Issue #23 of Canada's Grassroots Newspaper

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International News [more]

Leadership Issues Complicate Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Congo's President Promises Elections

Hardliners Tighten Grip in Myanmar

UN Reform Proves Difficult

Israeli Officer Cleared After Alleged "Confirmation Killing"

US Racial Gap Deepens: Study

FBI and UK Home Office Deny Seizing Indymedia Hard Drives

Canadian News [more]

Government, Police Provide Inadequate Protection for Aboriginal Women: Amnesty

"Jumbo" BC Ski Resort Draws Controversy

Pharmaco Funding Compromises Drug Approval Process: CCPA

Martin Excused from RIO Report Card -- For Now

Media Democracy Day addresses "monopoly ownership," "censorship"

Feature [more]

Multiculturalism: It Hurts Us All
Why Canada isn't, never was, and probably never will be a multicultural nation
» by Susana Ferreira

Accounts [more]

33 years before running for President, John Kerry returned from Vietnam to tell lawmakers about the atrocities that were being committed

Health [more]

Vioxx Populi?
Withdrawal raises questions about drug approval in Canada
» by Andrea Smith

Arts [more]

Yes Means No!
The Yes Men dish up artistic critique to straight-faced corporate audiences
» by Max Liboiron

Review [more]

Linda Besner reviews new books by Grant, Nepveu and Levin. Matthew Trafford reviews Arthur Motyer's What's Remembered.

Environment [more]

Sacrificing Belledune
New Brunswick community to host 100,000 tonnes of toxic soil
» by Hillary Lindsay

First Nations [more]

The Struggle for Haida Gwaii
Sovereignty, resources and culture at stake, say Haida
» by Kim Petersen

Labour [more]

Insisting on Working
In this interview, The Take director Avi Lewis talks about the film, and the implications of "inverting the traditional labour action"

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