~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((( T h e B u l l e t ))))~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Socialist Project e-bulletin …. No. 107 …. May 12, 2008 _____________________________________________________________ (Keep reading…)

Winnipeg Free Press May 10, 2008

Life in the remote community of Shamattawa is so bleak, kids will try to kill themselves because if they’re unsuccessful they’ll get out, even if only briefly, health care workers from the troubled First Nation say. (Keep reading…)

Special to Globe and Mail Update May 2, 2008

In periods of changing climate, winners can quickly become losers — and vice-versa, especially when it comes to the ready availability of fresh water. In that regard, Alberta is emerging as the province to watch as the effects of anthropogenic global heating play out across Canada. (Keep reading…)

This article appeared in the Guardian on Wednesday April 30 2008 .

In May, Jewish organisations will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. This is understandable in the context of centuries of persecution culminating in the Holocaust. Nevertheless, we are Jews who will not be celebrating. Surely it is now time to acknowledge the narrative of the other, the price paid by another people for European anti-semitism and Hitler’s genocidal policies. As Edward Said emphasised, what the Holocaust is to the Jews, the Naqba is to the Palestinians. (Keep reading…)

New York Times April 28, 2008

A COUNTERPRODUCTIVE Washington policy in recent years has been to boycott and punish political factions or governments that refuse to accept United States mandates. This policy makes difficult the possibility that such leaders might moderate their policies. (Keep reading…)

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From the Ecosocialist International Network website April 23, 2008 (Keep reading…)

Winnipeg Free Press April 23, 2008

Not just a gender gap, but a gender chasm, has opened in Canadian federal politics, according to the latest Harris-Decima Canadian Press poll. (Keep reading…)

Special to Canadian Dimension April 19, 2008

Introduction

        The sustained vituperative attack and the feeble apologetic

defense of Reverend Wright’s brilliant, eloquent and substantive sermon in defense of human dignity speaks to the basic ethical, political and strategic issues of our epoch. For Reverend Wright was not merely “commenting” on an ethical omission of our day but raising fundamental principles about the behavior of states, the role of individual conscience in the face of crimes against humanity and the need to give name and take action in the face of evil. The entire spectrum of politicians, the mass media and, in particular, the political parties and two (and a half) of the presidential candidates raise, by their hostile reaction and the substance of their criticism, vital issues of the relation between the State and Religion. (Keep reading…)

Winnipeg Free Press April 16, 2008

Tom Flanagan, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s longtime confidant and former chief of staff, is delighted at the Conservatives’ success in “tightening the screws on the federal government” to dramatically reduce its significance in the daily lives of Canadians. (Keep reading…)

Climate and Capitalism April 1, 2008

“Climate change is both a threat and an opportunity to bring about the long postponed social and economic reforms that had been derailed or sabotaged in previous era” (Keep reading…)