Briarpatch articles from September 2001

Briarpatch archives from September 2001

LETTER.(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2001... Dear Briarpatch I have previewed your website and am very pleased to see that there still exist organizations such as yours who work so hard in providing a more social place for us all to live. I thank you for your efforts and wish you...

THEY CAN RUN, BUT THEY CAN'T HIDE!(World Trade Organization)
September 1, 2001... The World Trade Organization is meeting in the tiny, isolated country of Qatar. This is what their "democracy" looks like: They are ruled by Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani whose power is absolute. He consults with the Cabinet, other...

Canada's Dirty Laundry.(poverty, Canada)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The dust has somewhat settled since the release in July of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Human Development Index. The more prominent news item has been Canada's fall from grace, dropping to 3rd place from it's cozy top standing....

Contamination from Secret Test Sites.(environment, Canada)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Please take a minute of your life to consider the impact that genetically engineered (GE) field test sites and registered GE crop varieties could have on your food supply -- and that of every generation that follows. For 14 years,...

You Don't Speak For Me.(agriculture policy, Canada)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Farmers can lose more than the shirts off their backs! Now they've lost their voice. The release of the last provincial budget had the Agriculture Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) front and center as spokesperson for...

VETERANS OF THE STRUGGLE.(union activism in Canada in the 1930s)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... In the 1930s millionaire Tory prime minister R. B. Bennett established labour camps in remote and wilderness areas of northern Ontario and B.C. to get unemployed men out of the cities and beyond the reach of radical groups. Because there was no...

165 People Killed! 7,562 Injured! Over $100,000,000 in Property Damage! Provincial Government Helpless! Expects Same Carnage Next Year!(Saskatchewan's traffic accidents)
September 1, 2001... Sounds like a major disaster hit the province, doesn't it? A force so powerful that even government is powerless to protect its citizens from injury and death. Welcome to the world of the automobile. These statistics come from the 1997...

Solidarity WORKS!(youth training provided by the Labour Congress and the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... With never-ending talk of globalization and free trade and the consequent impact these will have on us, what can be done? Well, the Canadian Labour Congress together with the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour did their part by putting on a...

The Colonization Continues.(Free Trade Area of the Americas)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... I know many of you are already familiar with the FTAA, NAFTA, the WTO, the IME and the World Bank. I know many of you are working hard to expose what these organizations and agreements are all about and how they are taking over the world and...

MUMIA ABU-JAMAL BIRTHS THE POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF A GENERATION.(students oppose refusal of high school administrator to allow civil rights leader to speak at commencement)
September 1, 2001... IN THE END, THE TAPE WAS NOT PLAYED. NERVOUS ADMINISTRATORS BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF, ORGANIZERS FACED FRUSTRATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT, GRADUATIN6 SENIORS SHED TEARS OF JOY, ANXIETY AND SORROW. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE VOICE OF POLITICAL...

On a Move!(written speech by Mumia Abu-Jamal, murderer)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Commencement Speech for Castlemont High School Recorded on May 24, 2001 by Mumia Abu-Jamal Congratulations to the fine young graduates of Castlemont High. I congratulate y'all, in particular your valedictorian, Massanda D'Johns, for your...

Union backs away from the Struggle.(message from the Ontario Coalition Against Pove)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... An Urgent Appeal to Trade Unionists, Community Activists and Individuals. Dear Sisters and Brothers, Canadian Auto Workers Union's National President, Buzz Hargrove, has decided to cut funding to the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty...

Eyewitness to War (first film in the series): Canadian Women of Courage.(Review)
September 1, 2001... Eyewitness to War (first film in the series): Canadian Women of Courage Produced by Lori Kuffner & Barb Campbell Cooper Rock Pictures Inc. Wednesdays starting Sept. 19th at 9 PM E.S.T. on History Television reviewed by Debra...

Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort.(Review)
September 1, 2001... by Chip Berlet and Matthew N. Lyons Guilford Publications, N.Y., 2000, $21.95. ISBN 1-57230-562-2 reviewed by Ruth Latta From the beginning of its turbulent history, the United States has produced backlashes against trends or movements...

Civil Society in Question.(Review)
September 1, 2001... Jamie Swift Between the Lines, Toronto, 1999. (in co-operation with the South Asia Partnership) $16.95 reviewed by Phil Johnson This book by Jamie Swift (Cut and Run: The Assault on Canada's Forests; Wheel of Fortune: Work and...

There's a man at the door... Ah-hah!(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Learning can be an uncomfortable experience; especially when the/learner is being confronted by their own perceptions and values. Take the recent case of a young Alberta woman in her senior high school class (we'll call her Sarah). Sarah...