Briarpatch articles from February 2000

Briarpatch archives from February 2000

Way down in the mine.
February 1, 2000... Unions from around the world have taken action against three Canadian-based multinational mining companies - Inco Ltd., Goldcorp Inc., and Placer Dome Ltd. - for abusing the rights of workers. "Inco and Goldcorp are two examples of a...

Battle in Seattle: the people vs. the WTO.
February 1, 2000... The World Trade Organization meeting last year in Seattle was the latest attempt by multinational corporations to regulate the economy of the entire planet. After the rout of the MAI a few years ago, multinational corporate bosses and...

Canadian connection in Seattle: WTO '99.
February 1, 2000... Being in Seattle through the week of the World Trade Organization Ministerial - November 29 to December 3 - was like running an emotional marathon. The highs and lows we experienced in such a short time frame were amazing. We experienced the...

Raising hell: WTO '99.
February 1, 2000... In the days immediately following the confrontation between protesters, WTO delegates and the police, much was said about the event. The mainstream media breathlessly dubbed Seattle the '90s version of the 1968 student protest at the U.S....

Lessons from the north.
February 1, 2000... In order to kill yourself with a .22 caliber rifle, you have to be consciously determined enough to position the end of the barrel between two ribs so that when you pull the trigger, the bullet will penetrate the heart or another vital organ....

Missing: the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo continue the struggle against Argentina's dirty war.
February 1, 2000... The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo re a remarkable organization of Argentine women human rights activists. They have been active for more than 20 years. Their exceptional work has been sustained by two inter-woven beliefs. One is that they were...

Deeper than the politics of war (First Comes the Darkness - exhibition).
February 1, 2000... "I saw them sorting people, sorting out the Tutsi so they could kill them. They had machetes, clubs, spears and swords.... And they were looking in the bushes, looking in the marshes, looking for people to kill in the marshes, looking for...

Economic horror.
February 1, 2000... The Economic Horror by Viviane Forrester Polity Press, a division of Blackwell Publishers, Cambridge, England, $30 paperback. This is a political book. First published in France in 1996, it has become a huge best seller in France,...

Paper boom: why real prosperity requires a new approach to Canada's economy.
February 1, 2000... Paper Boom: Why Real Prosperity Requires a New Approach to Canada's Economy by Jim Stanford Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and James Lorimer & Co. 1999, $24.95. Rarely has a book left me feeling as intellectually divided as...

Road: James Keelaghan.
February 1, 2000... Road a CD by James Keelaghan Jericho Beach Music Everyone has roads to travel, road of life experiences, roads of personal development and inner journeys, as well as literal roads, like the road you drive on the way to work. James...

Global reach or global leach? Health care is too important to be left under the control of multinational corporations.
February 1, 2000... As globalization expands, nothing is left untouched. U.S. healthcare corporations and consultants have been making inroads into Canada and other countries. Their approach is to siphon off tax dollars that support national healthcare programs by...