Briarpatch articles from May 2007

Briarpatch archives from May 2007

"Men's rights" and the political uses of victimhood.(Editorial)
May 1, 2007... This is written in the night. In war the dark is on nobody's side, in love the dark confirms that we are together. JOHN BERGER RESEARCH FOR, AND feedback from, the last issue of Briarpatch ("Feminism 3.1," March/April 2007) found me...

A new face in the Briarpatch.(The Business End of the 'Patch)
May 1, 2007... As of early April, lira Elliott has joined the Briarpatch team as part-time Administrative Assistant. Jim is a well-known and well-respected community activist in Regina, and we are very fortunate indeed to have access to his energies. ...

A tremendous loss.(The Business End of the 'Patch)
May 1, 2007... Briarpatch has just learned of the death of Betty Mardiros, founder of Edmonton's Raging Grannies and of the Woodsworth-Irvine Socialist Fellowship. Betty died on Friday, March 30, in Edmonton. Ricardo Acuna, Executive Director of the...

Tough luck: the dangerous popularity of heavy-handed justice.
May 1, 2007... On Boxing Day, 2005, 15-year-old Jane Creba was shopping with friends on Yonge Street when she was killed in a shootout between two rival gangs. With a federal election in full swing at the time, all the major Canadian political parties with...

Out of the frying pan, into the fire: 5 reasons to oppose the nuclear industry.
May 1, 2007... NUCLEAR POWER IS being promoted aggressively as the magic bullet for global warming, and the Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) is again on our national airways bombarding us with the misleading message that nuclear is "clean." Here are five...

Bolivia rising: Evo Morales' first year.(Cover story)
May 1, 2007... LIBORIO MOYA HAS A barbershop in Chipiriri and keeps bees in Santa Elena, two towns at ten kilometers distance from one another in the Chapare province of Bolivia. Liborio also has a small coca plantation, and--along with several other...

From the rubble: post-war images of Lebanon.
May 1, 2007... For four weeks in the fall of 2006, photojournalist Jon Elmer traveled through South Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut--the front lines of Israel's summer war against Hezbollah--documenting the aftermath of Lebanon's devastation and...

Coal comfort in an upside-down world: Canada's stake in Colombian mine evictions.
May 1, 2007... Thirteen years ago, the world turned upside-down for Miluolis Arregoces and his five children. The family lived in Caracoli, a small farming community in Colombia's parched La Guajira province, until bulldozers contracted by El Cerrejon,...

Tapped resources: the dirty truth about bottled water.
May 1, 2007... "We sell water... so we've got to be clever." SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF NESTLE WATERS' GLOBAL MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION IT OFTEN SELLS FOR three times the price of gasoline, and more and more of us are guzzling it--even...

Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence.(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Bleeding Afghanistan Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls Seven Stories Press, 2006. DESPITE THE NEAR-ABSENCE of critical media commentary on the Afghanistan mission, roughly half the...

Quotes from the underground.
May 1, 2007... Content not available due copyright restrictions.

The agriculture emperor has no clothes!(Parting Shots)
May 1, 2007... IT MUST HAVE BEEN embarrassing for the emperor when he finally realized he had no clothes. Still, the ancient fable says he continued to parade along as if he were fully covered. What else could he do at that point? Mind you, it would...