Briarpatch articles from April 2003

Briarpatch archives from April 2003

Openers.
April 1, 2003... BOYCOTT BRAND AMERICA Because I am one of the millions of people against the war; And because America has made it clear that it won't listen to world opinion; And because the symbols of America are its corporations and their...

My big fat green wish list: how Saskatchewan can develop a sustainable environment and a worker-friendly economy.
April 1, 2003... A sustainable environment is one that is in balance. Like two children of equal weight playing on a seesaw, a sustainable environment is in a state of dynamic equilibrium: it has its ups and downs but no one gets stuck in the mud or is left...

Driving change: ideas for making transportation affordable and environmentally friendly.
April 1, 2003... The media debate surrounding the Kyoto Accord has become an argument about the future of the Canadian oil industry. Issues such as more sustainable lifestyles including the transportation of people and goods - have been pushed to the...

Farmed and dangerous: Salmon farming linked to major wild salmon collapse.(related article: Catch of the Day)
April 1, 2003... When independent biologist Alexandra Morton slipped her dipnet into the cold waters of the B.C. coast two years ago, catching dozens of samples of wild juvenile pink salmon covered with sea lice, she knew that something was seriously wrong....

Balancing on a three-legged milk stool: A sustainable food supply requires balance among the three factors supporting it.(environmentally, socially and economically viable)
April 1, 2003... There's the beginning of a groundswell of concern for the health of the environment and all inhabitants of our little blue planet... our Mother Earth. You can feel it. Change is in the air. I believe we are on the cusp of a massive shift in...

Slippery business: Calvert caves to the oil industry.(Premier Lorne Calvert)
April 1, 2003... Premier Calvert's complete capitulation to the oil and natural gas industry will do little to help his re-election. The decision to cut royalty and tax rates on new production, to cut the corporate capital surcharge, and to put in place a new...

Tolerance and acceptance are always age appropriate: The courts rule that children in families with same-sex parents should be able to see their reality reflected in their school books.(Surrey Teachers' Association, British Columbia)
April 1, 2003... The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled in favour of a group of teachers and individuals in their challenge of our board's refusal to place three books on the approved list of supplementary learning resources. The three primary level books...

Roots of War.(Poem)
April 1, 2003... Roots of War Cause I said Because I'm right I want it an' I'm bigger'n you God told me to To make you good To make you free 'Cause this or that belongs to me ...

Sew political. (Artist's Voices).("The Names Project" and the quilt as protest)
April 1, 2003... As an artist, I am used to putting political thought messages into visual images. I work on environmental issues that still get only lip service from those who wield power. I am very concerned with the short term decisions that political...

Don't buy miss America's pies: an open letter from an American citizen to the people of the world.(www.boycottwar.net and www.voice4change.org)
April 1, 2003... I write to ask for your help in stopping the Bush regime's abuses at home and abroad. The citizens of the United States cannot be counted on to stop Bush. The countries of the United Nations cannot be counted on to stop Bush. But the citizens...

100 Poets against the war.(www.nthposition.com)(Poem)
April 1, 2003... In January a world poetry anthology was assembled in just one week, and was released for circulation via the internet on the same day that Hans Blix delivered the January 27th weapons inspection report to the United Nations. The poets do not...

Corporate Rule: Understanding and Challenging the New World Order.(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... by David Model Black Rose Books Montreal, QB, 2003. I know what you're thinking--"Oh no, not another book on corporations and globalization. Haven't we heard all this before?" Well, some of it, yes--but the books...

The Peace Book: 108 simple ways to create a more peaceful world. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... by Louise Diamond Conari Press, Berkely, CA, 2001. www.peacebook.com It's free! You won't find it in bookstores. Diamond has decided that peace is not a commodity--it's a gift, and peace does not appear effortlessly through our...

American Newspeak: The Mangling of Meaning for Power and Profit. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... by Wayne Grytting New Society Publishers Gabriola Island, BC, 2002. This humourous book takes a look at how language is being used to deceive and manipulate us. It also offers a stunning glimpse at the twisted rational used to...

Deadly Duo; Tobacco and Convenience Foods: The Other Substance Abuse Epidemics Afflicting the First Nations and Inuit of Canada. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... by Richard Thatcher, Ph.D published by The National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation Inc. Box 183, Muskoday, SK S0J 3H0 Deadly Duo takes an in-depth look at the historical, social and medical factors associated with...