They've been a sham for 35 years.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - CBC News

An elderly B.C. man is upset after a provincial health authority stripped him and his wife of their legal and financial rights when he complained repeatedly about his wife's care in the local hospital...[George] Brent's 81-year-old wife, Dolores, was admitted to the hospital...in August 2009 after suffering a heart attack...After she recovered, her husband...wanted to take her back to their home...Instead, the hospital moved her into its long-term care wing...[where her] health deteriorated. She suffered a stroke, and dementia set in.

By JEFFREY BLANKFORT - August 31, 2010

What is unusual about Mahmoud Abbas...is that most of what he does for his Israeli and US masters he does in plain sight...In Oslo, it should be recalled, Abbas, as the chief Palestinian negotiator...[agreed] to surrender occupied Palestinian land with a view toward putting a permanent end to Palestinian resistance and, immediately, to the first Intifada.

We send solidarity greetings to the Ottawa Movement Defense Committee that is supporting three people currently facing charges as a result of police infiltration, intimidation and violence before the G20 Summit.

By CHRISTOPHER BRAUCHLI - September 3-5, 2010

In 1997, the San Diego District Attorney came up with “Project 100%.” Under the program those wanting to participate in the county welfare program must consent to unannounced visits from members of the Public Affairs Fraud Division who walk through the house looking in drawers, medicine cabinets, etc. to make sure no crimes are being committed...“This case is nothing less than an attack on the poor. San Diego’s program strips these individuals of their rights of privacy...”

By WILL WEISSERT - September 8, 2010

Fidel Castro criticized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes...Castro, who himself has been a fierce critic of Israel, "repeatedly returned to his excoriation of anti-Semitism," chiding Ahmadinejad for denying the Holocaust.

By Krystalline Kraus - September 7, 2010

With the arrest of indymedia journalist Juan Pablo Lepore months after the summits ended, the government continues its crackdown on the media.

Israelis are worried about delegitimization.

By David Cronin - September 07, 2010

...[T]he [European Union] has become increasingly acquiescent towards Israel’s crimes against humanity. Under the terms of an EU-Israel association agreement...Israel is required to respect fundamental human rights in order to qualify for privileged commercial access to the Union’s markets. Heaps of documentation illustrating that Israel has not complied with this provision have been accumulated over the past decade, yet not only has the EU refused to rescind Israel’s existing trade privileges, it has granted further perks.

By STANLEY HELLER - September 7, 2010

...[D]oes organized labor deserve automatic support while it has a big war stain on its collar, the stain from the support its leaders give to Israeli Apartheid? They support it in two ways, by opposing the growing...boycott, divestment and sanctions...movement against Israel and by buying huge amounts of Israel Bonds...Go to the [Jewish Labor Committee] website and see how [Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Worker's Union] and [American Federation of Teachers] leaders give cover to Israel for its crimes on the Mavi Marmara.

By Annie Elation - September 6, 2010

In the last week alone, five people were killed in “officer-involved” shootings in the Puget Sound region. On August 31, John T. Williams became the first of this last string of killings by police. John Williams, age 50, was a native man from the Dididaht, Nuu Chan Nulth nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island. He was shot four times in the chest by Seattle police officer Ian D. Birk...

By Alheli Picazo - September 7, 2010

The battle between supporters and opponents of Sun TV News -- the Fox News style channel headed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former communications director Kory Teneycke -- reached new heights when members of the 'Fox News North' team took issue with a growing online petition urging the [Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission] to reject Quebecor's (QMI) request to "make it mandatory for cable and satellite networks to provide access to the channel 'for a maximum period of three years to effectively expose and promote its programming to viewers across Canada'."

September 7, 2010

Erik Lankin was finally [granted] bail Friday, September 3, 2010, after serving two months in jail for alleged offences during the G20 Summit in Toronto; including being an alleged organizer of the protests. He is the last of the 18 alleged "ringleaders" arrested for their supposed role in organizing the G20 protests...