MNN. July 20, 2008.
The death penalty has been abolished in Canada. Julian Fantino has been trying to do an end run around this. Last June 29th 2007 Fantino pronounced an extra judicial death sentence on Mohawk Shawn Brant of Tyendinaga. He has used the police forces to threaten Indigenous people. He is trying to provoke us to commit violent acts in self-defense
to give him the excuse he wants to kill us.

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It’s hard to find sports commentary, or any sporting event, that isn’t soaked in a pseudo patriotism and patriarchal violence. We all know that the game is largely financed by big-business who care more about their logo glaring at us from the field than the goals scored or shots taken. So when you listen to radical sports commentator Dave Zirin speak, try and appreciate what he’s up against in a sports industry that is the synthesis of big-business, machismo, and reactionary politics.

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From the first day it appeared online, the masthead of Climate and Capitalism has carried the slogan “Ecosocialism or Barbarism: there is no third way.”

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The China View news service reports that Canadian Foreign Minister David Emerson made his first visit to Afghanistan on Saturday, declaring that “Canada has had 2,500 troops here in Afghanistan. It could expand to 2,700.” He did not say when the new 200 troops would be deployed to Afghanistan, but other sources suggest the troops will arrive in conjunction with the modified Griffon helicopters. Ottawa Citizen defence columnist David Pugliese writes that 64 CH-146 Griffon helicopters will be fitted with infrared systems and door-mounted mini-guns at a cost of $25.9 million. The first Griffon’s are scheduled to arrive in November, so one can expect the 200 new troops to arrive before or with them.

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(By Tom Mitchell for the Financial Times, July 24). Wal-Mart, the US retail giant known for fending off organised labour in its home market, has completed collective bargaining agreements with unions in two Chinese cities.

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(Source: Progressive Summer University of Catalonia) Reading Chomsky is perhaps one of the most refreshing and revitalizing activities I can think of. I am interested to hear what he will have to say on Obama’s Afghanistan policy. Here is Noam Chomsky interviewed by Vincent Navarro. at M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 13, 2008. Vincent Navarro is Professor of Public Policy at the Pompeu Fabra University, and The Johns Hopkins University.

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A Municipal Movement is taking shape in Montreal that will see global issues brought to your doorstep. The idea is to have fun and bring about change with family and friends.

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(By Patrick Seale, Special to Gulf News. July 24) On his foreign travels this week, Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, pledged to switch the focus of America’s military effort from Iraq to Afghanistan - the ‘central front’ - in his estimation of the war on terror. US combat troops would be withdrawn from Iraq within 16 months of his taking office, but thousands more, he promised, would be sent to fight in Afghanistan, and be ready to cross the border into Pakistan’s tribal areas to root out jihadist sanctuaries there.

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By now I’m sure all of you know about the taser death of 17-year-old Michael Langan by the Winnipeg Police Force. While it is hardly surprising that this happened, the response by some members of the public and city officials is jaw-dropping.

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