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Thursday February 20, 2003 • Vol 2 No 57
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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
editorial cartoon (opens in new window)
- 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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