Globe and Mail April 4

Global warming could hit the entire world like a tsunami, wiping out thousands of species unable to adapt to a hotter climate and making billions of people vulnerable to water shortages and the inundation of coastal cities, says a draft summary of an authoritative UN sponsored report on climate change scheduled for release on Friday. (Keep reading…)

Earlier this year I had a major operation for cancer. The operation and its after-effects were something of a nightmare. I felt I was a man unable to swim bobbing about under water in a deep dark endless ocean. But I did not drown and I am very glad to be alive. (Keep reading…)

Dear Friends,

It is with sadness that I write to inform you about the death of one of the pillars of Alberta’s, and Canada’s, progressive activist community, and one of Parkland Institute’s original members and volunteers. Betty Mardiros, founder of Edmonton’s Raging Grannies and of the Woodsworth-Irvine Socialist Fellowship, died on Friday March 30 in Edmonton. (Keep reading…)

Globe and Mail, April 2, 2007

Native leaders are sharply divided over a proposed transmission link that would import electricity from Manitoba to power-hungry Ontario, potentially throwing a wrench into the Harper government’s green plan. (Keep reading…)

Online Journal March 26, 2007

Washington DC — The long awaited US military attack on Iran is now on track for the first week of April, specifically for 4 am on April 6, the Good Friday opening of Easter weekend, writes the well-known Russian journalist Andrei Uglanov in the Moscow weekly “Argumenty Nedeli.” Uglanov cites Russian military experts close to the Russian General Staff for his account. (Keep reading…)

rabble.ca March 28, 2007

During the jury selection process at the Conrad Black fraud trial in Chicago, the judge polled potential jurors on their impressions of Black’s home, Canada. “Socialist country,” one replied. According to press accounts, Black, once the third-most-powerful press baron in the world, turned to his wife, Barbara Amiel, and they shared a smile. At last, a juror after their own hearts — the couple had been redbaiting Canadians for years. (Keep reading…)

Rabble.ca March 27, 2007

The results of the Quebec election open the door for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to act on a proposal he made a few days before Quebeckers voted that has fateful, long-term implications. (Keep reading…)

MR zine March 26, 2007

Because empire creates so many enemies it has to be rigorously defended. To gain support of the citizenry, agents of empire create bogeymen, founded in fact but demonized, behind which the ongoing work of empire can be accomplished. In the 20th century the demon was communism; in the 21st it is terrorism. (Keep reading…)

Interesting piece about anti-zionist left in Israeli Knessett …

Somalia news and information March 25,2007 (Keep reading…)

Winnipeg Free Press Mon Mar 26 2007

Lake Winnipeg is more vulnerable than other lakes to a warming climate.
LAKE Winnipeg is the focal point of a complex basin. It is the catch basin for a land area an incredible 40 times its size, stretching from Thunder Bay to the Rocky Mountains and south to Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana. Four provinces, four states and two federal governments all have a voice in the determination of the future of this lake through their policies, laws and the activities of their citizens. Commercial and sport fishers, lodge owners, cottage owners, municipalities, parks departments, federal, provincial, municipal and First Nation governments, interest groups and the public at large all have a stake in the world’s 10th largest fresh water lake. The impacts of climate change will only add to the challenges already being faced by Lake Winnipeg. As Manitobans noticed last summer, the blue-green algae blooms in the lake’s north basin are already a concern. However, the blooms are not just unsightly for cottagers and sailors on the lake. They are a real threat to the lake’s inhabitants. After the algae blooms, it dies, absorbing precious oxygen needed by the fish in the lake as it decays. These blooms are only expected to increase in frequency and extent as the lake water warms. This very visible sign of the lake’s distress is only one of the problems facing our favourite nature areas in Manitoba due to climate change and increasing pollution. (Keep reading…)