A selection of 'Canadian' and International News

Daniel Freeman-Maloy reinstated to York University

With all legal and political ground falling out

from under them, York's
higher-up administrators have just given up on their
most recent attempt at
political repression. Daniel Freeman-Maloy has been
reinstated!

Montreal company to close factory in Honduras under investigation for labor rights violation

Information for this alert was provided by Maquila
Solidarity Network

On July 12, Gildan Activewear, a Montreal-based T-shirt
company, announced that it would close its El Progreso
factory in Honduras on September 30, 2004, a decision that
will leave 1,800 workers unemployed. This decision was
completely unexpected considering that the company is
currently under investigations by the Fair Labor
Association (FLA) and Worker Rights Association (WRC) for
labor rights violation.

Bolivia: Report on the Indigenous Struggle by the Qhepus Anarchist Collective

(from Anarchist Information Service:  http://www.ainfos.ca)

Bolivia is a poor, backward country, turned into a colony of Yankee

imperialism, where an insipid bourgeoisie uses this "nation" as its own

property, rotating the country's governors between the members of its

social class, and opening the doors of the country to imperialism and

the transnational companies so that they can pillage the natural

resources of the country however they feel fit. And this has already

been going on for a long time.

IMF-Backed Decolonization

ZNet Commentary
;
July 20, 2004
;
By Mandisi Majavu

I find myself, invariably, having to explain whenever I'm discussing
South African politics with a white person, especially white South
Africans, that just because the government is black does not
necessarily mean that as a black person, I share the same political
ideology as the government.

Bigger breasts offered as perk to soldiers

NEW YORK (Reuters) ; Wednesday, July 21, 2004

The U.S. Army has long lured recruits with the slogan "Be All You Can Be," but now soldiers and their families can receive plastic surgery, including breast enlargements, on the taxpayers' dime.

Winnipeg Residents Try to Stop Insecticide Fogging; One Arrested

Anti-fog retreat?

Protesters may change tactics following arrest

By CARY CASTAGNA AND ROSS ROMANIUK, POLICE AND CITY HALL REPORTERS

Demoralized fogging opponents are reconsidering their tactics after one of them
was thrown in jail following a protest early yesterday. "I don't know if anyone
wants to do another demonstration, or hold off and watch the issue unfold,"
protest organizer Dave Nickarz told The Sun.

USA Torturing Children in IRAQ

20th July 2004 ;
t r u t h o u t
;
By

William Rivers Pitt

A German TV magazine called 'Report Mainz' recently aired accusations from
the International Red Cross, to the effect that over 100 children are
imprisoned in U.S.- controlled detention centers, including Abu Ghraib.

Seymour Hersh, the New Yorker reporter who first broke the story of torture
at Abu Ghraib, recently spoke at an ACLU convention. He has seen the
pictures and the videotapes the American media has not yet shown. "The boys
were sodomized with the cameras rolling, and the worst part is the
soundtrack, of the boys shrieking," said Hersh. "And this is your government
at war."

Mohawk's of Kanehsatake calling for renewed support

The struggle for self-determination in Kanehsatake is far from over and the Mohawk community is asking for your support.

Selenium Conquers AIDS?

The Institute of Science in Society ; 20/07/04

Sam Burcher reports on a nutritional hypothesis with possible implications
for prevention and treatment of the global pandemic

Two Tent Cities in Ontario

There are two Tent Cities taking place in Ontario this summer, one in Kingston and one in Ottawa.  It is becoming very common action in Canada as every summer more and more cities have groups fighting homelessness.  Here are two articles about the Ontario Tent Cities.

1.Kingston Coalition Against Poverty

2.Police Not Interfering in Ottawa (yet)

The KKKOP Hatin' Daily

1.MAN SHOT DEAD AFTER POLICE CHASE - Montreal

2.RACISM TAINTS MISSING WOMEN STUDY - WinniPIG

3.COURTHOUSE GAURDS KILL BOY - Edmonton

4.MAN WHO RAN OVER PIG CHARGED AGAIN! - Calgary

5.PRIVATIZING LAW ENFORCEMENT - WinniPIG

6.ESCAPED INMATE GETS MORE TIME - Regina

7.CHIEF JULIAN FANTINO UNDER ATTACK - Toronto

8.DETAILS OF CHARGES AGAINST PIGS - Toronto

Police harassment of panhandlers escalates on Vancouver's Commercial Dr.

by an East Side resident ;
July 20, 2004

On Sunday, July 18, 2004, I stumbled upon at least five Vancouver police officers, with about as many police vehicles, arresting a man for panhandling at the corner of East 1st and Commercial, and detaining another person (handcuffing him while he was on his bike).

Crap Arrest of the Week #1

First in a series of often bizarre accounts of police (mis)behaviour and abuse throughout the world.

Spanish Anarchist Dies in Prison Isolation Unit

Prison authorities say that Jos

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