Message-ID: <20080425001704.12135.qmail@resist.ca> by Frances Bula - April 23, 2008 [**British Columbia's**] welfare system makes people homeless, sometimes forces women to turn to prostitution and relies on food banks and charities to help provide the basics to its clients, according to an unprecedented in-depth study of welfare recipients. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/almost_none_45_people_tracked_were_better_study_contradicts_government_welfare_claims URL: http://mostlywater.org/almost_none_45_people_tracked_were_better_study_contradicts_government_welfare_claims From news at resist.ca Fri Apr 25 11:17:09 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:17:09 -0000 Subject: [news] Mayans Fight New Dam in Guatemala Message-ID: <20080425181710.24062.qmail@resist.ca> by SchNEWS - Friday 18th April 2008 In the Quiche region of northern Guatemala...lies the isolated Ixcan Municipality. It is home to around 75,000 indigenous Mayans who are mostly subsistence farmers...[T]he area also contains many of Guatemala?s most coveted natural resources...One of these, the Chixoy River, is the controversial proposed location for what would be Guatemala?s largest hydroelectric development. If built, the dam is set to flood an area of 7.5km, displacing at least 3000 people and destroying the agricultural land and livelihoods of around 6-8000...Unsuprisingly, the plan is meeting huge resistance from the Ixcan population. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/mayans_fight_new_dam_guatemala URL: http://mostlywater.org/mayans_fight_new_dam_guatemala From news at resist.ca Fri Apr 25 13:17:05 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] BC's Homeless Death Toll: 56 or More in Two Years Message-ID: <20080425201705.3820.qmail@resist.ca> ![][1]Darrell Mickasko burned to death in a Vancouver alley. At least 56 homeless British Columbians died during 2006 and 2007, according to provincial statistics obtained by The Tyee. B.C.'s homeless died at a rate that's at least 19 per cent higher than the general population, according to the office of the chief coroner. [read more][2] [1]: http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/04/17/thumb-Darrekasko.png [2]: http://mostlywater.org/bcs_homeless_death_toll_56_or_more_two_years_news URL: http://mostlywater.org/bcs_homeless_death_toll_56_or_more_two_years_news From news at resist.ca Fri Apr 25 19:17:05 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] Attacks on U.S. Forces Soared at End of March Message-ID: <20080426021706.7205.qmail@resist.ca> By Sudarsan Raghavan - Washington Post U.S. forces bore the brunt of...attacks [at the end of March], suggesting that they were taking the lead combat role in many areas or were perceived by **Mahdi Army** fighters to be taking the lead...American soldiers were involved in battles and were being targeted with roadside bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons in many Shiite enclaves of Baghdad [reports say]...[S]ome Mahdi Army commanders and fighters said they saw the Basra offensive as an opportunity to attack U.S. troops in Baghdad after nearly a year of standing down under [Muqtada al-Sadr's] orders. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/attacks_us_forces_soared_end_march URL: http://mostlywater.org/attacks_us_forces_soared_end_march From news at resist.ca Sat Apr 26 12:17:04 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] URGENT CALL: Mohawks Attacked by OPP Message-ID: <20080426191704.28206.qmail@resist.ca> URGENT CALL FROM MOHAWKS OF TYENDINAGA: MNN reports "lives are at stake" MNN: April 25, 2008. Mohawks surrounded at the quarry in Tyendinaga. Ontario Provincial Police OPP fully armed with guns drawn. They are yelling through blow horns ordering the Rotiskenekete to come down with their hands up, or else they are going to take them out. The Rotiskenekete have told the OPP they are not coming down from there. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/urgent_call_mohawks_attacked_opp URL: http://mostlywater.org/urgent_call_mohawks_attacked_opp From news at resist.ca Sat Apr 26 22:17:15 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:17:15 -0000 Subject: [news] Building the Palestinian Contras (Two Articles) Message-ID: <20080427051716.17403.qmail@resist.ca> By Khalid Amayreh in Occupied Jerusalem - 7 April 2008 Israel, the Bush Administration and the Palestinian Authority (PA), headed by Mahmoud Abbas, are collaborating to build a depoliticized Palestinian security force whose main task...will be to crush any popular uprising against a prospective ?peace deal? imposed upon the Palestinians...According to one cadet...the force, whose members had to be thoroughly sifted by the _Shin Bet_, Israel?s chief domestic intelligence agency, is being trained in crowd-control tactics, conducting arrests, suppressing demonstrations as well as using rifles. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/building_palestinian_contras_two_articles URL: http://mostlywater.org/building_palestinian_contras_two_articles From news at resist.ca Sun Apr 27 13:17:04 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:17:04 -0000 Subject: [news] Chavez says Food Prices "Massacre" of World's Poor Message-ID: <20080427201704.12996.qmail@resist.ca> Reuters CARACAS: Soaring food prices are a "massacre" of the world's poor and are creating a global nutritional crisis, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday, calling it a sign that capitalism is in decline. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/chavez_says_food_prices_massacre_worlds_poor URL: http://mostlywater.org/chavez_says_food_prices_massacre_worlds_poor From ron at mostlywater.org Sun Apr 27 19:39:05 2008 From: ron at mostlywater.org (Ron Collins) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:39:05 -0700 Subject: [news] Apologies Message-ID: <481538C9.4050609@mostlywater.org> Sorry for the pause in the list. It was caused by an administrative error that went unnoticed. Things should be back to normal at this point. Ron -- http://mostlywater.org http://looktotheleft.org From news at resist.ca Mon Apr 28 10:17:06 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] Green Scare State Terrorism Message-ID: <20080428171706.17175.qmail@resist.ca> Bush administration DOJ targeting animal and environmental activists. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/green_scare_state_terrorism URL: http://mostlywater.org/green_scare_state_terrorism From news at resist.ca Mon Apr 28 10:17:06 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] Reshaping Public Opinion and the White Coated Propagandists Message-ID: <20080428171706.17174.qmail@resist.ca> "Atomic and political scientists from Harvard University and MIT meeting in November 1975 concluded that an atomic war will certainly occur before the year 2000. This, they believed, could only be prevented by the decision of all nation-states to surrender their sovereignty to an authoritarian world government, a possibility they viewed as unlikely." [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/reshaping_public_opinion_and_white_coated_propagandists URL: http://mostlywater.org/reshaping_public_opinion_and_white_coated_propagandists From news at resist.ca Tue Apr 29 00:17:03 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:17:03 -0000 Subject: [news] Why Palestinian Unity is Not an Option Message-ID: <20080429071704.14012.qmail@resist.ca> By Ramzy Baroud - Znet Suddenly the conflict that was hitherto seen as one between Israel and the Palestinians became one between Abbas and his supporters (Israel and the US) on one hand, and Hamas alone on the other. The problem as reported in mainstream media ceased being about settlements, occupation, and violations of international law, but rather about the anti-democratic 'forces of darkness' in Gaza as opposed to the forces of peace and civilization in Ramallah and Tel Aviv. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/why_palestinian_unity_not_option URL: http://mostlywater.org/why_palestinian_unity_not_option From news at resist.ca Tue Apr 29 11:17:06 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] Guelph: Protesters Close Hanlon in Solidarity with Deseronto Message-ID: <20080429181706.30137.qmail@resist.ca> A group of non-native protesters blocked the Hanlon Expressway for about half an hour last night in a show of support for a group of Mohawks involved in a standoff near Deseronto, Ont. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/guelph_protesters_close_hanlon_group_says_halfhour_protest_was_show_solidarity_natives_deseronto URL: http://mostlywater.org/guelph_protesters_close_hanlon_group_says_halfhour_protest_was_show_solidarity_natives_deseronto From news at resist.ca Tue Apr 29 11:17:06 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] Israili Blockade Forces UN to Halt Gaza Food Aid Message-ID: <20080429181707.30139.qmail@resist.ca> Up to 800,000 Palestinians to be affected Rory McCarthy in Gaza City | guardian.co.uk John Ging, the director of operations in Gaza for the UN Relief and Works Agency, which supports Palestinian refugees, said there had been a "totally inadequate" supply of fuel from Israel to Gaza for 10 months until it was finally halted two weeks ago. "The devastating humanitarian impact is entirely predictable," he said. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/israili_blockade_forces_un_halt_gaza_food_aid URL: http://mostlywater.org/israili_blockade_forces_un_halt_gaza_food_aid From news at resist.ca Tue Apr 29 11:17:06 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:17:06 -0000 Subject: [news] U.K. Government Bans Kinky Porn Message-ID: <20080429181706.30138.qmail@resist.ca> ![][1]By Chris Summers | BBC News A bill outlawing the possession of "extreme pornography" is set to become law next week. But many fear it has been rushed through and will criminalise innocent people with a harmless taste for unconventional sex. [read more][2] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/system/files/images/tounge.thumbnail.gif () [2]: http://mostlywater.org/uk_government_bans_pornography URL: http://mostlywater.org/uk_government_bans_pornography From news at resist.ca Wed Apr 30 13:17:05 2008 From: news at resist.ca (Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:17:05 -0000 Subject: [news] 500+ Birds Trapped in Alberta Tarsands Tailings Message-ID: <20080430201705.30107.qmail@resist.ca> CBC News A wildlife group says it predicted problems years before hundreds of migrating ducks were found dead and dying this week in a pond of toxic residue at a Syncrude [tar]sands plant in northern Alberta. Syncrude failed to report the incident. [read more][1] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/500_birds_trapped_alberta_tarsands_tailings URL: http://mostlywater.org/500_birds_trapped_alberta_tarsands_tailings