Canadian military and police forces...that continue to deploy with billion dollar budgets to protect elites making decisions in the interests of capital and profit...lends increasing legitimacy to a mass democratic movement dedicated to opposing this apparatus of injustice. Tens of thousands of people, willing to put their bodies on the line in the face of violent repression, are sending a clear message to the state, that passion and a yearning for justice will win out in the end against a short-sighted quest for profits.

A Run for the Canadian Border
By Marin Katusa
June 21, 2010

The Gulf of Mexico disaster has changed U.S. priorities, costs, and energy supply sources for years to come. But the fact that the U.S. needs energy isn’t changing any time soon and as mass sources of green energy are still a while away, the most likely alternative might be the most surprising one.

Scientist admits defaming oilsands researchers
June 21, 2010
CBC News

A scientist who works for the Alberta government has apologized to two scientists for calling their research "a lie."

Above are photos of the first and second DNC - Downtown Eastside Neighborhood Council Street Market & Fair.

"Smashing success" shouted Wendy Pedersen of the DNC - Downtown Eastside Neighborhood Council. "The event is better than we imagined."

<p>When Guy Debord wrote <em>The Society of the Spectacle</em> in 1967, his avowed aim was the construction of a theoretical weapon that would be a...