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Current Issue •August 3 to August 16, 2006  •  No 144

 
 

New Technology

SI Journalism unveiled at influential open source conference

by By Dan Crawford

Next generation concepts in open-source technologies usher in a whole new style of journalism 

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Vancouver City Council

Sam Sullivan, the accidental Mayor of Vancouver

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  

Middle East

Where Israel has gone wrong

By Michael Nenonen

Traumatized by their own experience of racism, the founders and leaders of Israel perpetuate racism’s worst manifestations

Democracy

Longhair of Hong Kong is the new generation leader we’re looking for

By Dan Adleman

The popular left wing revolution in South America, inspired by Che, has spread to Hong Kong

Middle East

One fact sits unmolested in the centre of the Middle East storm

By kevin Potvin

Nothing is ever certain about conflicts involving Israel, and while so much is said about them, so little can actually be said

Peak Oil

Simplicity and resourcefulness pick up the slack in our lower energy future

By Dan Crawford

How will we manage on much less energy when it soon becomes too expensive? Our correspondent joins a work group abroad to get some hands-on experience 

Vancouver

Vancouver City Council appoints five puppets to Board of Variance

By Kevin Potvin

Hours after BC Supreme court finds in favour of the City of Vancouver, a new board is hired

 

They said What?

Books we're reading

Letters

Turner's movies

Junius

Sir! No Sir!

 

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