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June 21st, 2005

June 21, 2005 Original Peoples

The Blockade Between Hope and Destruction

grassyflag_fp.jpg Macdonald Stainsby discusses the history of the blockades and the struggle for self-determination at Grassy Narrows.

Grassy Narrows, Abitibi Consolidated and the Canadian Governments

June 15th

June 15, 2005 Arts

What's in a Name?

fiveosamas_fp.jpg In this interview, director Mahmoud Kaabour talks about how 9/11 affected tolerance, the making of "Being Osama", and why he left Canada.

An interview with "Being Osama" director Mahmoud Kaabour

June 14th

June 14, 2005 Literature & Ideas

June Books

raderbook_fp.jpg Besner, Trafford and Peters review new work by Jan Zwicky, Michael Kenyon, Yvette Nolan and Matt Rader.

June 10th

June 10, 2005 Accounts

Bolivia on a Tightrope

bolivia1_fp.jpg Benjamin Dangl explains the ongoing struggle for control of Bolivia's natural resources and the current uprising.

The struggle for control of resources and the current crisis

June 8th

June 8, 2005 Arts

Things Left Behind

found_cover_fp.jpg Jennifer Chrumka peeks at random artifacts from the personal lives of anonymous strangers in Found Magazine.

June 6th

June 6, 2005 Health

Psychiatry and Human Rights

psydrugs_fp.jpg The Bush Administration has plans to screen all Americans for mental illness. Pierre Loiselle finds critics asking questions about the role of the pharmacos.

Bush's Drug Plan for America

June 2nd

June 3, 2005 Sports

Appreciating Steve Nash, basketball's anti-war MVP

nash_fp.jpg Derrick O'Keefe looks at the career of the Victoria-raised NBA MVP, and his achievements as an off-court human being.

June 2, 2005 Accounts

Danger and Spectacular Opportunity

fascismsucksncmr_fp.jpg Over 2,500 media reformers and revolutionaries gathered in St. Louis to discuss ways to discuss strategy and alternatives. Steve Anderson reports.

The National Conference for Media Reform hosts a growing movement against corporate media in St. Louis

June 1st

June 1, 2005 Environment

Coal Front Comes to the Maritimes

tabaco_fp.jpg Representatives of the Colombian Mineworkers' Union have a message for Maritimers, writes Stuart Neatby: stop buying blood coal.

Are assassinations lighting Atlantic Canadian homes?

May 31st

May 26th

May 24th

May 24, 2005 Letters

Poor mainstream coverage, not special access, made documentary stand out

Mr. Rourke speculates [Hog Town: The Politics of Policing, May 23] that as Chairman of the Toronto Police Services Board, I gave Ms. Lee special access to behind the scene meetings to film her documentary. In fact this is not...

May 23rd

May 23, 2005 Accounts

Hog Town: The Politics of Policing

fantino_fp.jpg Tim Rourke attends the premiere of Min Sook Lee's Hogtown: The Politics of Policing in Toronto.

Directed by Min Sook Lee

May 23, 2005 Français

Pour une redéfinition des rapports entre Israéliens et Palestiniens

hebron_fp.jpg « En entrant dans l'armée, toutes nos valeurs et idéologies disparaissent complètement comme si on les avait mises dans un mixeur et mélangées. »

May 22nd

May 20th

May 20, 2005 Original Peoples

Tsux'iit: Understanding Indigenous Spirituality

MMcanoe_fp.jpg 500 years after Europeans began coming to the Americas, Kim Petersen finds that settlers remain ignorant and intolerant of indigenous religions.

May 17th

May 11th

May 10th

May 10, 2005 Sports

No Dissing Their Abilities

goalball_fp.jpg When does blindness give you the competitive advantage in a sport? Chris Tucker reports from Montréal's annual Défi Sportif

Canadian athletes compete internationally at the 22nd Défi Sportif

May 9th

May 6th

May 6, 2005 Literature & Ideas

May Books

may05_review_fp.jpg Trafford, Grant, Henderson and Corry review new work by Heather Simeney, Judith Thompson, Sheila Heti and Marci Denesiuk

May 6, 2005 Arts

What's in a Graphic Novel?

boyle_fp.jpg In the wake of the first wave of graphic novels, Jane Henderson looks at some recent, disparate Canadian works.

May 5th

April 29th

April 29, 2005 Features

Engineering for a Small Planet

paradiskidscomputers_fp.jpg How, exactly, does one leave an established corporate job to do something less "soul killing"? Amanda Jernigan spoke to Kim Paradis to find out.

A Conversation with Kim Paradis

April 28th

April 28, 2005 Original Peoples

No Lifeblood for Oil

bottledwater_fp.jpg In northern Alberta, the Lubicon nation is fighting oil companies and provincial and federal governments for their way of life, writes Kim Petersen.

Lubicon nation fights oil companies, governments for survival

April 23rd

April 23, 2005 Features

From the Tap to the Bottle and Back Again

bottledwater_fp.jpg Manufacturers of bottled water are taking over municipal water systems while bottling public water for a profit, says Leah Orr

A look at bottled water and privatization

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