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Thursday February 20, 2003 •  Vol 2 No 57

  • The Republic - Thursday February 20, 2003 •  Vol 2 No 57
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  • In conversation with a human shield
    "Human shields" are people from North America and Western Europe who are finding ways to get to Iraq, where they will go to known target areas, like electric power generating plants, and hope their presence deters the US bombing. They have been scarcely covered by the mainstream media.
    Stefa Shaler, a Vancouver woman and former social worker, is planning to join the human shields.
    - Bruce Alexander
  • Russia steps up to the plate
    Putin continues to show diplomatic genius and consolidates a string of small but important victories.
    - Kevin Potvin
  • The Two Green Colours War
    Bolivia has become the flashpoint in the clash between IMF neoliberalism and indigenous culture, and the result could lead to a continent-wide Vietnam.
    - L Jara Diaz
  • In recent speeches, a dirth of information
    Deep into a governing mandate, the BC Liberals and their leader seem to be still battling the election, and learning nothing.
    - Kevin Potvin
  • Ambivalent times : View from the Republic
    A yawning chasm has opened up between what the people think and what they're being told. It's becoming difficult to know what's real.
    - Staff
  • Dog Politics
    Dogs get quality education, nutritious meals, and excellent press. Kids--one of whom was recently viciously attacked by a dog--get nothing. There is a solution.
    - Reed Eurchuk
  • Momo presents: A Career Option for Criminals
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    - Sarah Moser
  • The price of friendship with America
    The US treatment of Marshall Islanders, subjected to nuclear bombardment tests over decades, provides a strong clue to what a US-run world promises.
    - Lutz Scheler
  • Rolling heads at the Vancouver Police
    The police beating of drug dealers in Stanley Park isn't
    dealt with as easily as we've been lead to believe.
    - Karin Litzcke
  • It is about the oil
    Pro-Americans are right to say the White House has no interest in capturing Iraqi oil. But it does have a huge interest in seeing a compliant Iraqi regime manage that country's spare capacity.
    - Kevin Potvin
  • The city you live in
    What if everybody on the same SkyTrain car felt exactly like this?
    - Chris LaVigne
  • Give credit its due
    The March VanCity Credit Union board elections could mark an historical watershed in the evolution of local banking
    - Donna Clark
  • Sweating over 2010
    If we must host the Olympics, can we at least assure that small local businesses benefit, and overseas sweatshops don't?
    - Matthew Burrows

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