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Middle East
by Am Johal
Hezbollah’s miscalculation and Israel’s machismo response threatens to draw Iran, Syria, and the US into a regional war |
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Vancouver
By Kevin Potvin
Ignoring warnings from critics about the damage to local businesses, to neighbourhood developement, to traffic control, and greenhouse gasses, the NPA-dominated Vancouver City Council voted to retain Highway Oriented Retail zoning on Marine Drive, opening the way for Walmart to renew its proposal for a 131,000 square foot store. |
Vancouver City Council
By Kevin Potvin
Hours after BC Supreme court finds in favour of the City of Vancouver, a new board is hired
Vancouver City Council
By Kevin Potvin
Moves to disembowel the Police Board, the Board of Variance, and all civic advisory boards, reveals the quiet neoconservative agenda at work in Sam Sullivan’s Cambie Street regime |
South America
By Dan Adleman
Recent transformations of politics on the continent wrought by Chavez and Morales indicate a new direction inspired by the legendary revolutionary |
Board of Variance
By kevin Potvin
In the latest installment, things have heated up considerably: Vancouver City Council has fired the whole Board of Variance and the Board have taken the City to BC Supreme Court |
War
By kevin Potvin
Those who promoted the globalization offensive beginning two decades ago were warned what the effects would be; they’re to blame for all the war and terrorism today |
Environment
By Michael Nenonen
The rich and powerful right wing plutocracy is displacing our democratic institutions, little by little
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They said What?
Distribution notes
Letters
Turner's movies
Junius
The War
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World Affairs
By Christian J Knopf
A new international organization promises to restate the future of national behaviors and norms |
Civic politics
By Reed Eurchuk
A good battle between elites is a spectator sport |
Materazzi
By Kevin Potvin
New FIFA anti-racism rulings that took effect in March suggest Italy’s victory on Sunday could be reversed by disqualification
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